Pith & Reverie

How I Ended Up in Learning the Tech Industry

It wasn't a straight road. It wasn't even a paved one.

When I first imagined my life, it didn’t include lines of code or late nights debugging servers. It was quieter — a life built around words, stories, and quiet service.

I started as a Legal Assistant. Administrative work. Helping people navigate systems too complex for most.

But somewhere along the way, I realized: I wasn't just following paths — I wanted to build them.

The systems I worked inside of often felt broken. Slow. Heavy. And while I loved the human side of my work, I kept bumping into the same walls: "It’s just the way it is," people would say. Something in me never sat well with that.

Technology whispered a different story. A story where change was possible. Where you could build tools instead of battling broken ones. Where you didn’t have to wait for permission to fix what needed fixing.

At first, it was small: teaching myself basic HTML to tweak a website. Curiosity turned into courses. Courses turned into projects. Projects turned into late nights where "just one more line" became whole worlds built from scratch.

I realized the work I loved most — the work that felt both joyful and weighty — lived at the intersection of people and systems. And if I wanted to make systems better for real people, I had to learn how they were built.

So I chose to start over. Back to being a beginner. Back to messy first steps. Back to school — this time for Software Engineering.

Today, when I write a line of code, I'm not just solving a problem. I'm leaving a breadcrumb for someone else who might walk a little lighter because of it.

This isn’t the career I planned. It’s the career I grew toward.

— Precious | Pith & Reverie