The Wally Pod

Wally Estenson
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Inspiring interviews with extraordinary students and young adults. Hear their story to help you better navigate your career, college, and life. Reach your peak personal and professional performance by learning from their experiences. Hosted by Wally Estenson, an avid learner and recent graduate with time to kill. Feedback, comments, questions? Subscribe to our newsletter! linktr.ee/westenson

Episodes

  1. Jack Dallimore: working at SpaceX and Lockheed Martin, future of the space industry, insightful life advice and more

    10/06/2020

    Jack Dallimore: working at SpaceX and Lockheed Martin, future of the space industry, insightful life advice and more

    Jack Dallimore works at Lockheed Martin and is currently rotating through its multi-year Operations Development Leadership Program. Concurrently, he is completing an online master's in Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical Engineering at the University of Southern California. Prior to Lockheed, he worked at SpaceX and Harley-Davidson. I met Jack at the University of Wisconsin, where he was incredibly involved on campus, majored in Industrial Engineering, and has especially fond memories of his time on the sailing team. Jack has developed a deep knowledge of the space industry along with an impressive network of friends working on bleeding edge technologies and space policy that he hopes to start a company with one day. Jack's story is as impressive as any and he offers excellent insights into the space industry and life advice for all. Sign up for The Wally Pod newsletter. Find us on Instagram and Facebook. https://linktr.ee/westenson

    1h 3m
  2. Austin Haag: on product management at Salesforce, leading the Michigan Sailing Team, powerful networking advice, Minecraft, and more

    09/01/2020

    Austin Haag: on product management at Salesforce, leading the Michigan Sailing Team, powerful networking advice, Minecraft, and more

    Austin Haag is an incoming Product Manager at Salesforce with a wealth of career and life advice. He is in his final year at the University of Michigan majoring in business and computer science. Austin has had several interesting internship experiences from building out an application at United Health Group aimed at helping solve the opioid epidemic to working as a Product Management intern at Redfin in Seattle to a virtual summer internship at Salesforce. Austin is also an avid sailor and was Captain of the Michigan Sailing Team as well as the National Vice President of College Sailing. Austin's interview is incredibly insightful and offers an excellent story and advice for all. Sign up for The Wally Pod newsletter. Find us on Instagram and Facebook. https://linktr.ee/westenson

    1h 32m
  3. Olli Kangas: life and education in Finland, working at BCG, sailing, saunas, Finnish military service and more

    08/11/2020

    Olli Kangas: life and education in Finland, working at BCG, sailing, saunas, Finnish military service and more

    Olli Kangas is a student in Helsinki, Finland with an incredible story. From serving in the Finnish military to attending the top business school in the nation to receiving a full-time offer at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Olli offers excellent advice for all. He shares his experiences from many internships including Accenture, PwC, and BCG. He shares his perspective on the United States, Finnish work and education culture, and his love for sailing, including stories about his recent 3 week trip at sea. Olli offers excellent life and career advice with a unique perspective. Sign up for The Wally Pod weekly newsletter at https://linktr.ee/westenson Find us on Instagram and Facebook.

    1h 12m
  4. Hannah Hedstrom: from Division I basketball to healthcare analytics to a masters in Healthcare Systems Engineering

    07/14/2020

    Hannah Hedstrom: from Division I basketball to healthcare analytics to a masters in Healthcare Systems Engineering

    Hannah Hedstrom shares her college experience playing Division I basketball and her career journey leading to a masters in Healthcare Systems Engineering. She shares her internship experiences from shadowing at a hospital to interning at the nation's largest member-driven healthcare performance and analytics company. Hannah has a great story exploring the in and outs of an the healthcare industry all while excelling as a leader on the basketball team.  Sign up for The Wally Pod weekly newsletter at https://linktr.ee/westenson.

    1h 2m
  5. Jenna Scheffert: from fashion school in Paris to fighting disinformation in Brussels to investment banking at Rothschild

    07/07/2020

    Jenna Scheffert: from fashion school in Paris to fighting disinformation in Brussels to investment banking at Rothschild

    Jenna Scheffert shares her path from fashion to consulting to investment banking. She discusses her decision to take a gap year in Venice after high school and why she pivoted from fashion into business. We talk about her multiple other experiences abroad from Paris to Hong Kong to her internship in Brussels, fighting Russian disinformation. Jenna also gives insights on careers in consulting from her internship at Accenture and investment banking from her internship at Rothschild, where she will return full-time. Jenna recently was featured in Poets & Quants Best & Brightest. Sign up for The Wally Pod weekly newsletter here.

    1h 15m
  6. Jack Pawlik: from a turbulent childhood to living in his car to co-founding several companies to getting into one of the most prestigious startup accelerators in the world

    07/02/2020

    Jack Pawlik: from a turbulent childhood to living in his car to co-founding several companies to getting into one of the most prestigious startup accelerators in the world

    In this episode, Jack Pawlik shares his path from getting the entrepreneurial itch his freshman year of college to going on to found several companies. Among others, Jack is the co-founder of LineLeap and Drip, both of which were accepted into the prestigious startup accelerator, Y Combinator, and are growing fast. We discuss his companies, his college experience, and more. To see pictures of the car Jack lived in, see here. To find out more about Drip, click here.

    1h 16m
  7. Matt Welper: from $250,000 in one summer to private equity in Singapore to investment banking at JP Morgan

    06/22/2020

    Matt Welper: from $250,000 in one summer to private equity in Singapore to investment banking at JP Morgan

    In this episode, Matt Welper shares his path from starting a successful painting company in high school to locking down a full-time job as an Investment Banking Analyst at JP Morgan. Learn how he built multiple companies while getting his degree from the University of Wisconsin and his pursuit of a career in finance, with internships at Goldman Sachs, a private equity firm in Singapore, and JP Morgan.

    58 min

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Inspiring interviews with extraordinary students and young adults. Hear their story to help you better navigate your career, college, and life. Reach your peak personal and professional performance by learning from their experiences. Hosted by Wally Estenson, an avid learner and recent graduate with time to kill. Feedback, comments, questions? Subscribe to our newsletter! linktr.ee/westenson

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    Wally Estenson
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  • Episodes
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