In this Alumni Spotlight episode of Stories from the Hackery, we catch up with Full-time Web Development Cohort 22 alumna Kimmy Bird to discuss her NSS journey. From her time as a product owner at an international education company to now working as an Elixir backend developer in Germany, hear about the diverse paths NSS graduates have access to in the tech industry after graduation.

Connect with Kimmy on LinkedIn!https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-j-bird/

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Timestamps:00:00 Introduction01:31 Transitioning to Tech04:05 Learning Experience and Overcoming Challenges08:33 Career Transition and NSS Support 13:36 International Opportunities in Tech16:31 Gratitude and Acknowledgments20:43 Final thoughts21:20 Outro