Breaking into Tech, No Coding Required
Breaking into tech can feel extremely intimidating, especially without a technical degree, unless you have someone to show you otherwise!
You've probably Googled "how to get into tech with X degree" at least once. Maybe you've read the listicles, watched the YouTube or Tiktok videos, and still closed your laptop feeling exactly the same as when you opened it, because none of it helped you figure out where you fit.
This 90-minute masterclass is different because we want to go beyond telling you which jobs to apply for or hand you a list of courses to complete. What it will do is give you a framework for thinking about the transition, so that when you close your laptop after this session, you know how to take a first step that's actually yours (plus the content won't be just some AI Generated slop).
Facilitated by Ellise Gordon, UX Researcher at Trainline and Anthropology graduate, this session draws on real experience navigating the exact confusion you're feeling right now.
You'll leave knowing:
What working in tech actually looks like beyond engineering
How to read the industry in a way that helps you find where you fit
How to translate what you already have into language that lands
Why you're more qualified than you think and how to start acting like it
Who it's for: Students, graduates, and career changers from non-STEM backgrounds who are ready to stop feeling stuck.
£10 · 90 minutes · Online · 50 spots only
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Ellise Gordon is a UX Researcher at Trainline, one of Europe's leading travel tech companies. She got there without a computer science degree or a coding bootcamp, but through an Anthropology degree and the slow, sometimes frustrating work of figuring out how her skills translated into an industry that didn't always make space for people like her.
Since then, she's spent three years mentoring graduates and career changers from non-STEM backgrounds into new roles and founded Room 2 Be, a community platform supporting SHAPE students and graduates in building careers that actually reflect who they are.
She knows what it feels like to stare at a job description and wonder if you're even allowed to apply. This session exists because she wishes someone had helped her think about it differently, earlier.