Software Engineer on the GitHub Copilot team, Sabrina Goldfarb | Episode 27

About this episode

Sabrina Goldfarb discusses her journey from video editing to software engineering at GitHub, her work on Copilot, and her passion for teaching and automation in tech.

Sabrina Goldfarb works at GitHub on billing systems and the Copilot AI tool. She made a career change from video editing to software engineering and started her tech journey with Frontend Masters' HTML/CSS bootcamp about eight years ago, which sparked her passion for coding.Sabrina co-founded Circulart, a fintech startup collecting data from emerging market central banks. She balances her GitHub work with managing the startup's technical architecture, crediting AI tools for making this possible by condensing what used to take a week into a day.She's passionate about teaching and giving back, driven by remembering her own eight-year struggle to break into tech. She advocates for creating your own opportunities and being persistent. Learn AI alongside coding fundamentals. Security and code understanding remain important, but AI proficiency is now essential. She encourages automating repetitive tasks and staying open to new technology. Check out Sabrina’s Practical Prompt Engineering Course: https://frontendmasters.com/courses/prompt-engineering/ Frontend Masters Online: Twitter: https://twitter.com/FrontendMasters LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/frontend-masters/…

People in this episode

Guest: Sabrina Goldfarb

Topics covered

• software engineering
• AI tools
• career change
• fintech
• coding education
• automation

Keywords

• GitHub
• Copilot
• Sabrina Goldfarb
• software engineering
• AI
• fintech
• coding
• education
• automation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: GitHub, Circulart, Frontend Masters

Products: Copilot

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