Milestones
My road in life has taken me all over.
An environmental geology class at ACC that inspired me to pursue geology and engineering.
An administrative detail that meant my job in hydrology wasn't going to work out how I had hoped, so I got certified to teach high school. I always admired my teachers and thought I would love it.
I did not love teaching! I loved many parts of it but struggled with student behavior, so I went back to graduate school in engineering.
I loved graduate school and even got a great job teaching a university class. But I couldn't figure out where I fit into the petroleum engineering industry, so I went back to teaching high school.
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Education
High School
The Science Academy at Lyndon B. Johnson High School
The Science Academy at Lyndon B. Johnson High School
Bachelor
Transfer
Austin Community College
Transfer
Austin Community College
Career
Software Engineer
Create and develop web applications.
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Engineering
Technology
Learning / Being Challenged
Day to Day
I am still looking for a full-time job as a software engineer. In the meantime, I spend a lot of the day applying for jobs and following up on job applications, and as much time as I have left going to meetups to network with other developers and to find open source projects to work on.
Advice for Getting Started
Here's the first step for everyone
Build some websites and web applications and share them on GitHub.
Recommended Education
My career is not related to what I studied. I'd recommend this path instead:
Hurdles
The Noise I Shed
From Myself:
"I'm not smart enough, I don't have the natural talent I need, people don't like me."
