The Almost Dropouts

Hello everyone! Welcome to the eleventh episode of The Almost Dropouts! In this episode, we have my friend Zulphkar, a Mechanical Engineering student at the University of Waterloo as well as an iPhone Quality Manager Intern at Apple.  We discuss various subjects such as Zulphkar's experiences adjusting to engineering, his experience getting a job at Apple along with some tips he has for that! I hope you enjoy it! If you have any topic you want to be discussed in the future please let me know and I will be happy to try incorporating it in the future. Thanks!  

Guest: Zulphkar Yalchin  

Instagram: @zulphkar  

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zyalchin/  

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Anchor: https://anchor.fm/thealmostdropouts/episodes/Episode-11-Getting-a-Job-at-Apple--Experiences-in-Eng-at-uWaterloo--Discussion-w-Zulphkar-eesg06

Spotify:   https://open.spotify.com/show/2y8pUgQRog4rjhWfRtrtCA

Apple Podcasts:   https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1484701794

Google Podcasts:   https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9mM2UwMDgwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz

Youtube: https://youtu.be/onIsIh7xpWM  

Hosted by: Daivik Goel  

Medium: https://medium.com/@daivikgoel  

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/daivikg/  

Instagram: @daivikgoel

Hello everyone! Welcome to the tenth episode of The Almost Dropouts! In this episode, we have Neil and Parth, interns at Apple and Tesla. They are co-founders of Augment, a new community of diverse interns with unique backgrounds & experiences, whose main mission is to empower and elevate students around the world.

We discuss various subjects such as the motivation to make Augment, what the short and long term goals are there for the platform, how students can start to utilize Linkedin for networking and what students can do to make the most of fall term being online. We hope you enjoy! If you have anything else you want to discuss please let me know! Thanks!

Augment

https://www.linkedin.com/company/augment-official/

Guest: Parth Sareen

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/parthsareen/

Guest: Neil Sharma

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil2/

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Anchor:  https://anchor.fm/thealmostdropouts/episodes/Episode-10-What-is-Augment--Networking-on-Linkedin--What-Students-can-do-right-now-with-Corona--w-Neil-and-Parth-eea90c/a-a28cdbe

Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/episode/6UQhGg7CReaEymPSzHxtrM

Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-10-what-students-can-do-right-now-corona-what/id1484701794?i=1000475172260

Google Podcasts:  https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9mM2UwMDgwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz

Youtube: https://youtu.be/XyoU0lUqb-k

Hosted by: Daivik Goel

Medium: https://medium.com/@daivikgoel

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/daivikg/

Instagram: @daivikgoel

Hello everyone! Welcome to the ninth episode of The Almost Dropouts! In this episode, we have Shreyas, a Senior PM at Amazon!  

We discuss various subjects such as Shreyas' experience of moving from Software Engineering to PM, some tips he has on resumes and interviews as well as some resources he suggests that can be useful to aspiring PMs.  We hope you enjoy! If you have any topic you want to be discussed in the future please let me know and I will be happy to try incorporating it in the future. I have some resources he mentioned down below! Thanks!  

General Product Management Books 

Inspired by Marty Cagan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cagan/ 

The lean product playbook by Dan Olsen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danolsen98/    

Hard things about the hard things by Ben Horowitz https://www.linkedin.com/in/behorowitz/  

Interview Prep  

The product manager interview by Lewis C. Lin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lewislin/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjm_qVkCPjOVDz9BWjNqO9A by:    

PM Mentoring  https://www.helpyourpeers.com/  

Nupur Jain: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nupurjain/ 

Kartik Sundar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sundarkartik/  

Guest: Shreyas Sali 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shreyassali/  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SaliShreyas

shreyassali.com

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Anchor:  https://anchor.fm/thealmostdropouts/episodes/Episode-9-Tips-from-a-Senior-Amazon-PM-for-Aspiring-PMs-ediu2v

Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/2y8pUgQRog4rjhWfRtrtCA

Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1484701794

Google Podcasts:  https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9mM2UwMDgwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz

Youtube: https://youtu.be/PqX28GoDODA  

Hosted by: Daivik Goel  

Medium: https://medium.com/@daivikgoel  

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/daivikg/  

Instagram: @daivikgoel

Hello everyone! Welcome to the eight-episode of The Almost Dropouts! In this episode, we have my friend Sanid, an Electrical Engineering student at the University of British Columbia as well as an incoming Software Engineering Intern at Microsoft. We discuss various subjects such as Sanid's experience getting his Microsoft Internship without any work experience, some of the stuff he is excited for, and our thoughts on how students should approach the coronavirus situation. We hope you enjoy! If you have any topic you want to be discussed in the future please let me know and I will be happy to try incorporating it in the future. 

 Guest: Sanid Singhal 

Instagram: @sanid.s 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanids/  

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Anchor: https://anchor.fm/thealmostdropouts/episodes/Episode-8-Getting-a-Job-at-Microsoft-Without-Work-Experience--What-to-do-during-Corona-w-Sanid-eda41b

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2y8pUgQRog4rjhWfRtrtCA

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1484701794

Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9mM2UwMDgwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz

Youtube: https://youtu.be/BXb4-V351Ho  

Hosted by: Daivik Goel 

Medium: https://medium.com/@daivikgoel 

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/daivikg/ 

Instagram: @daivikgoel

Hello everyone! Welcome to the seventh podcast of The Almost Dropouts. In this podcast we took your questions from LinkedIn and Instagram and answer them based on our experiences! We hope that this can help out especially during this time where so many students are losing their jobs/internships. If you have any questions that you want us to answer in a future podcast please DM us on our social media and we will be sure to try answering it! The timestamps for the respective questions are below! Thanks for listening!

2:50 - Any tips for building skills while out of a job?

17:02 - How do you go about tailoring your resume for a specific posting?

25:26 - What's your opinion on the level of importance of cover letters?

36:55 - Would be curious to learn about your guys' opinions on specific job portals other than LinkedIn (AngelList, Indeed, Zip Recruiter, etc.)

42:16 - How to strategically/practically use and leverage LinkedIn to build professional connections?

48:29 - Would love to hear your suggestions on what students can do this summer to develop themselves even if they haven’t landed an internship!

54:20 - If you have multiple job offers, what's your decision making process to choosing just one to accept?

59:50 - I'm interested to know how students can remain competitive for next summer's hiring cycle, if they were unable to secure a co-op this summer. I'd like to hear everyone's perspective, but especially from a mechanical engineering perspective.

1:09:12 - One of the biggest things advisors drilled into me is to apply, apply, apply and just try to get a foot in anywhere while I'm hunting for internships. Given what ‘s going on in the world do you think I should be keeping my foot on the gas? Or would it be more productive to work more on developing myself instead (learning new technologies, doing personal projects, starting my own businesses, etc.)

1:18:40 - What industries do you think will hiring a lot during the pandemic?

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Guest: Vaibhav Patel

Instagram: @vaibhav_patel99

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vaibhav-patel99/

Guest: Siddharth Kumar

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNzgTFBuJnFdlkC_hU4WO9A

Instagram: @sidd_is_shifu

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddharth-kumar/

Guest: Devidutta Biswabharati

Instagram: @devibiscuit

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dbiswabh/

Guest: Zulphkar Yalchin

Instagram: @zulphkar

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zyalchin/

Hosted by: Daivik Goel

Medium: https://medium.com/@daivikgoel

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/daivikg/

Instagram: @daivikgoel

Hello everyone! Welcome to the sixth episode of The Almost Dropouts! In this episode, we have my friend Aradhya, a Software Engineering student at the University of Western Ontario as well as an incoming Software Engineering Intern at Google. We discuss various subjects such as Aradhya's experiences adjusting to engineering, his experience getting a job at Google along with some tips and a sneak peak on an exciting new project we are working on. Hope you enjoy! If you have any topic you want to be discussed in the future please let me know and I will be happy to try incorporating it in the future. I know that there are slight audio issues and am working to resolve them! Thanks!

Guest: Aradhya Bansal

Instagram: @aradhya.ba

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aradhya-b/

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Anchor: https://anchor.fm/thealmostdropouts/episodes/Episode-6-Getting-a-Job-at-Google--Experiences-in-Engineering-at-University-of-Western-Ontario-Discussion-w-Aradhya-ecm6mm

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2y8pUgQRog4rjhWfRtrtCA

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1484701794

Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9mM2UwMDgwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz

Youtube: https://youtu.be/SO5pBiO8WHA

Hosted by: Daivik Goel

Medium: https://medium.com/@daivikgoel

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/daivikg/

Instagram: @daivikgoel

Hello everyone! Welcome to the fifth episode of The Almost Dropouts! In this episode, we have my friend Vaibhav, a Mechanical Engineering student at the University of Waterloo as well as a former Test Engineering Intern at Tesla.  We discuss various subjects such as Vaibhav's experience on his design team, getting our first job, our experiences at Tesla, and the impact that Corona Virus will have on tech and sports. Hope you enjoy! If you have any topic you want to be discussed in the future please let me know and I will be happy to try incorporating it in the future.

Guest: Vaibhav Patel

Instagram: @vaibhav_patel99

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vaibhav-patel99/

Listen on:  

Youtube:  https://youtu.be/QEMMDUMbMsE

Hosted by: Daivik Goel 

Medium: https://medium.com/@daivikgoel

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/daivikg/

Instagram: @daivikgoel

Hello everyone! Welcome to the fourth episode of The Almost Dropouts! In this episode, we have my friends Sarthak and Vyom, and discuss about various subjects such as our experiences in ECE at uWaterloo, our underlying motivations and other philosophical topics. Just as a PSA it goes a little off the rails and becomes pretty unstructured. If you want something more concise I would recommend listening to the other episodes! Otherwise I hope you enjoy!

Guests: Sarthak 

Instagram: @elontusk_

Guest: Vyom

Instagram: @vyommalhotra

Watch Exam Day Sid and Vyom's new Short Film:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkVXQI4e3J8&feature=youtu.be

Listen on: 

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQwaOKEaRWI&t=1476s

Hosted by: Daivik Goel 

Medium: https://medium.com/@daivikgoel

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/daivikg/

Instagram: @daivikgoel

Hello everyone! Welcome to the third episode of The Almost Dropouts! In this episode, we have Siddharth Kumar, a Mechanical Design Engineer at Apple, Actor, and Youtuber! We talk about a lot of various topics like Engineering, the arts and ultimately where the intersection lies between the two! 

Guest: Siddharth Kumar

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNzgTFBuJnFdlkC_hU4WO9A

Instagram: @sidd_is_shifu

Listen on: 

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y_IFBnMyC8

Watch Exam Day Sid and Vyom's new Short Film:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkVXQI4e3J8&feature=youtu.be

Hosted by: Daivik Goel

Medium: https://medium.com/@daivikgoel

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/daivikg/

Instagram: @daivikgoel

Hello everyone! Welcome to the second episode of The Almost Dropouts! In this episode we have Prashant Bagga, a former Product Manager Intern at Microsoft and current Nanotechnology Engineering student at the University of Waterloo. We talk about a lot of different products and companies during this podcast which you can see in the timestamps below!