A Cog In The Machine
With an educational background completely unrelated to technology, I made the transition into tech soon after college for very clear and practical objectives: I wanted to make more money, and I wanted to have a sexy job title to share in passing with friends and families. This sounds silly now considering how common the Business Analyst/Software Consultant title is in the tech world, and how the barrier to entry is comically low. But I didn’t overthink at the time. To the young, ambitious, and naive 23-year old-me, the image of a young woman in tech was somewhat of a fresh college graduate and new immigrant’s modern archetype, quintessential to everything cool and impressive.
