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"If you're on your own path and it doesn't feel like you've made it yet, that's okay! I don't think anyone really arrives. You just keep going, and you let people help you see the parts you can't see on your own." Almost every turn in Ana Cunha's path came from someone else spotting what she couldn't. Growing up in Criciúma, far from where tech seemed to be happening, she'd been building things on computers for fun since she was seven but never saw it as a career. It took dropping out of International Relations, a career assessment, and people nudging her toward roles she didn't feel ready for to get there. From making secret little web pages as a kid, to shipping the tax systems behind Amazon's sales as an SDE, to becoming a Developer Advocate who relocated to Mexico, she kept stepping into the uncomfortable, and that's where the growth kept happening. Read Ana Cunha's journey to tech from Software Engineer to Developer Advocate ↓