Click to sign up for our professional development workshop taking place on October 18 -  Compensation Negotiation Workshop:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/compensation-negotiation-workshop-tickets-399319343907?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb Rachel Lilienfeld joins the podcast as today's guest to discuss her experiences as a Fire Protection Engineer for Amazon Web Services. Rachel shares her story of how she started college as a mechanical engineer major and eventually transitioned to and graduated with a fire protection engineer degree. She also touches on her experience as a female engineer in the defense industry prior to infiltrating the tech industry and getting a job with Amazon. This episode has so many good tangible pieces of advice and covers a variety of topics; including channeling your emotional intelligence as a woman in STEM, how to 'find your people' in college, and the mental journey involved with passing the PE.  Rachel's INSTAGRAM: @rach_lilie Rachel's TIKTOK: @rach_lilie Submit your review to the google form here to be entered in our visa gift card giveaway: https://linktr.ee/mybestfriendsanengineer