Echo

In this interview, we explore the intricacies and nature of moving overseas to the USA as an expat from a CSE point of view. Featuring our guest John Wiseheart, a graduate of UNSW CSE working at Candid Health, Seattle, and hosted by Michael Zheng, Dylan Hu and Leo Xu.

Ask any questions in this form to John and we'll send them over! https://forms.gle/Mx6Rt87XBEyx1mGNA

Is Hayden Smith your lecturer this term? Doesn't matter!

Hear a talk from Hayden, currently a co-founder of a start up called Pearler, who is also a lecturer AND ex-tutor that has dabbled in many subjects. He is most known for running COMP6080, the React course, and COMP1531, the groupwork course. In this podcast, we talk about uni life, startups and education and cover questions like:

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Want to listen to some 👄 talky talk 👄on the postgrad experience in CS? Rachel and Ivan try to cover these topics in a roundtable with some students studying CS as their second, or next, degree.

Welcome our features,

🚦Where did they come from?

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In case you had any further questions or wanted to continue discussion specifically with any of the guests, you can reach out:

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📫📫📫 Is studying compsci right for you?📫📫📫

You're sick of your degree, or you're a high school student thinking about your future. Well, Mariya and Nat sit down with four people who've all grappled with the same question!

- Rani Jiang, who ditched Information Systems 📊 to study computer science ⚙️;

- Teresa Feng, who started in Computer Engineering ⚡ but graduated with a compsci degree 🎓;

- Raymond Wan, who came back 🏃 after graduating to start a new path in physics ⚛️ ; and

- Issac Norris (Izzy), who skipped uni entirely 🌟 and went straight into industry!

You're asking - maybe they'll have the answer for you!!!

Timestamps:

0:00: Intro

0:28: High school experience and path to computer science 

8:39: Difference between highschool and uni/industry

11:57: Why UNSW?

13:48: Rani - transferring into compsci from information systems

18:16: Raymond - changing minds about computer science

21:40: Izzy - Going into the workforce without a degree

27:34: Teresa - Transfering from Computer engineering, working with a Compsci degree

34:33: Things missing from a compsci education

38:30: Is CSE worth it?

41:18: Advice for high schoolers

45:22: Final words

47:40: Outro

Ever been interested in competitive programming but don’t know where to start?🥴

Keen to hear about what it's like taking part in some of the biggest programming competitions in the world?😱

Join Raman and Caitlyn as they delve into the ✨mysterious✨ world of competitive programming with Angus Ritossa, current president of CPMSoc, and chat about topics including: 

- How to get started with competitive programming  🤓 

- Juicy group dynamics 😳

- Angus’ most traumatic questions 😭

0:00 - 4:04: Introduction

4:04 - 9:55: Competitions

9:55 - 17:00: Angus’ History

17:00 - 28:50: General CP Questions

28:50 - 30:20: Talking about CPMSoc

30:20 - 35:35: Pre-reqs for getting started

35:35 - 40:20: Getting Started

40:20 – 44:00: Practicality of CP

44:00 - 47:34: Group Dynamics 😳

47:34 - 50:20: Before and after a competition

50:20 - 51:58: Looking Forward

51:58 - 53:28: Outro

0.00 - 00:32 Intro

00:32 - 21:20 Planned Obsolescence 

21:20 -43:10 Secret to Immortality (Transhumanism)

43:10 - 50:21 Our Impact as Students

50:21 - 50:49 Outro

Our world is now becoming more and more data driven, but what do we do with it all? Enter the field of ✨data analytics✨!! In this episode of the Echo podcast, Subrat and Michael sit down with Vincey Au from Canva to discuss:

- What even is data analytics??? 🙃

- The skills 🧠 you need to grind 💪 to become a data analyst

- Life and culture at Canva 🎨

- Breaking into the industry

- And more!! 🔥 🔥 🔥

Note: This episode was recorded in 2021 during the Covid-19 lockdowns.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

00:56 - What is data analytics, ELI5

03:32 - A/B testing at Canva & dark analytics

05:32 - Data analytics vs. engineering vs. science vs. analytics engineering vs. marketing analytics

07:14 - Coding background give you a head start?

08:33 - Involvement of AI, ML, etc.

09:24 - Analytics Engineering

12:26 - Personal background

17:50 - Volunteering & developing soft skills

18:12 - Gender disparity

19:20 - More on volunteering

21:47 - Internships

24:15 - Working at Canva

35:40 - Changes with COVID

38:27 - Advice on breaking into industry

41:02 - Side note on Red Tape

42:32 - Future goals/plans

44:06 - Outro

Everyone's thought about working at Google at least once in their life. But what is it like to actually work there as a 🤔 software engineer 💻?

In this podcast, Mitchell and Michelle are joined by Software Engineer 🤩Eve Martin-Jones🤩, as they dive into the fascinating world of Google. Join us as we navigate through Eve's journey through internships, hardships, and the many rooms at the Google office!

Find the answers to all of your burning 🔥 questions like such as:

• What are the different pathways into securing an internship at Google? 🚀

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro

(00:42) From Philosophy to Software Engineering

(04:09) The Google Internship Experience + The Google STEP Program

(15:28) Google Headquarters & Perks

(19:43) What is it like working at Google?

(33:26) Looking to the future and reflecting on the past

(36:02) Women in Technology

(40:09) Inspiration + Giving Advice

Ever wonder what happens in the lives of other amazing computer scientists? 

Timmy and Michelle interview computer scientist ✨ Hannah Beder ✨, who won Young Woman of the Year 2020! This podcast with Hannah aims to let us learn about her journey to get to this stage of being an accomplished computer scientist 🤯 and look further into her role as a technology lead at Creatable. 

They discuss:

• What it’s like working as a tech lead at Creatable 🧠

Timestamps:

Intro - 00:00:00 to 00:01:23

Working as a tech lead at Creatable - 00:01:23 to 00:20:15

Juggling multiple jobs - 00:20:15 to 00:26:53

Women in tech - 00:26:53 to 00:32:02

Nurturing others’ interests in technology - 00:32:02 to 00:43:14

UNSW tutoring and the future - 00:43:14 to 00:51:07

Advice - 00:51:07 to 01:02:46

Outro  -  01:02:46 to END

What’s it like organising some of the biggest events for CSESoc like First Year Camp 🏕️, Pub Crawl 🍻, and Peer Mentoring 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦? How does one teach first years React and JavaScript in a week ⏰ to make a CS Electives review website?

Come join Caleb and Fiona as they chat (and casually banter) with the Socials and Student Experience Directors of 2021 … 🥁✨ Lachlan, Evan & Giuliana ✨

Some juicy content 🧃 include:

• Organising the biggest events like camp 🏕️, peer mentoring 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, and weekly BBQs 🍖♨️🔥🥩🥓

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(0:00) Intro