Sabrina graduated with a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from Concordia University in 2019. In August of the same year, she joined Wiley Edge as a developer at a leading investment bank.
We spoke with Sabrina to find out how she became a programmer and what it’s like being part of an agile team.
"After I finished university, I managed to keep my intern job so I could take my time looking for another role. I wanted to wait for something I was really passionate about, and not just jump on the first job that came along.
When I was contacted about an opportunity by an Wiley Edge recruiter on LinkedIn, I looked into it and I found it interesting. I hadn’t seen myself going into the finance industry but I decided to give it a go.
Now that I’ve joined I’m finding it really interesting and very diverse. The people who I work with are very smart. There are lots of opportunities to learn especially since it's delicate work. You don't want to make a mistake that could cost the company millions of dollars!"
"When Wiley Edge approached me about the role, I was impressed with the clients they work with.
I also liked the fact there would be training; it gave me time to adapt so I wasn’t going straight from university to working. I found the training really great and it helped to reinforce the important basics.
My favourite thing was the community we built with the other Alumni. Now within my bank we have a group that know each other and keep in regular contact online.
I felt more comfortable when I started as I had knowledge that would help me along the way, instead of arriving there and knowing nothing."
"I decided to join a computer science program at university on a whim. I was actually going to become a speech therapist. A month before we handed in our applications for university, I changed my mind. I went into computer science, knowing absolutely nothing about programming and I actually ended up liking it. It was really fun.
I liked it because of the creative aspect; I'm a really creative person. I've dabbled in a lot of different types of art like sculpting and painting and I found computer science was very similar. You're starting from nothing and creating something that can be beautiful and useful.
People are going to use it to make their everyday lives better. I'm also a language fanatic and learning new languages, especially in computer science, was really interesting."
