Median time from submission to publication: 2.5 weeks From banking success, to a new future in tech: Bradley’s Red Hat journey so far

Median time from submission to publication: 2.5 weeks From banking success, to a new future in tech: Bradley’s Red Hat journey so far Red Hat Learning Subscription | Product Trial About the authors Zoe Chu Bradley Bennett Holly Bailey More like this Blog post Blog post Original podcast Original podcast Keep exploring Browse by channel Automation Artificial intelligence Open hybrid cloud Security Edge computing Infrastructure Applications Virtualization Share Not every journey into technology is linear. Just ask Bradley, a non-traditional student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a business analyst intern on the IT Operations Analytics team. Bradley started his career at Red Hat during the summer of 2024, but getting here has been an adventure in itself. We sat down with him to talk about unique career paths, transferable skills, and his experience with Red Hat’s emerging talent program. After graduating high school, Bradley pursued a career in banking instead of following the traditional college route. Over the next 5 years, he worked his way up from a banking associate to a senior role. Bradley was progressing well in his career, but felt like something was missing. “Everything was going pretty well for me,” says Bradley, “to the point that I had the freedom to make a different decision in life, to go do what I always wanted to do. And that was to work in technology in some way or another. ” Bradley began this transition by attending community college at night. “Weirdly enough, the astronomy course I took in community college was the reason I wanted to pursue a higher-level education at UNC,” he reflects. His astronomy professor was passionate about the subject and connected it to students’ daily lives.