When I was younger I used to not be so concerned with setting financial goals or even paying attention to what it would take to be where I wanted to be. In my first undergrad I really didn’t pay much attention to what my career would likely pay and how much it would cost to…

I just entered my 30’s and have been settling into family life. I have a 2 year old and a wife and house. I decided to make this career shift at the end of my 20’s after putting in a bit of time trying to make the Mechanical Engineering career work. I got a BS…

I’m a father of an almost 2 year old. Watching him learn and develop has been a huge source of joy, entertainment, and sometimes frustration. It has made me think a lot more about the process of learning. Recently, I attended a webinar about child-led discovery learning. The premise is that children learn best when…

I have put in a lot of effort for a while. I have successfully switched form Mechanical Engineering to a top tier software company, have maintained a good GPA through the program and have had a kid while working a full time job and doing school. After I finish school I want to take some…

Interviewing has been a lot of work and can be a bit stressful. I have found that school has done an ok job at the basics for interview prep, but just taking classes will not adequately prepare you for interviews. I have only had experience interviewing at large companies (Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Uber). I have…

I got my job at Microsoft right after finishing data structures. I had been working as a Boeing software engineer for 6 months and before that I had been a mechanical engineer. I have been there now for 3 years and have really enjoyed it. The work life balance has been great and the people…

As I realized that I wanted to switch from Mechanical Engineering to Software I put a lot of effort on both searching for jobs and prepping for jobs. I had just finished cs 162 at OSU when I became serious about trying to make the switch. My current job was not paying all that much…

When I was younger I really liked fixing things and building things, but never had much interest in school. Without much guidance probably wouldn’t have gone to collage and instead would have become an auto mechanic or something. I ended up picking mechanical engineering as my first major. At that point I thought I really…