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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.


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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.


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

    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.

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    • 1 hr 2 min
    Austin Haag: on product management at Salesforce, leading the Michigan Sailing Team, powerful networking advice, Minecraft, and more

    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.

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    • 1 hr 32 min
    Olli Kangas: life and education in Finland, working at BCG, sailing, saunas, Finnish military service and more

    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.

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    • 1 hr 12 min
    Kyle Zielinski: on working at one of the world's largest pharma companies, drug prices, fascinating lab and clinical research and more

    Kyle Zielinski: on working at one of the world's largest pharma companies, drug prices, fascinating lab and clinical research and more

    Kyle Zielinski shares his college experience from his aspirations to become a doctor to working at one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. We talk drug prices and about his incredible research experience at the University of Wisconsin. Kyle's research varied from growing nerve cells with the goal of reversing paralyzing injuries to studying the chronic brain condition of hydrocephalus. He received one of the most competitive research fellowships at the University of Wisconsin and continues to be involved in the research today, even while working full-time at Abbvie. Kyle has a very interesting story exploring the healthcare industry and has life lessons that all can learn from.

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    • 1 hr 21 min
    Hannah Hedstrom: from Division I basketball to healthcare analytics to a masters in Healthcare Systems Engineering

    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. 

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    • 1 hr 2 min
    Jenna Scheffert: from fashion school in Paris to fighting disinformation in Brussels to investment banking at Rothschild

    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.

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    • 1 hr 15 min

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20 Ratings

20 Ratings

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LOVE listening!

Wally Pod is a great podcast for young professionals and students looking to gain valuable advice on how to launch themselves into the professional world!!

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Creative and Motivating

Really enjoyed this first podcast. Matt has quite a background, super creative and motivating!

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