Start from the beginning...

This blog is going to be something I regularly work on. This will include my journey to switch career fields from retail into the tech industry.

A little about me.....I am currently 29, I have a degrees in Automotive Service Technology, Business Administration, and Computer Programming.

After 8 years in retail and feeling like I hit a wall for  professional growth I made the commitment to switch careers. I didn't want to just leave my current company, because overall the company itself hadn't done wrong. I knew that leaving this company for another in the same industry would leave me with a feeling of lack lusterness. I decided that I needed to switch industries completely.

Looking at my personal growth goals going forward for a career eventually led me to teo industries that I found fascinating, but equally important met the qualification that the specific industry rapidly evolved, and had potential for future growth. It was either the technology or medical field.

Though I felt I could succeed in medical, the idea of uprooting myself after buying a house, having a steady girlfriend that I had plans of marrying just to go to medical school did not sound satisfying. The schooling I could get around here in medical would not have been enough for my personal satisfaction, and the rediculously high standards I sometimes give myself.

Not being able to quit my job either, the job that kept me away from my family for 50-60 hours a week, I had to look for something online, 100% online infact. I found a BS in Computer Programming 100% online and went through it. It was long, sometimes hard, and sometimes easy.

In my last few months of school (roughly a year ago), I began applying for programmer/developer jobs.

I have had several interviews over the last year or so, but all essentially gave me the same answer. You don't have enough experience compared to the other applicants.
This brings me up to my current status, I am still with my same employer in retail, and pour as much  time as I can into learning programming languages, specifically web technologies. 

This time includes re-freshening up on my interview skills. Although I interview a lot of people at my current job, hundreds over the years, it has been a long time since I have been on the other side.
I know a top recommended  book that I hopefully will check out is Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions.

This is what the current cover looks like, from all the reviews I've read, it is suppose to be extremely helpful.