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
Mar 12 1:13pm
Temple’s Thomas Edwards: Engineering degree programs must blend theory with practice
Mar 5 4:56pm
Why this founder is building his cybersecurity startup in Philly
Mar 1 11:46am
How I Got Here: A game design career led Karen Chang to medical training, Mister Mart
Feb 26 3:15pm
How I Got Here: From entry-level to senior software engineer, 5 devs talk career trajectory
Feb 25 3:58pm
5 questions with the hosts of Zip Code Wilmington’s Refractor podcast
Feb 25 7:54am
What Stacy Brown-Philpot learned about innovation in her days building at SoftBank, Google and TaskRabbit
Feb 24 4:30pm
This is what it’s like to look for your first tech job right now
Feb 23 10:09am
How I Got Here: Think Company’s Drew Christiano went from self-taught solo designer to managing collaborative teams
Feb 18 12:37pm
How I Got Here: Lillian Klasen studied public health. Now, she codes to help people live healthier lives
Feb 18 11:22am
Tech-driven automation is reshaping career paths. Software developers must prepare, too.
Feb 16 5:40pm
How I Got Here: Programmer Terrell Singletary’s path from pandemic layoffs to JPMorgan Chase
Feb 16 5:13pm
How I Got Here: SmartLogic developer Melvin Cedeno on coding bootcamps and Elixir jobs
Feb 16 12:08pm
Data science is a field full of opportunity, say these women in leadership roles
Feb 16 11:31am
‘Manager’ does not equal ‘leader’
Feb 15 3:35pm
What kind of salaries do these common tech jobs fetch in Philly?
Feb 15 7:32am
Morgan State alums of the Google Tech Exchange program discuss their career paths
Feb 11 10:15am
How Hopeworks’ RealLIST Engineers are preparing Camden youth for the workplace
Feb 10 5:41pm
How I Got Here: Sorcero implementation engineer Jocelyn Jeriah on coding schools and changing career paths
Feb 10 2:46pm
How I Got Here: URBN Android engineer Cody Eddings on coding and college degrees
Feb 8 4:52pm
As demand for tech jobs in the DMV region rises, salaries are stagnant
Feb 8 2:58pm
How I Got Here: From video games to digital news, Dain Saint wields tech for good
Feb 4 10:59am
How persistent curiosity turned this intercultural comms scholar into Penn Interactive’s lead scrum master
Feb 3 11:56am
Code in the Schools and Catalyte are seeking software dev apprentices
Feb 2 4:01pm
How I Got Here: From a chocolate factory to a software firm, Nicole Zonnenberg kept building coding skills
Feb 1 3:12pm
What can devs do to bring new people into the tech space?
Jan 29 11:11am
Has your tech career path been a straight line, a twist or a zigzag? Technical.ly wants to hear your story