Career Change

Hello, fellow coding enthusiasts! My name is Chariton Kypraios, a 30-year-old junior software developer from Greece, and I’m here to share my journey of learning how to code and finding my footing in this exciting career. Whether you’re in your early teens or pushing past 40, I believe that there’s…

A year ago, I would have scoffed at the idea of switching from my career as a Nutritionist in a Maternity hospital to becoming a Software Developer. But here I am, a student at Microverse, with a burning passion for programming and a drive to explore the vast possibilities of…

I joined the world of UX/UI in 2021 after career changing from being an English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher. Changing careers can daunting, but with some preparation it won’t be nearly as bad as you think. According the TopCV, the world’s largest CV writing service, 30% of UK…

What is JavaScript? And what is it good for anyway? My bootcamp pre-course started with HTML5 and CSS3 but as I journey deeper into my first weeks we have begun learning JavaScript (JS). Here, I have compiled some thoughts on JS, my first official programming language. JavaScript is a widely…

Anonymous — What’s your story? I started off working in retail. Even a brief stint in a restaurant bussing tables. It was difficult because I often made less than minimum wage and was starving. I was able to get a job as a secretary where I mostly answered the phone and did…

Anonymous — What was your motivation ? I dropped out of College, I wanted to go into marketing. I took a job as an entry level tech because I was always very technically inclined and the entry level jobs paid more than the hospitality or food industry I was working in. While…

Let’s be honest, it is not cheap to change careers, even to pivot into Data Science where all the resources are literally at our fingertips. As an unemployed mom, and starting my career change journey after being a full-time parent for a few months, I had waves of excitement about…

Anonymous — Throughout college, I had no idea where I wanted to be in life. No goals, really. I kept hearing from everyone around me “Go to college!”. So I picked something that didn’t have a lot of Math, or Science, or any of the things I was tired of after highschool…