Jenny's story: from laymen who can't write code to programmers

I don't want to say her name, let's call her Jenny here.

Jenny has 5 best friends, 2 of whom are Google's engineers, one is Eventbrite's engineer, one is an architect, the other is her father (a very lovable person), and is the president of Jenny's home state football team.

When Jenny graduated, she took a degree in business management. This is a mistake. In San Francisco, business management basically means that you have to take care of other people's work.

Jenny came to California 2008 years ago. The economic situation is bad for her. The little chance that her new grad could find a job was dashed by a flood of mid-level or senior talent in the talent market. She had no choice but to make a living, and she found a job dispensing in a pharmacy.

Jenny has been looking for work related to her major. In 2009, she found a job in a Genentech company, but complained. There is no such word as "happy working" in her dictionary. She opened her mouth in anticipation of the holiday. She is concerned about a new movie to be shown. To make things worse, she likes to talk about the gossip stories of celebrities. Jenny lives very simply.

In the second half of 2010, Jenny noticed the happiness and joy of her friend who worked at Google. He told her about Google and said a lot. She asked him why he was so happy. The answer is simple: the things he develops are changing the industry, even the world. What he does is meaningful.

A light was lighted in Jenny's heart; she had a new goal. She wants to do technical work, she want to be a QA engineer. She brought her friends together, and they showed her the way to get what she wanted, as long as she could hold on.

Please note that it was the second half of 2010. She has never written a single line of code. She didn't know what the command line was. She doesn't play around with her smartphone.

Her friend who works at Google is using her spare time to study for a master's degree.

Jenny took his example and enrolled in the Html/css/javascript crash course at O ' Reilly School. Each step is very difficult, she spends her spare time in learning front-end development and basic Web page editing. A few months later, she began to apply for the position of QA engineer.

It may be sloppy, maybe stupid, and she's applying for a position she's completely incompetent, but the pain of failure makes her stronger. Every time the interview fails, she comes home and studies every question asked, breaking down and mastering these unknown computer knowledge. In her study, she felt that the hard work would bring her good luck.

Good luck really came and she had a job for quipster-a black-box test for an iphone that hasn't been officially released yet. She had a starting qualification, and she immediately wrote it in her resume (with her architect's friend). She needs more of this experience.

After learning Python in her spare time, her confidence swelled, which allowed her to cast more cover letters.

At the beginning of 2011, she finally found a full-time QA test in a 20-person start-up company in San Francisco. This is official, she is now in the field of science and technology. But she doesn't code. She's not changing the industry.

At least one of Jenny's feet had stepped in. Now she can have a rest. She can drift along and see where the company can take her. Isn't it?

Wrong. Her friends in Eventbrite, people call him the program ape. Not only can he earn money, he also attends various seminars, and he combines his social life and technical work perfectly. Jenny thinks it's a good thing to be alive. In her company, Ruby was a choice for QA automated testing, and she began to learn Ruby and use it in Watir. She began to attend a gathering of automated tests on selenium and watir. Soon, these gatherings became the women's Ruby Lovers ' Party, the weekend Study group and the programming salon.

Six months later, she carried out her most important plan with confidence. She submitted her resume to a company called Pocketgems, and in the interview she easily conquered the interviewer, but she didn't quit her job to enter Pocketgems, she just wanted to see what was different.

Under the inspiration of his friends (her skill level is not very high), she used the PG job-seeking event in her current company to successfully promoted to a full-time QA Automation test engineer position. She finally got what she wanted.

Now, Jenny has no idea what celebrity is out of the gossip. She is now being pushed flat and crushed into a highway as the pelting of life that has collapsed in customer service.

For 9 months, she has turned from a person who has never written code to a person who writes code every day. Her salary has doubled in three. She has a good time at work. What she has developed is something that will make the industry a better place. Jenny is doing something meaningful.

PostScript-Jenny also learned Chinese in the 9 months.

Last word: If the main content of the conversation between you and your friends is not about how you make progress, you need to find some new friends.

This article is from you Are the Average of Your Five closest Friends. This article has been translated.

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