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Sep 2022
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E19 - Software Engineer to COO

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From software engineer to chief operating officer, this is the journey of Marwa El Ghali. In this episode, Marwa shares with us her mindset, career defining moments, mistakes and lessons learned throughout her journey.

Marwa is very sharp, analytical and extremely humble. You don’t want to miss her perspective on software engineering.

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