At Coffee N Code we strive to make building a career in the tech industry accessible for everyone. Our show aims to provide some insight from young adults about their professional paths, what the industry is like, and the stories from along the way. Supported by UW AFEF and MEF
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EP 08 Behind the Silicon Valley Success Story w/ Declan Goncalves
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32:46This episode's guest is Declan Goncalves. Declan is the embodiment of having your cake and eating it too. He has worked his way up through the software engineering industry all the way to securing internships at companies like Lyft and Facebook, while at the same time starting Stride: his own software company specialized in medical diagnostics. We …
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EP 07 Mastering Data Science w/ Victor Reyes
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30:35This episode's guest is Victor Reyes, a recent masters student graduate and data scientist. Victor has not only managed to break through into a cutting edge field of research, but also managed to turn his academic pursuits into a career. We talk about what his process going through graduate education was like, how he ended up in data science, and t…
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EP 06 Cultivating a Gestalt Career w/ Victoria Vandenberg
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28:27This episode's guest is Victoria Vandenberg, a product designer and typographer. Victoria has walked many paths in her professional life, from a running her own analog calligraphy business to weaving technology into modern product design at a studio. We talk about how she stumbled across design, her experiences along the spectrum of business sizes,…
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EP 05 The Human Cost of Technology w/ Aditya Sharma
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31:32This episode's guest is Aditya Sharma, an electrical engineering student here at the University of Waterloo, and also the VP of education at Coffee N Code. He is not only a talented programmer, but a champion for encouraging us to question the nature of our relationship with software and technology. In today's episode we talk about how his value sy…
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EP 04 Guts, Glory and Google w/ Mackenzie Derival
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27:19This episode's guest is Mackenzie Derival, an entrepreneur and professional designer. Mackenzie has been exploring the interactions between users and technology for as long as I have known him, specializing in product design, with his most recent work leading to an internship at Google. We talk about how he made that journey from an unexpected back…
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EP 03 A Real Swiss Army Man w/ Rahul Mehta
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23:47This episode's guest Rahul Mehta, a jack of all trades and master of more than you would think. Rahul's background is colorful to say the least; he has dabbled in everything from nanomaterials to consumer product design, all while juggling a lucrative career in music production. His creative pursuits have lead him to work with Noble street studios,…
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This episode's guest is Richard Li, a mechanical engineer and designer, and my long time roommate. Richard's experience solving mechanical engineering problems has spanned from robotics, to cars and even boats, with his most recent work bringing him to his third internship at Tesla. We talk about how to getting a foot in the door of mechanical desi…
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EP 01 The (modern) College Dropout w/ Shak Lakhani
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27:49This episode's guest is Shak Lakhani. He is a founder and current CEO of the pharmaceutical tech company Avro Life Science, and long time friend of mine. Himself and his cofounders started their company while in their undergraduate studies here at the university of Waterloo, and they have since gone through Y-Combinator, become Thiel Fellows, and r…
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