2020 has been a year for the record books! Partly due for a few unfortunate circumstances: Kobe Bryant's death, Coronavirus, BLM, Chadwick Boseman's death and a crazy election cycle. Despite the negativity in the world, this year has also birthed some positivity in my life...
Prior to the pandemic, I spent 15 years building my Hospitality and Tourism career and with several jobs including my recent Director of Events role. All that growth came to a complete halt in March when my company furloughed all of it's employees. Like many people who were on lockdown, I spent the next two weeks binging Netflix, doing social media challenges, attending virtual happy hours and falling into the dark tunnel world of Tik-Tok!
In April, I quickly accepted the reality that my industry was not going to bounce back from this pandemic as quickly as I had originally anticipated. Therefore, I began mapping out a career shift for my peace of mind and future financial stability. I quickly turned to the world of tech, which was my second love behind planning events and curating memorable experiences for people. I reached out to a few friends who were in the industry and they recommended that I look into coding schools. I took their advice and immediately started doing my research.
After countless interviews, conversations, and basic coding prep courses, I was sold on the idea of switching careers to software engineering. I finally settled on Flatiron School for a plethora of reasons, specifically the community that they fostered, which would make diving in the sea of the unknown, more bearable!
I haven't really declared which route I would go with software engineering but I plan on letting my experience learning to navigate which type of developer I become.
Pssst... I think I'll like front-end development more but stay tuned to see if this remains true in the end.
- - - Jcode out!
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