Finding a path into Tech
When asked why she chose to study in this field, Tabi laughs and says all started when she and her sister were young, and playing the Sims. She knew how traditional digital animation was done, but couldn’t understand it could be used to create all the different possibilities in the game. She asked her mum, who explained it was all achieved through coding. “I was mind-blown, and it all just kind of snowballed from there,” she explains. “It led to a fascination and curiosity with computers, and the more I learned, the more I wanted to know.”
Tabi admits that she actually didn’t know much about Zühlke before applying for her internship. Reading up on the company, however, she had sensed that there would be a match, and that feeling was confirmed when she got through to the interview phase. She describes how she spoke to the Zühlke team for three hours in that session, but it only felt like a 30 minute chat. “I was so nervous, but everyone was so lovely, and when I got the position it made my day,” she says.