My Career Transition: From factory to IT

5+ years later — What I would and wouldn’t do

Cássio Bolba
8 min readJan 16, 2024
Photo by Elimende Inagella on Unsplash — Just to illustrate my background — Machinery and Mechanics

Almost 6 years later of my professional restart, decided to re-share a little so that people can reflect on my path to make better decisions on theirs.

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Yeah, time passes, and with it I like to always look a little back and review what happened, to have a reflection. And when I look at my professional past and compare it with my present, I would never imagine that I would be where I am, both professionally and geographically. Next April, I’m celebrating 6 years of this table-turning.

A lot of people who follow me know that I have no background in the IT area. I have completed a Technician Course in Mechanics (similar to an Ausbildung in Germany), a Bachelor’s in Product Design, and a Master’s in Materials Engineering. From 17 to 29 I worked in several areas of metallurgical industries: from aluminum casting assistant dropping melting aluminum in casting trays at around 700–900 degrees Celsius to CAD design, where I designed machines for the shoe industry.

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