Was College Worth It?

#5 - MBA | Senior Manager in Tech | Self-Taught Code: Hector Villasenor


Listen Later

Find Hector on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hvillasenor/

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:06 Was College Worth It?

00:05:02 Moving to the USA from Mexico
00:11:46 College Experience and Relationships are as important as the studies
00:14:16 Going to college at a later age
00:18:43 Hector's current MBA Experience
00:19:44 How he started at a community college
00:20:40 His 2nd time dropping out
00:22:31 Where he learned to code
00:26:00 His journey into information systems
00:31:22 English is a hard language to learn
00:31:55 Comparing life to the game of SIMS
00:39:35 Why make him want to teach?
00:43:20 Working Full Time while in school
00:45:05 What he is getting out of his MBA
00:49:04 Portable Skills from College
00:52:32 Direct vs Optional advice in India
00:53:49 Your Duty as a leader
00:55:24 How he built a team of 50 people within a year
01:08:13 Manager vs Director: the difference
01:11:37 Americans have an 8% chance of doing better than their parents
01:15:17 Was College Worth iT?
01:15:53 Outro

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Was College Worth It?By Amir Lindsay-Khaledi