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Motorbiking the World: Didier Smith
On this episode, we have another 2016 SE alumni Didier Smith. He's a 4x intern at Google and later worked at OptumSoft (founded by Dr. David Cheriton). Somewhere along the line Didier decided this wasn't enough and went motorbiking across latin and south
Vaccinating Canada: Josh Kalpin
Welcome to another Sessions by SE episode! Today, Josh Kalpin from SE 2016 discusses his experience working on Vaccine Hunters Canada and scaling it from 2 to over a 100 people in 7 weeks! He talks about how he was able to balance a high growth venture wi
Tacking Industry Issues with Comics: Alice Yuan
We're excited to have Alice Yuan, an SE 2016 alum, on this episode! Alice has had an exciting professional journey, including engineering Android features at Pinterest, leading teams at Patreon and now tackling interesting problems at a NYC startup. On th
Hopping on Rocketships: Jamie Wong
In this episode of Sessions by SE, we interview Jamie Wong, an alum from SE 2014. Jamie currently works as a software engineer at Figma, joining the unicorn when it was only a 20-person team and previously worked at Khan Academy at a similarly early stage
Hopping on Rocketships: Jamie Wong
In this episode of Sessions by SE, we interview Jamie Wong, an alum from SE 2014. Jamie currently works as a software engineer at Figma, joining the unicorn when it was only a 20-person team and previously worked at Khan Academy at a similarly early stage
From Silicon Valley to Digital Nomad: Sandy Maguire
Welcome back to another season of Sessions by SE! In this episode, we interview Sandy Maguire, a SE 2016 alumni who is currently a digital nomad exploring functional programming after a few years working in Silicon Valley companies. This is an insight-pac
The Wild Adventure of First-Year Software Engineering
Welcome back to the last episode of this season! In this Session, we join Talia, Zhengmao and Areena from SE 2024 as they discuss all aspects of first-year Software Engineering. Some of the things we chat about include: preparing for the academic rigour o
An SE Student's Guide to Extracurriculars
Welcome to another Sessions by SE episode! Today, Katherine Lu from SE 2020 and Corbin McElhanney from SE 2021 discuss everything there is to know about extracurriculars. The two have been active leaders in the UWaterloo student community. Corbin is a pas
How to Make the Most out of Your First Co-op
Welcome to another Sessions by SE episode! Join Amanda, Harry, Robbie and Shun from SE 2022 as they describe their experiences during their first co-ops. The four walk through various segments of their co-op experience, from living in a totally new area t
How to Make the Most out of Your First Co-op
Welcome to another Sessions by SE episode! Join Amanda, Harry, Robbie and Shun from SE 2022 as they describe their experiences during their first co-ops. The four walk through various segments of their co-op experience, from living in a totally new area t