Nyasha Presents - Zim Beyond The Degree

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Nyasha is the host of Nyasha Presents: Zim Beyond the Degree, a podcast dedicated to exploring the inspiring journeys of Zimbabwean entrepreneurs, changemakers, and leaders navigating life after university. Although the podcast has been on a hiatus for the past year, it remains a platform for celebrating the hard work, courage, and hope that define Zimbabwe’s next generation. Stay tuned for updates as Nyasha continues to shine a spotlight on the stories of those breaking barriers and making a mark beyond the classroom.

  1. 06/25/2023

    32. Nyasha w/ Clint Mukarakate - How starting out a career in tech in Zim compares to starting one in the US

    Career in tech in Zim vs America 1:00 What does Clint do 2:00 Compare and contrast what’s it like starting a career in tech in Zim versus in the US 3:00 How long have we been in the tech industry 4:00 Clint getting involved in startups in late high school Co-founding projects Funding being the biggest problem 2 years after high school - went to HIT Being involved in developer communities in college 9:00 When Clint knew he wanted to get into computer science 12:50 Nyasha Studying MPC to keep options open Engineering is not construction work! 13:45 Getting into USAP which assisted me getting a scholarship at a top university, University of Pennsylvania 14:30 Deciding to study Electrical Engineering even though I knew I would probably go to work as a software engineer 17:00 Software engineering interviewing process being really tough Not committing to Leetcode 18:38 it’s ok if you don’t get what you were looking for. 20:00 My role at Morgan Stanley building ops for risk management Get good at working with data 28:00 Is the route of a career in tech more straightforward in the US 31:00 Why its still worth levelling up your skills 35:00 Remote work 38:00 Is the aspiration for Zim tech workers to get opportunities abroad - how can they reach their fullest potential within the country. 43:17 Issues living in America 54:00 The interesting side effect of being a developer in Zim 57:00 Rapid fire questions What’s been your favorite philosophy of life Don’t be scared to go after what you want

    1h 13m
  2. 31. Nyasha w/ Brandon T. Bande - Choosing the path of entrepreneurship as a developer

    03/07/2023

    31. Nyasha w/ Brandon T. Bande - Choosing the path of entrepreneurship as a developer

    Brandon 1:00 intro 2:30 How Brandon got into software development 13:13 Telecommunications at Midlands State University 15:00 Brandon is not looking for a job 19:23 Who is Brandon working with 22:00 What advice would you give someone who doesn’t know what to start building, what their startup should be based on? 25:00 Don’t build a solution no one will use 32:00 How do people get remote gigs Disappointing a client 36:00 Zimbabwean developers all around the world come together 41:00 Interest in space 45:00 Rapid fire

    52 min
  3. 30. Taku rates working at Microsoft 9/10, talks black identity & invoking coding interest in minorities

    02/20/2023

    30. Taku rates working at Microsoft 9/10, talks black identity & invoking coding interest in minorities

    1:40 Who is Taku  3:55 When did Taku move to North America  4:28 Taku talks about the black experience in Canada  5:37 Identity crisis as an African international student in a predominantly white city.  9:12 The culture shock of having black people who don’t necessarily make you feel like you belong.  10:26 Black boys who code Pre university kids Invoking the interest in them  12:00 Why is it important for minorities to be involved in tech  15:00 What’s it like working at Microsoft as a software engineer  9 out of 10 experience  17:40 Tech layoffs  18:50 What other plans does Taku have besides tech  23:00 Taku explains some of his tweets NYC Patriarchy  27:00 Patriarchal society ideals being confused with human nature  33:00 Is Taku still listening to Tuku  34:00 If Taku could build an app what would it be about?

    39 min
  4. 29. From Unsatisfactory A-Levels to Successful Mobile App Development: Tinashe Muzondiwa's Journey

    02/05/2023

    29. From Unsatisfactory A-Levels to Successful Mobile App Development: Tinashe Muzondiwa's Journey

    1:00 Who is Tinashe Mzondiwa?  2:00 Tinashe is happy he failed his A Levels  6:40 Software Development being all about just solving a problem  7:00 Developing the Shona Ndebele SDA hymnal app  8:40 How to publish and market an app  10:39 How projects matter so much in software development. You can leverage the things you’ve built.  12:50 Society and parents are so hard on you when you get school wrong early on.  14:14 How did Tinashe go from missing the bar in A level to building and deploying a successful app on the App Store and Google play store. Being passionate and working hard.  19:00 Tonderai talks about what it was like working at Instacart versus Slack Feeling impostor syndrome working at Instacart.  22:00 Lessons learned moving from Southern Africa to Canada Chances of making it as an entrepreneur greater in North America.  24:00 The pressure of coming into a senior developer role without ever having worked in the country or having done an internship  Answering Frequently Asked Software Developer Questions:  25:00 Best programming language - depends on the problem you have. It’s just a tool  26:00 What is the best way to stay up to date with software engineering trends - Follow engineers you aspire to be like and see what they’re tweeting, what’s important to them  27:00 What’s changed in the software engineering industry since you started  29:00 What’s the job outlook for software engineers?  32:00 What Tinashe misses most about Zimbabwe? It has to do with supermarkets  33:00 How to reach Tinashe? 34:00 Tinashe gives a shoutout to 3 people dead or alive  34:40 Advice for someone with impostor syndrome as a developer There are free courses online to get started. Just be passionate

    36 min
  5. 28. Audrey's Journey to Software Development: Overcoming Self-Doubt, Building Confidence.

    01/15/2023

    28. Audrey's Journey to Software Development: Overcoming Self-Doubt, Building Confidence.

    *** 2:00  3:00 how Audrey got into software development   5:00 what were some of the challenges getting into the role of getting in software development.  6:00 Being reserved. Feeling inferior.  7:50 playing sport to boost confidence  11:18 How do you build self confidence  environment. Support. Supporting kids  12:20 Believing in yourself 13:30 being a perfectionist   16:00 how do you manage dealing with the outcomes when you’re a perfectionist.  20:45 What we think of ChatGPT Concerns What she’s cases does it really solve  23:00 what projects has Audrey worked on in tech.  28:00 what kind of projects are you willing to take on?  29:52 Where does Audrey get the design bug?  32:00 Storytelling such a cool school  32:30 Rapid fire questions  33:00 worst programming language  36:00 it’s tough in Zim right now. 40:00  What is the origin story of Zim developers  45:00 advice for anyone going through something   49:00 Shouting out people!

    33 min
  6. 27. Navigating the Software Development Industry in Zimbabwe with Isheanesu

    12/17/2022

    27. Navigating the Software Development Industry in Zimbabwe with Isheanesu

    1:00 how is Isheanesu doing in December  2:00 how Isheanesu go into software development   3:30 where did Isheanesu go to high school  6:00 what does it take to make is as a developer in Africa.  8:37 in a world where you could literally do anything why software  10:15 what are you most proud of achieving all round and in the past 6 months  12:25 what is the attitude towards Software Engineering. What’s the gap? You don’t have to be a mathematical genius to be a good programmer.  14:49 How is the software development community in Zimbabwe   18:00 Explain that tweet  20:00 being a founder in Zimbabwe is a game set to extra hard  25:00 it’s not gonna be   27:00 what would Isheanesu do if there was no software Write make music or act   31:00I’m really disappointed    32:00 zimbabwean youth have few role models

    36 min
  7. 26. Nyasha w/ Ruvimbo Mambinge: Businesses are underutilizing data to make decisions/profit | Where are the girls in tech?

    12/04/2022

    26. Nyasha w/ Ruvimbo Mambinge: Businesses are underutilizing data to make decisions/profit | Where are the girls in tech?

    New episode on the Zim tech scene with Ruvimbo Mambinge!  Ruvimbo is a dev + data scientist & friend (:  1:00Who is Ruvimbo? 2:32 How did you decide to get into data analytics and tech in general? 4:00 Being very few girls in tech 4:40 Belonging in tech as a woman 6:00 Focus on mastering a framework then learn others 8:25 when did you start learning computer science 10:00 General attitude towards computer science in Zim 11:00 People not understanding how a “simple” feature might still take time 12:00 People need the advantages of data science for a business.  You can lose money from not making data driven decisions. 15:00 Empathy for software engineers 18:00 Blogging on tech Teaching to other people 20:00 How do you get a job in software engineering 24:00 What do you do when taking a break from coding 26:00 Go to karaoke song 26:50 favorite pizza topping favorite genre of film or tv 28:47 best music on the Zimbabwean scene 29:00 What else can you reach out to Ruvimbo for? 30:56 Advice for the Zimbabwean youth

    33 min
  8. 25. Nyasha w/ George Chakama - Software Engineering in Zimbabwe

    11/18/2022

    25. Nyasha w/ George Chakama - Software Engineering in Zimbabwe

    1:32 Who is George Chakama? 2:50 What was your perception getting into software engineering versus what you know now? 6:00 Why did George drop out of university and go straight into the computer science industry. 8:30 What’s the process of trying to get a job as a developer in Zimbabwe? 13:00 People diverting from what they’ve studied in university  16:30 Why George is building a community of Zim developers 24:00 Any projects you’re working on right now? 27:00 Rapid fire questions 32:00 George’s message to the Zimbabwean youth Invest in IT The secret of getting ahead is to get started

    35 min
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Nyasha is the host of Nyasha Presents: Zim Beyond the Degree, a podcast dedicated to exploring the inspiring journeys of Zimbabwean entrepreneurs, changemakers, and leaders navigating life after university. Although the podcast has been on a hiatus for the past year, it remains a platform for celebrating the hard work, courage, and hope that define Zimbabwe’s next generation. Stay tuned for updates as Nyasha continues to shine a spotlight on the stories of those breaking barriers and making a mark beyond the classroom.

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