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#demystifyIT: Accessibility PM – story by Ioana Tanase

3 October 202216 September 2023by Ela Mościcka | Helping you build and navigate a career in techLeave a Comment

Hello and welcome to the 2nd article from my series: #demystifyIT! I'm a career changer and I remember how limited my knowledge was when I was just starting in IT 11 years ago: which role to choose, what I could be good at? Is programming the only 'right' career to follow? What if I'm not [...]

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#demystifyIT: Technical Writer – story by Oana Turnea

5 September 202216 September 2023by Ela Mościcka | Helping you build and navigate a career in techLeave a Comment

Hello and welcome to my new series: #demystifyIT! I'm a career changer and I remember how limited my knowledge was when I was just starting in IT 11 years ago: which role to choose, what I could be good at? Is programming the only 'right' career to follow? What if I'm not technical enough? The [...]

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Career change: my 1st year as a Software Engineer at Microsoft

12 July 20212 January 2024by Ela Mościcka | Helping you build and navigate a career in techLeave a Comment

Celebrating 7 years at Microsoft and my first year as a Software Engineer after the career change: from recruitment to software engineering role at 'Microsoft Teams' Prague team! This post will be a mix of my thoughts/learnings from my 1st year as a Software Engineer at Microsoft: it is not about "I delivered x amount [...]

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Becoming a Software Engineer at Microsoft [Q and A]

29 March 20212 January 2024by Ela Mościcka | Helping you build and navigate a career in tech13 Comments

There is a lot of advice online for people interested in joining Microsoft as a Software Engineers. In this post, I decided to share with you my first-hand experience and answer the most common questions I'm receiving throughout my career from Developers interested in working at Microsoft.I'm sure that my article will help you clarify [...]

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My Year in Review: 2020

6 February 202116 September 2023by Ela Mościcka | Helping you build and navigate a career in techLeave a Comment

What a year it was! After 9 years in tech recruitment (and 6 amazing years at the Microsoft Engineering Recruitment team as a Talent Sourcer) I've finally reached my goal of becoming a Software Engineer at Microsoft! Beginning of the year Our child was still recovering after the surgery and let's just say that all [...]

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Welcome!

20 December 202016 September 2023by Ela Mościcka | Helping you build and navigate a career in techLeave a Comment

Hi everyone, I'm super excited to share my new official website with you! I have no idea why it took me so long, but after many (literally maaaaaaaaany) years I've decided to create my own space for sharing all my career tips. I'll be posting articles and advices that will be useful for everyone interested [...]

Hi and thanks for stopping by! My name is Ela Mościcka and I've been in the tech industry since 2011.

I'm bringing unique knowledge, skillset, and expertise by combining two worlds: tech recruitment and software engineering.

As a Software Engineer at the "Microsoft Teams" team, I work on a product that is being used by more than 250 million monthly active users. My primary area of responsibility (and something I'm passionate about) is E2E tests and Accessibility.

Before the career change, I was one of the top Talent Sourcers at the Microsoft EMEA Engineering Recruitment team where I specialized in building new Software Engineering and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams as well as growing existing ones.