Itzel Martinez, Senior Software Developer at Pandora and Founder of the Latinas Engineering Leadership Program, shares everything she wished she knew before her first day as a full time software developer. She will touch on what it’s like to navigate a first full time coding role, what the day to day and responsibilities of an entry level software engineer is truly like and how to really nail your first job and set yourself up for a promotion.

This is part two of the series with Itzel, check out part one where Itzel shares an authentic account of her journey into Software Development and how she turned adversity into opportunity. As a first-generation college student, Itzel shares the challenges she encountered while attending college for computer science as a Latina, and the difficulty of navigating the competitive field of technology. Itzel inspires us to not give up when things get hard, that hard work gets you a long way and to always seek opportunities to help others.
Subscribe for part three where we’ll hear Itzel’s advice on landing that dream coding job; how to get noticed, nail the interview and start strong on the first day.

Connect with Itzel on youtube:    / danteitzel  

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