Lauren Riddle graduated with Full-time Web Development Cohort 36.

Before making the decision to pursue a career in software development, I was attending college to acquire an Associate degree in Computer Networking, while working as an Administrative Assistant. I took classes on HTML, CSS, SQL, and MIT App Inventor when I was in college. The more I learned about programming, the more I found myself being drawn towards it because of the abundant possibilities for career growth in the industry, the daily opportunity for practicing my problem solving skills, and the satisfaction that comes from being able to write code and watch it come to life in the form of a working application. Coding is exactly where I need to be.