Alumni Achievers: Padmini Pyapali at Uber, Jeff Juang at Facebook, and Sanjay Jeyakumar at Twitter, Cal Engineer Newton Series panel hosted by Amit Kumar
Description
Episode #5
This Alumni Achiever episode features a Berkeley Engineering Leader Panel recorded March 21, 2017 as part of the Newton Lecture Series. The discussion is moderated by Amit Kumar, Partner at VC form Accel and features Padmini Pyapali of Uber, Jeff Huang of Facebook, and Sanjay Jeyakumar of Twitter.
01:04 - Panel introduction
03:29 - Berkeley experience
10:11 - Microsoft to Facebook considerations
13:37 - Zynga to Uber considerations
17:07 - Oracle to Google to startup to Twitter
19:20 - Startup terrified
20:54 - Navigating internals of a company
24:30 - Getting into management
27:55 - Tech architect path
34:01 - Getting acquired by Twitter
35:54 - Working at a lightning rod company
40:27 - Advice for students
45:36 - Q&A
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