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A comment on Ask HN: How can a elementary school teacher transition into tech?.

Re:Ask HN: How can a elementary school teacher transition in... by znpy on Monday November 20, 2017 @10:52AM (#15740745)
> Both her degrees are in education and it seems to be nearly impossible to pick up a junior PM job without 3+ years of experience.

Well it's quite a jump, going from teaching at an elementary school to doing project management. No wonder she's having a hard time finding a company willing to let her do such a jump.

Imho, if she wants to get into tech, she should at least get to understand what sub-field she is interested in and then join pretty much any company willing to hire her and work her way up.

You know... acquire those 3+ years of experience.

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Re:Ask HN: How can a elementary school teacher transition in... by matt_s on Monday November 20, 2017 @11:46AM (#15741215)
Well if you consider doing lesson plans a project with the goal of students passing year end tests then that is experience. The words are different for education vs PM fields but the activities are similar that a teacher has to go through to plan out 40 weeks of educational material.
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