No Degree to Software Engineer @Citi! 💼✨

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Welcome back, Mentee

Ready to meet your mentor this week? He’s not your traditional software engineer with a CS degree. He started in sales for LA’s fast fashion before learning how to code and landing a technical role in software engineering.

Let’s jump right into it 👇️

Today’s Menu

• The Tech Breakdown: Citi SWE Internship

• Meet Your Tech Mentor: Josh Kim

• Main Quest: How to Get into Citi

• No Tech Gatekeeping: Josh’s Recommended Resources

• X (aka Twitter): A Tweet About Internships

• LinkedIn: Questions To Gauge Company Culture

THE TECH BREAKDOWN
Citibank SWE Internship

DON’T JUST APPLY TO JOBS IN TECH!

Many students only consider applying to tech companies for software engineering roles.

But there are plenty of other industries with SWE roles. Take a look at Citi’s SWE internship:

• 💰️ Pay: $44 per hour (Or $7,627 per month)

• 🤩 Benefits: $2,000 for Relocation

• 🌆 Where: Dallas, TX

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MEET YOUR TECH MENTOR
This Week’s Mentor: Josh Kim

Name: Josh Kim

Career Level: Early Career

Bootcamp: General Assembly

Job Title: Backend Engineer @ Citi

MAIN QUEST
📚️ Josh’s Pathway to Citi

 💎 3 Golden Nuggets from Josh’s Tech Path 💎 

• Don’t be afraid to ask. I’ve found mentors from posting on LinkedIn asking my network for help.

• While you can still get a software engineering role without a CS degree, it is easier if you have one.

• Don’t underestimate the value of networking. I landed my role at Citi through a referral from my network. A good place to start networking is joining junior engineering / fresh grad communities.

NO TECH GATEKEEPING
📚️ Josh’s Recommended Resources 

1. Baeldung - Learn Java

2. Grokking Algorithms – Josh’s Take: My number 1 rec for getting a proper baseline for DSA technical interviewing. It breaks down heavy technical topics in an easily digestible and, dare I say it, entertaining manner.

TWEET (OR X)
Unpaid Internship

LINKEDIN TIPS
Questions to Gauge Company Culture

HR will always try to sell you how amazing their company culture is – it’s part of their job. But you can still get a gist of the company’s culture by asking the right questions, here’s how:

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