Olga's father worked in an IT company and not only helped her with advice, but also introduced her to people who needed employees. When she was still studying, he suggested her as a substitute typist, and when she graduated from college, he helped her get a job updating the information and legal system on clients' computers.
Six months later, Olga got a full-time job in the same department. She liked both the responsibilities and the clients, but soon received friendly advice that without a college degree, she could not expect career advancement.
At that time, Olga tried to learn PHP from a book. It was a fascinating read, but the description of the functions did not give an understanding of how to build a site from them, and when she moved from theory to practice, she ran into a lack of a holistic understanding and gave up, without writing anything working.
"It was hard to admit, even to myself, that I couldn't do it, and that special lead unpleasant feeling haunted me for a long time. I had to choose something that I could definitely handle, something interesting, and something that I could pay for. It turned out to be advertising."
For the next six years, most of Olga and her husband's vacations were spent on her exam sessions: "My husband had trouble getting to the computer, I was glued to it, so he bought me a laptop. English was still difficult, I got an "excellent" in the end, having studied the textbook and memorized the translation and sound of every word."
Doubts about your own professional skills happen when you are torn away from your usual life during maternity leave. That is why it is so important to maintain your interests.
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