Ian Oland's Transition from Mechanical Engineering to Software Engineering

Ian Oland's career transition from mechanical engineering to software engineering began with a strong interest in robotics during his university years. Graduating with a mechanical engineering degree, he initially planned for a PhD in the field but shifted to software engineering due to industry trends post-Y2K. In his software engineering journey, Ian worked at Honeywell, focusing on industrial information and software development. His career path then led him to Amazon in its early days, where he contributed to projects like Elastic MapReduce and EC2, facing challenges and successes in infrastructure development.