Life at New Relic: Paving a Career Path From Peru to Portland

In the inaugural post of New Relic's "Life at New Relic" blog series, software engineer Luces Huayhuaca shares her journey from joining the company as an inexperienced support engineer to becoming a software engineer on the Support Tools team. Originally from Peru, Luces emphasizes the importance of passion, empathy, and collaboration in her role, highlighting how learning from talented colleagues in a supportive company culture has been pivotal to her success. She describes the culture at New Relic as one of sharing and mentorship, where employees are encouraged to be authentic and proactive, which helps foster both professional and social connections. Luces advises potential employees to be disciplined in their learning and to leverage their unique strengths, while also extending invitations to colleagues for personal interactions, as a way to integrate into the company and grow professionally.