Stage 2 · Lesson 4 of 6
Using your work experience
Years in another job give you something new graduates cannot fake. You know how an industry works and what its users struggle with. You know how to deal with managers and clients, and how to deliver reliably.
This is your . Companies that build software for your old industry value it. So does your current employer, which may have tech teams that would welcome someone who already understands the business.
A there, part old field and part tech, can be the shortest way in. List the industries you know well and the software they use. Then look for the companies that build that software.
Common trapthrowing your experience away, rebranding yourself as a and competing only on new coding skills against people who have been coding for years.
A question to check yourself, an AI practice session and 2 cheat sheet entries come when you add the roadmap to your account. Add it
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