# From Farmer to Security Engineer: How Dev Degree Helped Me Find My Dream Job

DevFeed: [From Farmer to Security Engineer: How Dev Degree Helped Me Find My Dream Job](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/from-farmer-to-security-engineer-how-dev-degree-helped-me-find-my-dream-job-1399.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/from-farmer-to-security-engineer>)

Author: Cailyn Edwards

Published: 2023-01-26T16:00:02Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shopify.md>), [Rails](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rails.md>), [Ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ruby.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-development.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-infrastructure.md>)

Tags: [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [dev](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dev.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ruby.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shopify.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-development.md>), [work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/work.md>)

## AI overview

A personal account of how Dev Degree helped a former high-school dropout and organic farmer enter software development and become interested in cybersecurity and cloud infrastructure. The article describes the training path and placements, including work with Ruby on Rails at Shopify and the Infrastructure Security team.

## Source excerpt

This story looks at the opportunity Dev Degree gave me, the challenges I overcame, and the weaknesses that turned out to be strengths. If you're thinking about a career in tech, but don't think you have the stuff for it, this story is for you.