What has been your journey in tech so far? Initially, I had zero intention of becoming a software developer. I was a history and media studies major who happened to code as a hobby, making birthday cards for my friends in Flash with emo music and ActionScript and making websites on Tripod. It was in a media studies lab…

What has been your journey in tech so far? I programmed for the first time as a freshman in college as part of an elective. Prior to the class, I had never programmed, nor had I ever considered Computer Science as a major for myself. In many of my other classes that semester, I spent the majority of my…

What has been your journey in tech so far? One of my classmates taught me how to make basic web pages for a school project in 9th grade, and I discovered that I was quite good at that! So while I was in high school, I built websites for small companies but didn’t really think of it as a…

Cheryan talks about his leadership journey and the transition from an engineer to a manager, sharing his tips on accomodating into new roles, building peer relationships and successfully managing teams. What has been your journey in tech so far? I didn’t originally think of tech or software as a career path; I wanted to go into teaching. My educational…

Trish shares with us her story of becoming a Technical Program Manager, what her typical challenges are and the tools and methodologies she uses to manage her workload. What has been your journey in tech so far? I feel like I’ve always been a project manager, even when I was a kid. At a young age, I was always…

Josh Rounsville is a lead developer at Work & Co. The digital product agency has offices in the U.S., Europe and South America and partners with companies such as Apple, IKEA, Epic Games, Daily Harvest, and Mailchimp. What has been your journey in tech so far? It’s sort of funny to look back: a friend of mine was opening…

David tells us about how he’s helped hire and onboard a team of world-class software engineers at PepsiCo, which in 2019 delivered nearly $2 billion in global eCommerce retail sales value. The company’s broad portfolio of iconic beverage and snack brands includes Gatorade, Bubly, Mountain Dew, Lay’s, Doritos, and Quaker…

Ari entered the tech industry via academic studies in Translation, Interpreting and Natural Language Processing. She since led a number of engineering, design and research teams and is currently NY Site Lead and Dir. of Engineering of the Cortex ML Platform — the central Machine Learning organization that seeks to…

Ben Price describes his life as an Engineering Manager for the backend team at Mercari, a C2C marketplace and formerly Japan’s first tech unicorn, in Tokyo. Mercari sponsored the inaugural Lead Dev Berlin conference in December 2019. What has your journey in tech been like so far? I’m originally from Canada, but I have been living and working in Japan…