Women who code without CS degrees
57 stories

From high school teacher to Software Developer at the BBC
Lisa changed career from Maths teacher to Software Developer with the help of the Command Shift coding bootcamp(https://www.commandshift.co/…

Moving from banking to being a Software Developer and Founder
Hey, so can you introduce yourself? Hi Pete, thanks for having me. My name is Halimah Omogiafo and I am the Founder and CEO of Koody, a pers…

From urban planner to Software Developer
Today's interview is with Lyn, a developer who changed career from urban planning after self-teaching and attending a coding bootcamp. In th…

From Sales to Software Engineer - Jessie shares her tips
Jessie was able to change career to become a Software Engineer without a Computer Science degree. In this exclusive interview she shares her…

Hired from a coding bootcamp instead of going to college
Lenni chose to go to a coding bootcamp instead of going to college. She learned to code with Boolean coding bootcamp. She is already working…

From Formula One Engineer to self-taught Software Engineer
Georgina is a self-taught Software Engineer, who learned to code after working in Formula One for McLaren Racing. In this interview Georgina…

From a Psychology and Biology degree to Software Engineer
Laura has a degree in Psychology and Biology but decided she wanted a change of career and became a Software Engineer without a CS degree. I…

$14k/m profit from building a wish list business
Dash is a self-taught developer and an exciting entrepreneur. She learned to code by making a successful wish list business, Wish Tender. Th…

From Theatre Studies to Six Figures Software Engineer
Maegan makes a six figure salary as a Software Engineer despite having a degree in Theatre and Dance. They learned to code at a bootcamp and…

From Model to Self-Taught Software Engineer
I'm joined today with Madison Kanna, a former model and now a Software Engineer. She taught herself to code after seeing her older sister Ra…

15x local graduate salaries by learning to code
As a developer, Ale was able to earn 15x more than graduates in her city. She shares some self-taught developer tips on learning to code. We…

Trish became a web developer after 40
Trish is proof you can become a developer after 40 years of age. She was working as a chef but wanted a career change. She learned to code u…

From Beauty Therapist to Software Engineer (covid career change)
Emma Wain is a self-taught web developer who previously worked as a beauty therapist. In this interview she talks through how she learned to…

From beer sales to writing code for a living
Today's interview is with Caitlyn Greffly. She used to work in sales for a beer company but was burned out and wanted a change of career. So…

Tatiana doubled her income by learning to code
Tatiana(https://twitter.com/tatianatothe) is a self-taught programmer who shares the benefits of learning to code in this interview. Tatiana…

Anca went from hotel management to Software Developer
Anca wanted a change from hospitality. She started to learn to code with Zero to Mastery(/courses/zero-to-mastery-complete-web-developer/) a…

From bootcamp grad to Front-End Engineering Lead in 2 years
Annie is a programmer without a CS degree who is sharing her story of learning to code today. Read on for her tips on learning to code. Anni…
Alina 5x her income after learning to code
Alina got a 5-fold pay increase after being a self-taught web developer. She gives an interview going over her career and her advice for new…

From Sociology degree to Software Developer
Hannah changed her career to being a software developer after wanting a change from working in retail. Despite having a Sociology degree she…

From Front End to DevOps with no CS degree
Pauline Narvas joins me for an interview on YouTube about being a self-taught web developer, getting hired and learning DevOps. Pauline went…

Kass doubled her salary by learning to code
Kass went from a Web Content Administrator to Software Developer in just two years. She shares her story of learning to code and doubling he…

Learning coding online and getting hired as a developer
Charlotte did an online coding bootcamp and was able to change career and become a Frontend Developer. Check out this interview for her advi…

Becoming a software developer in 6 months during Covid
Jing made a big career change when she switched from working in politics to becoming a software engineer with Klarna after learning to code…

From nurse to software developer after learning at Le Wagon
It's my pleasure today to talk to a former nurse and now software developer, Taniya Amidon who learned to code at Le Wagon coding bootcamp i…