Doctor or programmer?

For some time I wanted to do something but I didn’t know what. Growing up I wanted to be a doctor, to study medicine and I did prepare for that some years but in high school, I almost failed the programming class and sought help from one of my classmates. He showed me everything that he knew and I learned by his side.

Having some vision

Later that year, in the summer holiday, we bumped into each other and had a small talk over a coffee. He asked me how I managed to understand programming in such a short time and he gave me some advice to continue but I didn’t listen and continued studying for med school.

One night, when I was alone with my thoughts, I started wondering what it would be like to do something that no one expects me to do.

I got excited about the idea of telling a computer what to do and then doing it.

I got excited about the idea of studying technology.

I got excited about the idea of starting over and I enjoyed so much the feeling of not knowing and of the possibilities that I jumped to my desk and started typing what a programmer does.

Some years passed and I’m now studying engineering and computer science and I almost start to laugh when friends ask me how it feels to be a doctor. Well, I like to think that I’m a doctor of computers, robotics, and software.

Getting my first job

This is my journey until this year in March when I found a job. That went well, but I started to feel like I wasn’t doing enough. For some months I didn’t know what to do, but my boyfriend stood by my side and helped me pass this stage. And I did, we are now developing our own business together surrounded by our cat and dog in our little office. I’m a coder that learns how to design and he’s a designer that learns how to code. I also want to document this part of my life, since I always said that I would do, but never did, and this time I want to share it with other people.

The moral of this story

I never expect to do something and have your eyes closed to all the opportunities that surround you.

-A. from Koddezign