#83: John Maeda - Global Head, Computational Design and Inclusion at Automattic
Breaking Into Startups15 Huhti 2018

#83: John Maeda - Global Head, Computational Design and Inclusion at Automattic

John Maeda is the Global Head of Computational Design and Inclusion at Automattic. Previously, he was a Partner at Kleiner Perkins where he founded the design and tech report that's read by people all over the world. Fascinated with the idea of remote working, John is an inspiration in the design world currently serving on the boards of Sonos and Wieden+Kennedy. He recently created a site called Design From Anywhere, that tells you more about remote work, inclusion, and how you can get into these positions and basically do it from anywhere. Being in a educational field for a long time, John noticed the art education in the U.S. was decreasing and most educational programs were becoming geared towards STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). So he had been advocating in Washington, D.C. to add Art through STEM and transform it into STEAM, which has become a legislation in 2013 to bring back Art into schools.

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#61: Gabe Moncayo - Founder of Always Hired who Helps People Get Into Sales

#61: Gabe Moncayo - Founder of Always Hired who Helps People Get Into Sales

Gabe Moncayo is the CEO and Founder of AlwaysHired, a three-week teaching program focused on training sales development representatives. A Bay Area-native, Gabe grew up in a family with roots to South...

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#60: Matthew Tran - Youtube Personality & Founder of Engineered Truth Youtube Channel

#60: Matthew Tran - Youtube Personality & Founder of Engineered Truth Youtube Channel

Matt Tran is the Founder of Engineered Truth, a YouTube channel with over 240,000 subscribers. He initially followed the traditional path, studying Psychology and Mechanical Engineering in college. He...

11 Elo 201744min

#59: Dr. Carol Langlois - How Self Esteem & Empowerment are Changing the Ratio through Hackbright

#59: Dr. Carol Langlois - How Self Esteem & Empowerment are Changing the Ratio through Hackbright

Dr. Carol Langlois is a lifelong educator who used to run the business program at USF. She was the Dean at Mills College and founder of Higher Education Specialists. She did a dissertation in female...

30 Heinä 201740min

#58: Tiger Shen - An 18-Year-Old Software Engineer Who Worked at Square and Braintree

#58: Tiger Shen - An 18-Year-Old Software Engineer Who Worked at Square and Braintree

#58: Tiger Shen - An 18-Year-Old Software Engineer Who Worked at Square and Braintree by Breaking Into Startups

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#57: Kelvin Lightner - Tax Consultant from Deloitte Become A Software Engineer at Intuit

#57: Kelvin Lightner - Tax Consultant from Deloitte Become A Software Engineer at Intuit

Kelvin Lightner is a software engineer apprentice at Intuit and a graduate of Dev Bootcamp. Prior to tech, Kelvin has a double major in Legal Studies and Economics from UC Berkeley and he worked as a ...

16 Heinä 201756min

#56: Mike Slagh - How a US Navy Veteran Started a Company to Help Veterans Break Into Tech

#56: Mike Slagh - How a US Navy Veteran Started a Company to Help Veterans Break Into Tech

Mike Slagh is the Founder of Shift.org, a hiring pipeline for military veterans. Back in the military, Mike was a bomb technician and since finishing his service a little over a year ago, he started S...

29 Kesä 201747min

#55: Pavan Ravipati - Deep Dive on Software Engineer vs. Sales Engineer

#55: Pavan Ravipati - Deep Dive on Software Engineer vs. Sales Engineer

An East Bay-local, Pavan Ravipati grew up in a family of tech people. He initially took Film and Media in college, landed some corporate sales roles, and worked his way up but he ultimately found his ...

14 Kesä 201733min

#54: Erica Prenga - How a Graphic Design Major became an Experience Engineer at Adobe

#54: Erica Prenga - How a Graphic Design Major became an Experience Engineer at Adobe

Erica Prenga is currently an Experience Developer at Adobe. Aware that she had a different learning style, she decided to quit college after her fourth year of studying graphic design until she ultima...

2 Kesä 20171h 7min