Po Linn (Fo) Chia is a Principal Software Engineer at Mindbody/Classpass, working primarily in the intersection of backend and DevOps. She graduated university with a degree in Japanese history, but pivoted to doing a coding bootcamp and the rest is history.
In this episode we discuss:
Fo’s journey from Humanities major to Staff Engineer
The importance of mentorship and having a good manager
Handling stress and mental health in the workplace
The best way to build new skills
Advice she’d give her younger self
Where to find Po Linn (Fo) Chia:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chiapl/
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Where to find Heidi Williams:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidiwilliams1
Where to find Karen Ko:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenko26
