

Career pivots are becoming the norm thanks to bootcamps and a plethora of online resources. It's safe to say that pivoting into a career in engineering isn't as challenging as it once was - but still a pretty daunting task! Anjali Merchant and Hannah Barton are both career pivoters who've...
Career pivots are becoming the norm thanks to bootcamps and a plethora of online resources. It's safe to say that pivoting into a career in engineering isn't as challenging as it once was - but still a pretty daunting task! Anjali Merchant and Hannah Barton are both career pivoters who've found a home at Polis, a company that's reinventing how people communicate. Ask Anjali and Hannah anything about becoming engineers in this live chat - and find out more about the company they call home!
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Anjali graduated with a B.A. from Middlebury College and M.S. from Yale University. After working as a technology consultant, Anjali studied full-stack software engineering at the Grace Hopper Program, an all women programming school. She is currently a software engineer at Polis.
Hannah received her bachelor’s degree in Philosophy with a minor in Physics at Brandeis University. After working in sales at a large organic food company for several years, she attended Grace Hopper and switched careers into software development. She works as a software engineer at Polis.
For someone with no Engineering experience, what interests and skills go into joining this field?
What are key skills or characteristics that would allow an individual to have a successful career as an engineer?
"Do you remember the specific moment you decided you wanted to become a software engineer?"
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