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Echo
Hosted by csesoc · EN
Echo is CSESoc’s own weekly podcast where we talk about topics all over the place related to CSE, technology and university life. You can expect us getting live sound bites at our events, picking the brains and getting the advice of highly effective people in industry & academia and discussing current issues in the industry.
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[ECHO] Working Overseas with CSE Alumni John Wiseheart
Aug 18, 202300:51:09Tap to summarizeIn this interview, we explore the intricacies and nature of moving overseas to the USA as an expat from a CSE point of view. Featuring our guest John Wiseheart, a graduate of UNSW CSE working at Candid Health, Seattle, and hosted by Michael Zheng, Dylan Hu and Leo Xu. Ask any questions in this form to John and we'll send them over! https://forms.gle/Mx6Rt87XBEyx1mGNA
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Feb 15, 202300:55:47Tap to summarizeIs Hayden Smith your lecturer this term? Doesn't matter! Hear a talk from Hayden, currently a co-founder of a start up called Pearler, who is also a lecturer AND ex-tutor that has dabbled in many subjects. He is most known for running COMP6080, the React course, and COMP1531, the groupwork course. In this podcast, we talk about uni life, startups and education and cover questions like: Does Hayden have work life balance? What does Hayden think about students? ... and how does Hayden experience impostor syndrome? Hayden's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayden-smith-4505a55a/ Time stamps 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - Life: Juggling everything 03:17 - Life: Opportunities current students should grasp 04:42 - Life: Projects 07:29 - Life: Impostor syndrome 12:27 - Start Ups: CompareMeals, why start a start up? 15:45 - Start Ups: Fail fast learn quickly 18:27 - Start Ups: What good startups need 20:06 - Start Ups: Technical Depth 22:22 - Start Ups: Mentorship at Pearler 23:31 - Start Ups: Daunting things 25:49 - Start Ups: Letting go of and taking on responsibilities at a higher level 27:07 - Education: Why teach 27:51 - Education: Why still teach 30:00 - Education: Hayden and the community 31:47 - Education: Key things learned from teaching 35:45 - Education: Accommodating for students 37:27 - Education: Impacts of covid 40:31 - Education: Most challenging courses to teach 43:38 - Education: MyExperience 46:34 - Education: Teaching skills 50:49 - Life: Other horizons 52:52 - Education: Advice to uni self
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Coming back for CS: The Postgrad Experience
Dec 18, 202201:01:58Tap to summarizeWant to listen to some 👄 talky talk 👄on the postgrad experience in CS? Rachel and Ivan try to cover these topics in a roundtable with some students studying CS as their second, or next, degree. Welcome our features, - Peter, who was in the Construction Management 📋 industry when he started a Bachelor's degree majoring in Computer Science - Rachel, a pharmacist 💊who decided to start a Bachelor's degree majoring in Computer Science - Mark, who was already working as a Mechanical Engineering graduate 🔨 when he made the jump into an MIT - Ady, who was doing a PhD in Biology 🦠 until she decided to pursue an MIT majoring in Bioinformatics 🚦Where did they come from? 🏃♂️Why did they make the jump?? 👀How are they finding it??? 🤼Can they even make friends???? 🚄What are they looking forward to????? Timestamps 00.00.12 - 00.02.04 intro 00.02.04 - 00.04.22 original plan 00.04.22 - 00.08.45 phase in life when decision to start cs was made 00.08.45 - 00.11.40 initial thoughts on cs 00.11.40 - 00.15.06 cs attractive why? preconceptions? 00.15.06 - 00.18.30 first impressions of cse at unsw 00.18.30 - 00.21.10 useful acquired skills 00.21.10 - 00.24.37 uni life, volunteering 00.24.37 - 00.27.03 young classmates 00.27.03 - 00.31.57 maybe: how to make friend w/ young classmates 00.31.57 - 00.36.52 fears 00.36.52 - 00.46.26 bachelors vs mit vs other 00.46.26 - 00.52.40 pacing the degree 00.52.40 - 00.54.56 regrets 00.54.56 - 00.57.48 plans 00.57.48 - 01.01.51 advice 01.01.51 ending + thank you In case you had any further questions or wanted to continue discussion specifically with any of the guests, you can reach out: Mark - discord: MarkRaya#4626 - ig: @markyr - linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-raya-4467a21b8/ Peter - discord: Kiki#8134 - ig: @poots___ - linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/putijak-souk-58a10a19b/ Rachel - discord: rachel#4578 - linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-ahn-926a05222/
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Is Computer Science Right For You?
Sep 29, 202200:48:04Tap to summarize📫📫📫 Is studying compsci right for you?📫📫📫 You're sick of your degree, or you're a high school student thinking about your future. Well, Mariya and Nat sit down with four people who've all grappled with the same question! - Rani Jiang, who ditched Information Systems 📊 to study computer science ⚙️; - Teresa Feng, who started in Computer Engineering ⚡ but graduated with a compsci degree 🎓; - Raymond Wan, who came back 🏃 after graduating to start a new path in physics ⚛️ ; and - Issac Norris (Izzy), who skipped uni entirely 🌟 and went straight into industry! You're asking - maybe they'll have the answer for you!!! Timestamps: 0:00: Intro 0:28: High school experience and path to computer science 8:39: Difference between highschool and uni/industry 11:57: Why UNSW? 13:48: Rani - transferring into compsci from information systems 18:16: Raymond - changing minds about computer science 21:40: Izzy - Going into the workforce without a degree 27:34: Teresa - Transfering from Computer engineering, working with a Compsci degree 34:33: Things missing from a compsci education 38:30: Is CSE worth it? 41:18: Advice for high schoolers 45:22: Final words 47:40: Outro
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Competitive Programming w/ Angus Ritossa
Sep 5, 202200:53:28Tap to summarizeEver been interested in competitive programming but don’t know where to start?🥴 Keen to hear about what it's like taking part in some of the biggest programming competitions in the world?😱 Join Raman and Caitlyn as they delve into the ✨mysterious✨ world of competitive programming with Angus Ritossa, current president of CPMSoc, and chat about topics including: - How to get started with competitive programming 🤓 - Juicy group dynamics 😳 - Angus’ most traumatic questions 😭 0:00 - 4:04: Introduction 4:04 - 9:55: Competitions 9:55 - 17:00: Angus’ History 17:00 - 28:50: General CP Questions 28:50 - 30:20: Talking about CPMSoc 30:20 - 35:35: Pre-reqs for getting started 35:35 - 40:20: Getting Started 40:20 – 44:00: Practicality of CP 44:00 - 47:34: Group Dynamics 😳 47:34 - 50:20: Before and after a competition 50:20 - 51:58: Looking Forward 51:58 - 53:28: Outro
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CSE News - Ethics in Tech
Jul 28, 202200:50:36Tap to summarizeHad your fill of careers podcasts? Wanna get into philosophy but words make brain hurty? Listen in on Abby, Lesley and Sam as they tackle CSE news - headlines in computer science and technology and the ethics that underpin them. Watch us discuss: - the possibility of Elon Musk as the next big religion🛐 -the secret to immortality ⏰ - cyborgs 🤖 - and planned obsolescence (of both man and machine😳) Timestamps: 0.00 - 00:32 Intro 00:32 - 21:20 Planned Obsolescence 21:20 -43:10 Secret to Immortality (Transhumanism) 43:10 - 50:21 Our Impact as Students 50:21 - 50:49 Outro
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Data Analytics at Canva w/Vincey Au
Jun 9, 202200:44:49Tap to summarizeOur world is now becoming more and more data driven, but what do we do with it all? Enter the field of ✨data analytics✨!! In this episode of the Echo podcast, Subrat and Michael sit down with Vincey Au from Canva to discuss: - What even is data analytics??? 🙃 - The skills 🧠 you need to grind 💪 to become a data analyst - Life and culture at Canva 🎨 - Breaking into the industry - And more!! 🔥 🔥 🔥 Note: This episode was recorded in 2021 during the Covid-19 lockdowns. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:56 - What is data analytics, ELI5 03:32 - A/B testing at Canva & dark analytics 05:32 - Data analytics vs. engineering vs. science vs. analytics engineering vs. marketing analytics 07:14 - Coding background give you a head start? 08:33 - Involvement of AI, ML, etc. 09:24 - Analytics Engineering 12:26 - Personal background 17:50 - Volunteering & developing soft skills 18:12 - Gender disparity 19:20 - More on volunteering 21:47 - Internships 24:15 - Working at Canva 35:40 - Changes with COVID 38:27 - Advice on breaking into industry 41:02 - Side note on Red Tape 42:32 - Future goals/plans 44:06 - Outro
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Software Engineering at Google w/ Eve Martin-Jones
Mar 25, 202200:40:48Tap to summarizeEveryone's thought about working at Google at least once in their life. But what is it like to actually work there as a 🤔 software engineer 💻? In this podcast, Mitchell and Michelle are joined by Software Engineer 🤩Eve Martin-Jones🤩, as they dive into the fascinating world of Google. Join us as we navigate through Eve's journey through internships, hardships, and the many rooms at the Google office! Find the answers to all of your burning 🔥 questions like such as: What are the different pathways into securing an internship at Google? 🚀 Is the Google office as cool as the rumours say? 😎 What are the biggest challenges working at such a big company? 🥶 Women in the tech industry 💪 How is the work life balance at Google? ⚖️ And more! 👀 Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:42) From Philosophy to Software Engineering (04:09) The Google Internship Experience + The Google STEP Program (15:28) Google Headquarters & Perks (19:43) What is it like working at Google? (33:26) Looking to the future and reflecting on the past (36:02) Women in Technology (40:09) Inspiration + Giving Advice
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Getting to Know the 2020 Young Woman of the Year
Feb 23, 202201:03:07Tap to summarizeEver wonder what happens in the lives of other amazing computer scientists? Timmy and Michelle interview computer scientist ✨ Hannah Beder ✨, who won Young Woman of the Year 2020! This podcast with Hannah aims to let us learn about her journey to get to this stage of being an accomplished computer scientist 🤯 and look further into her role as a technology lead at Creatable. They discuss: What it’s like working as a tech lead at Creatable 🧠 How she balances her life with multiple jobs ⚖️ Women in the tech industry 💻 Tutoring at UNSW 📚 How to nurture one’s interests in technology 🔥 And more! ✨ Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 to 00:01:23 Working as a tech lead at Creatable - 00:01:23 to 00:20:15 Juggling multiple jobs - 00:20:15 to 00:26:53 Women in tech - 00:26:53 to 00:32:02 Nurturing others’ interests in technology - 00:32:02 to 00:43:14 UNSW tutoring and the future - 00:43:14 to 00:51:07 Advice - 00:51:07 to 01:02:46 Outro - 01:02:46 to END
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Socials and Studex - Getting to Know CSESoc Ep#5
Oct 26, 202101:50:48Tap to summarizeWhat’s it like organising some of the biggest events for CSESoc like First Year Camp 🏕️, Pub Crawl 🍻, and Peer Mentoring 👨👩👧👦? How does one teach first years React and JavaScript in a week ⏰ to make a CS Electives review website? Come join Caleb and Fiona as they chat (and casually banter) with the Socials and Student Experience Directors of 2021 … 🥁✨ Lachlan, Evan & Giuliana ✨ Some juicy content 🧃 include: Organising the biggest events like camp 🏕️, peer mentoring 👨👩👧👦, and weekly BBQs 🍖♨️🔥🥩🥓 Working as a team 🤝 to make visions 💭 come to life 🔮✨ Balancing ⚖️ work 💻, uni 🎓 & a social life 🎉 The story behind Jebediah Dumptruck & how Lachlan is literally dating a 🔥 HOT 🔥 grill And so many more SPICY TAKES!!! 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Timestamps: (0:00) Intro (2:12) What does your portfolio do? (5:51) Organising the CSESoc Peer Mentoring Program (10:45) Behind the Scenes of CSESoc 1st yr camp (18:30) Biggest challenges in organising large-scale events (21:13) CSESoc Pub Crawl post-reflections (25:39) Potential All Years camp?!?!?! 👀👀👀 (30:32) “Which CSESoc exec are you” Personality Quiz (48:44) The actual reason why StuNet was rebranded as Studex (52:05) Giuliana’s role as the SecSoc president (55:39) Who would you save: CSESoc or SecSoc? (57:43) Studex’s vision & its outreach to international students (1:00:09) Training subcom to make CSElectives (1:03:53) Working with the subcom (1:09:10) Working with each other (1:13:02) How does introversion/extraversion affect the way events are run? (1:15:47) Lachlan: What it’s like studying at 7 different high schools over 4 different countries (1:19:05) Evan’s take on balancing uni, work & a social life (1:23:05) Hosting sponsored BBQ’s (1:24:38) Running the T2 Welcome Back BBQ Event was CHAOS (1:32:30) The story of Jebediah Dumptruck (1:34:35) Jebediah Dumptruck x Lachlan’s #1 hottest love affair (1:37:16) Challenging & rewarding aspects of being a director (1:45:44) Advices to your first year selves (1:49:38) Final comments & outro
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