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Juliana Peña

Juliana Peña

Microsoft

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Juliana's work combines: Technology, Engineering, and Problem Solving

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Day In The Life

Software Engineer II

I build software.

Skills & Education

Here's the path I took:

  • High School

    Colegio Colombo Britanico

  • Bachelor's Degree

    Computer Engineering, General

    Tecnologico de Monterrey

Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a Software Quality Assurance Analysts & Testers:

High School

Bachelor's Degree: Computer Engineering, General

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Life & Career Milestones

My path in life has been direct

  • 1.

    Fell in love with computers at a very early age.

  • 2.

    Learned to code in C and Python in high school.

  • 3.

    Got a scholarship for an excellent college where I studied computer engineering.

  • 4.

    Studied very hard and got an internship at Microsoft.

  • 5.

    After 2 internships I decided to accept a full-time offer at Microsoft once I graduated.

  • 6.

    Worked in Windows for 18 months.

  • 7.

    Decided I wanted to do more UI work and switched to PowerApps.

Defining Moments

How I responded to discouragement

  • THE NOISE

    Messages from Society in general:

    Coding is too hard, you need to know a lot of math and it's confusing.

  • How I responded:

    Writing code is super fun! It can be challenging but you can accomplish amazing things. Unless you're doing number-heavy stuff like graphics or scientific computing you don't really need much math knowledge.

Experiences and challenges that shaped me

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  • I'm from Colombia and went to Mexico for college and then to the US to work. It was a bit scary moving to a country I had never been to all by myself, but I've since made so many friends! I love where I am now.