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Women In Tech Interviews

Weekly Interviews that Highlight Female Programmers 

Software Engineer & Maker: Estefannie

1/1/2018

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This week I interviewed Estefannie and she explains all her programming beginnings to me! 

1. What was the first thing that peaked your interest in programming?

Pixar. I grew up watching their films and I knew that I wanted to create anything in my imagination with just a computer. Many years later, I watched a documentary about Pixar and found that the people behind the films were computer scientists. This is how I found the degree I was looking for. A few years later, I graduated with a Bachelor's in Computer Science and a Mathematics minor.

2. What was the first language you wrote in and what did you write?

Mine is simple, on my first day of my first programming class. It was in C++ and all it did was print 'Hello World' in the terminal.

3. Who is your biggest inspiration in programming?

​My 'programming' inspiration comes from people who I work with. I cannot say I am inspired by someone I haven't programed with because I need to see how they approach a problem, not just the code. Everyone is different at approaching problems, and when you find someone who works like you but thinks differently enough to complement each other, then you've found the person you should be learning from.

4. Any advice for women wishing to get into the field?

A good way to stand out in a male dominated field, is to not stand out as a female software engineer but as a good software engineer. This is for any gender. Just be a good software engineer. Become a leader, be knowledgeable, and take ownership of your project to gain credibility.

5. In your opinion, what makes a great programmer?

A great ‘programmer’ is someone who likes solving problems and learns and improves themselves constantly by being adaptable to new tech and ideas.
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A great 'programmer' is also someone who is patient. It doesn’t matter how much you’ve studied or how long you’ve been programming, at some point you will find yourself not knowing what to do. Some problems will take minutes, hours, several days, or more than a week. Just keep trying and know you will find a solution in the end.
Follow Estefannie on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube for her amazing maker videos and helpful computer science tutorials.
6 Comments
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1/3/2018 01:24:12 am

It is nice seeing ladies doing incredible work in the tech industry.

I really enjoyed the interview.

Keep up the good work Estefannie

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She Who Codes
1/3/2018 09:45:30 pm

It is nice :)

Thanks for the feedback and support!

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Glen Codes
1/3/2018 07:35:03 am

Great article, nice to get more insight. And she is totally right, you need to be very patient, answer will come. Sometimes I find you even need to walk away from the problem for a moment, and come back with a refreshed mind, I've often done that and the answer suddenly hits me in the face. That and theres more than one way to slice a pie so to speak :)

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She Who Codes
1/3/2018 09:47:49 pm

Nicely put! I've definitely had to walk away from my code before and you're right, coming back with fresh eyes will sometimes do the trick! Thanks for reading!

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Rahul
1/8/2018 07:27:12 pm

Interview was amazing, I learned from this interview lot. Thanks both of you shareing this

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She Who Codes
1/9/2018 01:36:48 pm

Thanks for your support! So glad you were able to take something from this!

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