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E012 - 40 Something Reinvents Career to Compete With Millennials in Tech - Karen Kelly
3 years ago Karen Kelly couldn't write a single line of code. Now, she is 30 days away from competing in a market full of millennials and most of them men. For her 20 year career, she was a successful sales rep but had become disheartened in her career and wanted a change so she started down a path to reinvent her career. To do that, she had to start over and go back to school...at 47 years old.
Her new career choice? Full-Stack Developer.
So how did she get from not being able to write code to be a qualified Full-Stack Developer with the technical chops to compete with millennials in the Tech Scene? She developed a 3 year plan and started executing it. At the time of this podcast interview, she was 30 days away from graduating from the Full-Stack Developer program at Galvanize and beginning her job hunt for her next career.
Here is a staggering statistic and what women wanting to get into technology will need to tackle.
Only 12.5% of Microsoft's technology professionals are female...and this is actually a lot compared to most companies whose tech pros are less than 2% female.
Pointing out the obvious challenges that Karen is facing head-on, she is 47 years old and female. The cool part, she relishes the challenge and already has introduced programming as a career path to young women entering the workforce.
In this episode we discuss...
What factors contributed to her quitting her sales job and end a 2 decade career.
Career Reinvention as a 40-something female.
Her thoughts around the technology and programming environment for females.
Translating technology and Developer speak into plain English.
The Full-Stack Developer program at Galvanize, The Learning Community for Technology Professionals in Austin, TX.
The difference between front-end and back-end development.
Competing for jobs in the technology space where most people are male and in their 20s.
So, for the people that would love to make a mid-life career change but really not sure what steps to take or where to start, listening to Karen's story will help get you started.
Show Notes
Karen Kelly on LinkedIn
Twitter: @KarenKDesign
Galvanize
Sponsor
Check out clickplacement.com to ignite your pay-per-click and social marketing strategies.
Go Hunt Life on iTunes
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By Todd Nevins3 years ago Karen Kelly couldn't write a single line of code. Now, she is 30 days away from competing in a market full of millennials and most of them men. For her 20 year career, she was a successful sales rep but had become disheartened in her career and wanted a change so she started down a path to reinvent her career. To do that, she had to start over and go back to school...at 47 years old.
Her new career choice? Full-Stack Developer.
So how did she get from not being able to write code to be a qualified Full-Stack Developer with the technical chops to compete with millennials in the Tech Scene? She developed a 3 year plan and started executing it. At the time of this podcast interview, she was 30 days away from graduating from the Full-Stack Developer program at Galvanize and beginning her job hunt for her next career.
Here is a staggering statistic and what women wanting to get into technology will need to tackle.
Only 12.5% of Microsoft's technology professionals are female...and this is actually a lot compared to most companies whose tech pros are less than 2% female.
Pointing out the obvious challenges that Karen is facing head-on, she is 47 years old and female. The cool part, she relishes the challenge and already has introduced programming as a career path to young women entering the workforce.
In this episode we discuss...
What factors contributed to her quitting her sales job and end a 2 decade career.
Career Reinvention as a 40-something female.
Her thoughts around the technology and programming environment for females.
Translating technology and Developer speak into plain English.
The Full-Stack Developer program at Galvanize, The Learning Community for Technology Professionals in Austin, TX.
The difference between front-end and back-end development.
Competing for jobs in the technology space where most people are male and in their 20s.
So, for the people that would love to make a mid-life career change but really not sure what steps to take or where to start, listening to Karen's story will help get you started.
Show Notes
Karen Kelly on LinkedIn
Twitter: @KarenKDesign
Galvanize
Sponsor
Check out clickplacement.com to ignite your pay-per-click and social marketing strategies.
Go Hunt Life on iTunes