I left Accounting for a Tech Career | IT Salaries | Get into tech | S02 EP01

Get into tech with a Business Science Degree! Anele is a 24 year tech consultant that is working for one of the top three global consulting firms! Anele shares with us why she left Accounting for a career in Tech? Why she dropped her bursary with KPMG for a career in tech? We will learn about how she got her first internship and her current job!

Anele went to Kingsway High School in Durban, and the University of Cape Town in South Africa

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00:00 Introduction and what to expect from this video?
01:14 Anele’s London Trip
02:28 What is a tech consultant?
04:07 What to expect from a Bsc Business Science Degree? And how is it different from Computer Science Degree?
08:57 Why Tech
10:06 Leaving Accounting and KPMG Bursary
12:25 Is Business Science degree in demand?
12:50 How did she get her first internship and tech consultant salary?
16:17 What was her first big break in tech?
19:56 How did Anele get her first job with a US based company while at Uni?
24:17 Getting into EY (Ernest and Young Graduate Program )
27:49 Graduate Program Salary at EY
28:41 Working for one of the top global consulting firms?
29:19 How to get into this space? Which degrees can get you here?
32:57 Anele’s high School teachers
34:25 Anele on her leadership roles and how it helped her to navigate her career
37:26 Anele shares critical skills for young professionals
38:50 Anele on future and last words to aspiring tech professionals

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