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#138 From Brain Tumor to Teaching 500,000 Sysadmin Students with Hiroko Nishimura

The freeCodeCamp Podcast

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Navigating Career Choices: From Teaching Aspirations to a Missed Tech Opportunity

This chapter explores the speaker's struggles with familial and societal pressures as a woman and an immigrant, steering her away from a passion for coding towards a career in education. Reflecting on her journey, she expresses regret over not pursuing her interests in STEM, acknowledging the lost opportunities for growth and experience in the tech field.

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