No BS. Quitting your Job to Code


Authentically Sharing my Journey into Web Development

Why I quit my Job to learn how to code

On Tuesday, November 14, 2017, I quit my comfy fifty-two thousand dollar a year job as an environmental engineer to learn to code at Flatiron School. Flatiron is an intensive coding ‘bootcamp’ with a money back guarantee. I’m currently completing the Online Full Stack Web Developer program with scholarship, full time. I code all day, Mon-Fri, and have picked up a restaurant job for some pocket cash. By the time I ‘graduate’ in 4 to 6 months, I will be qualified to work as a Junior Web Developer and my savings account will be completely drained. Although this was a huge leap of faith, I decided I needed to invest in myself, and my happiness. For the next year or so of my life, I will be catapulting myself into the tech world and sharing my journey with you. This is my story: