This week Bekah and Dan sat down with Dr. Maeling Murphy, a software engineer who recently transitioned into tech. Maeling shared the importance of connecting with potential employers to see if they would fit her values, how contributing to open source projects can help prepare you for your first job, and the value of developing the connection to community and being able to grow alongside others. Oh, and did we mention we talked a lot about Notion? She takes us through her notetaking journey and answers all our questions about finding the right approach.About MaelingDr. Maeling Murphy is a software engineer who recently transitioned into tech, coming from an 8+ year entrepreneurial journey as a digital content creator and as a Ph.D. research scientist in Materials Science & Engineering. Maeling identifies as a multi-passionate creative soul, finding expression through gardening, programming, brush-lettering and other mediums that cross her path. She lets her love for exploration, learning and sharing with others lead her in all aspects of life and is enjoying this journey with her husband and son.maelingmurphy on GitHub@maelingcodes on Twitter@maeling-murphy on LinkedInLinks from the show:Harvard's CS50100 days of codeVirtual Coffee Demo Monthly Challenge Homeschool journalGithubLearning Path logKaren's Notion for job searchesKaren's Job Application Details SpreadsheetFrank's Notetaking SystemKeyValues: Find engineering teams that share your valuesDan's Pinboard bookmarksForem - Open source project that Nick Taylor helps maintainSponsor Virtual Coffee! Your support is incredibly valuable to us. Direct financial support will help us to continue serving the Virtual Coffee community. Please visit our sponsorship page on GitHub for more information - you can evenSponsor Virtual Coffee!Your support is incredibly valuable to us. Direct financial support will help us to continue serving the Virtual Coffee community.Please visit our sponsorship page on GitHub for more information - you can evensponsor an episode of the podcast!Virtual Coffee:Virtual Coffee: virtualcoffee.ioPodcast Contact: [email protected]: dev.to/bekahhw, Twitter:https://twitter.com/bekahhw, Instagram:bekahhwDan: dtott.com, Twitter:@danieltott

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