How SheCodes helped Anastasiia transition from Finance to App Development!
🙍🏽♀️ Before the SheCodes Foundation
Meet Anastasiia 🇺🇦! Originally from Ukraine, Anastasiia is a creative woman who enjoys digital art, taking pictures, editing videos, and playing games. 💻 Her passion for creativity and technology has always been part of her journey.
Anastasiia’s first attempt at coding began when she studied software engineering at university, but the intense pressure made her step away. Professors expected students to master 5-10 programming languages and complete 40 projects per year in each language, which left her feeling overwhelmed and discouraged.
“I was doing a software engineering major at uni, but I quit because it was too much pressure. It stopped me from wanting to code.”
Before rediscovering her love for coding, Anastasiia worked in finance. Her role involved preparing transfer reports, finding payment solutions, and leading the payment integration process. While the work was challenging, she realized finance wasn’t the career path she truly wanted.
“After working for 3 years in finance, I realized that it's not what I want to do, so I made a decision to go back to coding but try front-end.”
After three years in finance, she decided to return to coding, this time exploring Front-End development. She discovered the SheCodes Workshops through social media ads and felt inspired to give coding another chance. This time, she was determined to learn at her own pace and rediscover her passion for technology. 🚀
👩🏽💻 Her SheCodes Foundation Experience
Anastasiia's experience with SheCodes was really positive and rewarding. She appreciated being able to work at her own pace, which made learning stress-free and enjoyable. She was able to dedicate a lot of time to the SheCodes Workshops and completed them in just two months! 🚀
“The experience with SheCodes was really nice. I liked that I could do the tasks with my own speed. I didn't have a lot of work at my job at that time, so I finished the courses in 2 months.”
She especially valued the feedback she received on her homework, finding it a great way to prepare for real-world code reviews. The final projects were a highlight for Anastasiia—they were fun to build and sparked her interest in React. After completing the React Dictionary App final project, she felt confident in her skills and recreated it from scratch using React Native! 📱
“After finishing the workshops, I felt confident in understanding the concepts of React, so it took me a couple of YouTube videos and just a week to create a React Native 'Dictionary' app.”
🙋🏽♀️ How the SheCodes Foundation has Helped to Change Her Life
With SheCodes, Anastasiia was able to change her life completely. She found a job as an App Developer in the UK, allowing her to move there and even live independently—an achievement she is incredibly proud of. All of this was made possible thanks to the skills she gained during the SheCodes Workshops. 🌟
“I've found an App developer job in the UK and moved here and could actually afford to live on my own in here, all of that thanks to SheCodes.”
Anastasiia’s journey started with web development, but she later transitioned to mobile development, where she now works with React Native. Her role involves coding new features and fixing bugs, giving her the chance to grow her skills and contribute to exciting projects. We’re so proud of everything she has accomplished! 💪
👩🏽💼 Advice to Future SheCodes Foundation Students
Anastasiia has simple but powerful advice for future SheCodes students: bring more passion and energy to your learning journey, and you’ll get there! 💪
“More passion, more energy, and you'll get there.”
She encourages everyone to stay motivated and keep pushing forward, even when things feel challenging. With the right mindset and dedication, success is within reach. 🌟
🎉 Anastasiia’s SheCodes Basics Testimonial:
“Much more interesting than they used to teach me in uni”
🎉 Anastasiia’s SheCodes Plus Testimonial:
“I can't tell you how much I loved this course”
🎉 Anastasiia’s SheCodes Responsive Testimonial:
“Can't wait to start learning React, these courses are so much fun!”
🎉 Anastasiia’s SheCodes React Testimonial:
“If physics school classes were as interesting as this course, I would be a physics nerd.”
