S5E12: Missy Lovegren - From Fine Arts to Software Engineering

S5E12: Missy Lovegren - From Fine Arts to Software Engineering

From Launch School Podcast by Launch School

April 15, 2024 · 1h 21m · Season 5

About this episode

Missy Lovegren shares her journey from fine arts to becoming a software engineer at New Relic, discussing her experiences and insights along the way.

In this episode, Chris interviews Missy Lovegren, a Capstone grad and software engineer at New Relic. Missy was a TA at Launch School and part of a 2022 Capstone cohort. They spend the first part of the episode discussing Missy's transition into software. She comes from a background in fine arts and went through several difficult, low paying, and, as she described, dead-end jobs. Even so, the decision to leave fine arts and transition into software development was challenging. She gives a very candid and level-headed perspective on the ups and downs of the core curriculum, Capstone, and the job hunt. During the rest of the episode, Missy shares what it's like to work for New Relic, a massive company with over 500 engineers. She's part of a small team of 6 working on internal tools for the company, where she spends a lot of time debugging and relying on the fundamentals that she built at Launch School. She also gives insight into how she fits into the company as a Launch School grad and what her day to day is like. We hope you enjoy the episode!

People in this episode

Host: Chris

Guest: Missy Lovegren

Topics covered

  • software engineering
  • fine arts
  • career transition
  • job hunt
  • New Relic

Keywords

  • Capstone
  • Launch School
  • debugging
  • internal tools

Mentioned in this episode

Products: New Relic

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