Jantina Eefting

When finishing university, I started working as an Au pair. I wanted to travel the world, but the honest reason would be that I was one module short of my science degree, but with no desire to work in the particular field.

While au pairing I learned to be organised and to be patient with the people around me. Working in three different countries for five different families taught me to adjust to a different environment and work with a diversity of personalities.

While in lockdown I started looking for field that I could work in. My requirements were that I should be passionate about, I would like to work remotely at some point and ideally I want to be my own boss. I found coding and it ticked all the boxes. I started a course straight away and I was hooked.

I learned HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Bootstrap and React.js. A few months later I moved to Porto, Portugal for a customer service job. Here I learned how the corporate world works, how to work with productivity and quality targets and to be part of a team. In my free time I started yet another coding course. After the course I keep on practising my newly aquired skill and building a portofolio. I hope to find a job in developing in the coming year