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An Interview with a Workday Software Engineer and Qwasar Alumni, Meet Brendan Wilhelmsen

Jan 11, 2023 9:08:45 AM / by Kristen Capuzzo posted in Alumni Interviews

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Recently, we sat down with Brendan Wilhelmsen, a Software Engineer at Workday, to talk about his journey into a career as a Software Engineer and what his day-to-day job looks like. Brendan shares some insights with our learners about how his learning experience at Qwasar helped prepare him for a position with Workday.

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An Interview with a LinkedIn Site Reliability Engineer, Meet Qwasar Alum Mammadu

Dec 1, 2022 7:22:32 AM / by Caitlin Carlton posted in Alumni Interviews

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Recently, we sat down with Mammadu Diallo, an Apprentice Site Reliability Engineer at LinkedIn, to talk about his journey into a career at LinkedIn, what it means to be a Site Reliability Engineer, and what his day-to-day job looks like. Mammadu also shared some insights with our learners about how his learning at Qwasar helped prepare him for a position with LinkedIn. This is his second interview with us, first as a student and now as an alum.

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A Transition from Biomedical Engineering to a Software Engineer at Microsoft, Meet Jairo

Nov 17, 2022 6:19:55 AM / by Caitlin Carlton posted in Alumni Interviews

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We met with one of our alumni, Jairo Guzman, to learn more about his journey from biomedical engineering into the tech field. After joining and completing the program at Qwasar alongside his friend, Mammadu Diallo, he got employed at Microsoft (while Mammadu got employed at LinkedIn, a Microsoft company!) The goal of this interview is to give you an idea of who is in our learning community. This interview is a part of ongoing interviews of our Qwasar students and alumni.

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An Interview with Qwasar Alumni - Justin Burnett

Jun 17, 2021 8:26:43 AM / by Kristen Capuzzo posted in Alumni Interviews

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We sat down, virtually of course, with one of our alumni, Justin Burnett. Community is a big part of the learning experience here at Qwasar. We wanted to give you an idea of the depth and breadth of who is in our alumni community. This interview is a part of ongoing learner interviews of our Qwasar alumni. Read more to learn about the life of a Qwasar alumni!

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