Audrey Lim - Rails Girls Singapore (RDRC Edition) 2015
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Picks up programming in April and within a year moves from HTML/CSS and JavaScript to Ruby and Go, claims going from zero to paid work in that time. Builds a Go API that fetches Flickr + weather API data and serves city photos alongside current weather, demonstrates it working for Tokyo and Atlanta. Develops and runs code inside Nitrous dev containers to avoid local setup and now works at Nitrous. Emphasizes curiosity as the reason for language choice and rapid progress.
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