How to Get a Job in a Software Engineering Field

"I'm surprised that I got the job because it talks about needing to know Java and C plus," she says. "One thing was just having the gumption to apply even though I didn't match a hundred percent of the requirements" She started an internship as a mechanical engineer straight out of school but asked for a project that would take data from the database, make visual dashboards which meant learning how to code. 'That kind of poked the rebel in me. Actually I think I can’t do that'