I was in my early teens when I first started to code and I coded pretty much for the next 10 years until my graduation and I loved it. I was a high achiever, goal-orientated and a logical thinker and loved the problem-solving nature of software development. I began my career as a Java developer fulfilling my goal of having a career in Tech.
I then took an extended break to have my eldest two children. A few years later when I was ready to return, the industry had moved on considerably and I was no longer sure of my skills and fit. I spent the next 13 years raising my kids, working part-time and most recently running my own business. As the gap in my IT career grew bigger, I came to accept that the door to that part of my life was closed. But it always irked me that I had given up something that I loved.