Switching from a successful career in HR to software engineering was no small feat.
Author: Tami Reichold, Junior Software Engineer, Avast
In February of this year, I started as a Junior Software Engineer at Avast in the Secure Browser team — a team I knew from my time in HR at the same company. Yup, you read that right: I went from Human Resources to coding. At the age of almost-30, I decided to completely switch gears, throw out all the work I’d done on my career thus far, and become Junior again.
Making the decision to make the change was probably the most difficult part. Like any 30-year-old, I’ve had plenty of change in my life already: changing careers; jobs; cities; even countries. I asked myself, “Is another change really a good idea?” Plus, I had a stable and secure position with an income that allowed me to live in a convenient area of London.
But then, I switched my perception. Instead of looking back and counting the years I worked towards the HR role, I started thinking about the future. It’s a future in which I still have up to 40 more years to be in a role I (hopefully) love. I also read a lot of stories about career changes from people who were even older than I was and who had many more responsibilities — and they did it, too. So I took a leap of faith and decided that it was the right thing to do.
And so the research began.
At first I tried doing online courses, but I struggled with combining a very busy full-time job and the daily long com ..
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