Me & Coding

Hello, my name is Richard Zhang. Currently, my goal is to become a full-stack developer, and then eventually branch out into other programming-related fields. My educational background is in forensic science and nursing. I finished my forensic science degree in 2017. I worked for two years in a media company after that. Now, I'm heading into my fourth year of nursing in the Fall of 2022. Since I started learning about programming a few months ago, I've found that I really enjoy coding. So depending on how things go, I may decide to switch to programming full-time!

I don't have a formal background in programming or computer science, and I haven't dedicated myself to trying to learn these things on my own before learning of this bootcamp. However, I did spend a year and a half in a Java course in high-school (which was over ten years ago). I also learned a bit about HTML and CSS in a design elective during my forensic science program. Most recently, I took a statistics course and the professor had us coding in LaTeX to create PDF documents. I really wish I looked into programming earlier, because I've been really liking learning how to code.