Undergrad Research: Student Stories

Chapters coming soon! Credits Audio editing done by the University of Toronto's Arts and Science Digital Teaching & Learning Studio, located in the Sidney Smith Building at the St. George Campus. Be sure to follow us on Instagram! 

Chapters coming soon!

Credits

Audio editing done by the University of Toronto's Arts and Science Digital Teaching & Learning Studio, located in the Sidney Smith Building at the St. George Campus.

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The early days of Zimrides [2:08]Driving early virality [7:56]Competing with Uber [15:47]Why they took political stances [27:03]Managing through the pandemic [38:09]The future focus for Lyft -- autonomous vehicles and the end of car ownership [42:50]Follow the a16z Club to join c ...  Show more

I've spent a long time explaining to people why they need to get with the times and start embracing new tech. Whether that was my father accepting credit cards at his business 25 years ago, or convincing people that the Al will change the world today. In this podcast, I share ...

(0:00) Jason's new brand deal (1:18) Bestie updates (9:12) "Ligma/Johnson" blunder outside of Twitter HQ (15:38) Surge of tech layoffs at Twitter, Stripe, Lyft, Opendoor, Chime and others; preparing for a longer downturn than originally anticipated (35:28) Macro trends, big tech ...  Show more

In this episode, we are joined by Mark Benliyan to learn about his experiences at tech companies as an intern. Mark shares some interesting insights and provides some useful advice. Items mentioned in the episode: HackerRank, CodeSignal, Byteboard Guests: Mark Benliyan Panelists: ...  Show more