Flavia Tumusiime, a celebrated media personality, has announced her departure from the media industry to pursue a new career in technology and innovation.
The news, shared on Saturday evening, marks the end of her 21-year-long media career and the beginning of a new chapter in the tech industry.
After taking a year-long break from media, Flavia decided it was time to apply the skills she gained in broadcasting to a new field. Her choice? Technology, where she aims to thrive as a full-time developer.
I have decided to change my industry. I have been in media for 21 long years and there wasn’t anything else left to do. There wasn’t any ceiling to hit; I wasn’t going to be a manager of a radio station or build a TV from scratch…the next opportunity for me was tech.
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Flavia has dedicated herself fully to this new path. Over the past year, she balanced housework with intense online coding courses. It was a challenging task, especially with her role as a mother, but Flavia remained determined.
“I would code through the night after the twins went to sleep, and I would get about four hours of sleep in the morning before repeating the cycle until I graduated,” she shared.
This journey, Flavia explains, was a “necessary career change.” She wanted to ensure that her knowledge of tech was thorough and practical, not just theoretical.
“I did not want to just be a tech consultant for vibes. I actually needed to know the content and understand exactly what I was talking about. Being a backend and front-end developer was important to me,” she said.