So here I am, a career changer. I didn’t think this was where I would be at 40. Some may say it’s a mid-life crisis, I would say taking a risk for a better outcome to my life!
After working in interior design since I graduated university as a CAD Technician and 3D Visualiser, I have made the decision that my skills would be better suited elsewhere. After a number of years saying ‘if I was starting out at uni again I would do coding’, I have decided to actually do it.
Although I would love to be employed as a Web Developer straight away, I am realistic in that I probably need to build up a portfolio which will take time, so for the foreseeable future this will be a side hustle.
I have suffered from imposter syndrome throughout my career which has almost made me stop any side projects before I have even started, thinking this is going it fail so why waste time pursuing it. So to change this mentality I have acknowledged this isn’t just a technical challenge for me, this has to be a change to my whole mind-set. I am promising myself to be open (something which, as a huge introvert, I find very difficult), positive and dedicated.
So here is my first blog post the day before I start a Web Development bootcamp. Bootcamp will teach me the technicality of coding, while writing this blog is something I’m doing for my mental development.
Will it work? I hope so! Age isn’t on my side and with two young (amazing) children, time isn’t either. But I have focused my mind so we’ll see what happens!
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