Why I Decided to Study Software Engineering
Four years ago on a Tuesday evening in October, I was sitting in a Starbucks editing some photos and drinking a hot coffee. A man approached me and remarked on the image I was editing and began to share with me his background in photography and his work as a Software Developer.
He pulled up a chair, opened a website, and began editing the code using “inspect element.” He then showed me this image. He described how he constructed the image to its entirety using code except for the icons. It’s safe to say I was in awe. This was what a marketer might call my first “touchpoint” with code.
Years went by and I tried educating myself to code several times but failed miserably each time. Eventually, I began building websites. First with SquareSpace then WordPress and finally with Webflow.
Webflow was pivotal for me. It made me start to think about how a website is constructed. Despite it being a no-code solution for website development, there is a steep learning curve for a non-developer.
Coronavirus took hold of the world at the end of 2019 with a greater effect globally at the beginning of 2020. I had just finished my bachelor’s in Business and had no clear path leading me to the next stage of my life.
I decided that I was going to take advantage of the global pause of normal life, and I was going to rethink what career path I wanted to take and how I would accomplish it.
I landed on Software Engineering. Why? Because it excites me. To take nothing and create something that is truly magical. And that’s what got me googling “best coding bootcamps.”
