Vanessa Nicole Naff is a Software Engineer for Warner Bros. Discovery. She works with the behind the scenes aspects of transcoding and live streaming video. In this episode, Vanessa takes us through her journey from growing up in a rural town to studying abroad in Japan and finally working with complex and advanced Go powered technology. 00:00 Introduction 02:50 First Memory of a Computer08:24 Main Interests Before High School12:57 Entering High School20:20 Studying in Japan24:40 Adjusting Back to Home Life27:04 Applying to University in Arizona31:40 Goodwill Hunting and Reality37:54 Deciding on a Career Path43:54 Working at Digipen50:55 Working in Technology57:50 Becoming a Software Developer1:00:00 The Importance of Feedback1:07:00 What is Vanessa Doing Today?1:20:30 Creating Opportunities1:29:00 Contact Info1:29:50 Persistence is KeyConnect with Vanessa: Email: vanessa@axiomista.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessanaff/overlay/contact-info/Twitter: https://twitter.com/axiomista/Mentioned in today’s episode:Warnerbros: https://www.warnerbros.com/Want more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!Online Courses : https://ardanlabs.com/education/ Live Events : https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/ Blog : https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog Github : https://github.com/ardanlabs