26 min

Believe You Can Learn, with Mel Butcher Curate the Future

    • Careers

Engineering is not usually a field thought of as a second career chapter, right? Mel Butcher went back to school to become an engineer after earning her first degree in language and working in government. Imposter syndrome and misogynistic views of women in STEM were some of the hurdles she encountered. But Mel focused on her belief that she could just learn what she needed to learn, and she wants to share that message with other women who want to take on a big career change challenge.

Engineering is not usually a field thought of as a second career chapter, right? Mel Butcher went back to school to become an engineer after earning her first degree in language and working in government. Imposter syndrome and misogynistic views of women in STEM were some of the hurdles she encountered. But Mel focused on her belief that she could just learn what she needed to learn, and she wants to share that message with other women who want to take on a big career change challenge.

26 min