Anaïs Engler, an alumnus from Ironhack's Paris campus, completed her Web Development program in 2021. She joins us today to share her unique journey, transitioning from a career in journalism to becoming a software engineer. Anaïs shares the challenges she confronted during her transition and offers invaluable advice for those contemplating a similar path. Additionally, we will explore how her professional experience has matched her initial expectations, and how Ironhack's  program paved the way for her successful career transition.

Sarah Doody is the of Founder of Career Strategy Lab and author of the soon to be release 'The Product of You'. Joining us for the second time on the podcast, Sarah shares with us the philosophy that she has used to shape her career in UX research and design. We discuss the importance of taking control of your career strategy, the concept of bread-crumbing your professional experience and how to be best prepared for changes in your career, expected or otherwise.

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The Career Strategy Lab:
https://www.careerstrategylab.com/

Sarah Doody:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahdoody/

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Rahaf was a Web Development student turned Teaching Assistant at our Berlin Campus, since then she has gone on to work as a software engineer for multiple companies and has found the career she was looking for when it all began. Its always great to hear from our alumni that have achieved what they set out to do, and Rahaf's story is one of our favourites! In this episode, we talk about Rahaf's time as a teaching assistant, the move into the tech world and some advise for anyone else looking for follow in her footsteps

Rahaf's show links:
https://www.instagram.com/saotfestival/
https://www.instagram.com/nakba_75/

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Lua Corujeira is the Growth Marketer for Ironhack Germany.  Lua curates and organises all the events, workshops and meetups for our students and alumni and in this episode we talk all about the kind of events you can expect from the Ironhack events calendar. We also discuss the importance of the community for our students and share some insider info on our plans for some summer meet ups!

Ironhack Berlin Meetup Group
LinkedIn
Instagram

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Faye is the Social and Communities Marketing Manager at Tyk.io, an API management platform based here in Germany. Faye joins us today to talk a little about the future of APIs in the ever changing world of tech and also to share an exciting opportunity to apply for funding for your side project! Tyk offers a side project funding programme that is available for all our students and alumni for apply for. The funding will help kickstart your project and get you off the ground in a few easy steps. 
Apply for funding here

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Niklas is a young entrepreneur, mentor and self taught developer. His latest project is an interactive tutorial for the Terminal. In this episode we talk about self taught coding vs traditional learning, how and why Niklas chooses projects to work on and some tips for new comers that may want to start out on their own entrepreneurial journey. 

Test Terminal Tutor here:
https://www.terminaltutor.com

Contact Niklas Wenzel here
https://www.nikwen.de
https://www.linkedin.com/in/niklas-wenzel-59953b201/

Comfort Zone Challenges MeetUp: https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/talkin-berlin/

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Franziska joins us for the second time to continue our conversation on women, minorities and diversity in the world of tech - we talk about how companies can be more aware of their diversity hiring habits, inclusivity policies and treatments of marginalised groups.

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Franziska is Principal People Lead Engineering at SAP Signavio and Founder of tech (people) {code}. Franziska joins us to talk about people first leadership and what new comers to the tech industry can and should expect when looking to start their career.

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Sarah is a 2017 UX/UI alumni and now a VP of Product. She joins us today to discuss her career since graduating, the challenges along the way and some sage advise for new comers to the field. We also discuss the link between anthropology and design, and transferable skills to anyone moving into the world of tech...

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Alvaro Villen is the lead UX/UI designer for Ironhack's upcoming website re-design. Alvaro joins us today to discuss how the project got underway, what its like to work in and lead design teams on large projects and what new designers might expect when they get into their own projects!