Critical Careers - Women Building Careers in Digital Infrastructure - Book - Page 56
Critical Careers
MID CAREER
How did you 昀椀rst discover digital
infrastructure, and what led you to the
role you’re in today?
I’ve always been a curious person. I believe there is always that moment
where something clicks and you realise there’s a whole world you didn’t
even know existed.
In school, I was studying commerce, but I didn’t really have a sense
of what I wanted my career to be yet. During a break in my studies, I
decided to take a technical course, almost out of curiosity more than
anything else and something de昀椀nitely clicked for me.
It was the 昀椀rst time I saw what actually sits behind the technology we use
every day. Things like routers, 昀椀bre optic cables, how data moves from
one place to another. I remember being genuinely surprised because I
had always assumed everything was just wireless. You use technology
constantly, but you don’t really stop to think about what’s powering it.
From there, I found myself wanting to understand more. I moved into
computer science and began getting closer to the infrastructure itself
and started to see how systems are built and how everything connects
behind the scenes.
Poonam
Dwivedi
MASTERS STUDENT AT UEL
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Then I was introduced to cloud computing, which opened up a
completely new perspective. The idea that you could design and scale
infrastructure on demand completely changed how I thought about
technology. That’s what led me to pursue my Master’s Degree. Through
that, I started to understand the broader digital infrastructure ecosystem
— data centres, cooling, AI, and how it all connects.
