Now What?

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Welcome to the final episode of "Now What?" Season 1! What a ride it has been... Our last guest is Eleonora Valenti! Eleonora works as the Chief People Officer (ad interim) at Mindvalley. Mindvalley is a e-learning platform that features the best teachers in the world on various subjects related to personal growth. It is a wonderful organization with a great mission, and Eleonora is a fundamental block of all that. In this episode we are going to talk about all things Talent. How to recognize it, how to showcase it, how to nurture it and much much more. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did :)

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It is lovely to have you here. Episode #19 features Jae Taylor! Jae is a Director @Salesforce with a very very interesting story. His path is everything but traditional and, as you may know, I love that. During this episode we will discuss his background, how to stand out, why it is important to be an entrepreneur inside, skills to invest in your early career and much much more. I hope you'll enjoy this as much as I did :)

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It is great to have you back here. This time our guest will be one of my favourite mentors and a guy that I look up to a lot. Welcome Jordan Carroll to "Now What?". This episode is a little different than the others because Jordan's story is unique. He worked for IBM but he is now based in Mexico, living the good life, and practicing as a remote job coach. We are going to touch on many things like the importance of belonging, creating a network, winning the interview process, navigating a company from within... but also a lot about self development. 

Hope you will enjoy it as much as I did :)

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Welcome back to "Now What?". This episode we are featuring a rising star on Youtube and a great Data Scientist. Ken Jee! Ken's youtube channel has more than 80k subscribers and his content is great. I wish I knew about that when I was starting out in Data Science. I had a blast during this conversation, we have many common interests and values. We are going to cover a lot about Data Science (especially how to start out and break into the field), but there is so much more in the conversation. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did :)

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Welcome back to "Now What?". This is episode #15 and a very special episode for me. Today I interview the first person that really believed in me and pushed me to get out of my comfort zone once again. As a matter of fact, she has played a huge part in the realization of the podcast. Welcome Niki Woodall! Niki is a recruiter @ Facebook and a beam of light for whoever knows her. In this episode we will discuss about mentorship, recruiting, the importance of mindset, travel experiences and much much more. Enjoy :)

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Welcome back to "Now What?". This episode is a conversation with one of my favorite mentors in the tech industry: John Marty. John is a Senior PM @ Amazon but we are not going to talk about PM or Amazon... we are going to talk about things that every student should know. John is an inspiration for me and many other people. If you want to know more about him check him out on Linkedin and Youtube. Hope you will enjoy this conversation as much as I did :)

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Welcome back to "Now What?", the podcast that helps students navigate their option in tech. This time we have no other than Jerry Lee! Jerry is a Senior Strategy & Ops Manager at Google and the COO of Wonsulting (my favorite Linkedin crew). In this episode we dive deep into his background, strategies to get hired, how to get into Google and much much more. Enjoy!

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Welcome back to "Now what?". The podcast that aims to help students to navigate their options in tech. This time our guest is Christina Stathopoulos. Christina works at Google (Spain) as an Analytical Consultant and her story is extraordinary. We covered a lot of ground during the interview including the importance of getting out of the comfort zone, how to get into Google, skills you'll need in tech, books and much much more. Enjoy :)

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Welcome back to Now What?, the podcast that aims to help students to navigate their options in tech. The next guest doesn't need any presentation. It is Austin Belcak! Director of Partner Development at Microsoft and Founder of Cultivated Culture. A community with other 350k people who lands amazing jobs without applying online. In this episode we are getting deep into job search strategies and tricks to succeed in it. Enjoy :)

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Welcome back to "Now What?", the podcast that aims to help students and recent grads to navigate their options in tech. Not many of you know this, but I have a sixth sense... and it is telling me that you will love this episode. Ismael Verduzco III or "Ish" joined us for a broad conversation about tech and personal development. Ish is an athlete, a DJ, an author, he works in tech and he just "Get Ish Done". All of that coming from a suburb in LA with no real connections with the "rich" world. Wanna know how he is able to do it? Well, listen to this episode. Try to make it until the very end... I got a surprise for you! Enjoy :)

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Welcome back to "Now What?", the podcast that aims to help students in navigating their options in tech (and soon to be the coolest community in the world...). This time we have Clement Kao! Clement is a PM at Blend with a very turbulent path into Product. His thinking system is so interesting that this conversation is applicable to all kind of industries and careers. Clement has produced many resources for the PM community such as a Slack Channel with 8000+ members, 3 books that cover all aspects of Product Management, and a blog with all the answer to questions you might have. Make sure to check him out on Linkedin and learn more about him! Enjoy :)

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Welcome back to "Now What?", the podcast that aims to help students to navigate their options in tech with practical tips and tricks that will help them make the transition in the adult world smooth... This time we are going to have a different episode though. We are going to go deep. Jonathan Tesser is here to talk about Personal Development. A veeery underestimated topic that all young professionals should consider deeply. I hope you will enjoy this.

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Welcome back to "Now What?". The podcast that aims to help students navigating their options into tech. This time we have Philip Ruffini! A PM @ Microsoft and one of the lucky few to get a PM role right out of college! He has so many tips for us that you might want to get paper and pen (or whatever you use to take note in the 21st century) and write them down. Philip owned a business in college, interned with great companies and currently has a website that teaches you how to get a PM role right out of college (hackingpm.com) . He is overall just a great and very ambitious guy that is always available to help people. I find him great and I hope you will as well. 

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Welcome back to "Now What?". The podcast that aims to help students navigating their options in the tech industry. After many mentors that are already in the industry, this time we'll have a student like us... that is already in the industry... Grace Yeung! Grace is a PM intern at Salesforce and co-founder of Product Buds. Do you remember when we were talking about meaningful side projects? Well... Product Buds is a meaningful side project! We are going to talk about that, the interview process, Product Management in general and many more interesting topics. 

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Welcome back to "Now What?". The podcast that aims to help students and/or recent grads in navigating their options in the tech Industry. We are very lucky today because we have Amy Miller! She is a Sr. Technical Recruiter at Project Kuiper at Amazon, she recruited for Microsoft, Google and Amazon plus she has been in the industry forever. She knows all about it and she is very passionate about it. I learned so much from this conversation and I hope you will do the same! Enjoy!

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