How to become a Software Developer - (career advice, my story, tech, Q&A)

Hello and welcome! 😄

The aim of this webinar is to help you break into the technology industry and become a Software Developer / Engineer! I'm doing this webinar again to give people who missed the last one a chance to join.

This webinar is for you if you're interested in becoming a Software Engineer. You may be in a completely non-technical role in a non-technology company but it's possible to get the skills and knowledge to change careers and become a Software Engineer (I did it a few years ago!). You may be able to do it much more quickly than you realise.

I will be going over the topics in the agenda below. Feel free to just sit back and listen or type questions in the meeting "chat" that I will answer during the Q&A session at the end of the webinar.

Agenda for the webinar:
✅My story (going from recruiting software engineers to becoming one myself)
✅Your options (coding bootcamps, self-taught, university courses etc)
✅Picking the role & company for you
✅CV/resume advice
✅Applications advice
✅Interview preparation
✅Q&A session

This event will be free (optional fee, click Edit RSVP if you're happy to pay) for people who sign up before 10pm on 31st March and £3 for people who sign up after that. The fee is partly for the time planning, coordinating and hosting the event but also to cover the fees MeetUp charges organisers. I've aimed to keep it very low so that it's accessible to everyone.

I also offer affordable 1-to-1 career advice (CV help, interview prep, career planning etc) so feel free to message me about this for more details.

About me (Andy, the organiser):
I used to headhunt/recruit technology consultants and software engineers (mainly at very senior levels but also junior/mid-level) so I’ve reviewed literally thousands of CVs and spoken to lots of companies about what they look for when hiring.

After speaking to hundreds of software engineers, I decided I wanted to become one myself. So that’s what I did…and it was one of the best decisions I ever made! After a couple of years, I recently left a large tech company to start two tech startups: wardconnect.co.uk and blenzen.com.

My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andymilton1/

Summary:
In this event, I’ll describe how I got into the technology industry and also tell you about other ways to break into the industry. You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions and will hopefully learn a lot!

See you soon!
Andy