deshawn_det broke through
Three years ago I was in a cell reading JavaScript books from the prison library. When I got out, nobody wanted to hire me. Background check. Done. Every time. So I decided to freelance. Last week a local real estate …
fatima_ldn broke through
I applied to 147 jobs. Got 12 interviews. Failed 11. I almost gave up after rejection 100. Then I saw David s breakthrough. Immigrant. Outsider. Made it to tech lead. Last Tuesday a startup in Shoreditch called. They wanted me. …
Six months ago I could not write a for loop. I was a high school English teacher for 8 years and everyone told me I was crazy to switch to tech at 32. I almost quit three times. But I …
I work 50 hours a week on the line. I wake up at 5am to code before my shift. I code on my phone during breaks. I watch tutorials while prepping mise en place. Everybody at the restaurant thinks I'm …
I moved to Berlin from Eastern Europe 6 years ago. I barely spoke German and my English was rough. My first tech job here was fixing bugs nobody else wanted to fix. I kept my head down, wrote good code, …