I started out as a “designer” at 13, while attending an aeronautical technical high school. I graduated as an Aeronautical Technician, but by 17, computer engineering had caught my attention. That’s when I began teaching myself to code.
After high school, I joined a three-year bootcamp at Digital House, developed with Mercado Libre and Globant. It gave me a strong foundation across different areas of software and helped me explore where I wanted to take my career. Alongside the coursework, I kept studying and building my own projects.
Alongside my studies, I worked the night shift as a metalworker at ARMAFERRO S.A., where I spent four years. It was a difficult period, and I wasn’t happy there. But I needed to help my family and pay for my education, the bootcamp and English classes.
My first opportunity in tech came after sending more than 1,000 applications. That first job really is the hardest to land. Hiberus hired me and trained me in microservices for two months before I joined a team working for El Corte Inglés. It was my first professional software role, but those years of studying and building had given me a solid starting point.
While I was at Hiberus, companies began reaching out about microservices roles. One of those opportunities took me to itti, where I joined as a semi-senior software engineer. That’s where I am today, still learning and building.