Gather Around: Recent Episodes
Mark Nguyen
A show that explores people’s lives, motivations, and struggles in achieving their careers in technology. We sift through the glory and hype of the Data Scientist, Engineer, and Software Developer to unveil the people behind these job titles. Gather around to learn who these people are and how they got to where they are today.
Follow Zach Westlake's Journey as he transitioned out of the military back to civilian life pursuing his dream of becoming a software engineer.
Gather Around and hear Tony Liu's story on he went from building credit card detection models to advising Silicon Valley's latest tech startups as a Venture Capitalist within a few years of his career.
Jason Tompkins chose to pivot to Data Science through traditional means: earning another master's degree in Data Science on top of his current Masters in Business Administration.
Follow along Jason's journey as he explains his rationale to pursue a traditional degree and how he found the support he needed to get his second master's degree.
Follow along Kate Rotondo's journey, who was a technical curriculum and software developer at Apple, as she fought a two year-long battle with Apple seeking equal pay. While working at Apple, she discovered pay discrepancies between her and her colleagues with similar experiences and achievements. Gather around to hear Kate's story.
Gather around to hear Matt Weiss's story of how he evolved his career from balancing financial statements as a Financial Analyst to creating new worlds at Meta's Virtual Reality initiatives as a Data Scientist. Follow Matt's journey of how one random classroom presentation gave him the inspiration he needed to forge his path in data analytics.
Gather around and learn how Dom Bhuphaibool left a successful Software Engineering job to pursue his passion for classical music in Argentina. Through a series of events, he ended back into tech after several years living abroad and had to reskill himself.
Gather around and learn how Mash Syed quit his Real Estate job and transitioned to becoming a Data Scientist. He chronicles his journey and shares his story on how he persevered learning how to code and how to cope with his decisions to quit a lucrative industry.