I Took A 75% Pay Cut To Ditch Law For Tech. The Switch Paid Off And Got Me To Google.

shubhangigoel@insider.com (Shubhangi Goel), Business Insider
Sun, 04/28/2024 - 5:15pm

Zubin Pratap restarted his career at 38 after realizing he was passionate about tech.Zubin PratapZubin Pratap, a former lawyer, decided to transition to the tech industry at 38 years old.He landed his first tech job by networking and shortlisting best-fit employers.Though he worked at Google, he said his big break was a small startup that took a risk on him.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Zubin Pratap, a software engineer based in Melbourne.

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