Dancing, Coding, and Designing Your Life with Software Engineer Julia de Lorimier | Ep. 18
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“I came to the realization that I didn't need to have an income that depended on the thing I loved in order to keep doing it and loving it. “
Julia de Lorimier (@jldelorimier) is a software engineer for Betterment, a savings and investing FinTech company. While studying abroad in Brazil, Julia decided to switch her major from philosophy to psychobiology. When she graduated, she taught SAT and ACT prep to high schoolers, while she pursued her dancing career at a conservatory.
Julia came to the realization that she would be happy, even happier, if she danced as a hobby instead of a career and began to look for new jobs. She found a role in the customer experiences department at Betterment. Julia took a coding bootcamp after work and eventually landed a job as a software engineer at the same company.
Julia graduated from Santa Clara University in 2015.
Disclaimer: Julia is not a financial representative.
In this episode:
1:27 Julia’s personal finance tips
10:15 Why she switched from majoring in philosophy
16:26 Julia’s life-changing experience in Brazil and working at a hostel
28:04 Why she decided to pursue dance after she graduated college
32:39 Her experience tutoring students on SAT and ACT prep
34:36 Julia’s SAT and ACT prep tips
39:58 Why she decided she didn’t need to dance for a career
49:12 How a date eventually led her to her job at Betterment
1:00:31 Julia’s experience working in customer services
1:13:34 How she switched from working in customer services to engineering
1:22:58 What her role in software engineering is like
1:29:20 Julia’s advice
Show Notes
I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi
Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans
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