Beyond the Job Title: How Transferable Skills Shape STEM Careers
Your career path does not have to look like anyone else's. That was the throughline of our latest AdaMarie LinkedIn Live and if you missed it, you are going to want to catch the replay.
We sat down with Aneesa Valentine, computational scientist, founder of ImpaktBio, and co-founder of The Black Life Sciences Collective, for an honest conversation about what it actually means to build a career across disciplines.
Aneesa's background spans computational genomics, data engineering, and applied machine learning, and her path has been anything but straight. Which is exactly why she was the right person for this conversation.
We talked about the moment she realized her path did not have to be linear. We unpacked what "transferable skills" actually means and why so many early-career and career-changing professionals struggle to see the value already sitting in their own experience. We talked about the gap between what you have done and why it mattered, and how to close it when you are trying to communicate your worth to a new team, a new industry, or a new opportunity.
A few things that stayed with us:
The skills that travel across roles are often the ones people overlook first. The ability to synthesize complex information, ask the right questions, work across teams, and explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences show up everywhere, and they matter more than most job descriptions let on.
Curiosity is a career strategy. Following what genuinely interests you even when it feels like a detour often turns out to be the most direct route to work that fits.
You do not need permission to expand. Aneesa built her company, her blog, and her community not by waiting for the right credentials, but by starting and letting the evidence build behind her.
Watch the Replay
This conversation is available in full for AdaMarie members. If you are not yet part of the community, now is a great time to join.
