February 22, 2023
Transitioning Into Tech From a Non-Traditional Background
Tom spills all his tips on big career transitions, emphasizing your skills, and ways to learn coding.
COMPRESSED.fm Episode 121
Transitioning Into Tech From a Non-Traditional Background
Tom Hessburg
Software Engineer
Hey guys!
My name is Tom Hessburg, you've possibly seen me on TikTok under the handle @tomisloading.
I've be coding for 4 or 5 year, professionally for ~3-4. I've worked at Wayfair, a small startup I ran with my brother called SkillSpace, and currently work for Eventbrite. Before this career I was a pipe welder.
I spend a lot of time outside of work creating short form code and career related content on TikTok (+occasionally YouTube, though I'm pretty bad about keeping up with it). I teach beginner/intermediate web dev concepts, primarily frontend stuff. I also try to sprinkle in some career stuff for pre-first job devs with the intent to help them land their first coding job.
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