

When I started my career as a new graduate hire I felt a bit like Harry Potter sneaking out of Hogwarts without a Marauders Map. I had an idea of how to get where I wanted to be but was not sure what tools I may need to bring or what obstacles could lie in my way. In this chat, I want to give...
When I started my career as a new graduate hire I felt a bit like Harry Potter sneaking out of Hogwarts without a Marauders Map. I had an idea of how to get where I wanted to be but was not sure what tools I may need to bring or what obstacles could lie in my way. In this chat, I want to give you five things you can do right now to build that Marauder’s map and set yourself up for long-term success.
In this chat I want you to walk away with:
Melissa Trezise is a senior software engineer who has worked at Ciena for the past 7 years. She started with Ciena as a new graduate hire and spent several years as a developer working on the 6500 platform before transitioning to the Waveserver product.
She is currently leading the delivery of the latest iteration of the Waveserver platform in a microservice architecture. She is an active member of the Women @ Ciena group helping to lead professional development and outreach activities.
Melissa graduated from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada with a Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science) and a Master of Science (Biomedical Computing).
She is passionate about increasing diversity, her cat Jellybean, and Disney. Her personal motto is ‘embrace your weird’.
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