You can be a creative person, hate math class, and still become a strong software engineer.
We’re joined by Ella Marke, a front-end developer at Feeld, who started out as a graphic designer and only began coding to better understand the websites she was designing. That “side hobby” quickly turned into a real career shift and five years later she’s still growing, still learning, and still surprised by how much she loves it.
We talk candidly about the myths that keep people out of tech: the idea that you need a computer science degree, that coding is only for certain personality types, or that you’ll eventually “hit a wall” where it becomes too complex. Ella shares what actually helped: finding a truly junior-friendly role, using curiosity as a skill, asking a million questions without shame, and choosing a company culture that treats a non-traditional background as an advantage rather than a gap. If you’re navigating imposter syndrome, switching careers into tech, or exploring front-end development from design, you’ll hear practical signals to look for in job descriptions and interviews.
We also dig into what long-term growth looks like in a fast-moving startup: shipping real work early, collaborating closely with product and design, investing in continuous learning, and using flexible remote work to think clearly and solve harder problems.
