11: Jenn Dixon - MSE, Medtech, Motorcycles

That Thing I Did For A Year

In this week's episode, hear the person Ilya declared "the coolest person I know": Jenn Dixon (MSE 1T8 + PEY) about her time at Synaptive and also about her motorcycle.

Notes

0:20 - Coming from an international school in Oman to deciding to study in Canada

4:58 - Finishing 3rd year feeling very burnt out

5:44 - Her extremely strategic approach to applying, choosing between "traditional MSE stuff" and forensic engineering

9:28 - Interview process at Synaptive, how she stood out with enthusiasm

12:37 - Transitioning into working with just 2 days of rest after her last exam

17:04 - Not having the specific "tribal knowledge" of the field, value of 1:1s with coworkers

22:53 - Things that made the year hectic

29:09 - Rediscovering things about herself, visiting her parents for the first time in several years

31:18 - Questioning the notion that people are closest friends with one another while they are in school

34:55 - Differences in looking for work as an international student, a whole lot more paperwork

37:40 - Motorcycle!!!! Motorcycle!!!

43:27 - Coming back to school, starting to see school more as a means to an end

44:34 - Thinking of yourself as an RPG character with different sliders, "having other sliders"