Listen Up, Junior

Jigar Chavada & Ekansh Bansal
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Listen Up, Junior is a desperate attempt to make sense of college, what lies ahead, and life in general in the form of a podcast where Ekansh and Jigar, two of the biggest procrastinators in the history of IIIT Allahabad, sit down with some alumni to extract useful information and fun anecdotes for their juniors, one last time.

Episodes

  1. 05/29/2020

    Episode 1 - CC, Intern & Placements w/ Shivam Garg

    On this Episode, Shivam Garg, a 2018 graduate of IIIT Allahabad talks about all things CC, Intern & Placements. He is currently working at Nutanix as a Member of Technical Staff. He has previously been part of coveted companies like Goldman Sachs & Amazon. On this podcast, he opens up about his journey from his college days to where he is now and shares with us all the insights & learnings he has acquired on the way through. There is a lot to learn from him and may this podcast help you peek into his brain and learn from him. Timestamps  0:32 Introduction and a brief about Shivam  1:40 College Life & How Competetive Coding happened to him  5:24 How to get better at CC  7:49 Importance of having a good ICPC team & teammates  10:12 Opinion on Dev vs CC debate  11:34 Writing code in production vs Writing code to pass test cases  14:00 Amazon Intern Experience  18:09 Mindset of tackling placements after having not gotten PPO  20:37 Why panicking during interviews is the worst thing  23:04 Goldman Sachs Experience 24:20 Why switch from Goldman Sachs to Nutanix  24:54 How did Nutanix happen?  26:24 How Nutanix helped him hone his Software Development Skills?  28:00 Interviewer Shivam Garg vs Interviewee Shivam Garg  32:34 Story of the off-campus interview of amazing CC guy  34:54 Hiring Process in Tech Industry (Goods & Bads)  44:14 Possible Impacts of Covid-19 on Tech Hiring  50:34 Highlighting mistakes students might be making now and advice on how should they spend their precious time now. Artwork By: Achint Agarwal Instagram: Listen Up, Junior Twitter: JigarChavada1, ekanshbansal10

    Episode 1 - CC, Intern & Placements w/ Shivam Garg

  2. Season 1 Trailer

    Episode 0 - Listen Up, Junior Introduction

    Remember the countless intros that you gave to Ekansh & Jigar when you joined college? Well, now the tables have turned! Listen to this short introductory podcast where they talk about their vision for this podcast and what they plan to do with it! Follow us on Instagram @Listen Up, Junior Tweet us at @JigarChavada1 and @ekanshbansal10

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Listen Up, Junior is a desperate attempt to make sense of college, what lies ahead, and life in general in the form of a podcast where Ekansh and Jigar, two of the biggest procrastinators in the history of IIIT Allahabad, sit down with some alumni to extract useful information and fun anecdotes for their juniors, one last time.

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  • Creator
    Jigar Chavada & Ekansh Bansal
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Jigar Chavada & Ekansh Bansal
  • Show Website
    Listen Up, Junior