Send us a text Vicky Torres sent over 1,000 job applications in 12 months. She got four interviews—every one through referrals. Zero came from job boards. This wasn’t about weak credentials. Torres holds a B.S. in IT and an M.S. in Data Analytics, founded a women-in-tech org, and built real projects. What changed everything: she stopped playing by the old rules. Here's what actually got her hired: She stopped playing by the old rules entirely. Traditional job hunting advice tells you to polis...
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Send us a text Vicky Torres sent over 1,000 job applications in 12 months. She got four interviews—every one through referrals. Zero came from job boards. This wasn’t about weak credentials. Torres holds a B.S. in IT and an M.S. in Data Analytics, founded a women-in-tech org, and built real projects. What changed everything: she stopped playing by the old rules. Here's what actually got her hired: She stopped playing by the old rules entirely. Traditional job hunting advice tells you to polis...
Send us a text In this episode, Albert Bellamy interviews Claudia Amador, a former software engineer and educator who is now transitioning into a full-time data and reporting analyst role. Claudia shares her unique journey from building SQL features for a database company, to teaching high school math and computer science, and finally to educational data analysis—where she improved data quality through SQL scripts, root cause analysis, and smart documentation. Claudia reflects on how her teac...
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Send us a text Vicky Torres sent over 1,000 job applications in 12 months. She got four interviews—every one through referrals. Zero came from job boards. This wasn’t about weak credentials. Torres holds a B.S. in IT and an M.S. in Data Analytics, founded a women-in-tech org, and built real projects. What changed everything: she stopped playing by the old rules. Here's what actually got her hired: She stopped playing by the old rules entirely. Traditional job hunting advice tells you to polis...
