# \#userstory

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## [From Financial Barriers to Self-Taught Software Engineering: My Journey with freeCodeCamp 🚀](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/from-financial-barriers-to-self-taught-software-engineering-my-journey-with-freecodecamp/821593)

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**Author:** [@Beston1k](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/Beston1k)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/from-financial-barriers-to-self-taught-software-engineering-my-journey-with-freecodecamp/821593 "2026-11-07T14:03:39Z")

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Hello, FreeCodeCamp Community! :waving\_hand: I want to connect with people around the world who use freeCodeCamp to learn programming and pursue their dreams of becoming software engineers. For a long time, my dream wa…

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## [I started FreecodeCamp one year ago. Here's my story](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/i-started-freecodecamp-one-year-ago-heres-my-story/123368)

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**Author:** [@mtancoigne](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/mtancoigne)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/i-started-freecodecamp-one-year-ago-heres-my-story/123368 "2018-10-06T19:12:37Z")

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Edit the next episode is here Hi ! Presentation First of all, let me introduce myself: i’m 30 years old from France, and used to develop website in PHP since I was 15, for fun and to help people. That was my principal…