Painting My Way To The Top: An Artist's Journey To Tech Leadership With Rachelle Mohtadi

Beyond the Binary: Women's Voices in Tech

Art and engineering might seem like opposite ends of the spectrum, but they share a surprising connection. In this episode, Asmita Puri interviews Rachelle Mohtadi, who discusses her unconventional career path from an art history major to a successful VP of Engineering for a real estate technology startup. Rachelle shares the challenges she faced as a woman in the tech industry, from self-teaching HTML and CSS to navigating her first engineering job after a tech boot camp. Tune in to uncover the fascinating journey of blending creativity with technology, and be inspired to explore your unique career path. Don’t miss out—listen now!

Rachelle's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachmoht

Here are some of the resources shared by Rachelle:

Python (40 - 60 hours for the core chapters but can take +100 hours if you're thorough)

Depending on your learning style, it can be helpful to read the exercises first, take notes on vocabulary that is unfamiliar to you, and then go back and read the chapter looking for definitions. Working from the digital version of How to Think Like a Computer Scientist*, the following are the most important chapters.

How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: https://runestone.academy/ns/books/published/thinkcspy/index.html

Simple Python Data

Strings

Lists

Selection

Python Turtle Graphics

Functions

HTML and CSS

Codecademy's web track is good; you can scroll down and filter by Free, and it keeps track of your progress.

www.codecademy.com/tracks/web