Digital natives, or Generation Y and Z members, have grown up with technology at their fingertips and have never known life without it. It is not surprising to see many people begin their tech careers from such young ages in this clime.

Abigail Inyang is one of the Gen Z with a big dream as she forges her path in the tech industry. Her journey into tech is remarkable, she stumbled upon her sister’s jottings from a code camp and her interest was piqued. Now, writing codes is such a part of her life that it is a means of escape and the gateway to making a larger impact in society.

Abigail Inyang’s journey into tech

Sometimes we all need a ‘push’ to spur up passion in us, or that which we don’t even know will tickle our fancy.

Abigail’s sister had a “thing” for tech and was enlightened on the versatility of tech. One day, curious Abigail stumbled upon her sister’s jottings from b0otcamp on coding and became engrossed by the content.

The truth is, there is an “Abigail” in every one of us and this is what I mean: going through her sister’s jottings on coding, getting to know about tech and all, she developed interest, then thought to herself about things she could do and ways to maximize her knowledge of tech. Smart teen and a goal-getter! She, of course, went for it, taking a step at a time, yet killing it till this day.

Similarly to every successful individual in a field facing challenges in the embryonic stage, which for Abigail was in 2019, she lacked essentials as a beginner. She said she was short of resources like internet access and mentorship.

Abigail Inyang started with content development at 14 and then switched to python development in 2020. A few YouTube videos helped but she was not consistent because her attention was divided. However, she noted that Python could help her build hacking tools and this launched her cybersecurity journey.

To Abigail Inyang, being a cybersecurity expert does not come easy, especially being consistent with the training and lessons required.