In this week's episode, hear the person Ilya declared "the coolest person I know": Jenn Dixon (MSE 1T8 + PEY) about her time at Synaptive and also about her motorcycle. Notes: 0:20 - Coming from an international school in Oman to deciding to study in Canada 4:58 - Finishing 3rd year feeling very burnt out 5:44 - Her extremely strategic approach to applying, choosing between "traditional MSE stuff" and forensic engineering 9:28 - Interview process at Synaptive, how she stood out with enthusiasm 12:37 - Transitioning into working with just 2 days of rest after her last exam 17:04 - Not having the specific "tribal knowledge" of the field, value of 1:1s with coworkers 22:53 - Things that made the year hectic 29:09 - Rediscovering things about herself, visiting her parents for the first time in several years 31:18 - Questioning the notion that people are closest friends with one another while they are in school 34:55 - Differences in looking for work as an international student, a whole lot more paperwork 37:40 - Motorcycle!!!! Motorcycle!!! 43:27 - Coming back to school, starting to see school more as a means to an end 44:34 - Thinking of yourself as an RPG character with different sliders, "having other sliders"
In this week's episode, hear the person Ilya declared "the coolest person I know": Jenn Dixon (MSE 1T8 + PEY) about her time at Synaptive and also about her motorcycle.
Notes
0:20 - Coming from an international school in Oman to deciding to study in Canada
4:58 - Finishing 3rd year feeling very burnt out
5:44 - Her extremely strategic approach to applying, choosing between "traditional MSE stuff" and forensic engineering
9:28 - Interview process at Synaptive, how she stood out with enthusiasm
12:37 - Transitioning into working with just 2 days of rest after her last exam
17:04 - Not having the specific "tribal knowledge" of the field, value of 1:1s with coworkers
22:53 - Things that made the year hectic
29:09 - Rediscovering things about herself, visiting her parents for the first time in several years
31:18 - Questioning the notion that people are closest friends with one another while they are in school
34:55 - Differences in looking for work as an international student, a whole lot more paperwork
37:40 - Motorcycle!!!! Motorcycle!!!
43:27 - Coming back to school, starting to see school more as a means to an end
44:34 - Thinking of yourself as an RPG character with different sliders, "having other sliders"