# From 0 to Clojure, Career Change

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Cat Rivers shares her journey from tattooing to software development and back, discussing burnout, coding experiences, and the challenges of career changes. Highlights

* 🎨 Cat Rivers is a tattoo artist and psychologist who briefly ventured into coding.
    
* 💻 She experienced burnout while juggling entrepreneurship and sought stability in tech.
    
* 🔄 Coding was seen as a potential career change but led to emotional challenges.
    
* 📚 She learned JavaScript, TypeScript, and Clojure, noting their complexities.
    
* 🤝 Networking helped her land an internship and eventually a job in software development.
    
* 🧠 Imposter syndrome and communication barriers are common in tech environments.
    
* 🦆 Cat returned to tattooing, emphasizing the need for creative fulfillment.
    

> Spotify version will be published on the 22. of August.