3 episodes
Mentor Inc. Career Talks Mentor Inc.
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Fun conversations about different career paths people take and how they succeed in their career journeys globally.
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Turbocharging your career with Aninditta Savitry - What it's like being a generalist, framework and tools to enhance your career, finding mentors and sponsors as part of your support system
Feel like boosting your career in 2023? Here are some underrated, easy to implement tools and frameworks which you can immediately try to propel yourself at work. In this maiden Indonesian podcast episode, Mentor Inc. caught up with a career pro, Aninditta Savitry, who has worked in various organizations in different industries from banking, management consulting, telco, startup, and social enterprise. Some companies she had worked at include HSBC, McKinsey and Company, OVO and most recently IDH Indonesia. Anin kindly shared her recipe for success throughout her career including how to find the right job, the importance of having empathy, mistakes to avoid when communicating, handling office politics and many more. Her advices are all very practical and complemented with real-life examples of different use cases in the workplace.
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Teddy Ni on building a tech career in Silicon Valley. What is it like working in big tech jobs? How can one get there and what skills do you need to progress?
Ever wonder what it’s like to be working as a tech professional in Silicon Valley? How can one ace their job interviews? Even after getting in, how do you progress professionally? In this Mentor Inc. Career Talks Episode, we had the pleasure to speak with Teddy Ni, a Software Engineer based out of Silicon Valley. Teddy studied computer science in Cornell University and worked as a Software Engineer at LinkedIn right after graduating.
In our discussion, Teddy speaks about the experience of working in a fast growing tech company like LinkedIn where he spent 10 years of his professional career, witnessing how the company grew so rapidly and then subsequently acquired by Microsoft. We also discussed how he evaluated candidates in tech job interviews and what qualities he would typically look for in them. More importantly, Teddy shares some awesome actionable insights which you could try to nail that interview and land a job in top tech companies.
If you have the curiosity to know about tech jobs in one of the world’s most innovative places, then this podcast is a must listen. Last but not least, please take the time to rate us in your favorite podcast platform and help us improve by giving some reviews about the content.
Some bonus notes:
1. If you're in need of a guide to upgrade your CV for tech jobs, go to this link for top guidance (https://www.mentorinc.io/en/content/cvs-that-land-jobs)!
2.Go to levels.fyi if you want to benchmark levels / pays in various tech jobs -
Norton Wang talks about career in Web3, opportunities and challenges in decentralized finance, DeFi in Southeast Asia
In this episode, we spoke with Norton Wang, an investor and engineer in the blockchain industry. Norton has been a practitioner in the industry since 2013, and has worked on trading platforms, enterprise blockchains, and web3 tools. He has been through numerous market cycles and seen different themes and use cases emerge, from Bitcoin payments, to the rise of smart contracts, to the wide landscape of DeFi and NFTs today. We discussed various things which included the difference between Web1, 2 and Web3, career opportunities in Web3, what the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) space offers in terms of changing the landscape of traditional finance and why Southeast Asia's young population can potentially accelerate cryptocurrency adoption.