Leaving Medicine for Tech: My Journey to Becoming a Software Developer

Why I change my career

(Left) Obtained my Ph.D. in medicine; (right) worked as a software engineer. Photo by Amy Li.

Coding is just a powerful tool to solve real problems, and also help us think differently.

Job Interviewer: “Why do I leave medicine and work as a software developer?”

This is a question I was repeatedly asked during my job interview for a software…