Individual Contributor

Andy tells us about his desire to major in music, his experience at Electronic Arts developing video games and how he solved a puzzle on a billboard to get a job at Google. He also tells us about his current work on Oil, a Unix shell.

Andy tells us about his desire to major in music, his experience at Electronic Arts developing video games and how he solved a puzzle on a billboard to get a job at Google. He also tells us about his current work on Oil, a Unix shell.

Julia shares how she went from being an electrical engineer in the US Air Force to her current role as a Software Engineer at Google. She discusses how not having a degree in computer science can make one feel like an imposter at a tech company.

Doug is a life long software engineer whose career has taken him from being an intern at Microsoft to his current role as a researcher at MIT Media Lab. We discuss how the culture of software development has changed and some of the challenges ahead.

James tells us about how he planned on being a 3D animator after college, but ended up finding a job as a web developer. Each new role or job has resulted in learning additional skills as the tech industry has changed.