Asia initially taught herself how to code during the Coronavirus pandemic while looking for new skills and career opportunities that she could pursue. Her goals and values are clear to see as she is part of many communities within the technology field and actively promotes diversity, equity and inclusion.

While working towards her goals to make a difference for the greater good, she founded ChainVerse, which aims to revolutionise prison communications by providing a simple, secure and affordable platform for people to connect.

Key topics discussed

Introductions

Asia discusses her background, career history, and what led her into the technology industry. This is where we find out more about ChainVerse, as well as the importance of mentorship when looking to work in technology.

Never have I ever

Kelsey and Asia play a game of Never Have I Ever. This reveals some truths about the technology industry and working as a software developer. Some of the questions asked encourage discussions on how Asia finds time for herself and avoids hitting burnout while living a very busy lifestyle.

Asia also talks about her motivations and goals, and how boot camps, mentorship and opportunities helped her to fight imposter syndrome and learn everything needed to succeed in her industry.

Industry myths

Kelsey reads out a variety of statements relating to software development. Some of the topics that follow include whether software development is an expensive career path to go down and whether AI is making programmers obsolete.

Final thoughts

The closing question is asked: what does ‘career goals’ mean to you?