What is your background?
My professional background started at The University of Kansas, where I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in marketing in 2016. After graduation I knew I wanted to travel, specifically to Asia, so I closed my eyes and put my finger on a map. It landed on South Korea – so off I went! After moving across the globe, I began teaching English and worked for a couple of startups in Seoul doing marketing.
I stayed in South Korea for around four years working and enjoying the country and its culture when I soon found myself completely fascinated with software development. I taught myself how to program, and after about six months of studying software development, I moved back to Kansas City to pursue a software engineering role at an engineering firm. At the time, I was focusing on things like developing and testing mission-critical software for clients in the military and aerospace industry, it was a really great start to my career.