Her Story
About Meghan
I've been working in the data field since around 2013-2014, and my journey has been driven by a passion for data analytics and making work more efficient through coding. My educational background is in environmental engineering, where I took several coding classes that sparked my interest. During my first job as a consultant, I was on a big data science team and had a mentor who really got me excited about coding and analytics. Throughout my career, I've worked in different industries, but the consistent theme has always been being data-focused and analytics-focused. I even did my own consulting work independently, working with different clients hourly in the data science field, alongside a woman in data engineering who inspired me to pursue further education. I recently completed a data engineering postgraduate program with Purdue - it was an intense 6 to 8-month program - because I wanted to understand the data engineering side of things better. Data scientists work alongside data engineers, and I think it's really important to understand both worlds. Currently, I'm working at Snowflake as a technical account manager on a team that works with customers in the telecom and media industries. When I first started in June, I began working with one of our biggest, more challenging customers. What we do is help customers with various engagements that are separate from our sales and data architect teams - we're building trust to drive success without them feeling like we're selling them something. We're like a trusted liaison handling platform modernization, security, and other critical work. It's been really fun working in this customer-facing role with lots of collaboration. I was even selected as the most successful person on my team and got to go to the sales kickoff conference where I did a panel interview about my experience. Working at Snowflake has been incredibly rewarding because they're constantly coming up with new tools and features focused on data analytics and data science, and I get to lean on my background while seeing what's happening at the cutting edge of the industry.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Meghan
01What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I think it can be challenging at times, so finding good mentors is huge. Find people who are successful in the role that you feel comfortable around, people you think you can trust, and ask them what makes them successful. I think just not being shy and trying to network with women who are successful in a role that you see yourself in is so important. Outside of a formal manager, I've definitely been able to get to know women who I find really successful at navigating challenging politics or whatever it might be. Don't be shy and lean into those relationships, especially with women that you're admiring at work or seeing as successful. It's so dependent on the industry or the company, but I think there are so many different tricks and ways to be successful. Even if it's just advice like, 'Oh, that's that person, just ignore them and do your thing, and that's how they're gonna be' - understanding different people that you run into along the way and the politics of it all. High level, it would be just to try to network with people you're inspired by.
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