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This week we talked to Henry, a 4th year EngSci Robotics student who shared his interesting story of growing a lot over the course of his undergraduate studies, from starting a student learning startup and learning from failure. He had a lot of interesting insights he shared with us!
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40:30 - 40:30 - seeing old friends and being back at school again
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This week we talked to Henry, a 4th year EngSci Robotics student who shared his interesting story of growing a lot over the course of his undergraduate studies, from starting a student learning startup and learning from failure. He had a lot of interesting insights he shared with us!
2:00 - coming to Canada in high school
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35:43 - technical interviews, and how failing management consulting interviews helped
36:46 - working at Wish, the “typical silicon valley startup”, making data driven decisions
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