Making The Right Play

Ishira and Maneth

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Hi! This is from Ishira and Maneth, your hosts for “Making the right play”. MTRP is a new multimedia series where we will discuss how we dealt with the complexities of college and beyond. We plan on bringing in guests every week from different colleges, majors, industries and fields to discuss what they did and how they might differ from us in their choices.

03/22/2022

Another Route to Product Management | Kartheek Gajjala | S02E04

One of our biggest supporters is up next! We are extremely happy to introduce Kartheek as our next guest. Kartheek and I met at Geotab when I was interning there after my first year of college. We have been in touch ever since and we were able to share a lot of memories including playing on the same basketball team for the company. From a career standpoint, Kartheek has consistently found ways to solve problems he genuinely cares about. As you can see through his experience Kartheek transitioned from being a Software Engineer at NVIDIA to a Product Manager in his recent roles. People have different ways to get their first break as a Product Manager and our episode will cover Kartheek’s. We also cover a few fun stories between us at Geotab, his experiences at the University of Waterloo and go over the spaces we see ourselves working in down the line.
03/08/2022

A Journey To Microsoft | Chloe Quijano | S02E03

Get to know another superstar! I met Chloe when we were Google Developer Student Club leads, her at UOT and me at McGill. Over the course of our collaboration, one thing that struck me about her was her incredible drive. She landed the explore internship at Microsoft, became the first lead for a Codeacademy chapter in Canada and was a speaker at Google I/O are no easy feats. Both Ishira and I were excited to hear about her journey thus far has been and we were stoked to hear what she plans on doing as the years go on. We hope this episode inspires you too!
01/25/2022

Demystifying Data Engineering | Canishka De Silva - Data Engineer at Meta | S02E02

You've met the younger brother, now for the older one. Please welcome Canishka De Silva! Canishka is one of our favourite guests of the season! An alumnus of The University of California, Berkeley (what a dump), Canishka is currently a data engineer working at FMeta (previously Facebook). During our sitdown with him, we got the chance to go over what being a data engineer meant, from every possible angle, be it what the role is, what you need to know to land it, how it defers from data science, and why Canishka decided it was for him. If you're considering a career in data engineering or data science this episode is an absolute must. We were so glad Canishka was able to join us and look forward to sharing his invaluable insights with you.
01/12/2022

Machine Learning: Learning and Landing | Ali Shobeiri - Former Software Engineer @ Microsoft | S02E01

We are excited to introduce our first guest for season 2, Ali Shobeiri! Ali’s impressive industry experience includes Software Engineering, Data Science, and Machine Learning roles in exciting tech companies like Microsoft, Ubisoft, Unity, Behavior Interactive, SAP and Plotly. He’s been a mentor to many, myself included, and we were incredibly impressed by the pace and trajectory of his career! In our podcast with him, we cover a lot of topics including the origins of McGill’s AI Bootcamp, how to land Machine Learning roles as an undergraduate student, and also how Ali structured his life at university.
08/24/2021

Last One For Season One | S01E20

Hi everyone! Thank you for listening to us for the last 8 months. We tried our best to stay consistent and I think we did an okay job with that. We will be covering our future plans with this podcast and things we personally felt like we could improve on for years to come.
08/13/2021

I Felt Like I Picked The Wrong Major At Stanford | S01E19

This is a story of how Ishira dealt with feeling like he picked the wrong major at Stanford. He covers how he felt anxiety, how he discovered Computer Science and how he redefined the 'B grade student' narrative.
07/24/2021

How I Almost Failed A Course At McGill | S01E18

This is a part of the new series that we are doing where we talk about the times that we messed up. Today one of our co-hosts (Maneth) goes over how he almost failed a course at McGill University and how he bounced back from this situation. Computer Science is difficult and getting used to university is a different story for everyone. We hope this episode helps people feel normal about temporary failures
07/06/2021

A Platinum Economist | S01E17

The Final Guest For Season 1 Mr Wasim is one of Sri Lanka’s greatest educators in the field of Economics. He has helped countless high school students ace their final exams for a consistently long period of time. He is one of our host’s favourite teachers and we wanted to explore his story and his aspirations for the next few years. We constantly appreciate the amount of effort he puts into his teaching and how he plans on making education more engaging. He has the goal of being the best Economics lecturer in the world and we have no doubt in our mind that he will get there at some point.

Hi! This is from Ishira and Maneth, your hosts for “Making the right play”. MTRP is a new multimedia series where we will discuss how we dealt with the complexities of college and beyond. We plan on bringing in guests every week from different colleges, majors, industries and fields to discuss what they did and how they might differ from us in their choices.

Creator

Ishira and Maneth
Years Active

2020 - 2022
Episodes

25
Rating

Clean
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© Ishira and Maneth
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Making The Right Play