CS SE IT Panel C3v1 — Transcript

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1. 0:00What have they done outside of the
2. 0:02things that are scheduled for them and
3. 0:05told, "Oh, you have to be at this class
4. 0:06at this time and here's what you do."
5. 0:08What have you done on your own?
6. 0:10Uh, try to express what we call EQ. So,
7. 0:14it's about being empathetic is something
8. 0:16I think companies are just starting to
9. 0:18scratch the surface on how important
10. 0:21that is. But, uh, here at Amazon, I
11. 0:24actually get a daily reminder about EQ.
12. 0:27And these are actionable things that we
13. 0:28can do every single day. Thinking about
14. 0:31how to interface with other human
15. 0:33beings. We talked a little bit about Gen
16. 0:35AI or AI in general and how machines can
17. 0:37do certain things and they're getting
18. 0:39better at certain things, but the
19. 0:41empathy of a machine is purely a
20. 0:44construct. Like there's still something
21. 0:46about human empathy. I really look for
22. 0:49that in a candidate because it's going
23. 0:52to make it much smoother in their
24. 0:54relationships with me or whoever their
25. 0:56future manager is going to be with their
26. 0:58their peers and their co-workers and
27. 1:01with the customers.
28. 1:02What makes your candidate at least stand
29. 1:03out to me? going back to what we talked
30. 1:05about before. If they obviously
31. 1:08technical skill set is one thing,
32. 1:10personability and EQ um that goes into
33. 1:13that is
34. 1:15if they show me like they're passionate,
35. 1:16they really want this thing and I can
36. 1:18tell that they're very passionate and
37. 1:19driven to do this thing, that definitely
38. 1:21stands out to me.
39. 1:23If you're in a team for your coursework,
40. 1:25let's say they have four of you guys and
41. 1:27you're working on a project, then make
42. 1:29sure you notate leadership things you
43. 1:31did within that project and and things
44. 1:33you learned within the project. So use
45. 1:35the coursework and the professors around
46. 1:39you um as as doing extra that then you
47. 1:43can emphasize that later on. So um I
48. 1:46understand if you don't have a job, but
49. 1:48then work work extra within your field.
50. 1:51Cor, I'm going to piggyback on what you
51. 1:53were saying about you could be a
52. 1:54McDonald's worker. Well, while I was at
53. 1:57ASU, I was an assistant manager at Taco
54. 1:59Bell for the entire time I was at ASU.
55. 2:02That's actually how I was able to pay
56. 2:04for much of my education. And when it
57. 2:09comes time to put that on your resume,
58. 2:12don't just say assistant manager Taco
59. 2:14Bell. Break down what does that mean?
60. 2:16What are the skills that you take away
61. 2:18from that? And part of it is being
62. 2:20intentional while you're in that
63. 2:22position. And part of it is being
64. 2:24thoughtful when you're putting it in
65. 2:26writing. For example, I had to order for
66. 2:28the food to make sure we had enough
67. 2:30ingredients to actually make the tacos
68. 2:32or else there was no food to be made. Uh
69. 2:35I actually had to program the point of
70. 2:37sales system. Almost every job will have
71. 2:39something that applies much more
72. 2:41broadly.
73. 2:42If you want to ask a professional, ask
74. 2:45them about themselves. Everybody likes
75. 2:47talking about themselves. Use your phone
76. 2:49and make a quick note, you know, make a
77. 2:52quick note. You might not need it ever,
78. 2:54but make a quick note about that that
79. 2:56interaction you had. And um just just so
80. 2:59you can have it to refer to later. And
81. 3:01as you mentioned, mistakes. I didn't do
82. 3:04that. Maybe you needed that person
83. 3:06again, but I didn't keep track of where
84. 3:08it was. Or you found out that they
85. 3:10worked for the company you wanted to
86. 3:11work for and you're like, "Dang, I
87. 3:13didn't. Oh, shoot." and and and or I
88. 3:16didn't approach him. I had that
89. 3:17opportunity and I didn't take it. Um so,
90. 3:20but but sometimes it's just just a quick
91. 3:22question and then make a quick note and
92. 3:24you can refer to it later. And you don't
93. 3:26have to always be on because that that's
94. 3:29going to drive you crazy anyway. And and
95. 3:31like you mentioned, we typically are
96. 3:34more introverted anyway. So being that
97. 3:36extroverted on person is is is very
98. 3:39uncomfortable. So you don't want to be
99. 3:41that way either. It's going to cause you
100. 3:42too much stress. So, don't don't go
101. 3:46crazy and worry worry worry about
102. 3:48networking because we all just mentioned
103. 3:49it a million times, you know, and if if
104. 3:52if it's an opportunity, great. If it
105. 3:54passes you by, don't sweat about it at
106. 3:56all. Just, you know, you're going to
107. 3:58have another opportunity. Just keep your
108. 4:00eyes open um and talk to people. But
109. 4:03yeah, don't make yourself crazy. Uh
110. 4:06that's absolutely the kind of little tip
111. 4:08that if you start doing it, you can
112. 4:10quickly realize just how many people
113. 4:12you're you're bumping into and you won't
114. 4:15know that until you go back and take a
115. 4:17look. So I'd also encourage folks to
116. 4:19kind of go back and take a look from
117. 4:21time to time and and do something. If
118. 4:23you have that list, be thoughtful about
119. 4:25what could I potentially do? What
120. 4:28opportunities might be there right there
121. 4:30in my digital device if uh only you take
122. 4:32the time to to go and think about that?
123. 4:35And it doesn't have to be disingenuous.
124. 4:36Just kind of be yourself. Get to know
125. 4:38people. It does take being intentional,
126. 4:41but uh it doesn't have to be this kind
127. 4:43of fake thing where you're putting on an
128. 4:45act. In fact, that won't last for long.
129. 4:47So, be yourself. Be inquisitive. I love
130. 4:50Corey what you're saying about people
131. 4:51love to talk about themselves. It's
132. 4:53absolutely true.
133. 4:54Don't forget low low tech situations in
134. 4:57areas and this is more global, but you
135. 5:01have a fantastic project at ASU called
136. 5:04Solar Spell and it's been going on for a
137. 5:07number of years and it's and definitely
138. 5:09look that up. But that's using a very
139. 5:11low tech solution to pro provide
140. 5:14education all around the world. And they
141. 5:17have build days where you can help build
142. 5:19the solar spell um the solar spells um
143. 5:23for them. But it's it's just one prime
144. 5:26opportunity of uh looking at areas where
145. 5:29low tech is being used to solve problems
146. 5:31worldwide because not everybody has the
147. 5:34internet and not everybody has the fancy
148. 5:36stuff we have. So, um, look look all
149. 5:39around you. There's opportunities
150. 5:42everywhere.