Making The Right Play

Making The Right Play

By Ishira and ManethBusinessCareers
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Making The Right Play episodes

  • Another Route to Product Management | Kartheek Gajjala | S02E04

    One of our biggest supporters is up next!

    We are extremely happy to introduce Kartheek as our next guest. Kartheek and I met at Geotab when I was interning there after my first year of college. We have been in touch ever since and we were able to share a lot of memories including playing on the same basketball team for the company. From a career standpoint, Kartheek has consistently found ways to solve problems he genuinely cares about. As you can see through his experience Kartheek transitioned from being a Software Engineer at NVIDIA to a Product Manager in his recent roles. People have different ways to get their first break as a Product Manager and our episode will cover Kartheek’s. We also cover a few fun stories between us at Geotab, his experiences at the University of Waterloo and go over the spaces we see ourselves working in down the line.

    27 min
  • A Journey To Microsoft | Chloe Quijano | S02E03

    Get to know another superstar!  


    I met Chloe when we were Google Developer Student Club leads, her at UOT and me at McGill. Over the course of our collaboration, one thing that struck me about her was her incredible drive. She landed the explore internship at Microsoft, became the first lead for a Codeacademy chapter in Canada and was a speaker at Google I/O are no easy feats. Both Ishira and I were excited to hear about her journey thus far has been and we were stoked to hear what she plans on doing as the years go on.

    We hope this episode inspires you too!

    36 min
  • Demystifying Data Engineering | Canishka De Silva - Data Engineer at Meta | S02E02

    You've met the younger brother, now for the older one. Please welcome Canishka De Silva!  


    Canishka is one of our favourite guests of the season! An alumnus of The University of California, Berkeley (what a dump), Canishka is currently a data engineer working at FMeta (previously Facebook). During our sitdown with him, we got the chance to go over what being a data engineer meant, from every possible angle, be it what the role is, what you need to know to land it, how it defers from data science, and why Canishka decided it was for him. If you're considering a career in data engineering or data science this episode is an absolute must. We were so glad Canishka was able to join us and look forward to sharing his invaluable insights with you.

    32 min
  • Machine Learning: Learning and Landing | Ali Shobeiri - Former Software Engineer @ Microsoft | S02E01

    We are excited to introduce our first guest for season 2, Ali Shobeiri!


    Ali’s impressive industry experience includes Software Engineering, Data Science, and Machine Learning roles in exciting tech companies like  Microsoft, Ubisoft, Unity, Behavior Interactive, SAP and Plotly. He’s been a mentor to many, myself included, and we were incredibly impressed by the pace and trajectory of his career!  

    In our podcast with him, we cover a lot of topics including the origins of McGill’s AI Bootcamp, how to land Machine Learning roles as an undergraduate student, and also how Ali structured his life at university. 

    32 min
  • Last One For Season One | S01E20

    Hi everyone! Thank you for listening to us for the last 8 months. We tried our best to stay consistent and I think we did an okay job with that. We will be covering our future plans with this podcast and things we personally felt like we could improve on for years to come. 

    23 min
  • How I Almost Failed A Course At McGill | S01E18

    This is a part of the new series that we are doing where we talk about the times that we messed up. Today one of our co-hosts (Maneth) goes over how he almost failed a course at McGill University and how he bounced back from this situation.


    Computer Science is difficult and getting used to university is a different story for everyone. We hope this episode helps people feel normal about temporary failures

    17 min
  • A Platinum Economist | S01E17

    The Final Guest For Season 1

    Mr Wasim is one of Sri Lanka’s greatest educators in the field of Economics. He has helped countless high school students ace their final exams for a consistently long period of time. He is one of our host’s favourite teachers and we wanted to explore his story and his aspirations for the next few years. We constantly appreciate the amount of effort he puts into his teaching and how he plans on making education more engaging. He has the goal of being the best Economics lecturer in the world and we have no doubt in our mind that he will get there at some point.

    29 min
  • Fashion: Facts and Fiction | S01E16

    Gimhana’s episode had an amazing mix of ideas! We cover his journey to and through Fashion, his thoughts about education and creativity and his personal motivators that helped him become a skilled creative! We are always huge fans of unconventional ideas and approaches to life and he is a true believer in finding one’s true self through their journey with their life and career.


    Don’t miss Gimhana and his thoughts! Link is in bio!

    #fashiondesign #fashion #podcast #education #academics

    34 min
  • Dishing On Digital Art | S01E15

    Sansika is a tremendous freelance artist who has always challenged the norm and outworked the limitations that are placed on students and their creativity. We admire his work and his genuine passion for his work and we wanted to share it with a wider audience through this podcast episode.


    We cover his experience with running a studio, dropping out of university and also get to know his thoughts about south asian culture and how it impacts creatives like himself. You can also get some pointers on how to start with your creative journeys and be inspired by his work!

    29 min

About Making The Right Play

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Hi! This is from Ishira and Maneth, your hosts for “Making the right play”. MTRP is a new multimedia series where we will discuss how we dealt with the complexities of college and beyond. We plan on…