GHCTalks

Miri is the string combination of storyteller and global head of internships at Microsoft. In the episode, we discussed her experiences at GHC and a bit about Microsoft Internship hiring. and a lot more tips for GHC attendees. If you are an international student, then you have a sweet surprise go and listen to this episode out :) About me(Host): I am Tejaswi Karasani, GHC 20 scholar. I love connecting with people and more active on Twitter and LinkedIn. Twitter : https://twitter.com/TKarasani LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/tejaswi-karasani-28a944146/

Amanda has been attending Grace Hopper Celebration past six years ever since she was GHC scholar 2014. In this episode, she shared some wonderful tips regarding networking, negotiation workshops, and the opportunities she got through GHC. About me(Host): I'm Tejaswi Karasani, GHC 20 scholar. I love connecting with people and more active on Twitter and LinkedIn. Twitter : https://twitter.com/TKarasani LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/tejaswi-karasani-28a944146/

Brittany has been attending Grace Hopper Celebration since 2015 and hence she shared how GHC helped in getting various opportunities. She interned twice at Microsoft and currently working as a full-timer at Facebook. About me(Host): I am Tejaswi Karasani, GHC 20 scholar. I love connecting with people and more active on Twitter and LinkedIn. Twitter: https://twitter.com/TKarasani LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/tejaswi-karasani-28a944146/

Daphne attended GHC not just once but twice. She switched to the CS major in 2018 and walked into the conference hall feeling uncertain about her decision. After being immersed in the heightened energy of the room and meeting other women in her shoes, she built connections and grew confident.  At GHC 19, she had 11 #coffeechats [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=%23coffeechats] with people she admired. She talked to an Google Developer Advocate to learn about how she can better teach #Android [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=%23Android] through blogs and workshops.  She also met other women from her school for the first time. She decided to take the sense of community back home and co-founded the #womenincs [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=%23womenincs] club at her university. More than 80 female CS students at UBC were able to meet one another without having to fly out to Florida!   She continued to push herself to reach out to people, create opportunities, and ended up completing 5#software [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=%23software]engineering #internships [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=%23internships] at #Lyft [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=%23Lyft], #Yelp [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=%23Yelp], #Shopify [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=%23Shopify], and other companies. Daphne's LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/daphliu/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/daphliu/] About me(Host): I'm Tejaswi Karasani, GHC 20 scholar. I love connecting with people and more active on Twitter and LinkedIn. Twitter : https://twitter.com/TKarasani [https://twitter.com/TKarasani] LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/tejaswi-karasani-28a944146/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/tejaswi-karasani-28a944146/]

Pragya attended GHC'19 while she was in sophomore year. In this epidose, Pragya tells networking and how it helped her to get into Deloitte as intern as well as her travel and yeah not forget about the after parties she attended which are only invite only events. In addition to this, she also met the founder of Nepali Women In computing if not GHC, it otherwise wouldn't happen. Pragya also wrote a blog about the scholarship application, she generally helps out applicants during their application process. https://medium.com/@praneupane26/grace-hopper-celebration-scholarship-application-tips-how-i-got-selected-18381fed25eb [https://medium.com/@praneupane26/grace-hopper-celebration-scholarship-application-tips-how-i-got-selected-18381fed25eb] Pragya's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pragya-neupane/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/pragya-neupane/] About me(Host): I am Tejaswi Karasani, GHC 20 scholar. I love connecting with people and more active on Twitter and LinkedIn. Twitter : https://twitter.com/TKarasani [https://twitter.com/TKarasani] LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/tejaswi-karasani-28a944146/