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When faced with the decision to choose a coding or design focus, Ironhack alumna Sofia Borges opted for a unique solution. Sofia not only attended Ironhack’s Web Development Bootcamp, she later went on to study UX and UI Design at Ironhack as well. In an interview with SwitchUp, Sofia talks more about her journey, and how both her coding and design skills are instrumental in her new role as a Content Producer & UX Strategist at Royal Caribbean Cruises.

I wanted to start an Internet company, or join one, so building meant coding. I’ve always liked computers and on several occasions I had learned how to code a little bit and enjoyed it, but for different circumstances I never went deeper than a superficial introduction. Now, it was going to be different, I was going to go hard for it.

Born in the nineties, I have witnessed the evolution of technology. I am perfectly aware of the deep transformation companies are currently undergoing, through the diffusion and the development of the Web. And do you know what I notice? It is that everyone is saying that coding is tomorrow ‘s skill and that everyone should learn it, but the majority of people only have a vague idea of what code is. Even though, I was evolving around the Web and Technology, I didn’t fully grasp what it was. And the key to better understand the world we are living in is code.

Hackathons are long! You’ll want to use your brain to think about maximum productivity. I’ve found you can’t be productive if you’re not comfy. Plan for the fact that you’re going to be up all night. It’s going to be hard so you better feel good doing it.

For this reason, we have worked against the clock to adapt our courses and bootcamps to a remote virtual methodology that allows us to maintain the quality and standards of our courses, while maintaining the recommendations of the health authorities.

This is part 1 of a series that follows Julia’s journey at the bootcamp, and looks at the ways coding can strengthen leadership and teamwork and how companies can encourage this.