Looking Beyond With Michael Sikand

LIVE EPISODE! In Episode 83, futurists hear from Matt Kocsis, an incoming Audit Intern at PwC, the world's most prestigious accounting firm. Matt shares key insights on why you should consider accounting as a career path, and how it's so much more than number-crunching and a story above all-else. He dives into his journey recruiting the big four and emphasizes the importance of showing up to networking events and coming armed with a personal story to define yourself and stand out.

Matt is one of my best friends and we recorded the FIRST EVER in-person Our Future episode from our vacation villa in Palm Desert, where I was lucky enough to take a week off to hang out in the sun with Matt and our two friends Peyton and Lea.

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In Episode 81, listeners hear from Dr. Rao Mulpuri, the CEO & Chairman of View Inc., the world’s leading smart glass manafacturer and a company I was lucky enough to intern at in high school. The company has raised over a billion dollars to date, and Rao explains why the company is going public via the Cantor Fitzgerald SPAC to unlock a trillion dollar market, mitigate climate change, and create new human experiences.

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In Episode 80, listeners hear from Joseph Choi, an incoming Technical Writer at Salesforce and the co-founder of Tech Pod, a media platform designed for young people interested in careers in tech that don't have a CS degree or coding knowledge. Joseph and I had an awesome conversation about how over 4/10 roles at the biggest tech companies are non-technical positions and why if you're an economics, business, or comms student you should know working in the tech industry is an option for you. I have a great deal of admiration for the platform Joseph has created through Tech Pod, sharing resources and his passion for career education at scale.

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In Episode 79, listeners hear from Kayla Dixon, Brand Marketing Manager at TikTok, about the platform's evolution from lip syncing to becoming the epicenter of culture, the winning strategy behind the company's college ambassador program (+ how you can join), what the "ocean spray guy" video meant to the platform, and her career advice to young people looking to launch their careers.

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Our Future Careers is a series where students who have landed the coolest jobs and internships share the tips, tricks, and strategies so you can do the same. In today's episode, listeners hear from Shekar Ramaswamy, a CS student at Brown University, a former Machine Learning Intern at Nuro and SWE Intern at Instagram, and the Co-Founder of networking startup Orbyt.

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In Episode 77 (Cont.), listeners hear Pt. 2 of my conversation with Chris Brandt, Chief Marketing Officer of Chipotle, about the company's adaptation to crises, the importance of thinking bigger and borrowing from other industries, and why you need to find what you're good at to thrive in your career.

In Episode 77, listeners hear Pt. 1 of my conversation with Chris Brandt, Chief Marketing Officer of Chipotle, about the company's massive victories in digital marketing to unlock young audiences, the keys for brands to excel on social channels , and how Chipotle's loyalty program grew to 17M members in less than two years.

Nothing fuels my fire more than learning from the student founders shaping our future. In Episode 76, listeners hear from Stanford students Akshaya Dinesh & Andrew Tan, Co-Founders of Ladder (formerly Remote Students), a professional community platform for the next generation to find opportunities, get advice, and grow their careers together.

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Our Future Careers is a mini-series where students who have landed their dream jobs share the tips, tricks, and strategies so you can do the same. In today's episode, listeners hear from A.J. Eckstein, an former intern at Disney's Business Leader Rotational Program, an Incoming Strategy Analyst at Accenture, and Founder/CEO of the Career Coaching Company. You will learn the importance of a powerful leadership experience, the value of indirect networking, how to craft your personal story in recruiting, and why A.J. decided to launch a company teaching these strategies.

Check out The Career Coaching Company: https://www.careercoachingcompany.com/

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In Episode 74, listeners hear from Dilbagh Gill, CEO & Team Principal of Mahindra Racing, a cutting-edge motorsports team that competes in Formula E which is the highest level of competition for electric vehicles and a proving ground for the future of mobility. Gill discusses what it took to launch a race team from scratch, the importance of Formula E from a sustainability and innovation perspective, and why you should celebrate your successes.

Learn more about Mahindra Racing: https://www.mahindraracing.com/