Once upon a time in the ancient times of 2015, I gained admission into the university to study Biochemistry, always been a chemistry lover (hated biology tho 🤧) but I never felt that spark of joy in school. I always felt a bit lost in class and unsure of what was going on around and I took the bold step of dropping out of school 😓.

I decided to take a break to decide what my next step was going to be and what I wanted to do. I had always loved computers, never failed computer science in secondary school and I was always interested in watching my brother programming so I took a big decision and decided to try uni again with Computer Science being my focus.

The Aha Moment

It was in 2017, that we had a program that was hosted by the Google Developers Group (GDG) where fresh-faced 100 level students eagerly awaited the Introduction to Web development talk hosted by Tosin Bot. He built a simple login page for us, explained the basics of HTML and CSS and gave us resources we could use to continue with our learning.

The talk lasted for 2 hours but it started a spark in me to learn more about Web development. I signed up FreeCodeCamp and Sololearn and started the Web development paths, it was a bit hard to do because I had to use my tab for it, I was so excited for the summer break cause I had many plans for it.

I enrolled in a web design bootcamp throughout the summer break, learnt the basics of HTML, CSS and JavaScript enough to build applications and I also learnt took a very important piece of advice to heart which was "Rather than diving first to learn the syntax of a language, learn the logic first as most languages have the same programming logic in use". That advice helped me academically and also professionally.

I took a full year of constant learning before I started applying for internships (Imposter syndrome 😅) and also joined tech communities to meet with other developers around me.

The Present

I am glad I made that transition even though it took 2 years from me, I have loved every minute 🤥, have continued learning as it never stops and also taken time to mentor other ladies who want to get into tech through programs and hackathons.

Tech is not always a bed of roses and also not a bed of thorns too, so keep pushing even when it gets hard or the bugs don't want to be squashed and I wish you the very best.

Connect with me on:

Linkedin: Uzochukwu Precious

Github: Uzor13

Website: uzor.codes