#250 - Delivery Driver to Developer: Jacob’s Journey into Tech as a New Dad

Develop Yourself

Whatever you do, don’t learn to code.
The market is over-saturated.
AI took your job.
There is no hope.
But then you meet someone like Jacob, a young dad who was delivering food a year ago and just landed his first dev job without submitting a single application.
Is his story typical? No. But then few stories are.
At Parsity.io, we've seen CS grads take up to a year to get hired. We've seen people go from zero to hired in 6 months or less.
There is no formula.

What works for one person might work for you and it might not.
Not a great marketing tactic eh? It's just the truth.
Jacob shares how he landed a role with ZERO applications and juggling a tight schedule as a new father while learning to build complex software.

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Chapters

1. Introduction to Jacob's Journey (00:00:00)

2. From Pre-Med to Learning Code (00:02:44)

3. Finding Parsity and Switching Careers (00:08:33)

4. How LinkedIn Posts Led to a Job Offer (00:14:42)

5. First Month as a Cloud Platform Engineer (00:21:55)

6. Using AI Tools in Professional Development (00:28:53)

7. Advice for Parents Learning to Code (00:34:27)

8. Final Thoughts and Where to Find Jacob (00:40:30)