The latest articles on Forem by Promise👩‍💻🇺🇬🇰🇪 (@pnuwasasira). https://forem.com/pnuwasasira https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F812137%2F381893d6-eeec-4aef-bb59-622a1dfe1de0.jpg https://forem.com/pnuwasasira en Promise👩‍💻🇺🇬🇰🇪 Wed, 09 Feb 2022 14:22:02 +0000 https://forem.com/pnuwasasira/nevertheless-promise-coded-in-2021-192f https://forem.com/pnuwasasira/nevertheless-promise-coded-in-2021-192f <p><strong>How it started</strong>👩‍💻<br> If on this day last year, someone told me that I would have accomplished this much into my journey in tech, I would not have believed them. After my high school in 2019, I was still wondering which course im going to study at compass,I had a friend who was in tech and I had always wanted to get into tech. Therefore, in October 2020 I was introduced to the programe called codeHive run by AkiraChix the "leading source of African female tech talent", I applied and got into the programe,I was introduced to many programing languages including Javascript,Python and Kotlin, as time went by I fell into Web Development. The programe lasted for one year and thereafter, I decided to continue learning as a self-taught developer. Here I am 3 months later!</p> <p><strong>My most recent achievement🏆 was...</strong><br> Learning and building mini projects in JavaScript. I've been struggling with JavaScript since it is my favourite programming language but I'm proud that I've tackled that, and built mini-projects.</p> <p><strong>Advocating for myself looks like…</strong><br> Self-affirmations 😊<br> Taking breaks when necessary.<br> Reminding myself that an expert in their field was once a beginner.</p> <p><strong>My biggest goal is…</strong><br> Grow career-wise and support other women transitioning into the tech industry and even those in the industry. The first few months can be tough. I am thankful to all the women that continued to encourage me to get going. There were days where I felt so demotivated and wasn't sure if I'd get to achieve what I had set out to do, but watching or listening to other women's stories about how they got to navigate similar obstacles really motivated me.</p> <p><strong>My advice for allies to support underrepresented folks who code is...</strong><br> Give them a chance.</p> wecoded womenintech webdev