Software engineer explains how you can get paid to learn in tech apprenticeship. Catherine Booker is now a Software Engineer at Bloomberg through @catalyte apprenticeship program.
During this interview we discuss how she got accepted into the program, what life is like as a software engineer, and how you can be successful too.
0:00 Intro
3:38 Preparing for Catalyte program
7:14 Is the program self-paced
13:38 What languages do you learn during the apprenticeship
15:12 The process of getting placed at client
17:21 How Catherine landed at Bloomberg
19:29 What to expect during Software Engineering Interview
24:08 How much does Catalyt pay while you're employed with them
25:36 The hardest part about switching to software engineering
32:21 Becoming a direct-hire of Bloomberg
38:07 React vs Vue
39:15 How much do you Software Engineers make after completing apprenticeship
41:37 Reality vs expectations