Can you stand the rain?

This is a submission for the 2026 WeCoded Challenge: Echoes of Experience The story of how Alicia Keys accidentally got me a career in tech Can you stand the rain? That's what New Edition asked about love and life. I was listening to the song while reading about the WeCoded challenge, and it made me realize the rain in my own life shaped me more than sunny days. I knew this was the story I wanted to tell. The way I ended up in tech came from the most unlikely place: an Alicia Keys concert my mom