Senior Engineer. No degree required.

Four years ago I was folding shirts at a department store. I learned to code from YouTube videos and free online courses. No bootcamp, no CS degree, no connections in tech. I got my first junior role by cold-emailing 200 companies. One said yes. The imposter syndrome was constant. Everyone around me had degrees from Stanford and MIT. I kept waiting for someone to figure out I didn't belong. Seeing David's post about getting promoted as an immigrant with no traditional background helped me realize that the barrier was in my head. If he could do it, so could I. Last Friday my manager called me into a meeting and told me I was being promoted. I start as Senior Engineer next month. To everyone working retail and dreaming about tech: the path exists. I walked it.