Ryan

"my path is definitely not normal, but I'm guessing it's normal that a lot of paths are abnormal."

"And yeah, it's pretty much just trying to solve problems that somebody puts forth all day, every day."

"it's not uncommon for me to wake up to a message from somebody in another country who found a bug that I need to fix that morning."

"coding is a lot of heads down, but you really need to be able to collaborate, collaborate and communicate."

"So it's a good balance with that. And it can vary greatly depending on your role and stuff like that."

"it's definitely a big challenge to keep up with all the new tech. It's impossible for anybody to know everything, but there's just so much changing constantly."

"Like it's relatively laid back, like having been in finance, it was just stuffy and you know, you never feel like you're just yourself at work."

"people who just genuinely enjoy coding and can like, get obsessed with being in the weeds of it and like the actual act of coding"

"It never crossed my mind to be a software engineer ever in college or even after college until I was coding for six months, did I finally realize it was an opportunity."

"Don't wait for somebody to give you an opportunity, like start building stuff."

"Just ask; there's no harm in asking. The best opportunities have come from just throwing something out there."

"if you're interested in something and you're in college, like that is the time to explore it"