- Hi my name is Debbie
and I'm a front end architect for Bluekiri
part of the Logitravel Group.
The last eight months have been pretty incredible.
Um, eight months ago,
I was in a pretty difficult situation in my life
where things weren't really working out too well for me,
I was in a job I didn't want to be in.
And um,
basically I knew I needed to change a lot of things.
So I took a step back from life and reassessed things,
started to look at what made me happy.
And with the help of a DreamBuilders course.
I kind of actually knew, to be honest though,
that my dream was to be a programmer,
and I knew I wanted to do it
but I didn't know how to.
With the help of the program,
I was basically told by my DreamBuilder coach
to, basically find a teacher
so that I could learn, um, to program
and learn JavaScript.
Because OpenClasrooms comes with a mentor,
it was, um, it was perfect
because I had someone who could
show me where I was going wrong,
help me, um, see where I need to,
what I needed to do,
help me see where I could make my code better.
With the help of my mentor I was able to learn JavaScript,
and basically able to go towards the path I wanted to go to
to get the job in programming.
I think the most important thing
when you're learning to program
is to have people around you who believe in you.
Obviously I have my friends and family and my husband
who believe in me but they're not programmers,
so they don't get the struggles
and how difficult it is to learn to program.
And I think that's what was really important
with my mentor, because he knew how to,
how to motivate me and how to believe in me
because he knew what I was going through
because he's already been through it himself.
Also at OpenClasrooms,
one of the things that was really cool
was the student advisors were constantly sending me emails,
checking up on me, asking me if I was okay.
And this kind of really helped
because, um you have someone else
where you're kinda saying,
"Oh I don't know if I can do this."
And they're telling you, "Yes you can, you can."
And that just gives you,
um, it helps you believe in yourself.
And I think that's what most people need
when they're learning to code and learning to program.
They need someone who believes in them
so that they can continue to believe in themselves.
So I started in Logitraveler as a front-end programmer
and recently got moved to Bluekiri
as a front-end architect.
And I'm basically working with JavaScript
and Node everyday, which is really cool
cause that's exactly what I wanted to work with.
I've always worked in small start-ups,
um, so it's really really cool
to be able to work in such a big company,
to be part of a really big team.
Um, it's just really nice to have colleagues by your side.
It's just really nice to go to work everyday
and be surrounded by people,
and to just work with really nice people
and people in tech are just really cool.
So it's just, it's a really nice working environment.
- We are at Bluekiri,
a Logitravel Group company,
based on a beautiful island of Majorca.
Our main duty is to provide enterprise grade solutions
for the challenge that companies are facing
in the extremely competitive online industry.
We focus on details and we focus on performance.
Debbie is part of our front-end architecture team.
They create best practices for developers,
and they find the architecture for web applications.
First time we talked to Debbie,
we realized that she was not just an average student.
She had an extensive practical knowledge of technology.
And that was quite impressive.
We like OpenClasrooms because they provide a path
for people to develop their skills on the real world market.
- What's really amazing is that eight months ago,
I had absolutely no JavaScript knowledge,
um, I couldn't write any JavaScript at all,
and now, I'm basically working with JavaScript
every single day, I'm helping other people,
um, people are asking my advice on how to
do certain things in JavaScript.
That's just, really cool.
- The story is that five months ago,
I was working for another company,
and Debbie came to make an interview.
And even if she didn't get the job,
by then she really had a strong skill in UX, html, CSS.
And the funny point is that five months later,
we met each other again, here at Bluekiri,
and I'm impressed with the huge step forward
that she's made in JavaScript.
- I think now, um,
I believe that I can actually learn
any of the technologies that are out there
and, eight months ago I didn't believe
I could learn JavaScript,
now I'm learning Node, React, Angular,
and, that's just really cool.
So, I'm gonna continue studying
and learn whatever technology I can.
(gentle piano music)