I took a 75% pay cut to ditch law for tech. The switch paid off and got me to Google.
29-04-2024 02:15 via businessinsider.com

I took a 75% pay cut to ditch law for tech. The switch paid off and got me to Google.

Zubin Pratap restarted his career at 38 after realizing he was passionate about tech.Zubin PratapZubin Pratap, a former lawyer, decided to transition to the tech industry at 38 years old.He landed his first tech job by networking and shortlisting best-fit employers.Though he worked at Google, he said his big break was a small startup that took a risk on him.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Zubin Pratap, a software engineer based in Melbourne. It has been edited for length an
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