Anyone who transitions from one career into another is always asked this question: “Why are you changing careers?” Everyone has a “why”; it’s their reason for closing one chapter and moving onto the next. The “why” is what drives you through tough times and pushes you into something incredible, unfamiliar, new, exciting, stressful, overwhelming, and wonderful. My “why” comes from an long-lost and short-lived passion discovered in a high school classroom in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. My “why” comes from singing semi-professionally in several languages. My “why” comes from teaching, and leading several choir programs throughout Louisiana and Texas. My “why” comes from a “The Office” viewing party in December of 2019.
“I’m not a great programmer; I’m just a good programmer with great habits.” - Kent Beck