Julieta Ansola Berreaute
DevOps Engineer at TAPI
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Could you please introduce yourself?
I`m Julieta, a 31-year-old DevOps Engineer working in a FinTech in Argentina.
Whats your background?
I am from Viedma, Patagonia Argentina, I have always been curious and since I was a child I have been passionate about technology.
I started programming as a hobby in my teens, for video games, and after exploring other careers, I decided to start programming.
Start working as a frontend developer, then as a backend, and finally as a DevOps engineer.
I started exploring the cloud through AWS and got some certifications as a Solution Architect.
I am currently learning Go.
Whats your current role?
I currently work as a DevOps Engineer at TAPI, a fintech from Argentina.
With my team we are working on developing technology to transform the payment experience in Latin America, it is something that will definitely change the way people relate to payments.
I love working in an agile team, where we all propose ideas and complement each other.
Having the opportunity to learn from my peers and also mentor others is something I really enjoy.
Why have you decided to learn to code?
I began to learn why I liked video games. But I started learning out of curiosity.
Since I was a child I was attracted to logic games, riddles, and puzzles.
I like to understand how things work, what's behind the hood, and how many different ways there are to solve a problem.
All this led me towards programming.
Do you think its important to learn to code?
I'd say it's important, as long as it's something you like.
It is an area that everyone should be able to experience to try.
Beyond technical skills like learning a certain language, learning to program changes our way of thinking, since we have to develop logical thinking.
If you are one of the people who are attracted to challenges, I recommend that you learn to program since challenges arise all the time and it is not always the same solution for the same problem, that is something fascinating because everything depends on the context.
Do you feel the tech industry is male dominated? How can we encourage more women into the industry?
Yes, definitely. Although lately, this is changing, I think that in the most important roles men continue to dominate, and it is not because there are no capable women.
I think any approach to changing this problem needs to be thought of in the long term, as there are many basic disparities, such as the number of women pursuing tech-related careers, and there are also many established stereotypes in society that we need to change.
A good approach is to encourage women and provide them with access to technological careers or courses such as bootcamps, through scholarships or mentorships.
Did you struggle being a woman in the tech industry yourself?
I would not say that I had difficulties, but I did go through situations that men do not go through, for example, in job interviews they ask me about motherhood, if I plan to have children or if I do, who will take care of them.
I think many companies, faced with two candidates with the same qualifications, would choose a man over a woman.
Whats the most rewarding and most challenging parts of your tech career so far?
The most challenging parts involve learning to deal with frustration when things don't go our way. This area is sometimes under a lot of stress, due to deadlines, competition, and other things that make the industry very difficult.
Sometimes you feel like they have to keep you on top of everything, otherwise, you fall behind. But after a while, you realize that you can't know everything.
On the other hand, the most rewarding thing has to do with the team I have built, working with my colleagues, and learning from them is rewarding.
Being able to participate in projects in which I believe we are changing things for many people, making their day-to-day life more manageable, makes me proud.