Beyond Coding

Switching Careers to Software Engineering with Anna McDougall


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Remarkably, Anna McDougall has not just made one career switch, but 2. From a more corporate career in marketing / project management, to a career in opera singing, to a career in tech as a software engineer.

Wow! šŸ‘

Interestingly enough, pivoting to a career in opera singing taught her a lot of skills which helped gave her a head start in programming. One of which is how to deal with the Imposter Syndrome 🄸


More of the topics we cover this episode, in order šŸ’¬

ā˜‘ļø Pivoting from a career in opera, to one in tech
ā˜‘ļø Software used by many requires diverse people to create it
ā˜‘ļø Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
ā˜‘ļø Tech interviews


More on Anna McDougall:

https://www.annamcdougall.com

https://twitter.com/annajmcdougall
https://www.linkedin.com/in/annajmcdougall
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjJzKrbr3WGn1xE0LAQ91yA

Enjoy! šŸŽ™

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