Was College Worth It?

By Amir Lindsay-Khaledi

A show hosted by Amir Lindsay-Khaledi who is a 3X college drop out. Amir interviews guests about whether college was worth it and the cultural beliefs they had about college growing up.... more

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The podcast currently has 7 episodes available.

Was College Worth It? episodes:

July 26, 2023 #7 - Former RCMP/United Nations Negotiator | Masters Conflict Analysis & Management Chris Backus
His first interview with CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/917081667935
His 2nd interview with CBC: https://www.facebook.com/VancouverCBC/videos/1349422931761924/
Find Chris Backus on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cbackus123/00:0
00:00 - Introduction
00:02:59 - How Was College Talked About Growing Up?
00:04:19 - How Policing Was A Calling For Him
00:08:00 - Going to Lethbridge College
00:13:10 - Going to University
00:14:46 - Moving to Quebec to learn French
00:18:30 - Amir summarizing + Follow Up Questions
00:22:10 - Starting his Policing Career with the RCMP
00:35:20 - Masters in Conflict Management Analysis
00:41:00 - Understanding People Even If You Don't Agree With Them
00:52:30 - No Stripes Movement
01:10:50 - RCMP Needs to get away from Contract Policing
01:30:40 - His Thoughts on Surrey Police Service Debate
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1h 24min
June 28, 2023 #6 - Mya Matos: Psychology Degree | Sr. Solution Engineer | Military Veteran

00:00:00
00:02:26 Was College Worth It?
00:04:28 What Could Colleges Do More of?
00:06:58 What would have made college worst for you?
00:08:36 How Mya Worked full time while attending college
00:10:17 Good vs Bad Professors
00:16:22 How Military Experience Helped Mya in College
00:18:05 What made Mya want to join the Military
00:24:00 Student Loans
00:26:47 How College Was Talked About Growing Up
00:29:16 How Mya Decided What to Pursue in College
00:36:44 What Mya Does For Work
00:40:13 How her Psychology Degree helped her
00:44:04 What Mya Could Have Gotten More Out Of College
00:48:42 Playing the Corporate Game
00:52:45 Can Colleges actually simulate real world business
00:56:40 If College Wasn't An Option
00:58:13 Cultural Expecations of College
01:01:11 Student Debt
01:03:02 Following Curiosity in College
01:10:54 Cost of College
01:16:59 Business Not Requiring Degrees Anymore
01:21:10 How Colleges can deliver more
01:26:35 College is about figuring out what you like/don't li...
01:29:45 Parents and Pressure
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1h 35min
June 20, 2023 #5 - MBA | Senior Manager in Tech | Self-Taught Code: Hector Villasenor
Find Hector on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hvillasenor/
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:06 Was College Worth It?
00:05:02 Moving to the USA from Mexico
00:11:46 College Experience and Relationships are as important as the studies
00:14:16 Going to college at a later age
00:18:43 Hector's current MBA Experience
00:19:44 How he started at a community college
00:20:40 His 2nd time dropping out
00:22:31 Where he learned to code
00:26:00 His journey into information systems
00:31:22 English is a hard language to learn
00:31:55 Comparing life to the game of SIMS
00:39:35 Why make him want to teach?
00:43:20 Working Full Time while in school
00:45:05 What he is getting out of his MBA
00:49:04 Portable Skills from College
00:52:32 Direct vs Optional advice in India
00:53:49 Your Duty as a leader
00:55:24 How he built a team of 50 people within a year
01:08:13 Manager vs Director: the difference
01:11:37 Americans have an 8% chance of doing better than their parents
01:15:17 Was College Worth iT?
01:15:53 Outro
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1h 17min
June 20, 2023 #4 - UBC Adjunct Professor | Vancouver Community College | Senior BI Consultant: Stephen Barichello
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:35 Was College worth it?
00:07:15 Why Stephen Dropped Out
00:10:48 How he became a bartender in Calgary
00:13:29 Why Bartending appealed to him
00:15:13 Why he left bartending
00:17:34 Application Process at Telus
00:20:59 Next Steps after Call Centre
00:24:59 He automated his job and thought he was fired
00:32:29 His transition to a Business Analyst role
00:37:39 Leaving the Business Analyst Role
00:41:43 Figuring out his next step after being a Business Analyst
00:43:05 Next step as a Performance Analyst
00:45:44 Quitting and moving back to BC
00:48:44 Moving Back to Calgary and joining Telus
00:55:17 Moving back into reporting and performance analysis
00:57:59 How he's always looking down the road
01:00:12 Moving from front end to back end reporting
01:04:18 The Next Step: First Job with Tableau
01:08:46 Oil Prices dropped and layoffs begun
01:10:20 Why a senior title was important to him
01:11:43 How he became the first canadian accredited trainer
01:14:36 Going back to Telus
01:23:20 Realizing he loved being a technical expert
01:24:08 Becoming an Adjunct Professor at UBC
01:27:31 Leaving Telus and Starting his own LLC
01:35:33 How was college talked about in the household?
01:37:33 If he could have a dream job
01:38:51 What advice would you give your younger self
01:40:22 Balancing Passions with Value Creation
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1h 44min
April 10, 2023 #3 - Fiction Writing Degree | Best Selling Author | Former High School Teacher : Emily Gindlesparger
Emily's Website: https://www.emilygindlesparger.com/
Emily's Book - Please Make Me Love Me: https://a.co/d/bCxTQzu
Emily's Instagram: @EmilyGindle
Where Emily Works: https://scribemedia.com

00:00:00 - Emily Intro
00:02:03 - Emily’s Book
00:06:07 - Negative voices
00:12:17 - Feelings are complicated
00:15:29 - Emotional Flossing
00:20:42 - Emily coming out of the closet to her mom
00:23:36 - Why cars make hard conversations easier
00:24:59 - How difficult conversations change our relationships
00:29:35 - Emily’s thoughts on swearing in books/writing
00:32:37 - What Emily learned from Tucker Max
00:34:32 - ‘I Feel’ VS ‘I Feel Like’
00:36:51 - How college was talked about in Emily’s household
00:42:10 - Photography has more people skills than we think
00:45:00 - When Emily realized she was good at writing
00:46:14 - Her ghostwriting job at Scribe
00:48:09 - Her career as a High School English Teacher
00:58:17 - What Emily did/didn’t get from college
01:04:48 - If college wasn’t an option for her
01:07:03 - How Emily financed college
01:10:17 - Student debt
01:13:48 - Portable Skills Emily got from College
01:16:03 - Why Emily didn’t pursue law school
01:20:46 - Conversations with parents
01:23:38 - Emily's favorite memories from college
01:25:41 - What makes Emily cringe most
01:28:21 - Why Emily hates overhead lighting
01:31:08 - David Goggins nickname for Emily’s coworker
01:31:59 - Emily’s Google history
01:33:39 - Your brain is lying to you when it speaks in absolutes.
01:37:11 - Emily’s #1 advice for writers
01:38:46 - How to find Emily

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1h 41min
March 25, 2023 #2 - Music Degree | Software Architect | Jiu Jitsu Gym Owner: John Garvens
John's Website: https://www.johngarvens.com/
John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johngarvens/
0:00:00 Intro
0:02:02 How John was expected to pay for college
0:04:35 Middle Eastern beliefs aroud who pays for college
0:07:54 How degrees no longer guarantee employment
0:08:58 Anyone can get a degree if you're willing to shell out enough money
0:09:46 What John's parents majored in
0:10:56 How there was never an expectation that John had to go to college
0:11:22 How John was picking his career path
0:12:43 The first time John saw a computer as a child
0:13:11 How john was put to work in the farm as a child
0:14:25 What made John pick music
0:16:42 How people change their major all the time
0:19:13 John's time in college as a music major
0:20:23 Music PhD students who were never hired to play music
0:22:32 John's example of the opportunity cost of college
0:24:25 You don't feel Student Debt until it's time to pay it back
0:26:29 John's Sci-Fi Idea of forgiving student debt
0:28:15 It's my education that matters -- not schooling
0:29:18 John explaining to his dad that was quitting
0:30:30 How John would explain his employment gap
0:31:39 His goals with his current career path
0:32:29 Diversify Education like an Investment Portfolio
0:38:11 Talking about Hussein's concept of being likeable as a marketable skill
0:39:45 The most marketable skills are the ones not on the job description
0:40:03 John's book and the chapter on building non salesforce skills
0:40:28 80% of your salesforce career has nothing to do with Salesforce
0:41:23 Do good work. Be easy to work. Turn it in on time
0:42:40 Make your life a story no one else can tell
0:43:37 How John's Career path didn't even exist when he was in college
0:43:57 Marketable Skills that John got from his music degree
0:47:53 Why John Is considering an MBA
0:51:54 Johns Salary Path
1:02:23 How summer jobs can't pay for college anymore
1:07:18 Call yourself a consultant -- not a freelancer
1:09:48 What John wishes he did more/less of in college
1:13:18 Be. Seem. Feel.
1:15:12 Imposter Syndrome and advice to his younger self
1:30:40 John's worker who went from managing a pizza hut to learning to code
1:32:30 Stanford MBA for the relationships
1:37:29 Why relationships matter
1:41:53 The rising cost of college vs inflation
1:43:48 How you can't claim bankruptcy on loans
1:45:55 Scale of 1-10 - Was College Worth It?
1:52:32 How John reached out to a Harvard prof
1:57:40 How it'll be a faster download of information to be immersed with friends
1:57:20 Johns question to the Stanford MBA Panel
1:58:45 What John got completely wrong about college
2:01:50 Don't give your job too many jobs
2:03:30 New Campaign for Colleges: Get Shitfaced with Smart People
2:04:22 How to contact John / Outro
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2h 7min
February 28, 2023 #1 - Architecture Degree | Best Selling Author: Hussein Al-Baiaty
Hussein's #1 Amazon Best Selling Book 'The Art of Resilience: The Refugee State of Mind': ⁠https://a.co/d/ateUbcR⁠
Hussein's YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/@HusseinAlbaiaty
Refutees Website: ⁠https://refutees.com

00:00 Intro
01:34 His 4 years in a refugee camp
05:38 Middle Eastern vs American education system
06:55 His journey as an Architecture major.
09:18 Marketable skills he got from college
16:45: Middle Eastern Cultural beliefs around Education
18:32 - How being likeable is a marketable skill
20:14 - How important is the credibility that college provides?
24:25 What he would have done if he didn’t go to college
27:23 Cost of college
30:32 - Was college worth the cost for him?
32:09 - Outro

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37min

FAQs about Was College Worth It?:

How many episodes does Was College Worth It? have?

The podcast currently has 7 episodes available.