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Tech Career Paths Month 2021
In February 2021, Technical.ly focused extra reporting on the questions: What nontraditional paths can be taken to careers in technology? What hiring trends emerged from 2020? What are the steps after hiring that can help to retain underrepresented groups in tech roles? Look for an interview series technologists’ professional journeys, profiles of everyone from CTOs to junior devs, and explainers on how to advance in different tech roles.
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Technical.ly Coverage
Temple’s Thomas Edwards: Engineering degree programs must blend theory with practice
Why this founder is building his cybersecurity startup in Philly
How I Got Here: A game design career led Karen Chang to medical training, Mister Mart
How I Got Here: From entry-level to senior software engineer, 5 devs talk career trajectory
5 questions with the hosts of Zip Code Wilmington’s Refractor podcast
What Stacy Brown-Philpot learned about innovation in her days building at SoftBank, Google and TaskRabbit
This is what it’s like to look for your first tech job right now
How I Got Here: Think Company’s Drew Christiano went from self-taught solo designer to managing collaborative teams
How I Got Here: Lillian Klasen studied public health. Now, she codes to help people live healthier lives
Tech-driven automation is reshaping career paths. Software developers must prepare, too.
How I Got Here: Programmer Terrell Singletary’s path from pandemic layoffs to JPMorgan Chase
How I Got Here: SmartLogic developer Melvin Cedeno on coding bootcamps and Elixir jobs
Data science is a field full of opportunity, say these women in leadership roles
‘Manager’ does not equal ‘leader’
What kind of salaries do these common tech jobs fetch in Philly?
Morgan State alums of the Google Tech Exchange program discuss their career paths
How Hopeworks’ RealLIST Engineers are preparing Camden youth for the workplace
How I Got Here: Sorcero implementation engineer Jocelyn Jeriah on coding schools and changing career paths
How I Got Here: URBN Android engineer Cody Eddings on coding and college degrees
As demand for tech jobs in the DMV region rises, salaries are stagnant
How I Got Here: From video games to digital news, Dain Saint wields tech for good
How persistent curiosity turned this intercultural comms scholar into Penn Interactive’s lead scrum master
Code in the Schools and Catalyte are seeking software dev apprentices
How I Got Here: From a chocolate factory to a software firm, Nicole Zonnenberg kept building coding skills
What can devs do to bring new people into the tech space?
