Decode your power

Professionally, I had never been involved in IT before. I studied international relations - interesting studies, but they did not provide the prospect of a quick entry into the job market - at least not 10 years ago. After graduation I started working in a related profession - I was in charge of foreign cooperation in public administration. Unfortunately, this job did not give me the opportunity for professional and financial development. A little bit after, the need of the market, and a little bit because of my interests, I changed the industry to logistics and worked in different companies for 5 years.

Before returning, I started thinking hard about what I could do. I was inspired by Ania, a colleague I met during my trip. She successfully changed her profession and started working in IT. I also started thinking about it. I was not completely fresh from the oven in the subject of programming, because in the old days, in high school, I used to learn PHP on my own. However, back then I couldn't imagine working as a programmer. I didn't think anyone would take me seriously without a degree.

I started learning Python before I even got the idea of attending a bootcamp. In the meantime, I found the Coders Lab on-site course in Poznan.

If I had continued to learn on my own, I would not have been able to change the industry in such a short time. On my own, I would not have been able to mobilize myself to code for several hours a day. When you learn on your own, you have a lot of materials to choose from, not always proven, which give you shreds of knowledge in different areas. The course gave me a clear direction.

Each graduate had different motivations and doubts at the start. But they made a bold decision and took that first, difficult step toward change. They let go of past achievements and lessons learned and... changed their professional lives. See how they did it.