Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
For the past 7 years, I have been working as an Assistant Bakery Manager for Safeway. I woke up 5 days a week between 2 and 6am, performed heavy labor (up to 150lbs of dough at a time), performed customer service, and all on top of plenty of management tasks (delegation, training, inventory, team leader). I proved to myself, and to those around me, that I am a dedicated employee and a fast learner and teacher. When the lockdown hit, I looked at my best skills and I chose to move to a field where my strengths are a desired necessary quality, instead of a nice addition. I am deeply grateful for all that I learned and I value the experience Safeway provided, but I have been itching for a career change. Programming has become more and more relevant and I have a family background in computers. My dad owned a computer repair business back in the 90's/early 2000's and I have plenty of relevant knowledge because of it. With these basics in mind I graduated from Lighthouse Labs to become adept at programming and web skills. I discovered a love for coding, and I am thrilled to be part of the field of tech.
Worked as an Assistant Manager in the bakery department since 6 months after being hired off the street with little experience (June 2014). My job has included producing baked goods as well as all the basics of managing employees and inventory including: -mediating -teaching new skills -scheduling -time management -ordering inventory -computer skills -tracking inventory