01/24/2023
SHAILJA MISHRA🟢 is a Data and Applied scientist at Microsoft. She enjoys learning and examining new technologies and prospects.
👉She did not get into any IIT, NIT, or BITS in 2016, decided not to take drop because of monetary restrictions and entered a Tier-2 college with happiness and satisfaction
👉Due to a lack of guidance and opportunities, was unable to secure any solid internship offers both on and off campus.
👉She asked hundreds of people on Linkedin for help and guidance, but not received much of a help.
👉Attempted hackathons too, but not able to qualify them.
👉 Started learning Data Science and ML under the guidance of a professor and decided to make a career out of it
👉She started competitive coding late in college , in her third year when placements approached.
👉 Initially faced multiple rejections when applying for jobs on campus
👉Even for Microsoft, she was unable to clear the campus interview.
👉 Learnt very passionately, made projects in the field of Data Science and cracked a very good campus offer
👉Data engineer position at Fractal Analytics in 2020
👉She worked on some best Data engineering tech stacks, multiple projects and build a very strong foundation with industry experience in the Data domain
👉Decided to make a career switch in December 2021, did rigorous preparation for three months.
👉Attended multiple interviews for Data Engineering and Data Science roles
👉Grabbed offers from multiple companies, ranging from FAANGM, to startups from numerous companies including Microsoft, Rapido, and Paytm etc.
👉 Finally, she joined her dream company Microsoft, in May 2022 as a Data and Applied Scientist.
👉 Alongwith that started advising and aiding people in pursuing careers in the field of data science and engineering.
👉Her passion, dedication, and disposition will continue to shape how the cloud ecosystem evolves.
👉Trying to assist more and more people with more than 160 sessions on Interview preparation, career guidance and help with study material for people who want to make big into data domain
👉 Many of her mentees feedbacks tells us very well about the good work she is doing by helping and guiding the people which she couldn't get much at her time