My College Tips & Secrets to Networking

Alex Rodriguez is a CODE2040 Fellow and has interned at companies such as Life Technologies and Findery. His experiences and tips on life in general.

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1. My College Tips & Secrets to Networking Alex Rodriguez - @aroduribe
2. Video Make a Passion
3. WHO’S ALEX
4. How did I get into Computer Science? Brina Lee
5. • 4th year Computer Science w/ Business Minor • Actively involved with SHPE (Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers) and WIC (Women in Computing) • Volunteer to teach little kids to code for an organization called ThoughtSTEM • Besides my techie side, I’m a Tour Guide and yes, I do walk backwards and talk about fun facts about our school. We are #1 Surfing school… School Life
6. Professional Life • Interned at a huge company called Life Technologies and very small (12 people) at a small startup called Findery • Coded open source development for Facebook’s Open Academy
7. Hobbies • Blog on Medium about diversity and my experiences in S.F. • Love typeface design and take typographic workshops • Addicted to iOS Development and D.I.Y. Crafts and making • Currently reading: Design of Everyday Things • Favorite app is Pinterest! • And by day, I’m a coder and by night, I’m an obsessed Gaga fan!
8. CODE2040 • ~40% of the Fellows are women • University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras and Stanford have the highest representation with three each • 20 different companies are hosting the Fellows as interns (Facebook, Reddit, Etsy, etc.) • 5 companies took more than one student with ThinAir and Facebook taking on the most • Fellows are at companies across the Bay, from San Jose to San Francisco to Oakland
9. College Tips
10. 1. Show your passion
11. 2. Give back and volunteer
12. 3. Be open to everything!
13. 4. Find out about pre-summer programs
14. 5. Get exposure in other disciplines
15. 6. Go to career fairs!
16. Part II. Onto networking
17. Can anyone guess how many founders I have meet?
18. Cofounder of Pinterest Founder of Asana Bloomberg Tech Host Founder of Flickr Early Engineer @ Pinterest Founder of Twitter & Square Founder of Facebook ^ VP of Engineering @ Pinterest
19. So what are my secrets?
20. Secret #1: Always ask for intros
21. Secret #2: Have a smile and bring personality to the conversation
22. Secret #3: Use social media to your advantage
23. Secret #4: Research the company and founders
24. Secret #5: If you get nervous, bring someone with you!
25. Secret #6: Lastly, do not forget to take a picture! Most founders are super nice about it!
26. Thank you! Questions? Alex Rodriguez - @aroduribe