<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>career on Ahmet Altay</title><link>https://altay.me/tags/career/</link><description>Recent content in career on Ahmet Altay</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 09:00:00 -0700</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://altay.me/tags/career/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>On Building the Career You Want</title><link>https://altay.me/posts/on-building-the-career-you-want/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 09:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid>https://altay.me/posts/on-building-the-career-you-want/</guid><description>This year marks my twentieth year in the industry. I get messages on LinkedIn from college students who want to work in software engineering but feel like their degree, school, or background puts them at a disadvantage. This is for them.
I was in a similar position. My degree was in a different engineering field, and I had to be intentional about every step to get where I wanted to go.</description></item></channel></rss>