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Name : Pearl Olanrewaju

City : Austin Texas

Country : Cameroon

Continent : Africa

About Me : Pearl is a Software Engineer living in Austin with her husband and 2 kids

Challenge Faced : I always jokingly call myself "the accidental programmer". That's because there is some truth in that. I majored in CS back in Cameroon, because the only thing I was really good at was Math and the was no Math major at the time. It was Math and Computer science.. So my first "Hello World" was actually on a piece of paper because we did not have laptops or computers back then.. And I totally sucked at it.

How I Overcame : I actually gave up a few times,..but computer science always found me.. All the companies I interned at, wanted me for that skillset, so after several failed attempts, I finally started liking it, and got better at it. Today, there is really nothing else I will rather be doing..

What single advice would you like to give women? : Find your passion and stick to it.. It's OK to fail at it, feel discouraged.. But don't stop. These failures are making you resilient and are shaping you into the person you were meant to be. Find your tribe.. People that uplift you and give you honest feedback even when it is difficult.

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