PyData Global 2022

Jose Mesa

Jose Mesa is an Advance Software Engineer at Anaconda, supporting the development of Anaconda Nucleus. Before joining Anaconda, Jose was a Facilities Engineer in the Subsea, Civil, and Marine Engineering unit at Chevron. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NA&ME) department in 2018 and holds two MSE degrees in Aerospace Engineering (2016) and NA&ME (2015). He completed his dual Bachelor's in Civil Engineering and Land Surveying at the University of Puerto Rico in 2013. While completing his graduate studies Jose worked at Boeing, supporting component and full-scale aircraft fatigue testing.

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Sessions

12-03
15:00
30min
Navigating Career Adjustments in Times of Uncertainty
Jose Mesa

Throughout the COVID pandemic, we’ve experienced extremes brought on by economic downturns and uncertainty across industries—to this day, we are feeling these effects around the globe. In fact, statistics show that many professionals have changed careers following the waves of layoffs that have recently occurred—but how? How can we best prepare for this type of situation, and how easy or difficult is it to change careers? If these questions have been on your mind, join this session to learn about several global industry trends, ways to adapt to career changes, and how to grow your tech skills and leverage certain platforms to support your learning process.

Talk Track II