[ECHO] Life, Startups and Education with Hayden Smith Echo

Is Hayden Smith your lecturer this term? Doesn't matter!


Hear a talk from Hayden, currently a co-founder of a start up called Pearler, who is also a lecturer AND ex-tutor that has dabbled in many subjects. He is most known for running COMP6080, the React course, and COMP1531, the groupwork course. In this podcast, we talk about uni life, startups and education and cover questions like:


Does Hayden have work life balance?What does Hayden think about students?... and how does Hayden experience impostor syndrome? Hayden's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayden-smith-4505a55a/
Time stamps 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - Life: Juggling everything 03:17 - Life: Opportunities current students should grasp 04:42 - Life: Projects 07:29 - Life: Impostor syndrome 12:27 - Start Ups: CompareMeals, why start a start up? 15:45 - Start Ups: Fail fast learn quickly 18:27 - Start Ups: What good startups need 20:06 - Start Ups: Technical Depth 22:22 - Start Ups: Mentorship at Pearler 23:31 - Start Ups: Daunting things 25:49 - Start Ups: Letting go of and taking on responsibilities at a higher level 27:07 - Education: Why teach 27:51 - Education: Why still teach 30:00 - Education: Hayden and the community 31:47 - Education: Key things learned from teaching 35:45 - Education: Accommodating for students 37:27 - Education: Impacts of covid 40:31 - Education: Most challenging courses to teach 43:38 - Education: MyExperience 46:34 - Education: Teaching skills 50:49 - Life: Other horizons 52:52 - Education: Advice to uni self