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Skill Up to Step Up: From practising TCM to analysing datasets
Ms Jessica Tan is now a project manager at the Government Technology Agency, where she works with other public agencies on data science projects to improve their policymaking and service delivery.ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
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During his years as a secondary school teacher, Mr Kenneth Chua frequently spoke to his students about the joys of learning, the importance of upskilling, and the value of resilience.
In 2019, after 10 years of teaching, he realised that he had not been walking the talk , that he was not fulfilling his potential, and that he could learn and grow further.
The 38-year-old decided to leave his job at the end of that year and pick up new skills. Last March, he enrolled for an immersive software engineering course at General Assembly, a coding school.
This was under the Tech Immersion and Placement Programme (TIPP), an Infocomm and Media Development Authority of Singapore initiative to develop tech talent.