In perhaps a very fitting way to wrap up the Career Pathways Series, we talk to Ian Douglas about Developer Advocacy, a role that really demonstrates how software development skills can be applied in a variety of meaningful ways. Ian dives into how different this role can look from company to company, the travel, the conferences, the content, the glamor. Are Developer Advocactes the influencers of software? You decide.

If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. You can register for a Try Coding class at turing.edu/try-coding.

Bailey and Jeannie sit down with Foster Taylor to talk all about his experience as a QA Engineer. We discuss the role QA plays in the Software Development Lifecycle and the nuanced techhical and non-technical skills he acquired and fine-tuned. Come for the QA, stay for laughs!

If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. You can register for a Try Coding class at turing.edu/try-coding.

In this interview, Kate Tester really breaks down the role of Data Engineering into its component parts from pipeline building to stakeholder tooling. She dives deep into important concepts, tooling, and her day-to-day work. We loved talking with Kate and learning about her journey from Turing Backend Engineering student and SQL enthusiast to downstream data consumer.

If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. You can register for a Try Coding class at turing.edu/try-coding.

In this episode with Leiya Kenney we have an amazing and honest conversation on her time as a Support Engineer. We talk about what her experience was and the ways support engineering can differ from company to company. And, let’s be honest, there can be a huge stigma tied to this role. Leiya breaks that down too. Tune in and learn all about this amazing role, full of technical challenges and growth opportunities.

We loved chatting with Cristina Peña about her role as a UX Engineer. In this episode Cristina walks us through setting up component libraries, the specifics of what she learned at Turing that helped her, and what it’s like setting up a new UX Engineering team with a tenured teammate. If you are interested in design and front end engineering this is definitely an episode that you will enjoy!

If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. You can register for a Try Coding class at turing.edu/try-coding.

Bailey Diveley and Jeannie Evans sit down with Rob Stringer to talk about Site Reliability Engineering and his unique path to get here. If you are someone who likes to learn how things work under the hood, you’re going to want to have a listen.

If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. You can register for a Try Coding class at turing.edu/try-coding.

Come meet Nikki Holland-Plum and hear about her journey to Data Engineering. In this episode you will learn about the tools often used in this career and how you too can show tenacity by not taking no for an answer.

If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. You can register for a Try Coding class at turing.edu/try-coding.

Leah Miller talks with hosts, Bailey Diveley and Jeannie Evans, about her career as a Technical Product Manager. She discusses in depth how a technical product manager plays an important role in scoping out work, processes unique to her role and how she was able to leverage her previous career to level up in her new one. Tune in to learn how Leah made her own luck as she transitioned from software engineer to technical product manager.

If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. You can register for a Try Coding class at turing.edu/try-coding.