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S21:E6 - What it looks like to be an apprentice engineer at Pinterest (Alison Quaglia)

Sep 12, 2022

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Into the Unknown Advice for Breaking Into the Tech Industry

02:31

How Did Your Mentor and Mentor Relationship Help You Succeed?

02:59

Pinterest Apprenticeship - What Are the Expectations?

04:27

Introduction

2min

Coder Apprenticeship - How Did You Get Started?

5min

What Made You Decide to Do a Boot Camp?

2min

Code Boot Camp - The Most Challengesome Part?

2min

Apprenticeships - How Did You Find Them?

2min

Pinterest Apprenticeship - What Are the Expectations?

4min

Why Did They Choose You?

3min

How Do I Know When I'm Ready to Apply for a Job?

4min

Into the Unknown Advice for Breaking Into the Tech Industry

3min

10.

The Apprentice Engineer Program

2min

11.

The Apprentice Program at Pinterest - Was It a Hunger Games Style?

1min

12.

How Did Your Mentor and Mentor Relationship Help You Succeed?

3min

13.

Apprentice Engineer VS Junior Engineer - What's the Difference?

2min

14.

Apprentice Engineers - Mentors or Supplementors?

2min

15.

What's the Difference Between Apprenticeship and Full Time Jobs?

5min

16.

Are You Ready to Fill in the Blanks?

2min

17.

Code Newbies - I Wish I Had Known About It From Day One

2min

In this episode we talk about what being an apprentice engineer is like with Alison Quaglia, software engineer at Pinterest. Alison talks about switching careers into tech, landing an apprentice engineer role at Pinterest, what that apprenticeship looked like, and leveling up at Pinterest to software engineer.

Alison Quaglia

Alison Quaglia is a full stack engineer with a passion for UX/UI, currently helping to bridge the gap between development and design at Pinterest. Prior to transitioning into tech, she earned a BA in Anthropology from NYU and spent over 10 years working in various creative industries in NYC including fashion magazines, photo shoots, product development, brand consulting and special events for clients like Showtime, Hulu and Wu-Tang Clan.

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CodeNewbie

S21:E6 - What it looks like to be an apprentice engineer at Pinterest (Alison Quaglia)

Into the Unknown Advice for Breaking Into the Tech Industry

How Did Your Mentor and Mentor Relationship Help You Succeed?

Pinterest Apprenticeship - What Are the Expectations?

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