Duke attends Grace Hopper 2018
The first day at GHC was peaceful compared to the second. I’d spent the first day talking to companies, scheduling interviews, and getting situated with the huge convention center. The second day, I woke up early (a theme) to prepare Continue reading Day 2: Interviews and Invites
Part of our predeparture session involved describing the heaps of swag we were expected to receive. I prepared and left my suitcase largely empty on the flight to Houston. This was not nearly enough space. I began running into problems Continue reading Day 2: Yoga Mats are Heavy
On Thursday, I found myself swamped with interviews and networking events, as a result of the GHC Resume Database and of visiting the career fair the day before. Because of this, I didn’t have the time to attend any new Continue reading Day Two at GHC
I felt a lot better going in to Day 2. I had my bearings and a full night sleep and so walking in to the conference I felt more secure. On that note, I actually made the decision to sleep Continue reading Day 2
i really underestimated how many resumes I needed. Luckily, there’s an entire fedex in the convention center, unluckily, I spent $13 on resumes. I miss eprint. And food points. Luckily all these companies are having after parties, unluckily they’re all Continue reading Day 2
Today, I went to more topic-based talks about various interesting problems/solutions in Data Science, including GDPR compliance, quasi-experimental methods for causal inference, and deep learning systems for fraud detection. I learned more about the wide array of methods that Data Continue reading Day 2
I don’t quite know when it happened, but walking around the career expo today, I realized I had a solid grasp on who I am as a woman in tech and what I wanted out of my experience at Grace Continue reading Day 2!
Day 2 of Grace Hopper is over! I planned on going to lots of talks today, but I got distracted in the career hall so didn’t get to go to quite as many as I’d planned. I spent a good Continue reading Day 2!
Day 2 was great! I had so much fun at the career expo having the opportunity to talk to so many amazing companies about what they have to offer! I also had an opportunity to check out Google on the Continue reading Day twoooooo
Day 2 came, Day 2 went. I had my first technical interview of the season today, and it was interestingly a partner coding exercise – two interviewees with one software engineering. Well, we were also joined by a very persistent Continue reading Day 2
