Slides reflecting on my career-change and lessons learned.

1. Career Changing from Law to
Tech: A Retrospective
Anna Holland-Smith, @thisgirlcodes2

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Retrospective: the action of looking back on or reviewing past events or situations,
especially those in one’s own life
My Journey

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The ‘Hero’?

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My Journey

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My Journey
Our finest moments are most likely to occur when
we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or
unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled
by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of
our ruts and start searching for different ways or
truer answers.
—M. Scott Peck

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My Journey

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The Treasure

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My Journey

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My Journey

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The Cave

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The Guide

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My Journey The Cave

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The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to
it, even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is
the hallmark of the growth mindset
- Carol S. Dweck

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There’s no better way of learning from your
experiences than having an open and honest
conversation with yourself about why you fell short.
Embracing failure has made me stronger, more
confident and more resilient.
- Reshma Saujani

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My Journey
“The Power of Believing you
can improve” - Carol Dweck
“...be comfortable with
imperfection” - Reshma
Saujani