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In episode 6 we welcome Lisa, who talks about her journey from healthcare start-up to a big four consultancy, digital consultancy and finally landing at a Strategy Consultancy as a Management Consultant.

She gives some great advice about how to transition between roles, how to leverage the functional skillset of your desired job and what mindset shifts you should make once you get there.

We delved into mindset, behaviour change, culture and the psychology that drives technology change. Tune in and let us know what you think!

From a degree in Classics to becoming a Senior Software Developer, Celia shares her journey into tech and gives us a glimpse into her typical workday. In this conversation, we explore what her role looks like now compared to when she started out, the challenges companies consider when hiring a Junior Developer, why it’s important to write clean code, how diversity in tech is essential to building products that don't cause harm, and a surprise reveal that shocked Temi 😅

Join us for this really insightful and fun conversation about Software Development.



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Ruby Groups on Meetup - ⁠https://www.meetup.com/topics/ruby/⁠

Episode 4 of Let's Talk Tech is all about Software Engineering, and how a desire to create a website led Michael to this role. Find out how his day progresses from Stand-Ups to problem-solving, coding and much more. Are you interested in this career route? Tune in for a very insightful discussion about Software Engineering, routes into the role and how they're just one big supportive family 🥹. As always, we talk moneyy. We also touch on everyone's favourite Generative AI - ChatGPT and what it could mean for technology roles and how we think about intellectual property. 

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Resources that Michael gave a shout-out to (they're free to use): 

https://www.hackerrank.com - for Practice before interviews 

https://www.freecodecamp.org and https://www.w3schools.com- to learn how to code 

In episode 3 of Let’s Talk Tech, we chatted with Chiedozie about how he became a Growth Marketer and what drives him every day to wake up at 4 am (we’re still wow-ing at that😅) and everything about his career to date. Join us for this enlightening conversation on what working as a Growth Marketer looks like.

For all your Growth Marketing education - www.demandcurve.com

For how to think - www.fs.blog/how-to-think/

In this episode, Charles discusses his career path, his journey to becoming a Product Designer and how he co-founded Spire. He also gives some insight into his work and offers advice for people looking to get into Product Design.

Join us for this delightful conversation!

We're excited to be back for season 2 of Let's Talk Tech 🎉🎉🎉! 

Join your hosts Oyin and Temi as they explore the lives and career paths of people working in various technology roles. 

We will be talking about everything from what it takes to become a Developer to a Tech Recruiter, MONAYYY, and what we think about the current tech layoffs. 

We hope you enjoy it, let's go!