S24:E1 - From Customer Service to Code (Tae'lur Alexis)

CodeNewbie

Tae’lur Alexis is a self taught software developer, application security enthusiast and content creator. Her mission is to help people with non traditional backgrounds break into tech. Tae'lur sits down with Saron to talk about her coding journey going from fast food to tech and the habits and tips she has learned to get to where she is today.

Show Links

• Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor)
• Tae'lur's Talk at BSides Baltimore 2023
• Beer & Chocolate Delivery App
• The Pomodoro Technique
• freeCodeCamp
• The Web Developer Bootcamp 2023
• Codeacademy

Tae'lur Alexis

Tae'lur is a software developer, application security researcher / pentester and content creator. She transitioned into tech in 2018 after working in retail and fast food. Since then she's had the pleasure of traveling around the world speaking at conferences, have worked with startups helping improve their user experience and have helped get more people into tech. Tae'lur write about all things tech – her favorite being web app pentesting. Her goal is to explain technical concepts in way that people can understand. Tae'lur want to do her part in helping make the tech space more inclusive and accessible for those transitioning from non traditional backgrounds.