Thanks @highcenbug for sharing. Would love to hear how you made the transition from Relationship Manager to Freelance Developer were you self teaching yourself leading up to the transition? Or did you take a course of some sort?
Hi Michael, I hold an undergraduate degree in Computer Science. I somewhat retained the memory of some of the lessons I've learned while I was still in college hence the transition was not too difficult in my case.
While I was a Relationship Manager, I tried to build & customize my own Shopify store on my free time which led me to discovering GitHub, which then led me to freeCodeCamp, and some courses on Udemy, LinkedIn Learning & on Skillshare.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing :) Really dig the journey you took. Looks like you have a lot of experience as a non-developer. Would you say some of the skills you have from your prior jobs helps as a developer? Really believe it would.
Definitely! Working in a call center somewhat helped me gain an understanding of how people living in Canada and Australia think. Sales taught me how to stand my ground and persuade 😄. Being a Business Development Executive in a startup taught me how to think & create strategies on my own(aligned with the companies vision, of course). And being a Relationship Manager taught me how to sell in a building-a-relationship-with-the-client manner 😄
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Thanks @highcenbug for sharing. Would love to hear how you made the transition from
Relationship ManagertoFreelance Developerwere you self teaching yourself leading up to the transition? Or did you take a course of some sort?Hi Michael, I hold an undergraduate degree in Computer Science. I somewhat retained the memory of some of the lessons I've learned while I was still in college hence the transition was not too difficult in my case.
While I was a Relationship Manager, I tried to build & customize my own Shopify store on my free time which led me to discovering GitHub, which then led me to freeCodeCamp, and some courses on Udemy, LinkedIn Learning & on Skillshare.
Very cool! Were you in undergrad somewhere along the timeline you shared or did you have your degree before working?
No, I was a college undergraduate. 😄
Very cool! Thanks for sharing :) Really dig the journey you took. Looks like you have a lot of experience as a non-developer. Would you say some of the skills you have from your prior jobs helps as a developer? Really believe it would.
Definitely! Working in a call center somewhat helped me gain an understanding of how people living in Canada and Australia think. Sales taught me how to stand my ground and persuade 😄. Being a Business Development Executive in a startup taught me how to think & create strategies on my own(aligned with the companies vision, of course). And being a Relationship Manager taught me how to sell in a building-a-relationship-with-the-client manner 😄