After working in finance and a period as a stay-at-home Dad, I’m finally following my passion and starting life as a developer. I've know for a long time that I'm meant to be a coder: it brings me enjoyment, challenge and frustration like nothing else (except, maybe, my kids!). Upon moving to Canada in 2002, I enrolled at the Institut Superieur d’Information in Montreal to obtain a collegial diploma in Systems Integration (and learn some French!). However, upon graduation, difficulties in obtaining a work permit pushed me towards the financial sector. Undeterred, I had soon earned the nickname ‘tech guy’, learned Excel VBA, and was spending the majority of my time automating processes and analysis reports! My transition back to the workplace has begun with a Full-Stack Web Development Bootcamp at Lighthouse Labs. This has been a really enjoyable way to bring my skills up to date and has given me plenty of hands-on experience building and testing apps and web sites. With everything in place, I’m now eagerly awaiting an opportunity to put my passion and skills to work on a real-world project.