Adam Braus is a man of many hats - engineer, entrepreneur, educator, and that's just the beginning. How did he successfully motivate himself to take on skills and achieve in so many areas? His newest book, Motivate: How to Defeat Distraction, Ignite Interest, and Secure Success (2021), is his answer. In this season finale of In the Making, Braus returns to the show to discuss high-achieving productivity habits with Zain, and the two also delve into more questions such as follows: What can ...
Apr 25, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Topics SJ Discussed: Meet SJ Lee SJ on Growing up in South Korea and Canada SJ on His College Years and Growing a YouTube Channel SJ on His Journey into XR ⚡️Lightning Round ⚡️ Intro Welcome Maker Nation, my name is Zain Raza. I interview change makers and world shakers in the field of technology. And in this episode, I want to teach you the ways of the Force :) But seriously, my guest today is nonetheless very special SJ Lee. In this episode, I was blown away by the story of how SJ Lee be...
Apr 01, 2021•50 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Introduction: Meet Ivan, Georgia Tech Computer Engineering and Finance Major Back end web development (robotics, web development, IoT) “ Fastidious ” is an understatement ( Merriam-Webster ) First, entered my life at 12 - moved from Shrewsbury → Grafton and joined our 7th-grade biology class? This podcast is all about bringing diverse together perspectives on technology, and I’m excited to share with you where Ivan's journey has led, and hope what we can share with the audience in terms of engin...
Jan 30, 2021•49 min•Season 2Ep. 6
In this interview we hear from Mayank, a Candian developer who specializes in tools such as the following: deep learning, augmented reality, brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), and more! "He's currently building an EEG system from scratch in the hopes of creating the first wide-spread BCI wearable. He's spoken about his work at multiple conferences, won countless hackathon awards, and used technology to drive innovation at various tech companies." ( Mayank's Linkedin ) Not impressed? I...
Jan 10, 2021•34 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Growing up in Salinas Valley, Nicolas never thought he would become a software engineer. In his first roles as a field worker, baker, and eventually a college student, he learned from his family and community the value of hard work, camaraderie, and education, and took on the ambitious CSin3 program to become a developer. In this episode, Nicolas speaks with Zain about taking an accelerated program for students to gain a CS degree in 3 years, what's it like to develop on the Android platfo...
Dec 14, 2020•50 min•Season 2Ep. 4
What's it like to be a TA at Make School? Find out from the seniors in the Class of 2021! We'll go over: How to Become a TA What it's Like Why You Should Do It Why You May Not Want to Do it And more!
Oct 31, 2020•22 min•Season 2Ep. 3
From the time she was little, Miriam always felt she was a little out of place. Growing up in an orthodox Jewish community, she wasn't like other girls - she loved to run, to explore, and most of all - to embrace the uncertain. She began self-teaching herself app development at 13, however things just didn't seem to "click". Miriam struggled to find her path in CS, until she came across what was then an all-new college in San Francisco (albeit not yet accredited) - Make School. In this episode, ...
Oct 21, 2020•53 min•Season 2Ep. 2
In this episode, Genji shares his unusual and underprivileged origin story and how he rose above the lure towards a life of crime, and instead found his way into game development, one of the most vibrant areas of software engineering and arguably the most community-driven. Listen in as Genji shares the art of telling stories "through action", his inspirations, and more! Genji is a senior at Make School, a software engineer with a focus in Back-end web and interests in Machine Learning. He's look...
Oct 21, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 1
In this episode we share another profile from Make School's 2021 cohort - get ready to meet Liya Tilahun, an international student and Make School senior. From leaving her family in Ethiopia to rubbing shoulders with Microsoft engineers for a summer passion project, Liya's story is a harrowing journey that shines a light on the loneliness of college, the culture shock of moving to San Francisco, and eventually punctuates with the rewards of hard work and self-organization. Growing up in Et...
Oct 21, 2020•48 min
A deep dive into the life of Tony, a recent Make School alumni who grew up in Romania, before spending the last part of high school in Oregon, and then in turn arriving in San Francisco to attend Make School. Tony shares many memories of what it was like to overcome thyself and develop new ways of living on your own - please take a listen! It will provide you with another perspective on the realities of life at Make School> Connect with Tony on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tony-cioar...
Jun 03, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Episode Outline: Examples of Sharing Ideas in Open Source Share Early, Share Often Share with LOTS of people Share without having an opinion Find a Format - keep in mind the "problem" you want to solve, as well as mentioning the "existing solutions" RESOURCES: YC Lecture referenced in the episode, on Talking to Users: https://youtu.be/MT4Ig2uqjTc Hope this helps! - Zain Raza...
May 18, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Make School has helped transform me from the inside out, but it did not come with struggle. In this podcast, Zain Raza shares his personal experiences in throughout his junior year at Make School, in which he questioned himself in three of the following areas: 1. Physical Lifestyle 2. Emotional Well-Being, and the Response to Fear 3. Spiritual Conscience Enjoy! If you find the episode valuable, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thanks so much Makers, I wish you a blessed week - Zain...
May 11, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 7
A deep dive into personal development, based on the renown book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (1989), by Stephen R. Covey. Guest starring Aleia Knight, a rising senior at Make School in the Data Science concentration. Connect with Aleia: Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/aleiaknight/ Personal Website: makeschool.com/portfolio/Aleia-Knight GitHub: github.com/RobotGyal Blog: medium.com/@aleia.knight Email: [email protected] Buy the Book (not affiliated...
May 04, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 7
iOS engineer Matthew Harrilal was a quiet, unassuming young man when he first heard about Make School from his older brother. The New York City native is now an alumni of the program, and comes on the podcast today to share his reflections on what it was like to grow up in Spanish Harlem, and mistakes that are made by Make School students as they seek jobs, among other things. If you're interested in how an introverted kid from a multi-cultural background and a big heart becomes a software engin...
Apr 27, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 6
About This Episode: Ben Lafferty is one of the most prolific and application-focused engineers at Make School. He is currently a junior in the Back End Web concentration, and in this episode Zain Raza interviews Ben on all things related to his technical education, experience as a debugger, building a community through Discord, and more! Resources Build a Discord Bot of your Own: https://discordapp.com/developers/docs/intro Want to connect with Ben? Check out the links below: Ben's Portfolio: ht...
Apr 20, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Additional Resources on Support Vector Machines Walkthrough Example by Alice Zhao: https://youtu.be/N1vOgolbjSc Explanation by Siraj Raval: https://youtu.be/g8D5YL6cOSE Make School's SVM Lesson, in DS 2.1: https://github.com/Make-School-Courses/DS-2.1-Machine-Learning/blob/master/Lessons/SupportVectorMachine.md Sklearn Documentation: https://scikit-learn.org/stable/index.html Make School's Tutorial on Machine Learning Classifiers: https://www.makeschool.com/academy/track/ds-2-1-classification-tu...
Apr 13, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 4
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES on Traction (2015) , by Gabriel Weinberg : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01705KMG4/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_C3XIEb3HY92XE Gabriel Weinberg speaks with Eric Ries, the author of The Lean Startup (2011) and The Startup Way (2017): https://youtu.be/woPMw-mkpDM Gabriel Weinberg Speaks at Startup Grind: https://youtu.be/8q3F4UT0NSA...
Apr 06, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Manuel on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manueldolderer/ CODE University: https://code.berlin/en/
Mar 30, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 2
SKIP AHEAD to 11:55 for the actual interview with Joel to begin ! QUESTION TO THE AUDIENCE Listen to the end to hear Joel's Question of the Week. If you would like to reach out to Joel with your answer (or otherwise), please use the following: Joel's Email: [email protected] Joel's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/i-am-joel-yawili/ Correction: In this episode I mention Joel as having a certificate in workplace harassment. Precisely, it is an Emtrain Certificate titled Prev...
Mar 16, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Avery Durrant is a man of many titles - a software engineer, CS TA at Make School, CEO, CTO, contractor, and now a cofounder at the new POS and management platform, Drip - but most of all, he is DRIVEN. In this episode please join Zain Raza as he asks Avery about his backstory, his insanely organic process of learning to code in the 7th grade, and then leading into his transformative years at Make School. Today, Durrant resides in the Greater Boston Area, where he is working to disrupt the way t...
Mar 09, 2020•44 min
Erick Sanchez is a tinkerer at heart. From the time he got his first iPod Touch at age 12, he knew he wanted to be an iOS dev when he grew up. Today, he works at Google on the Google Voice App. On this episode he reflects on his experiences at Make School: with working on different team and solo projects, networking, writing blogs, working part-time at Best Buy, and more on his journey to merge both passion and productivity to his life as well as the lives of others using technology. Don't Forge...
Feb 15, 2020•1 hr 3 min
https://www.linkedin.com/in/muhammad-tifak-877428168/ What do you want to change in the world, or impact by your own hands?
Feb 12, 2020•35 min•Ep. 9
LINKS/RESOURCES Related to This Episode: Leading Change at Work: The Secret Structure of Change and How Everyone Can Make it Happen (2019) : bit.ly/leading-change-at-work Learn More About Adam Braus: http://www.adambraus.com/ Braus on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajbraus/ Braus on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajbraus Braus Blog: https://medium.com/braus-blog HOW TO WIN A SIGNED FREE COPY of Leading Change at Work: For 1 week from the release of this episode, Zain will take tally of who ...
Feb 01, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 8
How has the Internet changed the way we interact? Can social save itself, or are we doomed to live in a surveillance state? Listen in to this episode to hear our thoughts! My goal is to have you walk away from this podcast feeling more rational about what social media is, and how it is a tool for both good and evil, to be used responsibly. To help with that, Zain Raza interviews fellow Make School juniors Ben Simpson (iOS Track) and Max Finn (Backend Web). Curious about Ben? Here is Ben Simpson'...
Jan 27, 2020•43 min•Ep. 6
Cargo pants. Missile launchers. Full Metal Jacket. At first glance, I understood the life of a Marine to be nothing like that of a software engineer - and then I met Jayce Azua. Azua is many things - a veteran on the battlefield and in business, a dedicated father - and now, he is also a software engineering intern at Facebook. Why did Jayce choose to work in technology? How did an underdog like Azua go from being a paramedic firefighter, towards competing amongst the best and brightest of Compu...
Jan 19, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 7
What do Make School students believe about mental health, and social media's effects on young people? RESOURCES: Make School's Mental Health Resources in San Francisco: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ONyKidX-a9HCrGVqA0c7JHMSWb85gUjFJlRx5sb9GFE/edit Article About Social Media and The Brain (credit Gonzo for finding this): https://now.northropgrumman.com/this-is-your-brain-on-instagram-effects-of-social-media-on-the-brain SnapTBH: the social media for positive anonymous messaging (created by ...
Jan 13, 2020•59 min•Ep. 5
Happy New Year's! Question: what do Make School students have on their mind for the new decade? On this episode, Jaeson Booker discusses plans for 2020. As a senior in Make School, Booker shares what kinds of progress he's made over the past year as a software engineer, including some of his personal projects in VR, data science, and mobile applications. Zain Raza also opens in the end to talk about goals, and the one difference you can make to help improve your goal achieving capability this co...
Dec 31, 2019•17 min•Ep. 4
If you've been looking for an inside look at Silicon Valley, look no further! This episode will be helpful to you if you're curious about the following: Jeremy Rossmann Before Make School How Make School initially started out Why Culture and Networks Matter So Much in Success In this episode, Make School cofounder Jeremy Rossmann opens up about growing up in East Palo Alto, otherwise known as "the richest zip code in the U.S.". The son of two Apple employees who worked on the Macintosh, Rossmann...
Dec 30, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 3
Is the Internet a lost cause? On this episode, Gabriel Mendez-Francis comes on to discuss! A computer science student at the University of Alabama, Francis believes in a free, open web - but he also realizes the world's not all roses and fairies. As a freelance web designer for businesses, Gabriel finds himself increasingly concerned with how to protect his clients' data, as well as prepare himself for the rise of new technologies - i.e. machine learning, blockchain, the dark web, etc. - which s...
Dec 16, 2019•58 min•Ep. 2
Make School alumni, now working at Shopify as an iOS developer, speaks out about his personal upbringing, how he found Make School, and what it took to find a job as a software engineer in the Silicon Valley of the now. Listen to this episode to hear about Noah's upbringing and early interactions with tech, how he chose to go about learning CS in college, and how he built an amazing portfolio. We also talk about Demo Night at Make School, and how Noah used that to his advantage. Enjoy! Please sh...
Dec 02, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 1
