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It’s never too late to start something new. Ioana Rosu, a former lawyer and police officer,
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If you have a good idea, then it's never too late to start something new because no matter what your age is,
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started learning to become a junior web developer at the age of 32. By writing her story in this blog post,
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there's always room for the next big thing.
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Ioana Rosu, a former legal advisor and police officer,
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started learning to become a junior web developer at the age of 31. By writing her story in this blog post,
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we hope her story would inspire others to go out from their comfort zone and be brave to follow their dreams.
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we hope her story would inspire others to go out from their comfort zone and be brave to follow their dreams.
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By the time Ioana decided to finally make programming her own career, she was just learning to code as a hobby.
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By the time Ioana decided to finally make programming her own career, she was just learning to code as a hobby.
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“It happened very quickly”, she talked about her decision. Right after making up her mind, she spent time to look
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at online courses and practising with Github. After few months, Ioana noticed that she needed some professional
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, she talked about her decision. Right after making up her mind, she spent time to
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look at online courses and practising with Github. After few months, Ioana noticed that she needed some professional
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help if she really wanted to make it. She was looking for coding bootcamps in the U.S but the popular ones were
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help if she really wanted to make it. She was looking for coding bootcamps in the U.S but the popular ones were
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too expensive. So, she ended up going to Finland and join us as one of the first students at WebDev Camp.
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hardly affordable, and ended up going to Finland and join us as one of the first students at WebDev Camp.
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Speaking of her learning journey at WebDev Camp, Ioana expressed that it was also an one of a kind experience.
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Speaking of her learning journey at WebDev Camp, Ioana expressed that it was also an one of a kind experience.
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“It’s not like some other courses where you come to learn programming from 9 to 5 and then say goodbye for the
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rest of the day”.
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rest of the day”.
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like-minded, who you can count on.
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like-minded, who you can count on.
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About the teachers at WebDev Camp, Ioana said “I consider them as my close friends, even they might not know
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About the teachers at WebDev Camp, Ioana said
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about that. They really helped me when I needed it. And it was wonderful for me to meet someone who can help
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you not only in learning but also giving you advices in life. They taught me how to build network, how to
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They really helped me when I needed it. And it was wonderful for me to meet someone, who can help you not only in
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approach people and how to approach other things in life”
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learning, but also giving you advice in life. They taught me how to build a professional network, how to approach
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other programmers and do the job search. As a bonus I learned how the windmills produce energy or even how one can
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be build a wooden house without nails.”
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Soon after graduating from WebDev Camp, she has found her new place at
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Soon after graduating from WebDev Camp, she has found her new place at
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= ext_link "Dentolo" , "https://www.dentolo.de/"
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a startup in Germany. “I have
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a health startup in Germany.
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to move out from my country, learn a new language and work in a totally different environment but the happiness
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is not from the job itself, all my colleagues are such lovely people, the atmosphere at work is always cheerful
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different environment but, from the second week, the fulfilment did not fail to show up. My colleagues are great
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and they are really caring to me. They help me a lot to adapt to the new life and to learn the job”
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professionals, the atmosphere at work is always cheerful and encourages creativity, they are really caring and
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try to help me a lot to adapt to the new life and to learn what I have to do on daily basis at the job.”
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And on behalf of WebDev Camp, we would love to relay her message to anyone who wants to change their career
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And on behalf of WebDev Camp, we would love to relay her message to anyone who wants to change their career
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and change their life:
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and change their life:
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“Have trust in yourself and ignore bad advice from people who want to stop you from being happy” -
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Ioana Rosu
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%em "Have trust in yourself and ignore bad advice from people who maybe want to stop you from being the person
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you feel you are inside. And, of course, happy coding!”
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So, if you’re thinking about doing something to change your life, go for it. We hope to see many inspired
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So, if you’re thinking about doing something to change your life, go for it. We hope to see many inspired
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