PANEL DISCUSSION + Live Q&A
Panel: Non Traditional Moves Into Tech: A Blessing and a Curse?
This panel will share their varied non conventional routes into tech and along the way will discuss the pros and cons of choosing to move into a role in tech - what the benefits and pitfalls are for both them and employers.
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Robert Rees
Head of development @wegotpop
Robert Rees is the head of development with filmtech startup We Got POP. He has previous worked at the Guardian as a developer manager, GDS as the community lead for Technical Architecture across government and at Agile consultancy ThoughtWorks as a Senior Consultant. His first job in technology...
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Charlotte Fereday
Software Engineer @thoughtworks
Full stack Developer at ThoughtWorks. Passionate about finding new and innovative ways to make positive social impact through technology, education and open source projects. One of Wise and EdTechXGlobal 50 global Makers and Shakers in Edtech, and Women in Tech scholar. Working hard to deliver...
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Misa Ogura
Software Engineer @BBCRD
I'm a Cancer Cell Biologist, turned Software Engineer. My growing interest in understanding and utilising data led me to take on a very exciting role at BBC R&D. I'm currently developing a machine learning based system for automating metadata extraction from broadcast content. As a Co-founder...
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Anne Byrne
Payments Risk Team @Deliveroo
Anne is a software engineer at Deliveroo, currently in the Payments Risk team after having spent a year building features to help users track and manage their order. Previously she was at the Guardian working on the Content API. Across her roles in the past 3 years she’s used Scala, Ruby,...
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Stephan Fowler
Senior Product manager @guardian
Stephan is a senior product manager at the Guardian, an organisation he initially joined as a software engineer. He previously worked in a variety of sectors as a freelance developer, ran a security technology startup, and has held various dubious roles in the music industry. His first band was...
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Windsor, 5th flr.
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