In today’s episode, we welcome Lawrence Lockhart, a former hospitality manager turned full stack software developer. Apart from his tech job, he’s also a developer advocate, a teaching assistant at a coding bootcamp and a tech meetup leader, so you know he spends a lot of his time helping others build and transfer their existing skills into tech, being a powerful voice in the tech space for upcoming developers.Today we talk briefly about how he managed to switch from hospitality to tech, and how that wasn’t as easy as a lot of people online make it out to be, the importance of local and in-person jobs as opposed to starting off remote, how learning with purpose is essential if you want to make progress and advice for people starting out!Learn back-end development - https://boot.devListen on your favorite podcast player: https://www.backendbanter.fmCode Connector: https://codeconnector.io Lawrence's X/Twitter: https://x.com/LawrenceDCodesLawrence's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lawrencedlockhartTimestamps: