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May 2022
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S20:E2 - What you need to be prepared fo...

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In this episode, we talk about what you need to be prepared for your job interview with Randall Kanna, author, speaker, and Lead Product Engineer at Trim. Randall talks about being discouraged from majoring in computer science, finding her way back to a career path in tech, and all of the things she learned about getting hired for technical roles along the way.

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Randall Kanna has 8 years of experience as an engineer at companies such as Eventbrite, Ticketfly, and Pandora. Randall is also a published O'Reilly author and speaker.

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