Magdeline Huang
Magdeline Huang is a software engineer and content creator passionate about the intersection of tech and creativity. With over four years of experience building SaaS platforms for startups, she currently works at Runn, a NZ startup focused on people-first resource management. She graduated with a BSc in Computer Science and Entrepreneurship from the University of Otago. Passionate about closing the gender gap in tech, she shares her journey as a woman in tech on YouTube (20K+ subscribers), from day-in-the-life content to project walkthroughs and career lessons.
This talk is about personal branding as a software engineer and how to get started. In my final year of university, I started making videos on YouTube about my life as a computer science student, sharing tips and advice along the way. This then transitioned into sharing about my life as a software engineer when I started working. My "why" is to encourage women and women of colour to pursue a career in tech. Hopefully through sharing my thoughts and lessons learnt, others may resonate with it and feel inspired in their own journey, much like how I was inspired by other women in tech creators when I first started mine. Along the way, this act of putting myself out there (regardless of how scary it is for me as an introvert!) unlocked a world of opportunities for me. I got to collaborate with other tech creators, speak at a Girls Who Code event at UC Davis, and discover so many other talented people in tech who are sharing their journey and work on the Internet. They've introduced me to realms of tech I didn't even know existed and inspired me. I even got the chance to meet up with some of them in person! Content creation introduced me to cool people in tech, expanded how I think about my career, and created opportunities I never planned for. I'll share tips on how to get started and different ways to do it (because yes not all involve filming yourself!).