What I Wish I Knew Before Starting a Career in Tech as a Woman

<p>If you’ve been learning programming for a while and still feel stuck, you are not alone.</p> <p>Most beginners don’t fail because coding is too hard.</p> <p>They fail because

<p>The past seven to eight months have been crazyyy.</p> <p>I came into college, finished my first semester strong with a 9 CGPA, a lot of new friends, and everything felt

<p>Everyone seems ahead when you’re starting out. But most people are comparing appearances, not progress.</p> <p>Early in your career, comparison is hard to avoid.</p> <p>You see

<p>The tech job market in 2026 is sending contradictory signals. Nearly 79,000 workers were laid off in Q1 alone, and 20% of companies explicitly cited AI as the reason. At the

<blockquote> <p><strong>TL;DR</strong></p> <p>For a long time, I told myself I would start documenting my journey later. I thought I needed better projects, more knowledge, or

<p>I've worked at a 5-person startup where I deployed to production on day one. I've also worked at a company where it took three weeks to get my laptop configured. Both

<h2> Let Me Tell You Something Embarrassing </h2> <p>I got selected for a placement opportunity at my college.</p> <p>Out of everyone including people who code better than me,