My Ruby Story

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Catherine Meyers This week on My Ruby Story, Charles talks to Catherine Meyers. Catherine first got into programming after a significant career change from being an opera singer to being a developer. Friends of hers suggested that she begin a programming career and she hasn’t looked back since. They talk about boot camps, such as Flatiron School, the importance of life-long learning, how she got into Ruby, and why she loves the language so much. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Ruby Rogues Episode 354Newest member on the Ruby Rogues PanelHow did you first get into programming?Relatively new to programmingCareer change from opera singer to programmerDidn’t grow up thinking she would be a programmerFriends pushed her to programmingTaught herself HTMLUsed Codeacademy, Team Treehouse, and Code SchoolBoot campsRejected from Flatiron School originallyNot everyone gets into code the same way, and that’s okayCoding takes hard workNo successful programming career is automaticTh