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Udacity: Megan: From Researcher to Developer
Megan Meet Udacian Megan Marsh, who learned Python with Udacity in Intro to Computer Science, and recently jumped from a career in research to tech -- congratulations to Megan for starting a new job as a junior developer with Sauce Labs last week! Why did you take Intro to Computer Science? I'd taken a Computer Science 101 course in college and was left really disappointed with it, so I wanted to revisit concepts in CS101. I also wanted to learn Python, and since the class was taught in Python it was a way of killing two birds with one stone. How did you become a software developer? Transitioning out of research and into tech was a big step! In college I majored in kinesiology, and I worked as a researcher at UCSF. After taking CS101 with Udacity, I was able to pivot and I started at a position as a junior developer at Sauce Labs last week. My career change was thanks in large part to my Python projects. I posted my Udacity assignments to my GitHub account, along with my ow…