How did you get into tech?

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Share your story about how you got into the tech industry.

Marina K · Accepted Answer

Wanted to become a designer. During summer job after high-school met some kids from Computer Science department and decided to apply there as well. Then decided to pick it and got caught up 🙂

Nick from FirstHR · Answer

Completely by accident.

One of our clients asked us to help develop an app. We found a team to take on the development, and then quickly discovered that we were pretty good at putting together a team ourselves.

Toby Rowland · Answer

I was at Walt Disney in the 90s and was automating TV ratings data analysis using Visual Basic.  More and more Internet companies approached us for Disney content, and I started getting pulled  into meetings as an Internet enthusiast.  We had lots of ideas for startups but eventually focused on the worst one:  online vitamin retail.

Alex Gordon-Furse · Answer

I started buying and selling on ebay when i was 13 and learned quickly about the insane scalability that tech-enabled platforms brought to even basic things like a marketplace

Ashit Vora · Answer

By coincidence. :)

Honestly, I didn't do well in my 12th grade and had very few options left for graduate studies. Out of all of them, I decided to choose CS Engg.

I started loving it, and here I am.

Now, when I reflect, I feel like everything in life is destiny.

Oleg from FirstHR · Answer

@xucian I was born when there was no tech industry :)

xucian · Answer

you're not getting into tech
you're born into tech

Karen Isbell · Answer

Back in the 90s, I worked as a customer support rep for a forex trading platform still in the MVP stage. At the end of every business day, I logged into customer databases and manually ran SQL statements to delete trades meeting a variety of criteria. Taught myself to code and built a small app that automated this process, so I could leave early. 😆

Oleg from FirstHR · Answer

@toby_rowland Why the worst? This market is fine now. Although it was probably too early then.

Oleg from FirstHR · Answer

@karen_isbell To the industry through a problem, classic.

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By watching YouTube shorts.

xucian · Answer

@oleg_eltsov haha that's fair. I mostly meant ppl are technical or not by design 😁

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I got into tech through gaming.

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Started tinkering with code in college, got hooked, and the rest is history!

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When I started freelancing as a graphic designer.

How did you get into tech?

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