Physicists in the Wild

Bety Rodriguez-Milla - Condensed Matter PhD to Software Development

Aggie Branczyk Season 1 Episode 5

Aggie Branczyk interviews Bety Rodriguez-Milla, a former condensed matter physics researcher who found her niche as a software developer. Bety talks about how she discovered her love of coding during her PhD and the epiphany that led her to reconsider her plan to stay in academia. Her journey took her from project management to data engineering and ultimately to software development. Bety’s story highlights the advantages of being adaptable and open to trying new things, as well as the benefits of networking. She also offers some great tips for PhD students interested in getting into software development.

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Bety Rodriguez-Milla on LinkedIn

Podcast video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/eSSbq4eqCek

Opening music by Alexey Ivanov from Pixabay.

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Aggie works at IBM as a Technical Program Manager for the Quantum Working Groups, and the opinions shared in this podcast are her own and are not in any way endorsed by IBM.