About us
This is a group for professionals (IT, Finance, Engineering, Arts, Law, Business) to talk and share job tips, professional skills, over-the-horizon ideas, market conditions, CV and interview skills, life, network with others, looking for new opportunities. All are welcomed.
Featured event
Real Career Paths: Banking to BDM, Code to Consulting
A live storytelling meetup for professionals in Auckland who want to change lanes — without starting from zero.
## About This Meetup
Everyone talks about "career pivots" like they happen overnight. They don't. This meetup brings together two professionals who made very different leaps — one from frontline banking into BDM for non-bank lending, the other from coding into consulting — to walk you through exactly how they did it and what it takes to break into their industries.
## Speakers
🎤 Fang Yuan — From ASB Bank to Business Development in Non-Bank Lending
12 years at ASB Bank as a Business Relationship Manager, then a move into BDM for non-bank lending. Fang shares the skills that carried over and the ones she had to build from scratch. Ideal for anyone in banking/finance considering a move into BDM or lending. LinkedIn
🎤 Roy Sun — Software Engineer Across Gentrack, Kiwiplan, and Tenzing (KPMG Consulting)
Roy talks candidly about his career as a software engineer, working across Gentrack, Kiwiplan, and Tenzing (KPMG Consulting) — the moves he made, the roles that built on each other, and how he navigated consulting vs. product-company environments along the way.
## Format
6:00 Doors/networking 6:15 Fang Yuan → 6:40 Roy Sun → 7:05 Combined Q&A → 7:15–7:30 Networking/drinks
Upcoming events
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Real Career Paths: Banking to BDM, Code to Consulting
FootPrint, Level 2, 23 Custom Street East, Auckland, NZA live storytelling meetup for professionals in Auckland who want to change lanes — without starting from zero.
## About This Meetup
Everyone talks about "career pivots" like they happen overnight. They don't. This meetup brings together two professionals who made very different leaps — one from frontline banking into BDM for non-bank lending, the other from coding into consulting — to walk you through exactly how they did it and what it takes to break into their industries.
## Speakers
🎤 Fang Yuan — From ASB Bank to Business Development in Non-Bank Lending
12 years at ASB Bank as a Business Relationship Manager, then a move into BDM for non-bank lending. Fang shares the skills that carried over and the ones she had to build from scratch. Ideal for anyone in banking/finance considering a move into BDM or lending. LinkedIn🎤 Roy Sun — Software Engineer Across Gentrack, Kiwiplan, and Tenzing (KPMG Consulting)
Roy talks candidly about his career as a software engineer, working across Gentrack, Kiwiplan, and Tenzing (KPMG Consulting) — the moves he made, the roles that built on each other, and how he navigated consulting vs. product-company environments along the way.
## Format
6:00 Doors/networking 6:15 Fang Yuan → 6:40 Roy Sun → 7:05 Combined Q&A → 7:15–7:30 Networking/drinks
8 attendees
Past events
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