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The Uniqueness of Tech: 100Devs, Coffee Chats, and the Hallway Track with Julia Furst Morgado (1/2)
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What would you do with a free pass to a tech conference? Julia Furst Morgado had to decide whether to attend KubeCon without ever having been to a tech conference. After deciding to attend, she came back from the conference with a new perspective and a job offer. While this looks easy on the surface, there’s much more to the story.
In episode 311 we’re joined by global technologist Julia Furst Morgado. We’re going to explore Julia’s early career in law, the shift to marketing, and how that ultimately led her to the tech industry. Julia will tell us her reasons for attending a boot camp and how informational coffee chats and “hallway track” networking at tech conferences were instrumental in building her professional network. If you’ve heard the phrase “learning in public” but have never done it yourself, get ready for some inspiration from Julia’s story and tips on how you can get started helping the greater technical community.
Original Recording Date: 12-19-2024
Topics – Meet Julia Furst Morgado, Life before Tech, Learn in Public, Pursuing a Boot Camp and Building a Professional Network, Tech Conferences and the Hallway Track, Details on 100Devs
2:37 – Meet Julia Furst Morgado
* Julia Furst Morgado is a global technologist at Veeam.
* Julia’s role is as a community-facing technical evangelist. She is heavily involved in the technical community and shares feedback with product managers to improve future product functionalities.
* When new product releases happen, Julia also gives presentations, hosts webinars, and writes blogs to educate the technical community.
* Though not directly part of her job, Julia organizes a number of events that benefit the greater technical community.
* Would Julia’s role be classified as technical marketing?
* A more appropriate classification would be developer advocacy or developer relations.
* Julia works within the Office of the CTO, but many times these roles can sit within a marketing organization or even inside a sales organization (which ultimately depends on the company).
4:35 – Life before Tech
* How did Julia get interested in technology in the first place?
* Julia transitioned into the technology field about 2 years ago and has achieved a great deal in a short time.
* Julia is from Brazil and was born in Sao Palo and went to law school there. Julia had a sister studying law, and not knowing what she wanted to do after high school, Julia pursued law as well.
* Julia later moved to the US after getting a student visa and studied business at the University of California at Berkeley. She went on to work in marketing as a marketing manager at an MSP (managed service provider).
* Before working for the MSP, Julia never would have considered a transition into technology.
* Working with the engineers at the MSP taught Julia quite a bit. As the only marketing person at the MSP, she had to do a number of things.
* “It sparked that want to be more technical. And during the pandemic I got laid off, and I did a coding boot camp. And that’s how I transitioned into tech.” – Julia Furst Morgado, on working for an MSP as the spark that got her interested in tech
* What did Julia not like about law?
* Julia describes the law field as a different world. People wear jeans and t-shirts at technology conferences, but you won’t find that in the legal field. People wear suits and are very formal just like we see on Netflix and other television shows.
* “I worked at an office that was very toxic, and I just decided that’s not what I want. And to begin with, I wasn’t even sure…that I liked law.” – Julia Furst Morgado, on pursuing a career in law
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In episode 311 we’re joined by global technologist Julia Furst Morgado. We’re going to explore Julia’s early career in law, the shift to marketing, and how that ultimately led her to the tech industry. Julia will tell us her reasons for attending a boot camp and how informational coffee chats and “hallway track” networking at tech conferences were instrumental in building her professional network. If you’ve heard the phrase “learning in public” but have never done it yourself, get ready for some inspiration from Julia’s story and tips on how you can get started helping the greater technical community.
Original Recording Date: 12-19-2024
Topics – Meet Julia Furst Morgado, Life before Tech, Learn in Public, Pursuing a Boot Camp and Building a Professional Network, Tech Conferences and the Hallway Track, Details on 100Devs
2:37 – Meet Julia Furst Morgado
* Julia Furst Morgado is a global technologist at Veeam.
* Julia’s role is as a community-facing technical evangelist. She is heavily involved in the technical community and shares feedback with product managers to improve future product functionalities.
* When new product releases happen, Julia also gives presentations, hosts webinars, and writes blogs to educate the technical community.
* Though not directly part of her job, Julia organizes a number of events that benefit the greater technical community.
* Would Julia’s role be classified as technical marketing?
* A more appropriate classification would be developer advocacy or developer relations.
* Julia works within the Office of the CTO, but many times these roles can sit within a marketing organization or even inside a sales organization (which ultimately depends on the company).
4:35 – Life before Tech
* How did Julia get interested in technology in the first place?
* Julia transitioned into the technology field about 2 years ago and has achieved a great deal in a short time.
* Julia is from Brazil and was born in Sao Palo and went to law school there. Julia had a sister studying law, and not knowing what she wanted to do after high school, Julia pursued law as well.
* Julia later moved to the US after getting a student visa and studied business at the University of California at Berkeley. She went on to work in marketing as a marketing manager at an MSP (managed service provider).
* Before working for the MSP, Julia never would have considered a transition into technology.
* Working with the engineers at the MSP taught Julia quite a bit. As the only marketing person at the MSP, she had to do a number of things.
* “It sparked that want to be more technical. And during the pandemic I got laid off, and I did a coding boot camp. And that’s how I transitioned into tech.” – Julia Furst Morgado, on working for an MSP as the spark that got her interested in tech
* What did Julia not like about law?
* Julia describes the law field as a different world. People wear jeans and t-shirts at technology conferences, but you won’t find that in the legal field. People wear suits and are very formal just like we see on Netflix and other television shows.
* “I worked at an office that was very toxic, and I just decided that’s not what I want. And to begin with, I wasn’t even sure…that I liked law.” – Julia Furst Morgado, on pursuing a career in law
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