Episode 59
How To Pivot To A Career In Tech Without ANY Prior Background (Music -> Tech POV) - w/ Shifra
Shifra is a Developer Relations Advocate at and this is part 1 of my 2-part conversation with her. the topic of our discussion is how to switch to a career in tech - esp if you come from a non technical background - like Shifra, who had a background in music before becoming a data scientist and finally pivoting to the DevRel role.
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- You are breaking into a new lane and need proof before the story looks obvious.
- You would rather hear Shifra's version while the mess is still fresh than get another polished hindsight sermon.
Key takeaways
- Pivot To A Career In Tech Without ANY Prior Background (Music -> Tech POV) - w/ Shifra
- topic of our discussion is how to switch to a career in tech - esp if you come from a non technical background - like Shifra, who had a background in music before becoming a data scientist and finally pivoting to the DevRel role.
- ascend.io and this is part one of my two-part conversation with her. The topic of this discussion is how to switch to a...
- deell role. A common obstacle for minorities and women especially is that they have, you know, 11 out of 12 skills in...
- don't feel ready to apply. What advice would you have for these people that are looking to break into not data science...
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I'm Naman Pandandy. This is the ready subdu podcast and in this episode feature not expert is Shiffra is shifra is a developer relations advocate at ascend.io and this is part one of my
ascend.io and this is part one of my two-part conversation with her. The topic of this discussion is how to switch to a career in tech especially if you come from a non-technical background
you come from a non-technical background much like Shiffra did with her background in music before she became a data scientist and finally pivoted to the deell role. A common obstacle for
the deell role. A common obstacle for minorities and women especially is that they have, you know, 11 out of 12 skills in the job description and they still don't feel ready to apply. What advice
don't feel ready to apply. What advice would you have for these people that are looking to break into not data science specifically, but really just tech roles? It can be data analysts. I know
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Shifra is a Developer Relations Advocate at and this is part 1 of my 2-part conversation with her. the topic of our discussion is how to switch to a career in tech - esp if you come from a non technical background - like Shifra, who had a background in music before becoming a data scientist and finally pivoting to the DevRel role.
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