#195 Dagna Bieda wanted to create the future
Dagna decided to study robotics to change the future. She told us how she hated programming at first until it clicked when she worked with a fantastic crew at Nokia. She spoke of her mentors and learn...
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#194 Ségolène Alquier wanted to learn that coding magic
Ségolène's story started in law school and with internships which left her puzzled about her career choice. She then studied for an MBA and finally joined a startup with an undefined role. She took ov...
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#193 Nicolas Carlo enabler of human connections
Nicolas started tweaking HTML pages on PHP-BB forums when he was in high school, but even though he liked coding, that didn't propel him toward a dev career... yet. He then studied physics and chemist...
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#192 Julianna Lamb is running headfirst into challenges
Julianna started by telling us about her love for maths and figure skating. She spoke about the hard choice she had to pursue sports toward a professional career or going to college. She chose the lat...
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#191 Carly Richmond from individual contributor to MAMAger and back
Carly took us from her CS and software engineering studies to her internships and later career at an investment bank. We spoke about moving internally, mentorship, learning, public speaking, managemen...
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#190 Laurie Barth learns and teaches with use-cases instead of jargon
Laurie first took us through the many times where she should have realized that she was meant to be a developer but didn't. We spoke about her changing gears, going from law to program management, and...
22 Helmi 202247min
#189 Rich Haines went from screenplays to technical writing
Rich's computer story started early in his childhood with an Amstrad computer. But it took him 30 years, 2 or 3 different careers in screenwriting, scaffolding, building glasses, and moving from the U...
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#188 Luce Carter was saved by software development
Luce took us back to her childhood when she discovered computers but also realized she didn't fit into the mold. She told us the story of her being bullied and eventually diagnosed as being on the aut...
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