Background on how I found the Flatiron School through LinkedIn and passed their cultural and technical interview to begin with their software engineering immersive coding bootcamp experience in Houston, Texas. 

I found out about the program and immediately applied. I was accepted about a week later and decided to end my gap year in Kenya to move to Houston where I knew no one. I borrowed a laptop to apply to the school and had to suddenly buy a computer to meet their machine requirements when I was accepted. I faced a lot of personal difficulties such as financial struggles, homelessness, loneliness in a new place, and technical difficulties. The program manager was kind enough to offer deferment when she realized what I was facing but I refused to let surrounding circumstances dictate my future. I am capable and committed so I have committed, persisted, and continued to be in the program with my original start cohort.

It is my second week and we’re already on SQL! After doing a coding challenge yesterday on the Ruby we learned last week. I’m very excited and I’m even more excited to have this technology podcast series to share my experience with others who may be interested in pivoting their lives in a few short months of long days via a programming bootcamp.