Antonella Masini

WTF Do You Do?

Business EN ↓ 6 episodes

We’ve all heard the job titles, but what do people actually do all day? Hosted by Antonella Masini, MIT alum, "WTF Do You Do?" is a weekly hangout where friends spill the tea on their jobs: the real day-to-day, the skills that actually matter, the parts they love, and the bits that spark their Sunday Scaries. Expect laughs, mild chaos, and zero corporate jargon. The goal: demystify jobs so you can find careers that actually fit you... and save you from an existential crisis. So the next time someone drops a fancy title, you won’t be left wondering: “WTF do you do?”For weekly updates and extras...

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Antonella Masini

Episodes

Episode 5. Awnit Singh: MBA Candidate at Stanford 10.06.2026 46:32

Is an MBA just a giant networking party? Awnit Singh is currently living it at Stanford, so I asked him directly. We get into what you actually do during an MBA, what paths open up after, and whether the discomfort of starting over is ever worth it. Spoiler: he thinks it is

Episode 4. Lucy Cho: Technical Program Manager (TPM) at Tesla 01.04.2026 43:11

Lucy went from making K-pop fan art to overseeing Cybertruck, Optimus and Robotaxi at Tesla… and recently quit to travel the world. In this episode we find out what a Technical Program Manager actually does (hint: it's a lot of JIRA and convincing engineers to talk to each other), why soft skills might matter more than technical ones, and her surprisingly simple trick for figuring out what job...

Episode 3. Sebastian Esquivel: Ex-Chemical Engineer, Now Chief of Staff 18.03.2026 45:48

What does a chemical engineer actually do day to day? And what on earth is a Chief of Staff? Sebastian Esquivel has done both, so he's the perfect person to ask. We get into the reality of working as a chemical engineer at a clean energy startup in Brooklyn, what a Chief of Staff actually does, why he made the jump, and why the hiring system is completely broken. Oh and if you are currently in...

Episode 2. Wendy Trattner: Ex-MechE, Now Independent Artist & Entrepreneur 12.03.2026 40:51

What do you do when you've done everything right –MIT degree, dream startup, dream job– and you're still not happy? Wendy quit engineering to become a full-time artist and hasn't looked back. We talk golden handcuffs, the reality of mechanical engineering day-to-day, going viral overnight, and why everyone in their 20s is more lost than they look.

Episode 1. Dean See: Technology Consultant at PWC 04.03.2026 41:07

Dean moves billion-dollar hospital systems to the cloud… and still has time to cry, dance, and run a YouTube channel ( @deansodium ). In this episode, we unpack what a tech consultant at PwC actually does (hint: it’s not just PowerPoints) and whether logging off at 5pm would get you fired.

WTF Do You Do - Welcome Trailer! 15.02.2026 1:00

Ever heard job titles like PM, Software Developer, or Solution Architect and wondered… what do they actually mean? This confusion creates real problems: recruiters can't find talent because candidates don't even know some roles exist, and people end up unhappy in jobs they never truly understood. That's why WTF Do You Do? is here: a podcast where we talk with people across roles and...