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My First Year In Tech

Bonnie Rhee, Neha Rastogi
September 9, 2019 3:00 – 4:00 PM ET Virtual Free to attend
My First Year In Tech

About this session

Your first year in tech is all the things - exciting, exhilarating, nerve-wracking, daunting and much more. Join us as we hear the experiences of two Flatiron engineers and their first year in the industry. What were the challenges and obstacles they faced? What were their biggest learnings? And what advice do they have for new engineers beginning their own journey?

Meet the speakers

Bonnie Rhee

Bonnie Rhee

Software Engineer, Flatiron Health

Bonnie Rhee is a software engineer on the Linked Data Infrastructure team at Flatiron Health, where she focuses on creating the best tooling and infrastructure for the downstream data driven teams. Prior to this she was at Yale University studying architecture and computer science.


Neha Rastogi

Neha Rastogi

Software Engineer, Flatiron Health

Neha has an extensive experience of working as a software engineer both in a vibrant and multicultural environment in the US and in a developing and competitive environment in India. She started her professional career as a Software Engineer in Adobe,India. During the course of career, she has worked in multinationals like Goldman Sachs as well as startups like EdLab and Flatiron Health.


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