fatima_ldn

Hijabi in tech. Born in Somalia, raised in East London. Software engineer at a startup.

London

25-34

Woman

Black

Arabic

Bootcamp

Software Engineering

Entry level

Early career

First-gen college

Immigrant

Tech

Some experience

Hackney

Somali woman in London tech

barrier set

broken through

followers

following

communities

March 2026

member since

Breakthroughs

fatima_ldn broke through

yesterday

From bootcamp grad to software engineer. In a hijab.

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. …

Career

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Barriers

Land a software engineering job

Broken

Receive and accept an offer for a software engineering role

Career

Communities

Career Changers

Self-Taught Devs

No Degree, No Problem

Immigrant Hustle