Backend Banter

#047 - From Nursing to Programming feat. Trash Puppy


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In this episode, we host Trash Puppy, with her amazing story of how she went from Nursing to becoming a Software Engineer. Today, we talk about her story, why she chose Golang, her exciting personal projects and her experiences and advice as a self-taught developer.

As Trash Puppy is accepting job offers at the moment, we also dove into the current job market and job hunting process, as it definitely isn't an easy one to navigate these days, while also touching up on her thoughts of the threats of AI.
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Trash Puppy's Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrshPuppy
Trash Puppy's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@trshpuppy
Trash Puppy's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/trshpuppy
Trash Puppy's Github: https://github.com/TrshPuppy
Trash Puppy's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trshpuppy/
Timestamps:
00:31 How Trash Puppy went from a Nurse to a Software Engineer
05:06 Lane shares how his wife went from an X-Ray technician to Software Dev
07:00 When did Trash Puppy start learning to code?
08:24 Trash Puppy pivoted to Golang?
09:29 Was there anything else about the industry that motivated Trash Puppy to switch to WebDev?
10:38 NetPuppy
13:12 Coding in Cyber Security
18:10 Do you want to hire Trash Puppy?
18:27 Current Job Market and Job Hunting
22:51 You have a better chance applying to local jobs
25:25 Lack of experience in the field when searching for a job
29:26 Outlook on AI
30:15 Impact of not having a CS Degree
33:11 Building projects or studying up on foundations?
37:19 The learning happens during the struggle
41:47 What has been the hardest thing about learning Go so far?
45:27 What do you like the most about Go?
47:03 What's your least favorite part about Go?
48:20 Installing Go modules vs GOPATH
50:31 Where to find Trash Puppy

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