Katya started with Python—a language often used for data analysis and machine learning—using various online tools. It wasn’t until her next position as an office manager at a company called Karma—a startup which builds portable WiFi devices—that she discovered Startup Institute’s fundamental Ruby course simply by Googling, “evening coding classes.”
If you want to break into the tech industry, you need to speak the language. Even if you are a non-traditional candidate you will still be expected to know key industry terms and trends. This article features some of the most common tech buzzwords you need to know before sitting down with HR.
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