Abstract
Remember that controversial campaign featuring a ballerina encouraged to take up a career in cyber security? It appears the current climate has nudged a fair few people previously in arts and humanities toward the tech sector. We spoke to a handful of people who have made this leap. Coding, says a former National Trust professional, is a little like knitting. “It's like magic - you write some code, click a button and results just appear. It's more creative than I realised,” explains Jen Openshaw, a history graduate who's retrained to become a software engineer. Her career, while unusual, follows a pattern familiar to many who've leapfrogged into engineering and technology from an arts and humanities background.
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