This Women's Month, I will share to you how did I became from looking for flowery words and writing a novel into using tags and code.

I was dreaming of becoming a journalist when I was a first year of junior high school. I was in a newspaper club for 6 years and I was invested in writing short stories and news in the school. Until, I met HTML/CSS and Visual Basic Programming on a Computer class of my 3rd year and last year of junior high. Whenever we have activities in Computer class, we came as pairs and I was always the programmer partner. At first, I was hesitant of changing careers because I want to pursue writing. After I graduated my junior high life, I decided to pursue writing through my senior high school life which I took up Humanities and Social Sciences course.

Fast forward to my last year of my Senior High, my mom/my boss was looking for a web developer as a backup for her startup. I was an intern in her startup and I do communications and marketing during my internship. Somehow, she discovered my coding skills during my junior high school years and I have some projects that I have created. She encouraged me to switch my position from communications to a Web Developer Intern. So that's where I learned Python Programming, React JS, and CSS Frameworks. During that time, my dream of becoming a writer was fading away but it became a new career choice.

When I chose my college degree, I was really hesitant to get a computer-related degree program but my mind was encouraged to go to a computer-related degree which is Information Technology course. Until now, I am still coding and as DEV.to said "Nevertheless, Amber Coded 2022"...

Right now, I do mobile and web development and also UI/UX designer at Cawil.AI Solutions which is an AI Startup in the Philippines. I am now an Information Technology student at Silliman University. I am proud of what I have right now. I enjoyed coding that I found a skill right off in the classroom.

About my writing skills, I am still writing and on hiatus for writing novels due to my school and work. Right now, I will focus on my career.