From Classroom to DevSecOps: A Teacher's Journey to Solutions Architect
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Transitions from secondary school computer science teacher to Solutions Architect at GitLab, showing concrete steps: banking job led to a Business Information Technology degree from University of Greenwich, then retraining as a teacher, then a deliberate move into DevSecOps. Uses time blocking to study, a coach to fight imposter syndrome, and tops up skills in C and modern DevOps tools. Juggles three children while handling hiring rejections and practical gaps in software engineering knowledge.
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