Job Landed

This story could be a failure for some as the job I landed is Technical Support Engineer rather than a Developer role.

I’ve been interested in programming since my teens, back in high school I chose to do a technical major as well but for a weird reason I chose mechatronics engineering in university instead of software engineering or computer science.

After graduating from university life led me to curious paths where and I ended working in the family business (meat wholesaler and 3 butcher shops) but the did not work out very well and I quit. After that and a medical misdiagnosis that left me in very bad shape and depression, I emigrated from Mexico to Ireland as a jack of all trades, which allowed to get a work permit. One boring afternoon at the office I discovered the Odin project and started to study it in on and off periods, that was around 2022. I left that job and went to retail, trust & safety and next month I’ll start as a TSE in big American company (fingers crossed to avoid later layoffs).

This period of learning has taught me about resilience, perseverance and grit. This are the same skills that made to go the gym, lose weight and be in better shape.

Overall, I want to thank the Odin project for all of this, all the people involved either in learning or maintaining the project.

I’ll close my post with a quote from a movie “Sometimes, good things take time”

Thanks everyone.