\u201cI got a new job in this field within a month of completion \u2026 love to code, debug, etc now and I never knew I would.\u201d - Toluwanimi<\/p>\n
Moat Academy: Can we meet you?<\/strong><\/p>\n My name is Toluwanimi Sola-Adeyemi. I am 22 years old and I have a BA in English as well as an MSc in Finance, both from the University of Kentucky.<\/p>\n Moat Academy<\/strong>: What were you doing before coming to Moat Academy?<\/strong><\/p>\n Before coming to Moat Academy I was completing my Finance degree, and I was quickly realizing it was not the path I wanted to continue on in life.<\/p>\n Moat Academy: What exactly do you want to achieve with the software development skills?<\/strong><\/p>\n With the software development skills I gained from Moat Academy, I want to build\/contribute to building meaningful products. Products that have positive impacts on everyone that use them.<\/p>\n Moat Academy: How have things changed for you since gaining software development skills?<\/strong><\/p>\n My life has completely changed since I attended Moat Academy. I got a new job in this field within a month of completion and I am discovering a part of myself that I never knew. I love to code, debug, etc now and I never knew I would.<\/p>\n Moat Academy: What was your biggest fear before coming to Moat Academy and what do you feel about it now?<\/strong><\/p>\n My biggest fear before coming to Moat Academy was that I would not be able to grasp the concepts being taught because I wasn\u2019t good at maths. Most times I would hear CS (Computer Science) students say that you have to be good at math if not you will not succeed in coding. I have overcome this fear now because even though I\u2019m still not the strongest mathematician, a lot of coding is also logic and using your brain to think about why\/how etc, and Moat Academy really helped me with this.<\/p>\n Moat Academy: How will you describe your experience in Moat Academy?<\/strong><\/p>\n I would describe my experience at Moat Academy as a very enriching and empowering one. The STEM field is one that is so male-dominated and one of our trainers at Moat was a woman, so I was very pleased and encouraged to learn<\/a> from her every day.<\/p>\n Moat Academy: What have you been able to achieve with the training?<\/strong><\/p>\n As I mentioned earlier, I received a job offer about a month after graduating from CWG PLC where I am now a Software Developer. Without Moat Academy I would not have felt confident enough to apply or even make it past the technical interviews. I have had to pick up other technologies\/languages\/frameworks at work but it is made easier with the foundational knowledge I gained from Moat.<\/p>\n Moat Academy: What advice do you have for those coming into Moat Academy?<\/strong><\/p>\n I would advise anyone coming to Moat Academy to be ready to learn. The training is very hands-on and the morning leadership sessions are also very useful for your life after Moat.<\/p>\n Moat Academy: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?<\/strong><\/p>\n In 5 years I hope to be a Senior Software Engineer<\/a> either heading my own company or working for a company that is building things to empower Nigerians<\/a> (not just payment applications).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cI got a new job in this field within a month of completion \u2026 love to code, debug, etc now and I never knew I…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":563,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[32,36],"class_list":["post-560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-interview","tag-jobs","tag-outcome"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moatacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moatacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moatacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moatacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moatacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/moatacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":562,"href":"https:\/\/moatacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560\/revisions\/562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moatacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moatacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moatacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moatacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}