Maiara

Maiara is originally from Brazil and has lived in the UK for almost a decade. She lives with her husband and her dog Sam! 🐶 She enjoys watching TV 📺, going to restaurants, meeting up with friends and going for walks in the woods 🌳. She also loves travelling. 

She has a background as a media coordinator and a freelance translator for film and TV. She also worked in quality assurance for video game translations and with BBC Japan.

"I really wanted a course that had support and mentoring, and SheCodes has a great community. It also gives great explanations and is a great foundation course on everything front-end related."

Maiara wanted a collaborative experience while she learned how to code. We believe this is essential to build confidence, especially for students who are new to coding. It's an important part of our learning process that you have the option to speak to fellow learners and get help from them and the SheCodes team! 🤗

"I really liked the format of the SheCodes courses, with the possibility to ask questions and get feedback. Coding has a lot of collaboration and improvement involved, so being able to work closely with other students and learning how to ask questions and fix our problems was a big thing."

Each course includes homework and eventually bigger challenges like landing pages, websites and apps, so you can see how your knowledge can be applied to a real-life project. We like to keep things fresh and interesting! 

Many students don’t begin studying with SheCodes to start a new career. Some women just want to learn new skills and try something different. Maiara approached SheCodes with an open mind and found that coding was a passion that she wanted to pursue!
 

"SheCodes made me realise I really liked coding and wanted to do that for a living. It gave me the opportunity to learn in an engaging and safe environment and gave me the exact knowledge I needed to pursue what I wanted in more advanced courses."

Maiara now works as an Associate Front-end developer for a big e-commerce company! 🏛️

"I am currently in training, going deep in the same topics I first learned with SheCodes. Eventually I will have enough knowledge and experience to be put into projects with some of the biggest retailers in the world."

"Go for it. It's a great course that will help you change your life. But don't rely only on what you see there, there's a world of other resources that will help you improve and thrive, but you have to put in the effort. Don't feel discouraged when something seems too difficult and alien, we've all felt the same way."

Maiara's advice is to be persistent - coding is fun but can be challenging. The great thing is that there's always a way around that challenge. There is always a solution to be found. 💪
 
"Take a deep breath, take a break, search for the topic and see some tutorial videos on YouTube and go back to it, it will make sense, I promise. If you can, take all the courses available and at the end, try to make your own little projects and see how much you can do on your own."

“I really enjoyed this workshop. The pace was perfect and the challenges after the lessons are crucial to help the content stick and make sense. The content is also very fun and engaging. I'm excited to keep learning! Highly recommended.” 

  

Maiara's SheCodes Plus Testimonial

“Another great course by SheCodes! Again the pace is challenging, but not impossible to follow, the level of difficulty increases in a way that you feel like you're learning, but don't get overwhelmed. Building our own working app was very satisfying and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I look forward to continue learning. Big shoutout to João and the team who are so helpful and kind! Thanks, guys!”

 

Maiara's SheCodes Responsive Testimonial

“This workshop was my favourite! It's really rewarding and exciting to see your work coming to life. Another great class from Matt and the team!”

 

Maiara's SheCodes React Testimonial

“Another great course from SheCodes. Everything is very well explained and there are a lot of challenges to help you put to practice what you just learned. Very doable within the time frame suggested as well. I thought the final project was a bit more complex than what the lessons covered, but again it was well explained and we can follow all the steps. Massive thanks to João for all his help!”