Leopard Community AMA with Ann Abraham: Evolving as a Software Engineer: My Leap into GenAI and What Came Next

​Join fellow community member Ann Abraham as she shares how she self-upskilled in GenAI and used that experience to secure her next role.

​Ann has been part of the Leopard community for a year, making the most of system design and coding sessions to refresh her skills after a break from interviews. When recruiter outreach slowed, she shifted focus to upskilling—building GenAI projects, joining hackathons, and creating a portfolio of real work. Those projects aligned directly with a role that required voice agent experience, leading to a referral and ultimately her offer.

​In this AMA, we'll chat through:

• ​The steps she took to upskill in GenAI

• ​How she built portfolio projects that helped in interviews

• ​How a referral and portfolio work led to her offer