I landed a software engineering job at Slack without a degree. Here's how I taught myself to code and broke into tech.

Jeremiah Peoples works at Slack after years in the military.

Jeremiah Peoples

• Jeremiah Peoples taught himself how to code while in the military after dropping out of college.
• He got to leverage his new skills at an apprenticeship in the military but felt impostor syndrome.
• Peoples overcame his doubts and landed a job at Slack after his service.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jeremiah Peoples, a 28-year-old staff developer advocate at Slack in Austin.