I took a 75% pay cut to ditch law for tech. The switch paid off and got me to Google.

Zubin Pratap

• Zubin 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.