NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 2 -- New Jersey Institute of Technology issued the following news release:
When Priyanka Mahankali '16 failed a networking course during her first semester at New Jersey Institute of Technology, she could have taken it as evidence that the subject was not for her. Instead, she took it as a challenge.
Priyanka, who earned her master's degree in computer science from NJIT, retook the course and earned a B+. She then enrolled in Advanced Networking - not because it was required, she said, but because she wanted to master the subject that had challenged her. That decision would help shape her career.
It's an invitation to dig deeper.
After graduating from NJIT, Priyanka joined Amazon Web Services, where networking became...