I quit my job in consulting and spent $7,000 on a 9-week coding boot camp in Bali. It's given me a whole new take on imposter syndrome.

• Jessica Kalip worked as a strategy consultant in Singapore after graduating from college. 
• Two years into the job, she felt unfulfilled and burned out.
• She enrolled in a nine-week coding boot camp in Bali.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jessica Kalip, a 27-year-old software engineer working at a tech startup based in Berlin. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Business Insider has verified her employment history.

After graduating from Singapore Management University with a business degree in 2019, I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life.