Ep 11 - How To Become A Software Engineer With Arit Dev

This week on "Working In Tech", I'll be chatting with Arit, a Software Engineer at PayPal who transitioned to tech from a non-tech background. Arit became a software engineer at 38, after being a homemaker with 2 kids for 6+ years and a public-health analyst before that. At PayPal, she's helping drive the adoption of the company's financial products. Arit is active in the Tech community, supporting those who are pivoting careers to software engineering, particularly Black women and mothers. CONNECT WITH ME: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/juwonthetechie/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JuwonTheTechie Threads: https://www.threads.net/@juwonthetechie IG: https://www.instagram.com/juwonthetechie/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juwon-io/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@juwonthetechie CONNECT WITH ARIT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aritdeveloper/ Blog: https://www.arit.dev/ CHAPTERS 0:00 - Intro 1:22 - Why Tech? 5:19 - Motivation to Learn Coding 8:24 - Staying Positive and Persistent 17:30 - Getting The First Role 23:55 - Dealing with Rejection 29:10 - Choosing A Tech Stack to Learn 33:25 - Top 3 Skills 46:30 - Importance of the First Role 54:14 - Presenting Tech to Non-Tech Audiences 57:10 - Importance of Networking 1:00:10 - Building Your Communication Skills 1:04:42 - Final Words 1:06:33 - Conclusion