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irene van dijk
developer at media.monks
about
i was born and raised in amsterdam and studied biomedical sciences. i spent many years working in laboratories as a researcher in the field of molecular biology and successfully defended my phd project at the university of amsterdam. after that achievement i didn’t see a good career path for myself, so i decided to join a bootcamp to become a web developer.
why do you think it is important that role models need to be visible?
i don’t know any women that work in it, and i only got interested in programming late in my career. if there were more role models visible when i was young, i could have chosen another path for myself.