Audio Engineer To Software Engineer: Lessons From a Career Transitioner

Erik Andersen
3 min readMay 2, 2023
https://youtu.be/jxGBgqC-DRo

Introduction

The Junior Jobs Podcast is a show focused on surfacing the voices of recently hired junior developers to give you relatable and actionable job search advice relevant to TODAY’s market.

In this episode we interview Jacob Pixler, a liberal arts community college grad who worked as an audio engineer before getting his first job as a computer programmer. So if you’re a career transitioner, this episode is for you!

And to help you all with your job search, this episode’s sponsor is Brian Jenney

Brian is an engineering manager, mentor and full stack developer who got a little tired of the watch and type tutorials so he put together Not Another Course, which is a collection of material for Javascript developers who want to build interesting projects and level up their career.

Use the code HAPPYERIK (1 word) at checkout, you’ll get 10% off 👇

Job Search Principles

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Erik Andersen

Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience. Also an independent coach, teacher, and public speaker. My opinions are my own