Kevin has had an unusual career path that led him to an engineering role at Meta. He first joined the company in a sales role before he moved into a more product-focused position. Working closely with engineers, Kevin decides to pursue a career in software development himself. Instead of dropping out of his job to get formal education in the space, he takes online courses and within less than a year smashes the internal interview process. To learn what his thinking behind the change was and which resources were particularly helpful, tune in to episode 38!

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Links:

Coursera Datastructures and Algorithms classes: https://www.coursera.org/courses?query=data%20structures%20and%20algorithms
Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/

Timestamps:

Intro 0:06
Introduction Kevin 1:22
Learning to Code 3:38
Learning Resources 12:50
Deciding When to Stop 16:42
Interview Prep 21:57
The Big Day 24:45
Dealing With Imposter Syndrome 29:53
Interviewing is Broken 38:41
Outro 40:52

38: From Sales to Tech - How Kevin Made The Switch