My Journey: Exploring the World of Virtual Reality

Code.org
16 Feb 202221:22

Summary

TLDRIn this engaging class chat, host Cat Lea Ramos interviews Tanya Parker, a Senior Technical Program Manager at Metaquest, who shares her experiences in building virtual reality (VR) experiences. Tanya discusses the immersive nature of VR, her role in creating 3D environments, and the innovative projects she's involved in, such as integrating notifications into VR headsets. She emphasizes the importance of collaboration and diverse perspectives in problem-solving within a team. Tanya also shares her personal journey from considering various careers to finding her passion in computer science, offering advice to students to stay open-minded, embrace mistakes, and persist in learning. The chat concludes with a reminder of upcoming class chats and the importance of teacher feedback for improvement.

Takeaways

  • ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป Cat Lecia Ramos, a software engineer at code.org, hosted the chat and emphasized the importance of coding in her daily work.
  • ๐ŸŽ“ Tanya Parker, a Senior Technical Program Manager at Oculus (now Metaquest), helps build virtual reality experiences and shared insights into her role.
  • ๐Ÿ” Live captioning has been enabled for class chats, making them more accessible for teachers and students.
  • ๐ŸงŠ Cat introduced an icebreaker activity where she shared her heated dumpling slippers, encouraging others to share personal items.
  • ๐Ÿค– Tanya showed her stuffed animals from the Studio Ghibli film 'Totoro', expressing her love for the animation studio's work.
  • ๐Ÿ•ถ Tanya's work involves a mix of software engineering, product design, and product management to create immersive 3D virtual reality experiences.
  • ๐ŸŽฎ Virtual reality is described as a 3D, fully immersive environment that can simulate anything from playing games to traveling the world.
  • ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Tanya's team is working on innovative solutions like removing VR controllers to allow users to interact with the environment using just their hands.
  • ๐Ÿ’ก Collaboration is key in Tanya's work, with diverse perspectives and ideas coming together to solve complex problems in virtual reality development.
  • ๐ŸŒ Tanya believes that virtual reality is the next wave of internet, predicting that it will become an integral part of people's lives in the future.
  • ๐Ÿ’ก Tanya advises students to stay open to trying new things like computer science, to be persistent, and to enjoy the process of learning and problem-solving.

Q & A

  • What is Cat Lecia Ramos' profession?

    -Cat Lecia Ramos is a software engineer at code.org.

  • What is the purpose of today's class chat with Tanya Parker?

    -The purpose of the class chat is to discuss Tanya Parker's experiences and insights as a senior technical program manager at Oculus, now known as Metaquest, where she helps build virtual reality experiences.

  • What is Tanya Parker's role at Metaquest?

    -Tanya Parker is a senior technical program manager at Metaquest, where she works on creating virtual reality experiences by collaborating with various roles and disciplines.

  • What does Tanya Parker like about her job?

    -Tanya Parker enjoys the ability to create experiences that millions of people can use and enjoy, as well as the work-life balance it provides, allowing her to pursue outdoor activities and travel.

  • What is the significance of the Oculus Quest 2 in Tanya Parker's work?

    -The Oculus Quest 2 is a popular device that Tanya Parker works with and plays on almost every day as part of her job, creating immersive virtual reality experiences.

  • What is an example of a virtual reality game mentioned in the chat?

    -An example of a virtual reality game mentioned is Beat Saber, where players use a virtual sword to cut through blocks synchronized with music.

  • What is Tanya Parker's educational background before finding her passion for computer science?

    -Tanya Parker initially considered studying business and even switched her major to chemical engineering before realizing her passion for computer science.

  • What advice does Tanya Parker give to students who are starting to learn computer science?

    -Tanya advises students to stay open, give computer science a shot, not be afraid to make mistakes, and to be persistent in learning and trying different approaches until they achieve success.

  • How does Tanya Parker describe the future of virtual reality technology?

    -Tanya Parker envisions that virtual reality technology will evolve to become more compact and integrated, possibly resembling something like a contact lens or even a bio-integrated device that allows for immersive experiences.

  • What is the importance of diversity in the workplace according to Tanya Parker?

    -Tanya Parker highlights the importance of diversity in the workplace to ensure that the virtual reality experiences created are inclusive and cater to all kinds of people, representing a wide range of perspectives.

Outlines

00:00

๐Ÿ‘‹ Introduction to the Class Chat and Guest

The video script begins with Cat Leia Ramos, a software engineer at code.org, welcoming viewers to a class chat and providing a brief introduction about herself. She mentions the availability of live captioning for future chats and introduces the guest, Tanya Parker, who works on virtual reality experiences at Mediquest (now Metaquest). The session includes an icebreaker where Cat shows her heated dumpling slippers, and Tanya shares her Studio Ghibli stuffed animals, highlighting their personal interests before diving into the main discussion about virtual reality.

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๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ Virtual Reality Experiences and Tanya's Role

In this segment, Tanya Parker introduces herself as a Senior Technical Program Manager at Oculus, now known as Metaquest, and explains her role in creating virtual reality experiences. She discusses the Oculus Quest 2 device and her work in connecting people through immersive 3D environments. Tanya also talks about a project she worked on that enabled notifications on the headset, allowing users to stay connected without breaking the VR experience. The conversation highlights the collaborative nature of her job and the importance of solving new and unique problems in the VR space.

10:02

๐Ÿค The Importance of Collaboration and Diversity

Tanya emphasizes the significance of working with a diverse team to create virtual reality experiences that cater to a wide audience. She shares insights on the collaborative process, stressing the value of listening to different perspectives and ideas to solve complex problems. Tanya also discusses the importance of being flexible and open to various approaches to ensure the best outcomes in product development, reflecting on her own experience and the dynamic nature of working in a team.

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๐Ÿ† Tanya's Career Journey and Passion for VR

Tanya shares her personal journey, from considering careers in law, criminology, and landscape architecture to discovering her passion for computer science in high school. She talks about her initial hesitations and the various roles she explored before finding her niche in technical program management. Tanya expresses her excitement about the impact of her work on people's lives and the potential of virtual reality to connect communities. She also mentions the importance of work-life balance and her enjoyment of outdoor activities and travel.

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๐Ÿ”ฎ Future of Virtual Reality and Advice for Students

The final paragraph delves into the future of virtual reality, with Tanya predicting that technology will evolve to become more integrated and less cumbersome, possibly resembling something as subtle as a contact lens. She also addresses a question from the audience about the prevalence of VR in the future, expressing her belief that it will become as common as smartphones are today. Tanya offers advice to students who are just starting to learn computer science, encouraging them to stay open-minded, embrace challenges, and enjoy the process of learning and creating in the field.

Mindmap

Keywords

๐Ÿ’กSoftware Engineer

A software engineer is a professional who applies the principles of software engineering to design, develop, maintain, test, and evaluate software systems. In the video's context, Cat Lecia Ramos introduces herself as a software engineer at code.org, which implies she engages in coding activities daily. This role is central to the video's theme as it showcases a career in technology that viewers might find inspiring.

๐Ÿ’กVirtual Reality (VR)

Virtual Reality is a simulated experience that can be similar to or completely different from the real world. It is typically achieved through a combination of interactive software and hardware, and displayed either on a computer monitor or through VR headsets. Tanya Parker discusses her work in building VR experiences at Metaquest, emphasizing the immersive 3D environments that users can interact with, which is a key theme in the video.

๐Ÿ’กMetaquest

Metaquest, previously known as Oculus, is a company that specializes in virtual reality technology. Tanya Parker mentions her role as a Senior Technical Program Manager at Metaquest, where she is involved in creating VR experiences. The company's products, like the Quest 2 headset, are highlighted in the script as tools that enable users to access these virtual experiences.

๐Ÿ’กTechnical Program Manager

A Technical Program Manager is responsible for overseeing technical projects and ensuring they are completed on time and within budget. Tanya Parker describes her role as a Technical Program Manager at Metaquest, where she collaborates with various roles and disciplines to solve problems and create immersive 3D experiences in VR, illustrating the multidisciplinary aspect of her job.

๐Ÿ’กImmersive Experiences

Immersive experiences are those that engage the user's senses and attention fully, creating a deep involvement with the content presented. Tanya explains that VR provides immersive experiences by surrounding the user with a new environment, making them feel like they are in a different place, which is a central concept in the discussion of VR technology.

๐Ÿ’กBeat Saber

Beat Saber is a popular virtual reality rhythm game where players use lightsaber-like controllers to slash through blocks representing musical beats. Cat Lecia Ramos mentions playing Beat Saber as an example of a VR game, which exemplifies the interactive and engaging nature of VR experiences.

๐Ÿ’กNotifications

In the context of technology, notifications are alerts or messages informing users of events or updates. Tanya Parker discusses a project she worked on that enabled notifications on a phone to be shown on a VR headset, allowing users to stay immersed in the VR space without needing to check their phones, highlighting the integration of everyday technology with VR.

๐Ÿ’กControllers

In VR, controllers are devices that allow users to interact with the virtual environment. Tanya mentions a problem her team worked on, which was to eliminate the need for physical controllers so that users could interact with the VR environment using just their hands, emphasizing the advancement towards more natural and intuitive VR interactions.

๐Ÿ’กWork-Life Balance

Work-life balance refers to the equilibrium between an individual's work responsibilities and personal life. Tanya talks about how her job in the tech industry allows her to maintain a good work-life balance, enabling her to enjoy outdoor activities and travel, which is a theme that underscores the benefits of a career in technology.

๐Ÿ’กComputer Science

Computer Science is the study of computers and computing, including their theoretical and practical applications. Tanya shares her journey of discovering computer science in high school and how it combined her interests in problem-solving and creativity. This keyword is central to the video's theme as it represents the field that ultimately led to her career in VR.

Highlights

Cat Lecia Ramos, a software engineer at code.org, hosts a class chat discussing virtual reality experiences.

Live captioning is enabled for class chats to assist teachers and students.

Tanya Parker, a technical program manager at Oculus (now Metaquest), shares her role in building virtual reality experiences.

Virtual reality is described as an immersive 3D environment that can simulate different places and activities.

Tanya discusses the Oculus Quest 2 device, which is used to connect to virtual reality experiences.

An example of a virtual reality application is the game Beat Saber, which incorporates music and physical movement.

Tanya's work includes enabling notifications on VR headsets to keep users engaged without disrupting the experience.

The importance of collaboration in problem-solving within the development of virtual reality is emphasized.

Tanya shares her day-to-day work, which involves meetings and problem-solving with diverse teams.

A project to remove VR controllers in favor of hand tracking for a more realistic interaction is mentioned.

Tanya provides insights on the value of diverse perspectives in a team for effective problem-solving.

The goal of virtual reality is to create a space that is enjoyable, engaging, and respectful of user privacy.

Tanya expresses her passion for creating experiences that millions can enjoy and that impact their lives.

She discusses the importance of work-life balance and how her job enables her to enjoy outdoor activities and travel.

Tanya shares her journey of career exploration from considering law and criminology to discovering computer science.

The story illustrates the value of trying different fields and finding a career that combines problem-solving and creativity.

Tanya predicts that in a hundred years, VR technology might be as ubiquitous as smartphones, possibly integrated into contact lenses or bio-implants.

She advises students to stay open to trying computer science, make mistakes, and persist in learning.

Transcripts

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hello hello and welcome to today's my

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journey class chat my name is cat leia

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ramos and i'm going to be your host for

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today's chat a little bit about myself

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i'm actually a software engineer

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at code.org which means i get to

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basically code all day

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so first of all thank you to all the

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teachers and the students out there for

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joining us today teachers just so you

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know we have enabled

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live captioning for all of our class

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chats today and going forward so you'll

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see that on the screen

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and today we get to talk with tanya

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parker we're very excited tanya parker

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helps build virtual reality experiences

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at mediquest

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so we're very excited to talk to her

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today

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teachers as we're talking and going

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through questions if you have any

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questions that come up please put them

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in the chat that way we can see them and

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if we have time at the end we'll try to

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get to as many questions that we can

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alright so i'm going to kick us off with

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a fun icebreaker

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this is something i've been doing a lot

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while being at home and during the

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pandemic just not really going and

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seeing people in person but i've been

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doing a lot of show and tells so the way

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this works is i will pick something from

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around my desk i will show it to you and

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i will tell you about it

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so today my show and tell

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are these slippers that i have they look

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like dumplings they're very soft very

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warm and

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they're kind of cool because if you can

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see they plug in to power and they

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actually are heated so when it's really

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cold i can keep my feet nice and warm

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all right so now i'm gonna go ahead and

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pass it off to you tanya give us a

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little show and tell and then um

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introduce yourself i'll grab something

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too

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uh who doesn't like a heated val cozy oh

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yeah

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i love my share of cozy things as well

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these are some stuffed animals from my

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neighbor totoro which is a studio ghibli

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film um i love a lot of studio ghibli

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films especially the ones directed by

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miyazaki so couldn't resist these little

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guys

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very very cute

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um so yeah tanya could you just give us

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a quick intro about yourself

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sure

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i'll share my screen and show you some

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of the things i work on so hi my name is

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tanya i'm a senior technical program

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manager at oculus now known as metaquest

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and i work on for a company that creates

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virtual reality experiences

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so if you've seen this this is the quest

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2 it's a really popular device in a way

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for you to connect to these virtual

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reality experiences as a technical

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program manager i get to do a little bit

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of everything so if you've heard of

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software engineering product design

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product management i work with all kinds

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of roles and disciplines to problem

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solve and create these 3d immersive

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experiences

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so virtual reality is like playing a

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video game but instead of 2d it's 3d and

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you're completely surrounded

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by a new environment so you can feel

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like you're in a totally different place

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when you're just in your living room uh

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so here is an example of what this

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quest two looks like and something i get

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to work with and play on almost every

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day as part of my job

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very cool yes i think i have played a

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one virtual reality game called beat

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saber maybe you're familiar with it but

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it's cool because there's music but it's

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scary because you're in the video game

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and then as music is playing there's

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blocks going by and you kind of have

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this virtual sword that you're using to

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cut through the blocks but yeah it's

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very cool to be in the game

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um awesome

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so you kind of describe that you're a

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technical project manager and that you

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work on virtual reality i'm kind of

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curious can you tell us

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um

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maybe a little bit more about virtual

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reality and maybe even some projects

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that you've been working on

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sure

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so uh virtual reality can really be you

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know it's up to your imagination of all

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the things that virtual reality can do

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and that's one of the really cool things

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about my job is we're trying to figure

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out how to build metaverse in a way that

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helps connect people in our communities

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so here's an example of a home

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environment you know you could build

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your dream home for example with awesome

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high ceilings huge tv screen fancy food

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it can really be anything you could go

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travel the world you can play games like

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beat saber you can um stay fit you know

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like maybe something your parents would

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like to do

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and some of the projects that i work on

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uh one example is i have enabled

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notifications so on your phone when you

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get a text message or some kind of

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notification we can now show that on

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your headset so you don't have to remove

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your headset to look at your phone and

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read that notification so it's a way for

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you to stay in the virtual reality space

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and get to stay plugged in without

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having to disrupt or interrupt the

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experience and really enjoy yourself in

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virtual reality

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wow that's very cool that makes me

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realize you could basically just be

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living in the virtual reality all the

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time because you can get all of your

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notifications

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very very cool um can you tell us a

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little bit more about what your

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day-to-day looks like a typical day in

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your life at work yeah so i have a very

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collaborative job which means

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i don't work on things by myself i have

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to work with a ton of people all the

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time which for adults that's usually a

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lot of meetings so we usually have a

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bunch of problems to solve every day

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where we need to decide what something

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looks like feels like how people

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experience it so that they really have

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fun and are engaged and enjoy the

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experience and so we just try to build

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that in the best way possible so we ask

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each other a lot of questions we want to

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make sure we build it the right way so

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we are

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protecting people's privacy and just

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making it overall a very like enjoyable

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way for people to relax entertain

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themselves and connect so i am usually

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just walking through a lot of those

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problems until we're able to get to you

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know these milestones are just uh

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checkpoints into creating and launching

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our project or feature

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um so as another example

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one cool thing about the oculus quest is

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that you have these controllers that you

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know allow you to point and choose and

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show where your hands are and so an

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example of a problem that we needed to

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solve is we want to get rid of these

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controllers so that you can just use

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your hands and point and click and touch

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and grab and really interact with the

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environment so it feels like you're

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grabbing things and and and

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it feels real um and so that's a problem

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that you know nobody's saw before and

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somebody had to solve it and so that's

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what's really exciting is that uh you

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get to be creative in solving these

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problems and figuring it out together

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yeah that sounds really cool just

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because thinking about oftentimes

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thinking about technology and software

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but also virtual reality and 3d spaces

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these are all things that are brand new

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and so i'm sure problems are coming up

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all the time related to things that

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don't even exist yet and it's kind of

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like wow how do you solve a problem that

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no one's even tried to solve before i

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was kind of curious because you

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mentioned collaborating with a lot of

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people and working together

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in a group to kind of solve a problem

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i i'm just wondering do you have any

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takeaways or tips that you've learned

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from working with others that you feel

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like wow this is really helpful when

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you're working in a group and you're

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trying to solve a really hard problem

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i think the most important thing to

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realize is that everybody thinks about

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it a little differently and so the whole

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point of working on it together is

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listening to everybody's perspective and

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hearing what ideas they have what

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options they're suggesting and really

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making it a melting pot of like of those

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ideas um so it's

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being flexible to hearing a different

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thinking or point of view um hearing you

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know

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other ways to to approach the problem

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other ideas so

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just being open and listening to each

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other and just kind of going through

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each of the ideas and suggestions so

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that you can weigh the pros and cons or

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what we call trade-offs in the industry

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uh and then that way that can help you

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make a choice together versus having to

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always have one person pick for example

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but

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sometimes it helps to have a leader or a

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manager who really can drive the

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conversation but i think what makes this

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kind of role so much more rewarding is

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that we can do this together

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that's awesome so i'm hearing that

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sometimes it's actually more helpful

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when you're

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pro problem solving or you have

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something you don't know the answer to

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to actually include more people because

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like you mentioned you get more

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perspectives and you get a lot of people

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seeing it from different points of view

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yeah i definitely agree that comes up in

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my day-to-day a lot too definitely and

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the more diversity you have with like

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your co-workers and the people that you

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hire the more that

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you can represent the people that you

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are

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creating this for because virtual

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reality is for everyone for anyone and

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we want to make sure that it works for

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all kinds of people

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awesome yeah it's great that that's all

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top of mind for you including as many

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people as you can

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great

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what do you

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love about your job what's awesome about

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your job

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uh what's awesome it

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is really exciting to be able to create

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these experiences that millions of

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people can

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use and and enjoy

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so something that feels like oh i'm just

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deciding the small piece or building

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this little little feature

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it really makes an impact on people's

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lives and how they get to relax at the

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end of the day

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um or how they get to connect with their

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friends you know something with the

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pandemic is thankfully

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video conferences has has become more

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norm and people are like having um like

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birthday parties and and sort of things

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virtually and so we hope that virtual

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reality can have that same build that

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same bridge uh so it's really exciting

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to be able to to build that next step

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um but i also really like that having a

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job like this enables me to do a lot of

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other things in my life like i get to

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have a really great work-life balance

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and enjoy

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um life

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so i live in seattle and i do a lot of

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outdoorsy things like hiking with my dog

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i have a corgi i tried my first

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triathlon last year

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um i really like to travel and so i get

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a lot of

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good vacation time and enjoy a lot of

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food while i travel as well

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so here's some some pictures of me my

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friends my boyfriend here in jollibee is

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uh one of these filipino fast food chain

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restaurants and it's my favorite chick

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fried chicken um so i just wanted to

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show a little bit of that like my work

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is great and it's just it's it's a great

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way for also for me to enjoy my my my

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life outside of work

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oh i love that i'm also

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filipino-american so jolly b is very

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near and dear to my heart and if anyone

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out there

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could try the fried chicken at jollibee

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you will be very happy

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um that's great i also want to give a

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quick reminder that if

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teachers students as you're listening if

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any questions come up definitely feel

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free to put them in the chat so we can

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get to them at the end um if you have

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any questions about anything tanya has

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mentioned so far definitely please do

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ask those questions we'd love to hear

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them

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um

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cool so you told us a little bit about

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what you love about your job about what

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you love to do outside of work uh kind

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of curious when you were younger

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maybe even around the age between like a

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kindergarten and i think maybe fifth

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grade is where some of our audiences are

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at so when you were younger what did you

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want to be when you grew up and why

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oh

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um that's a great question because i had

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a lot of things in mind um when i was

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younger my parents really wanted me to

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be a lawyer

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and i thought that seemed kind of cool i

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watched a bunch of movies where people

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got to argue in court and win cases and

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i felt like that would be fun

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um but then i realized that you know

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court's a really small part of that job

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and there's a lot more about the job

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that i probably wouldn't enjoy as much

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uh i really liked um a criminology class

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i took in middle school and so i i was

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fascinated by fingerprint analysis and

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um

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how people analyze like evidence at

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crime scenes and i thought that was

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really cool too but a little grim

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um but i was also interested in

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landscape architecture i love plants

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flowers and gardens and i thought it'd

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be interesting to design places that

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would attract lots of birds and

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butterflies and just be an escape an

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oasis

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but eventually i found computer science

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and

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it caught me by surprise i had not even

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heard of it until high school a friend

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of mine wanted to

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take the ap computer science class and i

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did not know it was and he suggested he

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thought it might be fun for me i was

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like why not i'll give it a try and i

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loved it i just completely loved it um

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i

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enjoyed it because it just it was such a

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great mix of that creative creative side

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and analytical side where i really loved

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math and science but i also felt

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artistic and computer science kind of

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just lets you

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use all of those skills when you're

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creating things

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so when i applied for college i applied

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to have schools in business just in case

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that's sort of what my mom was like well

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in case you know you you don't like

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computer science business is a safe

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option and half the school's computer

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science and i eventually accepted uh

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university of southern california

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computer science computer engineering

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degree

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and then i freaked out uh during my

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welcome week i was hearing all kinds of

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things

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suggesting otherwise like people saying

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that all the jobs would be outsourced

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you know you're not gonna have a job out

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of college and

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eventually i found that that was

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completely untrue

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but at the time it scared me and i

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changed my major to chemical engineering

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because then i thought i liked chemistry

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you know kind of related back to that

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criminology that i was interested in

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when i was much younger

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um

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but i just wasn't enjoying myself it you

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know you just kind of feel it when you

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aren't happy and you're just sort of

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doing the motions and luckily in that in

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that major i was uh required to take a

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computer science 101 or an introduction

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class and it was awesome and i had so

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much fun it was like the only class i

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remember wanting to have extra homework

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just because i thought the problems were

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fun and i wanted to solve more of them

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and i realized you know what this is

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what i like to do i saw in lots of

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career fairs everybody is looking for

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computer science majors because it's not

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just computer engineer software

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engineers that

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you know that major can help but

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there are lots of applications and other

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roles like mine that a computer science

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degree is super useful for so i switched

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back eventually found my way

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um and i started out as a software

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engineer at co.org actually and

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eventually tried product management and

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technical program management and this is

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my happy place

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long story short

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but that's great because i think it

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really showcases that

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like when i was younger i used to think

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oh you you know what you want to do when

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you're really young and you know what

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you're passionate about and then you go

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to school and you study that and then

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you do it and i think that your story

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really showcases that sometimes it's

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really good to try a lot of things and

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explore a lot of things because you

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never know what you're going to be

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interested in i also loved hearing that

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you know all of these things you were

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interested like the problem solving from

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you know the

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criminal like criminology and

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um the creativity with the landscaping

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that you found a way to explore a bunch

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of things and then find something that

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really combined it all which i think is

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so true with technology nowadays because

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you never know what's what jobs are

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going to exist in 10 years from now

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maybe something you really love will

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will come up that you've never even

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heard of

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um and this question actually ties

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really well into a question we actually

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got from the audience if it's okay for

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me to ask that now

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um coach mo asks do you think in a

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hundred years from now

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most people will have vr headsets and

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maybe even uh vr headsets for free

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100 years from now so

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technology evolves quite rapidly it

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changes

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so fast but i think it's going to be

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completely different not in the headset

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that we know of because headsets are

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pretty clunky they're heavy you can't

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really use them for very long

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um and as we've seen with things like

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cell phones and computers things will

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get smaller and yet perform better and

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faster and stronger and so i'm hoping

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that it's something like a contact lens

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you know not even glasses

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or maybe it's something that um is sort

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of bio or like in your body

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you put in a a little thing or a stamp

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and it just sort of appears and you can

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press a little button on your body and

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you're there um do i think everybody

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will be there

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yes honestly that's why i work here i

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think that's the future you know it's

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the next internet it's the next wave

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that people will become obsessed with

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like how much time do we spend on our

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phones on tick-tock you know watching

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people do things trying to try to

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connect with people through technology

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so maybe not through headsets but will

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people be in the middle verse yes

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absolutely

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oh yeah the way you just described that

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just reminded me of all like superhero

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movies and every movie i watch with

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technology they're kind of just like

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opening things with their hands and it's

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right there in space they don't have to

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use a computer um

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and i totally agree with you never know

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yeah you never know what's going to

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exist in 10 years things are changing so

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quickly

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yeah

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um all right i'm gonna

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jump to a final question

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um and i really love this question

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because i think it's really helpful what

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advice would you give to students out

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there listening

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who might be starting to learn computer

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science

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well i hope you're having the best time

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i wish i could be in your shoes enjoying

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it for the first time too

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um but i think

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you know one if you if you're not sure

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if you like it or not stay open and try

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it give it a shot

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um it's so new you know like

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even even for me when i was learning

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about it it wasn't a thing

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or people didn't know very much about it

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at that age and i think you're so lucky

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to be exposed to it now

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um so give it a shot and see what you

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like about it and encourage your friends

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too

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um don't be afraid to make mistakes and

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that's the whole point of it is it's not

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going to be perfect the first time

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you're going to try one thing it's not

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going to work and then you're going to

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make tweaks and tweaks and tweaks and

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tweaks and it'll be so satisfying when

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you finally get it to work it's just

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you're going to spend hours on it

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thinking about it and coming going away

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and coming back and there's nothing like

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that

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that feeling when you when you finally

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solve it figure it out like i did that

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you know nobody showed me how to do it

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nobody did it for me i figured it out on

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my own and i made this thing you know

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maybe the computer said something maybe

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i made a website maybe i made an app

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like it's just so much fun to see that

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tangible in a way digital but you know

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something you created came out of your

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brain and that's what i feel like is so

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exciting about it so stick with it be

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persistent you know

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keep trying and keep trying different

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ways until you until you reach that

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point of success

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awesome

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well tonya thank you so much i think

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we're we're wrapping up on time here so

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again yeah thank you so much for all of

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your insight thank you to the teachers

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and students that are watching a quick

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reminder that we have more uh class

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chats just like this coming up this

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spring and we also have past chats that

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have been recorded that you can watch

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teachers and students in your classrooms

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you can find all the information about

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that at code.org

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cs journeys

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and also remind our teachers please

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check your email for surveys we really

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appreciate your feedback it's how we

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grow and we can make these class chats

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better for you and your students so

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please i'll be really excited to read

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your feedback and please do share that

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with us but yeah thank you so much

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everyone for joining us today thank you

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tanya again and that's our chat

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