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• As people started working remotely, I realized I wanted to work from home, improve my work-life balance, and make more money.One of my friends had done a coding boot camp and told me she really enjoyed it.
• Thankfully, my fiancée, Viviana, and my parents supported me.Many people don't understand that just because you join a boot camp, you're not guaranteed to become a software developer, get into tech, or even get a job.
• When I left teaching after four years, I made around $85,000, and my salary now is almost double what I was making.I saw the boot camp as the best way to learn the skills I needed to transition into tech.
• They wanted to know if I was fully committed because the boot camp is hard and time-consuming.The final step was an assessment to test foundational skills, which I was a little nervous about because it was my first experience with coding outside the classroom.
• The boot camp provided us with a career coach, but some of my classmates never broke into tech or returned to what they were doing.At first, I was mostly applying for software engineering roles.
• I like the technical aspect of software engineering, but I also like troubleshooting and interacting with people.I realized that customer success and account management jobs could give me the best of both worlds.