This week, Marissa met with Alice Pack, USU alum and solutions engineer at Lucid. In their discussion, they touch on what it was like to graduate in spring of 2020 amidst the beginnings of the pandemic, how crucial networking was for Alice during her job search, and how the professional world differs from the academic world. On top of that, Alice dives into topics like the ins and outs of solutions engineering, finding "flow" in her work, how interpersonal skills have played a role in her technical job, and other careers of interest. 

Alice is a Solution Engineer at Lucid (Lucidchart + Lucidspark + Lucidchart Cloud Insights), a SaaS company with 12+ million users worldwide. Every day she connects with teams across the globe to help see and build the future using the Lucid Suite. She graduated from the Biological Engineering (BE) department at Utah State University. During that time she added a Computer Science minor, worked as a Public Speaking TA, and helped with the ABET accreditation process for the BE department.