![]() This is in the old days, with the big floppy disks.Īndrea: She said, “No, no, you can do it. We’d like you to be a programmer.” I said, “What, a computer programmer?” Because I’ve only had one computer class in college, and it was the basics. Your job has been eliminated.”Īndrea: I said, “Excuse me? I’m on time, what’s happening?” She said, “Well, actually, we were eliminating that entire department. I showed up in one of those blue suits with a high collar, with the woman’s tie around the neck, and my boss came out and I said, “Hi, I’m Andrea Bradley reporting for my new job.” She said, “Oh, I’m so glad you’re here. But the job I took was at the big bank at the time called First Republic, and I had accepted a job as a project analyst. When I say small, I’m talking less than 25 total employees, so I had the opportunity to do every single job there. So, I worked at a small bank all through college and got an offer from this small bank. Why were you not expecting it?Īndrea: The reason I wasn’t expecting it is because it wasn’t the job I accepted. ![]() It’s shocking and at the same time very gratifying. ![]() The first job I had was not what I was expecting and I thought I would just do it for a year or two, and get some experience under my belt. Andrea Smith: I started right out of college when I was 21. ![]()
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