S2E6: Brenda Moss: US Air Force Veteran, Stay at Home Mom, Now Microsoft Software Engineer

Data & Dev with Jon and Mel

English - October 21, 2022 23:22 - 1 hour - 70.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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Brenda has taken a circuitous route into Software Engineering. She served her country in the Air Force before leaving active duty to be at home with her children. She eventually chose to re-enter the workforce via Software and opted to pursue a Master's degree to that end. Brenda's story is a great one. Tune in to hear:

- ROTC route into the Air Force.

- Life as a Space Operations Officer in the air force

- Leaving active duty and going reserves to raise children

- Recruiting role with Air Force Academy and ROTC

- Funding undergraduate studies with ROTC

- Re-entering the workforce - thought process and plan

- Deciding where to gain a software education

- Penn MCIT program

- Strengths and weaknesses of the MCIT program

- Resources for military folks to get into tech

- MSSA program

- The job hunt

- Life as a new Microsoft engineer

- Onboarding

- Imposter syndrome

Connect with Brenda via LinkedIn

Learn about the MSSA program Brenda talked about.

And find a Vets In Tech group near you!

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