Tech Careers Hotline

Shameela Gonzalez dropped maths the moment it was optional, majored in organisational psychology, and became one of Australia's most trusted cyber security advisors. She talks about what it actually feels like inside a cyber crisis, what she learned as chief of staff to some of Australia's most senior security leaders, how she handles imposter syndrome after all these years, and why cyber is far m...

Mindy Eiermann studied Asian studies, was heading to law school, and ended up VP of Product & Design at Culture Amp — without writing a single line of code. She talks about falling in love with the problem, why telling people what you want is the most underrated career move, and what she looks for when hiring PMs. If you're interested in Product Management, this one is for you. Get Into Tech F...

In this episode Mel talks about making the leap from financial services into tech, backing yourself before you feel ready, and why the best no of her career turned out to be a breakthrough. She gets honest about self-doubt at the highest levels of leadership, what it actually looks like to put your hand up, and why she believes AI is about to change every industry on the planet. If you have ever w...

What if the worst moment of your life became the reason you built something that helped thousands of others? Jenny Rudd built a tech startup in her late 40s, with no engineering degree, from a small town in New Zealand. After spending 40 hours screenshotting texts for her own family court case, she looked around, realised nobody had built the solution, and decided she would. The result is Dispute...

Soraya Alali didn't have a career plan. She had curiosity and an obsession for the customer and it took her from junior analyst to ANZ CEO of one of Australia's biggest fintechs without a tech degree. In this episode, the Zip ANZ CEO shares the unfiltered truth about building a career without a roadmap, what she did when she hit a glass ceiling, and why mindset matters more than credentials when y...

Episode: Michelle Simmons, Founder & CEO, Silicon Quantum Computing Michelle Simmons fell in love with physics at 12. Twenty-five years later, she's built Australia's first quantum computing company from Sydney — and in 2018 was named Australian of the Year. Her team built the world's first single-atom transistor. Now she's racing to deliver the world's first commercial-scale quantum computer...

Episode: Grace Brown, Co-Founder & CEO, Andromeda Robotics Grace Brown started building robots at 15. By 25, she is leading a $100 million company from Melbourne — creating Abi, the world's leading social companion robot for aged care that speaks 90 languages and remembers every resident she meets. In this episode, Grace shares the unfiltered truth about scaling a deep-tech startup, raising ca...