From Accountant to Data Engineer with Alyson La Podcast, 168

On this week s episode of the podcast, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews Alyson La. She taught herself how to code while working as an accountant at GitHub and was able to transition to a data scientist there, then ultimately a software engineer. After one of her kids got diagnosed with autism, she left her career for 3 years to be a fulltime mom. She then reentered the workforce and now teaches other moms how to do the same through a charity called TechMoms. She recently won a teacher of the year award and was a top 5 finalist in a data visualization competition. We talk about: How Alyson taught herself programming while working as an accountant How she transitioned to data analyst and ultimately data engineer Tips for preparing for a break from work to take care of. .., freeCodeCamp 20250415 oYMUKagK0n8