Careers – Page 2

Tech Makes Moves towards Becoming More Diverse

Posted on January 5, 2019September 21, 2022 by Marie Tano

By Marie Tano ‘21 I took Introduction to Computer Science during the spring semester of my first-year. While I was far from skilled in the course, I still had great interest in pursuing the field as a possible career option. The constantly shifting and ever-evolving field of technology has always interested me, and even now I have a goal of being able to somehow add to the t...

Competence, Confidence and Creativity

Posted on March 19, 2018September 21, 2022 by Sophia Sun

By Sophia Sun '18 As a senior who has strived to fully engage intellectually and socially in the opportunities that Pomona College offers, I’ve realized that the heart of the liberal arts education is not anti pre-professionalism; rather the heart of the liberal arts education involves being self-reflective, throughout the process of learning, about how you can extract trans...

Is Life a Job Training Program?

Posted on October 24, 2017September 21, 2022 by Lauren Schoen

by Lauren Schoen '20 College is not a job training program. Classes are not professional development. The clubs you join are not lines on a résumé. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. I’m sure most of us can picture the same thing: the kindergarten teacher asking “what do you want to be when you grow up?” and then having to draw our future selves in a spacesuit, i...