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We are all so focused on our own careers, responsibilities and everyday tasks that it's hard to notice the diversity of stories of people's lives that surround us. Each one of these people have something we can learn from. Our podcast is here to DISTRACT you from yourself and bring you the stories of these everyday people. They share the influences, decisions and sacrifices made that defined their dreams and goals. And we're here to discuss with you how it differs from ourselves. Maybe you c ...
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After School: Engineering, Toxic Work Cultures, & Achieving Balance with Andrew Mun
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Our guest, Andrew Mun, joins us sharing his story about how he got his start in engineering. He traveled the path that's often preached in academics describes your typical school, college, work, and white picket fence lifestyle, but quickly found that there's much more to be desired than what big name tech had to offer. One part self-realizations a…
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After School: Growing up American in Korea, Supply Chain, Practical Career Decisions, and Family Matters With Dan Yoo
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In this episode of After School, we're speaking with our very own co-host, Dan Yoo about how his life experiences played into his deliberate decision to pursue a profession that would serve a greater purpose, his family. Cross-cultural life as an international student in South Korea and family matters play a big role in his story. With his current …
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After School: Premed to IT to Software Engineering to Data Scientist While Battling ADHD With Brian Lee
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On this episode, our “guest” is no other than our very own, Brian, a human database of not-so-random facts. He shares his not-so-linear path to becoming a data scientist, going from premed to tech. You can bet that his undiagnosed ADHD played a major role in the circumstances that he had been faced throughout his journey getting to where he is toda…
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After School: Growing up with ADHD and Making It in IT Security With Phil Chang
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Phil Chang, IT security expert and entrepreneur joins Brian and Dan to drop his experience failing at sales and then building a career in a profession that was more suited for his skills and personality. ADHD is large component influencing much of his development in his current endeavors, which leads into a discussion about the potential of raising…
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After School: Taking Care of Your Troops. Military to Environmental Science to HR to Podcasting, Doing Things Different, and Then Versus Now with John Consignado
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John, former military, human resources person, and host of Reddit on Wiki, join Brian and Dan to talk about some of the (not) lesser known nuances of getting to and working in the corporate world. If you need a distraction, drop in on John talking about how he went from the military to podcasting, they talk on the corporate way of life, what it is …
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#0 – One, Two, DistractHead is coming for you
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Welcome to the soft launch first episode! In honor of Halloween, Brian and Dan made this a special kick off episode where they talk about the supernatural and share scary stories with their guest, John Consignado. If you need a distraction, join them and listen to their thoughts on ghosts, the supernatural and stories that are creepy, nerve-racking…
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