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Transition into the Robotics Industry w/ Jess Mckenna


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If want to switch jobs into a new industry, then the robotics industry is worth keeping on your radar.  Robots are going to CREATE MORE JOBS THAN THEY DESTROY! This industry is expected to grow to $81.4 billion by 2028.

And the best part is you don't have to have technical skills to get a job in it. 

My guest, Jess Mckenna, is a Technical Program Manager at Amazon in their Robotics team. She studied Robotics Engineering at the Wocester Polytechnic Institute. 

You're going to think differently about Robots after this episode and get tips on what you can do now to transition into this industry.  The clickbait headlines make robots sound like they are going to take over all of our jobs. But the truth is they are going to take the jobs that WE DON'T LIKE DOING! 

We get into...

...what robots are really good at now

... the skills and kinds of jobs needed now and in the future


Resources:

Hands on learning with an Arduino kit 

Learn C++ the programming language used most in robotics

...more
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Tech Trends ExplainedBy Jillian