Code Changes Destiny

South Mt. District is located in the southwest direction of Shenzhen, in the past 38 years, along with the entire special economic zone, the low-rise buildings, farmland changed the road, small fishing village to become larger city. It is difficult to say, Nanshan Science Park, Beijing Zhongguancun and Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, three who is "China's Silicon Valley."

From south to north into Nanshan Science and Technology Park logo, is the deep and big Shahe intersection of a Shahe bridge, bridge design of the Hollow 1 and 0 of the digital combination, also known as a binary bridge, which means the road to the computer.

The Shahe bridge at night. Surging journalist Shen Wendi intern Wang Yaotu

Before Liu Ying came to Shenzhen, he never thought that his fate would be associated with a string of code. This 1992-born girl from Huaihua, Hunan, College is the design of clothing. CAD (computer-aided design) was one of her favorite courses, she liked to use a root line to outline the feeling of the model, which is also the direction of her job search.

But when she followed the school bus to the internship base, she saw cold iron gates, desolate factories and crowded dormitories.

Into the workshop, the Roar of the machine is deafening, the conveyor belt is folded on the carton, on both sides of the workers aunt will pick up, fold, put down. Apart from the mechanical action, they were expressionless and silent.

"My heart was cold at the time, and I thought it would be a job like office design. "For the next week, she kept repeating the single movement--pick up, fold, drop. Every day she was tired of not standing up to work for eight hours, but dull and numb work to bring her the sense of powerlessness. She had scarcely spoken in those days, except that she did not want to go.

A week later, she called her father crying and wanted to go home. After receiving her father's support, she fled the factory without paying her wages.

This internship experience, seems to let Liu Ying foresee his future.

Soon after graduation, her cousin in Shenzhen Nanshan call, learned the situation of Liu Ying said to her, or you also to Nanshan Bar, with me to learn to write code.

That was the first time Liu Ying had heard of code and programming, the first time I heard of the programmer's career. She didn't have a computer of her own when she was in school. But Liu Ying think, anyway, I do not like the work at that time, go to it.

But this one, she's nothing, everything has to be learned from the beginning.

At that time cousin left Liu Ying an old Lenovo notebook computer, she can learn things are very limited, "Java background too complex to learn, do UI art I have no foundation, can only learn the front-end development."

Every day cousin to work, Liu Ying on a person in a small rental room self-study. She looked at the computer and watched the video, 1.1 points into the world of programming.

For her, 0 basic programming to eat a lot of pain. Because writing code to use a lot of English vocabulary, and her English is very poor, can only be recited again and again, copied. Fortunately, the use of more, nature has learned.

Liu Ying Memories, I sometimes learn tired of learning, but also chatting around the web. By cousin know, broken her net, only left local video to her to see, this let Liu Ying of anxiety sense surge.

Eat all the Liu Ying in the cousin's house in order to relieve the burden, and sometimes to help friends to see the shop. Every month earns hundreds of yuan, although not much, but she at least eats the money to have.

As time went by, she was always in a state of confusion and anxiety, and learned to really find a job.

This question lasted three months, and one day she finally sank to ask cousin, "I can go to work." "Cousin playing in the mind, she learned that point of things they do not see, but still let Liu Ying try to cast a resume."

The next step is to cast a net and cross-regional interview process.

10 companies can have two responses she is very happy, although the first job of the monthly salary of only 3500 yuan, but at least can rent a room of their own, began to earn money to support themselves.

Three years past, now Liu Ying's monthly salary is also million, this level in the industry is not superior, just a line of ordinary yards, but for her, the fate of the three months has changed.

She often remembers the day she escaped from the factory, and she would miss the days of studying code in her cousin's rental house.