Dear Hiring Manager

Darren went from a senior position at Google in the Finance department to being a junior software engineer at age 39. We talk about how he decided to make this major career shift, what it's like to make this change while raising two young children and what it's like to work for a 25 year old.

For the full transcript, view: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rtyMUNn7DCFjGYTJAFqMTFNWah0p9-qpNJYgMzVsew0/edit?usp=sharing

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Selali is an engineer at Peloton. Early in his education, he got diagnosed with ADHD and his parents thought it would be better for him to finish his education in Ghana. He ended up moving back to where he was born to do three years of high school. When he got back to the U.S., he decided to skip college and go directly into the workforce. 

Read the full transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11u08GsKxq6-0X1epwZkOXn_RK9o7h-U4H7sIXNLjQl4/edit?usp=sharing

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Alex recently landed a job as a software engineer during the global pandemic. On top of the challenges of job searching during COVID-19, he comes from an unconventional background - he dropped out of college and completed an online self-paced Bootcamp. 

Much of his path was shaped by the experiences he had when he was a teenager- from facing racism, to never feeling like he fit in, to falling into a depression because of his parents' divorce. We talk about how these experiences eventually helped him find himself and become a successful software engineer. 

View the full transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qa2sTBsC891n0tiJ3R95IEyqZTmgE_jYKyHx0DfvQUo/edit?usp=sharing

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This is a summary episode of key takeaways from Episodes 7 through 11 with my interviews with: B (a developer that wanted to keep anonymous because of the stigma his family has around mental illness), Ali (a college drop-out that now works at Facebook), Ro (a Hispanic software engineer that was a mother of two by the time she graduated college), Caroline (a non-binary software engineer that uses they/them pronouns) and Shah (a software developer that grew up in poverty and now earns $100K/year).

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When you’re on a household income of $30,000 with your four other siblings, your education and career path is the last thing on your mind. Listen to how Shah went from having to repeat grade 12 to cheating on one of his software engineering interviews to now earning $100,000. 

Where to find Shah:http://www.shahsyed.me/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/shahdeys 

View the full transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C1z2HihqOC86gvp55LrtPSkBieyIREpn-RXerts0JoI/edit?usp=sharing 

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Caroline was assigned female at birth but discovered later in their life that they were non-binary. What is it like to question what box to check off when you're filling out a form and it asks for your gender? How do you come out to your mom who holds so dearly that you are her daughter? How do you ask your colleagues to use your proper pronouns? Why are gender-neutral bathrooms important? We discuss all of these questions on this episode of Dear Hiring Manager.

View the full transcript https://docs.google.com/document/d/14_onWLdG1UnUKjndLdJnwNJLZAzb6i9o1zMRcewZjpM/edit?usp=sharing

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Ro is a Hispanic software engineer in New York City. She was born, raised, and educated in the Bronx and spent 10 years in and out of college. By the time she graduated with a computer science degree, she was a mother of two! Her unique journey is one of breaking down multiple barriers- being a person of color, graduating in her late twenties, being pregnant while finishing her education and completing a fellowship at Microsoft, and coming from an under-resourced community. 

View the full transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17XkVYeQXyrDLCSxLQeKZBdJRK0VEvG2ifAOIphXYR84/edit?usp=sharing

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This 25-year old Facebook Engineer is a college drop-out who got mediocre grades in community college. Instead of finishing his degree, he decided he would learn on his own, create projects, and attend in-person Stanford lectures for free. He shares his experience of being biased in interviews because of his lack of CS degree, but how he eventually landed a job at DoorDash.

View the full transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ptgzcvF_1L-qNNNzgpFpJd9L1cyAB7oHztjQixM655I/edit?usp=sharing

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This software developer wanted to keep his identity anonymous, due to the stigma that his family, his community and the job market has on mental illness.

View the full transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kDLcdFhEw6G8JEvQa8vliaCCUBiejgFY8YHoFJz6bPE/edit?usp=sharing

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This is a summary episode of 10 key takeaways from Episodes 1 through 5 with my interviews with: Aecio (a developer with hearing impairment), Sam (a developer with speech impediment), Jimmy (a self-taught, university drop-out), Michelle (a woman of colour who is the first in her family to attend college) and Evan (a developer with Tourettes, OCD, and ADHD).

View the full transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16JXJTtwyN88HD-Xapti5T6uZV8Re8DPJDfBjfw9Wh8A/edit?usp=sharing

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