Welcome to our tenth and final episode.   

Our special guest for today is Chris Rathbun!  

Chris is a recent graduate of The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Business Analytics. Chris currently hosts and produces the Zoom Innovators in Business Series where he conducts “interviews with leaders, entrepreneurs/ innovators to ask them for advice for college [where] each interview is dedicated to a charitable organization”. He is also the Founder of the Yourbook App, a digital yearbook. In the past,  he has also served as the Editor in Chief of the Penn Innovators In Business, Data Analysis and Operations Intern for a Presidential Campaign, Investment/Equity Research Intern for the Behring Global Educational Foundation, China Regional Coordinator for the World Bank Group on the Ideas for Action Initiative and, Policy, and Advocacy and Government Relations Intern for Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.   

Chris shares with us his experiences growing up in the "Friendship Hotel", building new organizations, applying Newton's laws of motion to his own life, combatting echo chambers, and more!

Check out Chris' Zoom Interviews for Charity: https://www.facebook.com/100004111174233/videos/1780912948722394/

YouTube episode: https://youtu.be/-XaFzQM1Uuc

Welcome to our ninth episode!  

Our special guest today is Thomas Boop!  Thomas is a Software Engineer at GitHub where he works on GitHub Actions. Before that, he worked at Microsoft, WillowTree, and IBM as a Software Engineer. He studied at North Carolina State University, earning his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.  

Thomas shares with us his experiences moving to a new city, pair programming effectively in a remote setting, creating good software, and more!

Welcome to our eighth episode!  

Our special guest for this episode is our good friend Kyle Chua.  

Kyle is a recent graduate of the University of Southern California where he majored in Computer Science & Business Administration. Kyle works as a Software Engineer at Yelp. During college, he was a Teaching Assistant for courses in Full-Stack Web Development and Web Publishing. He was also a Research Associate for the USC School of Pharmacy where he created a tool to help with data analysis of FDA reports. Outside of school, he interned at a couple of tech startups in the hospitality and travel industries, then later at Etsy, where he helped build a variety of amazing features used by millions of people.  

Kyle shares with us about his upbringing in Vancouver and how his experiences working in his family-owned restaurant helped shape him to who he is now. We also chatted about dealing with things in our control vs. things outside of our controls and share how we overcame some of failures. We also talk a little bit about what we've learned while recruiting in tech.

Links to Check Out: 

Welcome to our seventh episode!  

Our special guest for this episode is our good friend Jose Emanuel Cisneros.  Jose is currently a third-year and first-generation UC Berkeley student studying Sociology and Media Studies. He currently serves a number of roles as part of the La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity as the Marketing Director, Social Media Manager, and Manager. Previously during his summers, he has served as a USC TRiO Upward Bound Math and Science Academic Mentor and University of Southern California Residential Advisor where he helped 100+ students navigate the complexities of college as well as helped students find academic success at college. Previously, he has worked as a Student Assistant for UC Berkeley where he helped balance the budget for a residence hall as well as helped coordinate and resolve 300+ maintenance issues, 900+ equipment replacement requests, and 300+ damaged inventory cases.  

We talk about Jose's upbringing in Southern California where he was raised by his mom and grew up with 5 sisters and how that helped shape who he is now. We also talk about the importance of asking for help and managing your personal finance!  

Links to Check Out: 

YouTube: https://youtu.be/gNxAlyAZjhM

Welcome to our sixth episode!  

Brian is currently a Master's student and Machine Learning Researcher at UC Berkeley where he studies Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He recently graduated from UC Berkeley where he graduated with the highest distinction and majored in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics. During college he played an active role in the Student Association for Applied Statistics where he served various roles such as a data science consultant and a senior advisor. Throughout college, Brain also interned as an Algorithm Developer Intern at Hudson River Trading, a Software Development Engineer Intern at Amazon, and an Applied Statistics Research Intern at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.    

In this episode we talk about Brian's machine learning research on hypersonic vehicle simulations and DNA sequencing, how to avoid burnout, and more!  

Links to check out: 

- Statistics Undergraduate Student Association: https://susa.berkeley.edu/

YouTube Episode: https://youtu.be/kPaTrBSS7aI

Welcome to our fifth episode!  

We chatted with Ruth Chen who is currently a Strategy Insights and Planning Associate at ZS and is the Co-Founder of Masks2All. Previously, Ruth studied Economics at UC Berkeley where she was part of Beta Alpha Psi, Cal Climbing, and The Berkeley Group where she served as a Project Leader. In between her academic years at Berkeley, she interned at Amazon and Accelo.  

We talked about following what you truly want to do vs. what others say, building and scaling nonprofits, relationship advice, and more!  

Links to check out: 

- Masks2All: https://www.masks2all.org/

YouTube Episode: https://youtu.be/HVGUUtA3Iqc

Welcome to our fourth episode! 

In this interview, we chatted with Neha Dabke who recently graduated from UC Berkeley in Spring 2020 majoring in Computer Science and Cognitive Science. Currently, she works at Adobe as a Software Engineer. During college, she was the COO and Project Lead at Invention Corps, Editor for the Berkeley Fiction Review, Research Assistant at Computational Cognitive Lab, and Connector (Teaching) Assistant at UC Berkeley Institute of Data Science. Outside of her studies, she worked as a Software Engineering Intern at Etsy and Software Engineering Intern at CyberCube.

We talked about how following your passions will lead to opportunities that you might not have seen before, how it's ok to be vulnerable in software engineering interviews, and more!  

We also reminisce about our favorite experiences while interning at Etsy in Brooklyn, New York and how that showed us the importance of working with people you like as well as building supportive and inclusive communities.

Links to check out: 

YouTube Episode: https://youtu.be/1E6IqPG9u0o

Welcome to our third episode! 

In this episode, we talk to Sneha Malineni about academic load management, "vibe checking" companies, and more!

Sneha just graduated from UC Berkeley majoring in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science as well as Business Administration and Management as part of Berkeley’s MET Program. She has worked as a student investor in The House Fund where she helped identify top student, faculty, and alumni startups to invest in. She has also served as a Project Leader for The Berkeley Group where she and her team worked with the nonprofit Worldreader. Outside of school, she has previously interned at Reddit and Tripwire where for both companies, she worked as a Product Management Intern.  

We talked about breaking into product management, handling the tough academics at Berkeley, what it's like to be a student investor, and more!

Links to check out: 

YouTube Episode: https://youtu.be/4yIP6of6rb4

Welcome to our second episode! 

In this episode, we interview Johnny Nguyen. Johnny is a first-generation college student pursuing a dual-degree in Sociology & Business Administration. Johnny is a founder of a resource-hub, Connect@Cal, that has connected 150+ students to resources, is the Chief of Staff for the Office of the President in the ASUC, has had experience consulting for non-profits across the Bay Area via The Berkeley Group, and is an incoming Business Analyst Intern at McKinsey & Company.  

We talk about capacity building, amplifying impact, finding happiness at Berkeley, developing strong support systems at Berkeley, and more!

Links to check out: 

YouTube Episode: https://youtu.be/iibJVI3EUG0

This is the first episode for the Beyond Podcast!!

In this episode, we interview our wonderful guest Nathan Chiu and talk about a variety of topics including growing up together, dealing with our many failures, and more!

Nathan is a recent graduate from the University of Pennsylvania studying Finance and Management in Wharton as well as English and Math in the College of Arts and Sciences. Nathan is currently attending the University of California, Berkeley pursuing a Master of Information and Data Science. On campus, Nathan was involved in consulting, writing, and research. Nathan also possesses entrepreneurial and educational experience, having started two startups in education and taught in a middle school through a teaching fellowship.

YouTube Episode: https://youtu.be/gAtGN6qDO9E