The latest articles on Forem by Vlatka Pavišić (@vlatkapavisic). https://forem.com/vlatkapavisic 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%2F60824%2F43fc8747-f5d8-44f5-ac4c-b338cc704f6e.jpg https://forem.com/vlatkapavisic en Vlatka Pavišić Tue, 06 Mar 2018 10:38:48 +0000 https://forem.com/vlatkapavisic/nevertheless-vlatka-pavii-coded--42p2 https://forem.com/vlatkapavisic/nevertheless-vlatka-pavii-coded--42p2 <h2> I began coding... </h2> <p>At the age of 16. I moved to the capital of Croatia to have a better school. The school was focused on maths and science. My schoolmates already did 2 years of programming so I had to catch up with them in one semester. The language was Pascal. I got hooked from the very start and decided to continue my education in that direction. A few years later I had a Master's Degree in Computer Science and a lot of lines of code written in assembler, C, C++, C#, Python, Ruby... </p> <h2> I continued coding... </h2> <p>At work. I work as a software engineer for a recruitment platform for students in Paris, France. My choice of career has made it possible for me to move to the city of my dreams :) </p> <p>At home. I have a personal project - food blog I developed from scratch called Cuisine Hacker (<a href="http://cuisinehacker.herokuapp.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://cuisinehacker.herokuapp.com</a>). Also I'm currently studying Machine Learning at Coursera so I do some programming assignments for that too.</p> <p>At Women on Rails workshops. I mentor women who want to learn Ruby on Rails. </p> <h2> My advice for women who want to learn programming... </h2> <p>Be optimistic, confident and patient. You will not reach your goal overnight. It will take a lot of hours spent with your laptop, a lot of thinking and discipline... I would suggest you to have a systematic approach towards learning. Learn from books, tutorials, online courses... Make notes. And when you learn the theory and syntax, get to the practise part. Make a personal project that connects your interests and programming (like I did with my blog). Attend local meetups and connect with the community. </p> <p>Tech is a great industry to be in. I am never bored at work, whether I'm solving a problem, searching for the cause of the bug, or learning some new technology... Also programmers are well-paid :D I'd like to inform the girls and women of all the benefits and one day have a more gender-balanced tech world.</p> wecoded