Interview with Microsoft Software Engineer With No CS Degree & No Bootcamp 

I really admire you. You and your friend are so smart and beautiful. How I wish I could have the coding capacity you have.

such a boss ❤️

Thanks for coming on!! I had a good time too!

Love this interview and I just subscribe to your channel. I love seeing women win.

Epic

The Hustle! She really fought for it!

lol I would watch it!

Same!!

Me as well!

Same!!

Same. I would like an update. It’s been a year since your comments, have any of you begun your software engineering story.

Same! How is your journey so far?

Are you seeing any changes in your industry? Is this CG in the film industry btw?

@@troyh8461 Nope. I don't see any other Blacks on the development side of CG. I'm sure others do exist, but I have only met and worked with one Black guy... and he barely acknowledged that he's Black (he's of mixed race). I've know of some men on the user/artist side of CG, but not very many. I have no idea why Blacks, especially women/girls, have no interest in CG dev or otherwise :^(

@@yapdog gender roles? Kids are told/influenced by people and society that certain things are only for one gender or the other, this limitates what you're exposed to early on and what some are comfortable approaching later, as I see it.

@@keicyc4669 You ain't wrong. But it was even hard for me to broach the subject many years ago with a white woman who happened to be a CG artist. I guess she took offense to the idea and shut me down quick, possibly thinking I was "outing" her in male spaces and/or that I was being condescending. No doubt she'd be open to that discussion today. I'd much rather have it with a sista, tho, to address the problem. In fact, I'm working on large CG/programming project where I'm going to be seeking (down-low as not to offend my base) Black women and men to join; as it stands now, I only know of 2 Black men and ZERO Black women in this space but hundreds of white men which will lead to thousands of them.

I got into computers when I was 8 in 2008 with the PSP hacking scene, been coding for 7 years before undergrad, but yeah there's not a lot of blacks in the field and in upper level uni classes it becomes a white wash. i'm still struggling to get an internship regardless of my github history and personal website contributions. I'm starting to get spooked.

Thank you so much! Leap is amazing!

Thank you!

This would be good!

Maybe a team leader or someone who makes the decision on who to interview. HR just passes on the resume to who needs to make the decisions based on what the team needs. Recruiter would be great since they wouldn't know which companies are looking what they need in the market place.

good one!

Yessss

Thank you ❤

Yay, glad you enjoyed this video!

No problem! It was really fun chatting with her!

So am I Keva! If you have a linkedIn I would love to send you an invite!

Hi, which boot camp? Do you have any recommendations? I’m looking into this.

@@lilethm.alvarez7330 I just graduated from app Academy, and I would give it my full recommendation. It's a 6-to-9-month fulltime commitment for their online course, so it's a big decision to make, but I will say they've always displayed great respect and care for the students in my experience. Also to consider, the job search after could take months as well, and part-time jobs aren't allowed until you land a proper software engineering job (they treat the job search as a full-time commitment). Just be sure to actually put in the work. While the weekly tests aren't exactly easy for someone totally new to coding to pass, there were still a small handful of graduates from my class whose final work was clearly lacking in effort or skill, and they reflected their contributions/reputation from when they worked in group projects as well. Don't just optimize studying for passing the tests, and if you feel overwhelmed, being 'deferred' (failing a test or requesting explicitly to be push back to the next cohort to redo the previous month's lessons) is NOT a bad thing. It's most important to learn the material well so you feel ready by graduation. They provide a lot of job-search support (and pressure) as well after graduation (and in the last month of class with lectures and interview practice etc.), which has been a huge relief for me. Hack Reactor would be the other standout option I've heard of when I was researching bootcamps. Aside from that, I'd be a bit wary since those are the two main camps I've heard come up repeatedly in my research.

@@diadsalies Thank you for taking the time to answer my question! I appreciate it.

Good luck love!

Progress?

Thank you! I actually plan to start studying Cyber Security again after my first year as a developer. It's a little too overwhelming at the moment but it's one of my main goals.

@@colorfulcodes it does sound like you have an awful lot on at the moment - but the best of luck with it when you do make the transition - you’ll boss it - I’m sure 💪🏻

Right! She has such an inspiring story!

@Scott is everywhere! LOL

This is so sweet thank you! ❤

See. I think it's a good option. I have a friend at Microsoft who did FDM after getting a degree in ART. They ended up at the NY stock exchange with FDM doing technical support. It's not the best option but it's something. Thank you!

She really is!

Thank you. :)

Good luck!! Hope the tips she gave were helpful!

So glad!

Her story really is!

how long did it take you to master. i dif pharmaceuticals and iam thinking , i should do a tech course

@@innocentmadanhire2391 I think the biggest thing is learning the fundamentals and start building from there. OOP concepts, databases (relational and non- relational), frontend technologies (web, desktop and phone), APIs (REST and SOAP). The most important part is actually building using these technologies. Mastery comes with competence with implementing, time is relative.

Try SheCodes if you have a little cash!

@@awilliams7796 I’ll check check them out!! Ty for the suggestion I appreciate it!! ((:

wie hast du im ende einen job gefunden, und als was genau? wie sieht dein Gehalt aus(auch im Vergleich). mir geht es genauso, nur selbstlerner, und ich fürchte, falls man was findet wird man komplett unterbezahlt, über leiharbeit, oder unbezahlte praktika :-( . wäre schön wenn du mehr berichtest

lässt sich die miese bezahlung umgehen, wenn man eine stelle in einem nicht-deutschen Konzern findet?

Thank you!

Look into Per Scholas. It's in the Bronx and Brooklyn and it's free. You just have to get accepted. My cousin did it and he got a job after. It's a great opportunity. Best of luck!

you better finish that finance whilst learning programming and get into finance technology ....

Hi, can I ask which bootcamp and how your experience was? Was it your first coding education ?

@@cutiepiemania45 I did the 6 months Trilogy/2U coding bootcamp :bootcamp.uw.edu/coding/landing/?psna=3&psnac=3&s=Google-Brand&msg_cv_scta=4&msg_cv_stbn=1&msg_cv_fcta=1&fqvar1=3&pkw=trilogy%20coding%20bootcamp&pcrid=463279349719&pmt=e&GGL%7CUNIVERSITY-OF-WASHINGTON%7CSEM%7CCODING%7C-%7COFL%7CTIER-1%7CALL%7CBRD%7CEXACT%7CCore%7CBootcamp&s=google&k=trilogy%20coding%20bootcamp&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI176om9CA7gIVACGtBh0eVwzGEAAYAiAAEgISO_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

@@linguisticcolors Ty!

@@cutiepiemania45 of course

How was your Revature experience?