How I Went From Struggling Single Mom to Software Engineer
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
- In this episode, we have Joelle, a former struggling single mom who shares her inspiring journey from working dead-end retail jobs to becoming a thriving software engineer after taking the coding bootcamp path. Joelle opens up about the sacrifices, doubts, and ultimate rewarding payoff of teaching herself to code to completely transform her life and financial situation.
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00:00 Meet Joelle
00:49 The Turning Point in Joelle's Career
01:57 College vs. Bootcamp
04:39 Joelle's Bootcamp Experience
05:50 Balancing Act: Motherhood and Career Change
07:50 The Job Hunt Experience
11:52 Life After Bootcamp
17:59 Contract Work: Navigating the Freelance World
26:22 Advice on Contract Work
31:07 Closing Thoughts
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I like this very much. I am a computer science student in my first year. I made a big leap from marketing to compsci at 29 years old.
Im 29 years old and this is my first year studing comp sci too :)
@@FernandaKrav That's awesome. Best of luck on your studies.
I'm so happy for her! Happy Mother's Day week!😊
Today is Mothers day in Mexico , so this video just highlights how hard working mothers are....I am her new fan!!...she is awesome!!
Congratulations on having the determination and grit to completely change your life and that of your baby. Not many people can pull this off even with all the help in the world. Many people use family as an excuse to stay behind when really it is the #1 reason to push forward.
and money...
Beautifully said ❤
Congratulations! You’re an example for many people out there that don’t know what to do and are only making minimum wage
I'm guessing she is a single mother who either did a divorce and removed the father from her daughter's life or did she know who the father is. If I'm wrong on this and she is a widow, sorry for assuming the above.
Thank you! Worth every bit of hard work.
This is so feel good story. Mothers can go to any extent for their kids. Salute ! Happy Mother's Day!
Many people don’t have parents they can move back in with
I’m happy for her success, she seems to deserve it and worked hard. But the same time most people won’t have an experienced mentor to guide them, that makes a big difference
Definitely! What other topics you want us to tackle next?
Great insights,very impressed by Joelle!
Info packed. Thanks
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Wow her story is so inspiring 😊
Congratulations to you 👏👏
You're an inspiration to others!
Proud of her.
Excellent
God bless you Madame!
The viggest issue i have is getting a job. I get interviews but barely make it past the initial screening
Kudos to you :)
LIked and subbed.
Thank you! What other topics are you interested in us covering on this channel?
How long did it take you
what is bootcamp name
Keep it up mom!
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It wasnt my intention to ignore you,
What's your criteria regarding how to raise children in a proper way?
Everyone has different criterias bout it?
Has she entered the field in 2023? What year?
I thought that I m late to programing 😊
When did this interview happen?
Last month! What other topics do you want to see us cover?
Hey Joelle & Culture of Code,
Congrats on your story and I can't imagine how difficult all the material must have been coming from a non-coding background
Can you tell us a bit more about your interview questions and the behavioral part (if you had one)
Most interviews will be standardized. That is it’ll be leetcode for technical questions. Either look up the company’s tagged most frequent questions or just do the “Neetcode 150”. For behavioral look up Amazon leadership principle questions and use the STAR method for answering.
@@cultureofcode "Company’s tagged most frequent questions" --> That's key. Thanks for the tip !
My interview was not traditional. They knew that I was capable technically, because of the dashboard I had helped build for them. My interview was mostly "Can you work in person? What position do you want to be in?"
Which bootcamp was it? Thank you
She said code academy
Good for her. Good story. Thanks for this.
Glad you enjoyed it! Any topics you want us to cover in the future?
@cultureofcode not sure. But I see you have other interviews on your channel. I'm just researching and exploring other people experience before I try my hand at this tech thing
You have 15 years to save money, then they will get rid of you. Better have a 2nd plan lined up to keep the mortgage going.
I want your help
Email me cultureofcode@gmail.com
Go to a boot camp, but study the craft
What language / stack did she learn?
In college, I learned Python, C, C#, Java, and SQL. In bootcamp I learned JavaScript, Express APIs, Node.js, React, React Native, Mongodb, Firebase, MySQL, PostgreSQL. So FERN, MERN. I highly recommend learning FERN, MERN, and Python. Most of my work is in Python because I deal with a lot of data.
@@joellejohnson4392 That's excellent! Do you recommend learning more of the data science route (python / sql) vs the web developer / full stack route? What languages and frameworks have helped you land the most jobs / contracts? I am coming from a different background. I'm 45, earned my Bachelor's degree in IT later in life (40 yo) after working in IT support for 20 years and raising a family. But now I find that I'm ready to pivot from IT support and networking into a development role.
Hate to hear the story, salute on the shot at life!!! If nothing else RUclips is about to drop you a bag for the views!!!
🎉😊🎉😊🎉😊🎉😊🎉
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Codecamp for 3 months is not = Engineer lol
6000 applicants per job...goodluck
*how i went from struggling single mom to software engineer single mom.
11k for the whole year should be illegal. That's pre meditated murder if she didn't have family support
11k is less than minimum wage, sounds like she only worked a few months that year - the answer is better jobs
Yes it must have been a struggle. what other topics do you want to see us cover?
I worked only part time for 9 months last year. It was the hardest time I've ever had financially.
beautiful woman 😘
Joined in 2020 when they hired anyone
Next video
How I went from a software engineer to an anti-Ai activist.
I am just teasing 😊
Congratulations on your current path.
Just remember that life continuously transitions and so this is just for a time.
Haha! What other topics do you want us to cover?
Please stop convincing people to code it's already a senior only industry, we don't need more junior resumes flooding every job
@ResearchSWE its not ego, it's simply wanting the tens of thousands of juniors who are unemployed, to ACTUALLY be employed. Your comment shows a clear misunderstanding of how the economy works. If none of the juniors get jobs because its been bottlenecked then no juniors are able to gain experience and become seniors! Swing and a miss buddy, you're embarrassing yourself
Thank you. You speak the truth amongst the pretend soothsayers in this economy. I’m a mid-level senior-ish dev with my own startup, couple previous positions under my belt, a recent MS in CS plus a BS in ECE, and it’s a disaster even getting an interview. People with no experience will go homeless if they try to pick up coding like it’s a shift at the local library. There’s nothing out there unless you get stupidly lucky. I have dozens of people begging me on Linkedin for a job even though i’m in the same boat lol
I’m in NY and right now there’s absolutely nothing, I can’t speak for other areas, but in a big city like this it’s a troubling reality I can’t wrap my mind around. I’m tens of thousands of dollars deep in a dying, geriatric, and self destructive industry; my only option is Gov tech or the military tbh, getting laid off is a death sentence, you won’t get another job.
@ResearchSWE There’s nothing to ‘break’ into. There’s tens of thousands of unemployed SWEs right now that are exponentially more qualified and talented than this lady, including myself, to the point where there’s diminishing returns from knowing too much vs compensation. She’s not even on the bell curve for talent, there’s nothing to discuss in that department at all.
My point being, this is not the industry to be switching over to if you have immediate financial problems. You will be worse off than where you started, find a sensible job in a solid sector. Being a generic programmer isn’t a stable career anymore lol, isn’t this clear to most people? You have to specialize yourself if you want a chance, and that takes more time and brain power than most people have to offer, just to land an entry level and get the same pay as a construction worker with their OSHA 30. And i’m being 1000% realistic right now, this isn’t pessimism this is me shouting from the abyss from my own observations. And remember just because somebody has a different opinion from yours, doesn’t mean they’re wrong, that’s why the world is how it is today.
It is not a "senior only" industry. If you're not finding work then expose some of your projects online. Too often I've seen resumes with no substance nor proof of knowledge and thus it is far easier and secure to offer the job to an individual with an online portfolio. Furthermore, if the candidate was not resourceful enough to perform this step in their endeavor to find work; I am immediately doubtful of their resourcefulness on the job itself.
@@shallanrambaran7090 Oh okay, this random commenter on youtube says it isn't so lets just ignore every single survey, article and study from hundreds of different organizations saying it is, gotcha. Because HIS own personal experience is different, totally not anecdotal or anything. Nope no survivorship bias to see here or anything 🤣
$11,000 ? fuck were you working?
I made about that much as a part time teacher/substitute teacher in 1 year. The fact is that despite having a math PhD, I couldn't find a job in software engineering for more than 1.5 years.
I want to be excited about this, but honestly this is a male dominated industry and most places are trying to meet diversity hire quotas and their are so few females applying a lot of times they are just auto hired.
now you're a struggling single mom & software engineer haha
Before we reach for our single mom sympathy cards, how did she end up a single mom?
Yes, let us pretend you are intelligent.
DEI strikes again lol. Its always good to see people doing well, but I sure hope you have the humility to understand the leg up you were given and work hard to capitalize on it and help others.
I bet if you ask her to write a binary search algorithm she would barely be able to
The most important thing is she can put food on the table with her new career
Wheres the father, does he not provide, wheres the government do they not provide
No
But your still a single mom
😂
She'll meet a nerdy dude at work eventually and she'll have him babysitting someone else's kid while she goes out on girls nights. She won't be single much longer.
getting too comfortable with the title Engineer... you're a coder or developer
Chill gatekeeper you aren't that special and you need to get over it
soyjak comment
@@hoojks it's not being special. it's getting the degree and understanding of fundamental concepts. hey be a developer, be a programmer, but she is NOT an engineer.
I do agree that code camps dont dive into theory as much as a university path does. Not downplaying her accomplishments as what she has done is exemplary, she is moreso a programmer than engineer at the moment. But it is not impossible for her to gain the knowledge of an engineer later on is she decides to pursue that role.
@@monkeym0n8 you know the textbooks are on the internet for free right? Only thing a degree proves is you can do your chores, doesn't make you special. Elitism in academia is cringe
Ran script on video. "You know" was found 789 times. Unbelievable.
Whoever entering corporate world, clean up your speech make it more professional.
The same would apply to written text.
Thank you for the feedback!
Her code comment:
//Looping thru this dataset to, you know, find stuff for the reports and, you know, display as a grid.