Kathyleen Beveridge

  • worked at qualcomm with Mr Mortenson
  • mvoed abroad in Spain during graduate school; said it changed her life forever
  • has a finance degree at santa clara and nba at usc
  • favorite statement: “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” - Mary Angelou
  • not initially in high tech
  • Qualcomm Mission Statement: Inventing the tech the world loves
  • HP Inc Mission Statement: Create technology that makes life better for everyone, everywhere
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific Mission Statement: Enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer
  • at one point, QUalcomm chips were in 99% were in people
  • billion peoples lives were impacted by Qualcomm

  • Thermo Fisher stats/information

    • 100000+ collegues
    • 7000 engineers and scientists
    • 1.5 billion invented in research
    • 40 billion in revenue
    • also initilized scrum roles like in our class (Scrum master, backened, frontend, DevOps)
    • they would give their opinions on products before it’s realesed or commerizilezed

Kris Porter

  • software emgomeer. DevOps
  • Livermore High School
  • likes Stem classes
  • enrolled at UCLA for electrical Engineering
    • focus on communication systems
    • master degree in electrical engineering at Cal States LA

      Research

  • center for embedded networked sensors
    • networked infomechanical Systems
    • Introduced to the linux operating system, software development life cycle
    • this is where he learned the Linux operating system (marketable skill)
    • graduated during the stock market crash (2008)
    • worked at a variety of different companies (qualcomm, twitter, nbc universal, systems engineer at GPM)
    • worked a lot with servers (DevOps for data collection, analytics, etc.)

      Highlights

    • CCNA training
    • machine learning and deep learning (Quallcomm)
    • Python (Udemy)
    • Data Structures, Algorithims, and System Design for interviews
    • Twitter University

      Projects

    • streaming media infrastructure for the 2012 Olympic Games
    • Analysitcs Infrastructure projects (LocationSmart, Qualcomm,)
    • Twitter projects
      • New DataCenter Deployment
      • Migrating HomeTimeline to GraphQL

Questions asked by students

Agile Methodology

  • different companies use it depending on their needs
  • good way to coordinate with other engineers on a team

Machine Learning

  • used python libraries exposed
  • tensorflow
  • ran experiments
  • hosted a fork of git lab
  • 100000 terabytes is called a pedabyte

What is the most important skill to have in the tech industry?

  • continuous learning is necessary
  • “learning how to learn” is a very important step and it varies from company to company
  • don’t be concerend with things on the news to be true
  • resilience and perseverence is needed to keep on learning your skill
  • tech is high demand; be adaptive
  • listening to the requirements, and translating those requirments to solve problems

What are the biggest challenges in the tech industry and how they overcame the obstacels?

  • interviews are bad
    • series of random tests that need to be completed in a certain time frame
    • code needs to be worked

How does coding help in other industries

  • coding is a way of thinking
  • you learn how to dissect something and build something
  • problem solve
  • critical thinking
  • “walk me through your thinking”
  • a question thta Kathyleen asks to intview applicants: “How many cars do you think were sold in the cars in the US?”
    • looks for assumptions and thought process

Reflection

Overall, I learned many new things. I learned that coding in the real world can sometimes be a tough process, but perseverence and resillience will lead to success. Preparing yourself and and constantly learning is also a key factor in success. You also have to be a critical thinker when coding and being able to explain your code is extremely important.