Was College Worth It?

#7 - Former RCMP/United Nations Negotiator | Masters Conflict Analysis & Management Chris Backus

His first interview with CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/917081667935 His 2nd interview with CBC: https://www.facebook.com/VancouverCBC/videos/1349422931761924/ Find Chris Backus on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cbackus123/00:0 00:00 - Introduction 00:02:59 - How Was College Talked About Growing Up? 00:04:19 - How Policing Was A Calling For Him 00:08:00 - Going to Lethbridge College 00:13:10 - Going to University 00:14:46 - Moving to Quebec to learn French 00:18:30 - Amir summarizing + Follow Up Questions 00:22:10 - Starting his Policing Career with the RCMP 00:35:20 - Masters in Conflict Management Analysis 00:41:00 - Understanding People Even If You Don't Agree With Them 00:52:30 - No Stripes Movement 01:10:50 - RCMP Needs to get away from Contract Policing 01:30:40 - His Thoughts on Surrey Police Service Debate

#6 - Mya Matos: Psychology Degree | Sr. Solution Engineer | Military Veteran

00:00:00 00:02:26 Was College Worth It? 00:04:28 What Could Colleges Do More of? 00:06:58 What would have made college worst for you? 00:08:36 How Mya Worked full time while attending college 00:10:17 Good vs Bad Professors 00:16:22 How Military Experience Helped Mya in College 00:18:05 What made Mya want to join the Military 00:24:00 Student Loans 00:26:47 How College Was Talked About Growing Up 00:29:16 How Mya Decided What to Pursue in College 00:36:44 What Mya Does For Work 00:40:13 How her Psychology Degree helped her 00:44:04 What Mya Could Have Gotten More Out Of College 00:48:42 Playing the Corporate Game 00:52:45 Can Colleges actually simulate real world business 00:56:40 If College Wasn't An Option 00:58:13 Cultural Expecations of College 01:01:11 Student Debt 01:03:02 Following Curiosity in College 01:10:54 Cost of College 01:16:59 Business Not Requiring Degrees Anymore 01:21:10 How Colleges can deliver more 01:26:35 College is about figuring out what you like/don't li... 01:29:45 Parents and Pressure

#5 - MBA | Senior Manager in Tech | Self-Taught Code: Hector Villasenor

Find Hector on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hvillasenor/ 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:06 Was College Worth It? 00:05:02 Moving to the USA from Mexico 00:11:46 College Experience and Relationships are as important as the studies 00:14:16 Going to college at a later age 00:18:43 Hector's current MBA Experience 00:19:44 How he started at a community college 00:20:40 His 2nd time dropping out 00:22:31 Where he learned to code 00:26:00 His journey into information systems 00:31:22 English is a hard language to learn 00:31:55 Comparing life to the game of SIMS 00:39:35 Why make him want to teach? 00:43:20 Working Full Time while in school 00:45:05 What he is getting out of his MBA 00:49:04 Portable Skills from College 00:52:32 Direct vs Optional advice in India 00:53:49 Your Duty as a leader 00:55:24 How he built a team of 50 people within a year 01:08:13 Manager vs Director: the difference 01:11:37 Americans have an 8% chance of doing better than their parents 01:15:17 Was College Worth iT? 01:15:53 Outro

#4 - UBC Adjunct Professor | Vancouver Community College | Senior BI Consultant: Stephen Barichello

00:00:00 Intro 00:02:35 Was College worth it? 00:07:15 Why Stephen Dropped Out 00:10:48 How he became a bartender in Calgary 00:13:29 Why Bartending appealed to him 00:15:13 Why he left bartending 00:17:34 Application Process at Telus 00:20:59 Next Steps after Call Centre 00:24:59 He automated his job and thought he was fired 00:32:29 His transition to a Business Analyst role 00:37:39 Leaving the Business Analyst Role 00:41:43 Figuring out his next step after being a Business Analyst 00:43:05 Next step as a Performance Analyst 00:45:44 Quitting and moving back to BC 00:48:44 Moving Back to Calgary and joining Telus 00:55:17 Moving back into reporting and performance analysis 00:57:59 How he's always looking down the road 01:00:12 Moving from front end to back end reporting 01:04:18 The Next Step: First Job with Tableau 01:08:46 Oil Prices dropped and layoffs begun 01:10:20 Why a senior title was important to him 01:11:43 How he became the first canadian accredited trainer 01:14:36 Going back to Telus 01:23:20 Realizing he loved being a technical expert 01:24:08 Becoming an Adjunct Professor at UBC 01:27:31 Leaving Telus and Starting his own LLC 01:35:33 How was college talked about in the household? 01:37:33 If he could have a dream job 01:38:51 What advice would you give your younger self 01:40:22 Balancing Passions with Value Creation

#3 - Fiction Writing Degree | Best Selling Author | Former High School Teacher : Emily Gindlesparger

Emily's Website: https://www.emilygindlesparger.com/ [https://www.emilygindlesparger.com/] Emily's Book - Please Make Me Love Me:  https://a.co/d/bCxTQzu [https://a.co/d/bCxTQzu]  Emily's Instagram: @EmilyGindle  Where Emily Works: https://scribemedia.com [https://scribemedia.com] 00:00:00 - Emily Intro 00:02:03 - Emily’s Book 00:06:07 - Negative voices  00:12:17 - Feelings are complicated 00:15:29 - Emotional Flossing 00:20:42 - Emily coming out of the closet to her mom 00:23:36 - Why cars make hard conversations easier 00:24:59 - How difficult conversations change our relationships 00:29:35 - Emily’s thoughts on swearing in books/writing  00:32:37 - What Emily learned from Tucker Max  00:34:32 - ‘I Feel’ VS ‘I Feel Like’ 00:36:51 - How college was talked about in Emily’s household 00:42:10 - Photography has more people skills than we think 00:45:00 - When Emily realized she was good at writing 00:46:14 - Her ghostwriting job at Scribe 00:48:09 - Her career as a High School English Teacher 00:58:17 - What Emily did/didn’t get from college 01:04:48 - If college wasn’t an option for her 01:07:03 - How Emily financed college 01:10:17 - Student debt 01:13:48 - Portable Skills Emily got from College 01:16:03 - Why Emily didn’t pursue law school 01:20:46 - Conversations with parents 01:23:38 - Emily's favorite memories from college 01:25:41 - What makes Emily cringe most 01:28:21 - Why Emily hates overhead lighting  01:31:08 - David Goggins nickname for Emily’s coworker 01:31:59 - Emily’s Google history 01:33:39 - Your brain is lying to you when it speaks in absolutes. 01:37:11 - Emily’s #1 advice for writers 01:38:46 - How to find Emily