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#168 From Accountant to Data Engineer with Alyson La

2025/4/12
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Alyson La: 我从会计转型为数据工程师的经历，以及在Tech Moms帮助职场妈妈提升技能的经验。我分享了自学编程的心得，包括积极寻求帮助、利用在线资源和开源项目等方法。我还谈到了在职业发展中遇到的挑战，例如职场中的不友善和性别歧视，以及如何克服这些挑战。此外，我还分享了平衡工作和家庭的经验，以及如何利用AI工具提高工作效率。最后，我建议职场妈妈们要积极建立人脉，并保持学习的热情。 Quincy Larson: 对Alyson La的职业转型和对职场妈妈的帮助表示赞赏。采访中，我与Alyson La探讨了她在Tech Moms的教学经验，以及如何利用AI工具帮助学员快速提升技能。我们还回顾了Alyson La的职业发展历程，从会计到数据分析师、数据科学家，再到数据工程师，并探讨了她在GitHub的工作经验。此外，我们还讨论了平衡工作和家庭、应对职场压力和倦怠以及重返职场等问题。最后，我们还探讨了在职业发展中建立人脉的重要性以及如何应对职业生涯中的空白期。

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Alyson La is involved with Tech Moms, a Utah-based charity that has helped over 500 mothers improve their skills in software development and front-end web development since 2020. She developed a 16-week data analytics and AI course for the charity, incorporating AI tools like ChatGPT, Lovable, Bolt, and Replit to accelerate learning and project completion. One student used these tools to create a petition website in a single night, gathering over 200 signatures within a week.
  • Tech Moms has helped over 500 moms upskill in tech since 2020
  • Alyson developed a 16-week data analytics and AI course
  • AI tools are used as tutors and to rapidly build applications
  • One student created a petition website in one night using AI tools

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On this week's episode of the podcast, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews Alyson La. She taught herself how to code while working as an accountant at GitHub and was able to transition to a data scientist there, then ultimately a software engineer.

After one of her kids got diagnosed with autism, she left her career for 3 years to be a full-time mom. She then re-entered the workforce and now teaches other moms how to do the same through a charity called Tech-Moms. She recently won a teacher of the year award and was a top 5 finalist in a data visualization competition.

We talk about: - How Alyson taught herself programming while working as an accountant - How she transitioned to data analyst and ultimately data engineer - Tips for preparing for a break from work to take care of your family or address burnout - How to re-enter with the workforce with gusto

Support for this podcast comes from a grant from Wix Studio. Wix Studio provides developers tools to rapidly build websites with everything out-of-the-box, then extend, replace, and break boundaries with code. Learn more at https://wixstudio.com.

Support also comes from the 11,384 kind folks who support freeCodeCamp through a monthly donation. You can join these chill human beings and help our charity's mission by going to donate.freecodecamp.org

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