Thanks to my habit of signing up for mailing lists, I stumbled upon Skillcrush, an online school that teaches tech skills. After the Web Developer course, I was hooked. I learned that the World Wide Web isn't just maintained by men in basements. I can join the party, too! I spent a year at Ada Developers Academy in Seattle training to be a developer. I used those skills and learned more at an internship at EMC Isilon where I'm now a full time software engineer.
What I love about being a software developer is creating solutions to problems through code. And if I can do that on a collaborative team? Even better. Helloooo World.