Kim Nguyen is a successful software development engineer for
Adobe. Kim believes Adobe’s products
give creativity and encourages creators to be more creative. Her primary responsibilities are to make sure
everything goes smoothly for their client. Kim is also a Podcast host for Passion Sets
Success.
Kim started college as a Business Administrator at
first. She shortly changed to
Paralegal. However, most people she was
friends with were in school for computer coding. That is when she got curious to find out what
computer coding was and what the degree entailed. With a Computer Science degree, she was able
to use her creative side which is something she enjoyed. She started her computer science career as a
teaching assistant. She was an assistant
for 20 courses over her time. Kim
discovered her passion on being a mentor and helping other students. It also taught her to be patient, and to be
creative when teaching others. Not
everyone learns the same way, and some need a different perspective on learning
and understanding.
Kim started the podcast to meet different people in her
profession along with other professions.
She is grateful for those who have helped her and wanted to pass the
knowledge on to others. Very much like
this blog she wanted to share people’s success and stories with others. Passion Sets Success is all about passionate
people and the passion to create success.
The basic message is that you should love what you are doing.
Kim has had many mentors along the way which she is very
grateful for. She has had so many in
fact that she didn’t even know where to begin when telling me about them. One of her biggest mentors has been her
mom. Her mother has always been her #1
mentor. She is the woman that Kim
inspires to become. In Kim’s words, her
mother is strong, and kind, with a lot of knowledge. Always pushing her and encouraging her to be
the best person she can be. Kim has had
a lot of great teachers who have helped mentor and mold her into her
career. Sam Chung, her previous
supervisor is another mentor she couldn’t stop speaking highly enough about. Sam knew her before she got into the IT
world. He is a great father figure and encouraged
her to be creative. Her new manager,
Eric Stevenson, is yet another great mentor of hers. He believes in her and has taken her under
his wing.
The advice Kim would like to pass on is to always think about
the “why” when going into the IT field.
Is it because you want to be creative, improve your skills, keep up to
date on technology? Whatever your reason
is never stop learning. It may be
frustrating at first but keep trying and never give up. Ask for help when needed and you will be able
to accomplish your goals. You don’t have to pick a path right away when going
for your degree in computer science.
There are many different avenues you can take. Be patient and you will find the right path
for you. Who Kim is today is different
from the young women she was at the age of 18.
Kim has learned to be humble, listen to other, learn from others, and
having great mentors have all lead to her success and has help mold her into
the beautiful successful woman is she today.
Taking the time to analyze problems and issues has also been a key role
in her success. And how can we forget
her mentors. Never forget them as they
have helped her along her path and journey.
Balancing her work life and personal life is getting harder
and harder. There was a time when she
wasn’t balancing them at all. Kim
quickly learned the importance and impact it has on your mental/physical health
when you don’t balance. She now sets
aside 15 min breaks just walk away from the computer so she can refocus her
attention on her tasks. When she needs
to destress, she finds this is the best solution. After work she tries to stay as active as
possible. Kim has joined a couple of
sports groups and on the days she doesn’t have a sport activity to participate
in she will go outside for a quick walk.
You can listen to Kim’s podcast, Passion Set Success, on
Apple podcast, google podcast, Spotify, and YouTube podcast.
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