From zero tech skills to building a career as a programmer | @beetlehope

In this video I talk to Nadia Zhuk, a former journalist and translator from Belarus who taught herself to code and found a paid full-time job as a software developer in just 9 months.

She had spent 3 years working at various tech companies in Poland before moving to London in August 2021 to start a full stack engineering role at Intercom. Besides her job, Nadia is engaged in giving back to the community: by volunteering at Code Your Future, being a Lead at Women Who Code London and sharing her story via her book and on her YouTube channel.

In this video we talk about what it has been like to go from having zero technical skills to working as a software engineer, and why anyone is willing to do the same.
Timestamps:
00:00 Meet Nadia Zhuk
1:00 Nadia’s background and experience before tech
2:46 Why Nadia decided to become a software engineer
05:57 How Nadia started learning to code
08:02 Which programming language should you learn first?
14:40 Why Nadia chose to self-study
16:10 How much time it takes to learn coding on your own
17:19 How Nadia got her first coding job
23:01 Nadia’s job search in numbers
25:50 What Nadia’s first job was like
33:03 Nadia's second job
37:50 Nadia’s decision to move from Poland to the UK
42:51 Getting a work visa
44:00 Interview process in the UK
47:20 Nadia’s plans for the future
48:12 “Crossing the Rubycon”: Nadia’s book
51:00 Why Nadia wrote the book
53:54 Nadia’s advice to people just starting with coding
56:22 Nadia’s tips on managing stress in tech
58:33 Where to find Nadia online
Check out Nadia's book:
https://beetlehope.gumroad.com/l/fhIFH (use special code “artem” to get 50% off)

Nadia's socials:
https://www.youtube.com/user/beetlehope/
https://twitter.com/beetlehope
https://www.linkedin.com/in/beetlehope/
https://dev.to/beetlehope
https://www.instagram.com/nadia.zhuk/

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