Hello, I am Dahye, a self-taught front-end developer based in London.

My journey in programming has started since beginning of pandemic last year. Before that, I worked in fashion for about 7 years after my graduation from fashion school. I never had an opportunity to rethink my career path while I was working. But, I've always wanted to try things that are totally different and go outside of my comfort zone. So, I moved to London from Seoul in 2019 with a hope to experience new things that I haven’t done in my life. But after six months, a global pandemic began.

Suddenly, given tons of free time I started to consider what options I have and what I can do. I was interested in the tech industry and I heard that programmers often don’t have a strict need for formal education. From then, I started to code little by little and the accessibility of free online resources made me feel that front-end development might be the answer for me.

I didn’t have much knowledge nor prior experience in tech and wasn’t sure how to start. Luckily, internet has been my best friend. I found many resources through online like freecodecamp, udemy and I started to build my own projects. Being self-taught is hard. Especially, when I face a problem. But I like struggling. It might take days and numerous attempt to solve a problem or to fix something. However, I like challenging. Finding right solution and seeing things working well at the end make me very happy.

I've always wanted to have a career where I can constantly grow and working in tech, especially as a developer, I know that I have to keep learning. It can be tough sometimes but that's what I'm most excited about. Because I would like to see myself growing and getting better every time and that's what keeps me motivated.

These are the technologies I use:

• - HTML
• - CSS/SASS
• - JavaScript (ES6+)
• - React
• and I am currently learning Node.js + more!

I'm most interested in Front-End because I like being able to see the result quickly and I also enjoy watching & using things that are visually well curated with nice user experience. But I'd love to learn Back End side as well so that I can understand whole picture. I am looking for local Front-End developer position. For employment enquiries, please reach out to me at daaahailey@gmail.com

🙂 A few random facts about me.- I used to be a fashion blogger and often went to interview designers.- I met one of best friends from MySpace and we’ve been friends since.(For those who remember that platform…)- I was born in 🇰🇷 have lived in 🇮🇪 now live in 🇬🇧 and have been to 🇫🇷🇧🇪🇳🇱🇸🇪🇪🇸🇨🇭🇯🇵🇸🇬🇻🇳🇵🇭 so far.