About myself
Published: 2022-08-30 05:16:51

There are two focus points in my life. The first one is sport and the other is my education. Even though education is always a little bit more important than sports, I always try to provide a balance between them. Yet, without mentioning one, my story will not be completed. They both have an indispensable effect on the person I am now.

Sport occupied an important place in my life. I was born in Iran and was a pretty active child. This is why my mother bought me a roller skate. Back then it was pretty rare and I remember that I waited months to get them. After I got fairly good at skating, I started inline hockey. Years later I moved to Turkey to continue my education. In Turkey, inline hockey was not popular. I felt kind of disappointed but I met with a group that was playing ice hockey. I enjoyed it more than the inline one. I started to play in the Turkish league. Later, I went to Russia to attend a head coaching symposium. When I came back to Turkey I started coaching the national team. Recently, I stopped playing ice hockey, just watching. Hopefully, I am going to start playing again here in Canada.

It cannot be denied that sport is important. However, I gave more importance to my education. My major is Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology. I spent hours working on complex algebra and differential equations. Only after I started working, did I begin to realize maybe it’s not the best area for me. The area where I worked was about cancer and it was hard physically also emotionally.

 I have always been into computers. Whenever something needed to be done on the computer or if it should be fixed, I was the go-to person. Yet I had never thought of software engineering as a profession. Still, I was reading articles about how software development has become a highly demanded area. Then in 2020 COVID broke out. A lot of people were affected negatively. The remote working environment become a must and the fastest profession that adapted to such a condition was software development. In addition to that, the need for software has increased dramatically. Opportunities and benefits got greater for that profession. They are offering flexible working environments with high salaries.

 I made some research and found out that web development is the best area that I can focus on.  The Mondo magazine wrote that web development is a good career. Mondo's annual Tech and Digital Marketing Salary guide found that “Web Developer” was the most in-demand job title in tech and one of its top-paying jobs. And, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor, the job market for Web Developers is expected to grow 15 percent by 2026. 

I started to learn web development from some YouTube videos and Udemy courses. Those help me to understand if I really want to make that important career change. I just watched the videos and try to code with them. Even though it was kind of hard to understand I really enjoyed it. Especially to the front end side. Seeing concrete results on a web page was a total delight for me. I am planning to become a front-end developer after I finish this program. But I knew I only experienced a very small part of the visible side of the iceberg. My mind can change if I deep dive into data structures and algorithms.

The career change decision is a huge thing. It was not an easy one. My main goal is to learn web development with any aspects. I am aware that it needs too much focus and effort. But I think it's worth it and the best decision for me and my future.