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# [One Chapter Ends, Another Begins](https://aaron-bush.hashnode.dev/one-chapter-ends-another-begins?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

In January 2022 I started 100Devs hoping to someday have a nice solid career in the software development industry.A few months into my journey we were given the task to find a freelance client, in hopes that when we went searching for future employer...

Jul 12, 2023 · 3 min read · aaron-bush.hashnode.dev  
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## Written by

[Aaron Bush](https://hashnode.com/@ambush333)

@ambush333 · Grand Rapids, Michigan

  
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Software Developer at Quantelux

Software Engineer currently working for Quantelux 34 year old Michigander, who loves the outdoors, loves staying active, loves programming, and anything wrapped in a tortilla. My blog focuses on the the many varieties of knowledge I've picked up along the way in my developer journey.

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[Aaron Bush](https://hashnode.com/@ambush333)

[Sep 23, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/one-chapter-ends-another-begins/64adeee8c8b8bf2ca8847947/comment/650e2aec59ede531e43ef528)

Thank you Joshua! I really do appreciate such nice compliments. How interesting our paths were pretty similar.

It was a tough ride to get here. It took a lot of work, but I knew this is exactly what I wanted and I had to have it.

I had the same exact mindset about getting to 6 figures within 5 years. Never would have guessed my first professional job would have been the one that gave me 6 figures.

I'm very blessed. It couldn't have came at a better time.

I'm extremely happy for both of us and I hope God continues to shine down on us and continues to bless us.

[Joshua Berrios](https://hashnode.com/@JBerrios)

[Sep 22, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/one-chapter-ends-another-begins/64adeee8c8b8bf2ca8847947/comment/650dc51cf92a4f31b4654633)

Praise God, brother! This story is awesome and heartwarming. I, too, had a similar experience in my developer career journey. In Summer of 2022, I got hired to my first developer role as a UI/UX Developer after a month of being laid off from a previous tech role (non-developer based); but just like you, time started to become non-existent, lots of fires to be put out with various clients. The organization was definitely losing touch with their client engagements. 2 devs left in late 2022. Then come February 2023, my UI/UX Lead resigns, so I started to look for other opportunities and in March 2023, I was let go.

Just like you I applied to many jobs (via LinkedIn & Indeed), modified my resume until I got to the best and most effective version of it, got interviews, plenty of rejections, technical assessments, and then eventually landed an interview with a company that very much so interviewed me the same way your current company did.

I am truly blessed and grateful to God for this journey and what He taught me during this season. I would say, "I am the happiest developer in the world" right now. The schedule is very flexible, I work from home, my manager is amazing, everyone at VBA (specifically in the App team) are wonderful and amazing engineers. It is also my first six-figure role. I had goals to obtain a role at 6-figures within a 5yr plan but I received it not even 2yrs into my developer career. It is no coincidence. All in the Lord's timing and with great purpose!