When Silvana Togneri MacMahon took her first role in computing as a software tester at a contact centre of a retail bank, she had no formal background in computing let alone what software testing was. The three-week project turned into a year as a tester, followed by two years as a test lead, leading to a higher diploma and Ph.D. in computer science. Now, Dr. Silvana MacMahon is an assistant professor at the Dublin City University School of Computing and is passionate about highlighting alternative pathways into computing, like her own.