Voices of Gatsby: How I Learned to Code as a Full-Time Working Parent
Teaching herself to code meant working on projects late into the night, and only after putting in a full day on the job plus getting her son to bed. But, from running video games on the command line to building a GeoCities site, Shaundai Person had been programming computers her whole life -- without realizing it. Equal parts passion and determination helped her turn it into her new profession.
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