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Show Notes: (2:35) Tristan talked about his undergraduate experience studying Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. (4:10) Tristan discussed his Technical Director experience at a company called Y2K Tec, where he managed developers working on tools using Visual C++, SQL Server, and Windows Server. (5:11) Tristan talked about his 3 years working as a solutio...

Show Notes: (2:04) Ankit discussed his college experience at the Amity School of Engineering and Tech in which he studied Computer Science and Engineering. (3:34) Ankit talked about his first role out of school as a Senior Solution Integrator role at Ericsson . (5:20) Ankit talked about a unique aspect of his role at Ericsson, which was global collaboration and communication with clients all over...

Show Notes: (2:09) Genevieve discussed her undergraduate experience studying Electrical Engineering and Mathematics at the University of Arizona . (3:18) Genevieve talked about her Master’s work in Electrical Machines from the University of Tokyo . (6:59) Genevieve went in-depth about her research work on transverse-flux motor design during her Master’s, in which she won the Outstanding Paper awar...

Show Notes: (2:02) Peadar discussed his undergraduate experience studying Physics and Philosophy at the University of Bristol . (3:05) Peadar then pursued a Master’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Luxembourg , where he did a thesis on machine learning for time series forecasting. (4:16) Peadar commented on his varied work experience with various companies, particularly on data maturi...

Show Notes: (2:06) Nick talked about earning his Ph. D. degree in Psycho-Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin . (3:58) Nick discussed his Ph. D. dissertation, in which he looked at the role of domain-general decision making processes in human language comprehension. (8:41) Nick talked about his teaching experience in graduate school, as well as why UT-Austin is a perfect place to stu...

Show Notes: (2:04) Conor recalled his undergraduate experience studying Computational Modeling and Data Analytics at Virginia Tech . (4:07) Conor emphasized the importance of learning data structures and algorithms for interview prep. (5:57) Conor mentioned his Data Analytics internship at MasterCard after his sophomore year. (7:35) Conor talked about his involvement with the Bio-Complexity Instit...

Show Notes: (2:20) Martina recalled her experience getting Bachelor, Master’s, and Ph. D. degrees in Physics from Sapienza Università’ di Roma . (3:35) Martina discussed her Ph. D. thesis, in which she looked at the study of Complex Systems related to Linguistics and studied how natural language evolves in time. (6:04) Martina talked about her experience doing the S2DS bootcamp in London after fin...

Show Notes: (2:16) Jim recalled his experience getting a Bachelor Degree in Chemistry at the University College of London . (4:01) Jim talked about the analytical skills that he got out from his Chemistry degree. (5:09) Jim gave a brief background overview of his employer KPMG , one of the big 4 consulting firms. (6:56) Jim shared the major challenges of applying scientific rigor to identify and q...

Show Notes: (2:10) Francisco recalled his experience getting a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology from Nova Southeastern University . (3:42) Francisco gave a brief overview of the field of Behavioral Neuroscience . (4:19) Francisco gave some recommendation for people who are interested in learning more about behavioral psychology and neuroscience. (5:39) Francisco discussed his research thes...

Show Notes: (2:22) Matthias recalled his experience getting a Master’s Degree in English, History, and Political Science from the University of Regensburg in Germany. (3:19) Matthias discussed his Master’s Thesis looking at the formation and transformation of 9/11-memory in American news weeklies as well as the importance of project management skills. (6:00) Matthias talked about his 2 years with...

Show Notes: (2:05) Mark revisited his brief stint during college back in the 90s. (3:38) Mark’s first job as a Business Consultant at Dixon Stores Group was a humbling experience. (5:41) Mark stressed the importance of customer empathy that lasts with him throughout his career. (6:45) Mark talked about his next long-term job as a Configuration & Support Engineer at Orange PCS , where he built...

Show Notes: (2:07) Chintan talked about his undergraduate education in India at the Dharmsinh Desai University , studying Electronics & Communication. (2:53) Chintan recalled the most useful knowledge from his undergraduate experience. (3:42) Chintan explained his decision to pursue a Master degree in Communication and Signal Processing at Newcastle University in the UK. (5:09) Chintan discuss...

Show Notes: (2:16) Thomas talked about the study of Food Science and Technology in which he focused on microbiology. (3:15) Thomas stressed the importance of user empathy, something useful he gained from his degree. (4:39) Thomas discussed the reason to pursue a Ph. D. in Bioinformatics at the Technical University of Denmark . (6:10) Thomas talked in-depth about the tools he developed for his Ph....

Show Notes: (2:00) Ewan recalled his undergraduate days at the University of Edinburgh studying Physics. (2:43) Ewan talked about his first job out of school as a Seismic Acquisition Specialist at ION Geophysical . (5:28) Ewan briefly skimmed through his next job as a Senior Research Executive in Marketing Science at BBC . (7:40) Ewan gave some key insights on the intersection between marketing an...

Show Notes: (2:05) Chris recalled his Econometrics and Quantitative Economics study during his undergraduate days. (4:14) Chris talked about his research work focus on oil and gas at the Center for Energy Studies at Louisiana State University . (5:53) Chris gave some insights on how data science and econometrics can solve problems in the energy industry. (7:51) Chris talked about his decision to p...

Show Notes: (3:20) Saurabh recalled his college experience. (4:25) Saurabh talked about his first role out of school as a software engineer specializing in database at CA Technologies . (8:06) Saurabh landed database consulting roles with different companies. (9:14) Saurabh gave insights on the differences between database systems now and a decade ago. (11:05) Saurabh shared his experience landing...

Show Notes: (3:08) Leni explains how studying Theatre Critics in college help her develop analytical thinking. (4:00) Leni briefly her first job out of college in brand management at a lifestyle brand called Life is Porno . (5:54) Leni goes over the most interesting classes she took during her Master of Arts in New Media Studies at Charles University . (7:52) Leni talks about her 1-year residency...

Show Notes: (1:58) Deep gives a brief background of his career. (3:42) Deep explains the discipline of civil engineering . (4:24) Deep talks about his first job out of college as a programmer analyst at Cognizant in Pune, India. (5:26) Deep then became a senior software engineer at the investment bank Citigroup in Mumbai, India. (7:30) Deep discusses his next role as a senior associate for the e-c...

Show Notes: (2:10) Jon reflects on his academic career and explained why he pursued an advanced degree in Biology. He also went over his post-doc fellowship at Cancer Research UK . (4:45) Jon discusses the zebra-fish project he worked on during his post-doc research at King’s College London . (8:13) Jon talks about the developmental biology work he did at the embryology lab at University College L...