UPE Hotspot

003 - Soft Skills and Networking

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This episode discusses soft skills and networking with Savannah Cardenas and Melissa Lopez.

Savannah Cardenas (BU ‘21) is the UPE president and recently signed a full-time job offer at Microsoft. Melissa Lopez (BU ‘21 ) is the UPE vice president and aspires to work at film and animation companies as a software engineer.


Timestamps:

  • (0:00:00) Intro
  • (0:00:08) Guest Introduction and Background
  • (0:05:44) Role Models
  • (0:10:34) Developing a Productive Mindset
  • (0:18:26) What Makes a Good UPE Applicant?
  • (0:26:00) The Importance of Feedback
  • (0:29:30) Core Traits of Standout Team Members
  • (0:40:04) Overcoming Imposter Syndrome and Minorities in STEM
  • (0:52:19) Valuable Advice We’ve Received
  • (1:07:25) Future Aspirations
  • (1:24:45) Our Advice
  • (1:35:57) Wrap Up


    • Hosts:

    • Gabriel Moncau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielmoncau/
    • Phillip Tran: https://ptran.dev/


      • UPE Links:

      • https://upe.bu.edu/ 
      • https://github.com/BUUPE/ 
      • https://www.facebook.com/upeatbu/ 
      • https://twitter.com/bu_upe
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