In this episode, I speak to Chris Parrish, Co-Founder of Podium Education. We began by talking about his background, education and career and we found that we had a lot in common which fuelled a lot of the discussion around Podium's products and services.

We also talk diversity in tech, coding and data courses and the increase in popularity in these internships especially for students that are not taking tech-based degrees. And of course, we talked about how Podium's enterprise partners are attracting and pipelining the very best in tech talent.

Bio:

Christopher Parrish is Co-Founder and President of Partnerships at the leading experiential learning company, Podium Education. At Podium, Chris led the launch of The Global Career Accelerator, an industry redefining digital platform that enables students to gain credit, skills and experience by working on projects directly with industry. Podium currently partners with 70+ universities including Harvard, Georgetown and UT Austin and 50+ companies including Lyft, Intel and Stripe. His work has been featured in Fortune, Forbes and InsideHigherEd. He is a proud native of the Poconos and is passionate about unlocking opportunities for rural communities. Chris and Podium are based in Austin, TX.