Finding myself through first finding, and then becoming, a mentor. Ultimately learning that the real reward of community work is not public recognition but the ability to make a positive and long-lasting impact on people's lives.

What happens when your carefully planned path to a career in medicine suddenly veers onto a technical data track? What lessons are learned along the way?

Starting out as a frontend engineer, I had no idea that some of the most complex engineering problems I’d ever solve would have nothing to do with writing code -- or that enabling other engineers to do their best work is actually my true passion.

When you're the most junior dev in the company, it's easy to feel intimidated. Kyle Gill shares how he conquered imposter syndrome to turn a college internship into a full time position as a Gatsby engineer, plus other lessons he learned along the way.

Is it possible to build a whole new career in tech when you are over 30, with no college degree, and a job history that's mainly manual labor and call center work? Will Johnson tells how he made it happen, with a little help from his family, his community -- and Twitter.

What does it take to go from simply surviving to actively thriving when you are Black, female and in tech?

Making a career change can be stressful and difficult. When you’ve dedicated so much time to one thing, it can be hard to break into another field. So how do you combat being pigeonholed into one narrow role?

Teaching herself to code meant working on projects late into the night, and only after putting in a full day on the job plus getting her son to bed. But, from running video games on the command line to building a GeoCities site, Shaundai Person had been programming computers her whole life -- without realizing it. Equal parts passion and determination helped her turn it into her new profession.