How Do I Get Your Job?

How Do I Get Your Job?

Is your career path daunting? Do you think it might suck? Have you even picked a major yet? Release yourself from the grips of career anxiety with “How Do I Get Your Job?”, a podcast that explores cool careers, the people behind them, and how you the listener can achieve similar greatness. Produced by The Daily UW and hosted by Lucas Schaefer.

Episodes

December 1, 2022 16 mins
In this episode, Kate speaks with Jake Renn, the Editor in Chief of the UW Daily. Tune in to learn all about student journalism, leadership, and more!
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Welcome back to How Do I Get Your Job! Join Kate Connors as she interviews Lim Forgey, where they talk about his role as General Manager of the Tacoma Opera, an international opera sensation, a doctoral student at UW, musical theatre producer of Theatre Arts Alliance, and so much more!
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March 10, 2022 20 mins
Join Kate Connors and Simon Wu as they interview Dr. Eli Wheat, a member of the UW College of the Environment, co-creator of Skyroot Farm, co-chair of the UW Farm Advisory Committee, and so much more!
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February 17, 2022 14 mins
Join Patric Haerle as he interviews his brother Christian Haerle, an independent contractor working in forestry, to talk forest management and advice for students entering the field.
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February 9, 2022 19 mins
Join Simon Wu and Kate Connors as they interview Ari Snyder, the podcast editor and producer at The Daily, as they talk about their experience in podcasting, their favorite shows, and all things podcasts!
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Join Anita and Patric as they interview Parker Bixby, a music teacher and band director with Mercer Island High School, to discuss music education, advice for young musicians, and keeping a music program going during a global pandemic.
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January 27, 2022 26 mins
Join Simon Wu and Kate Connors as they interview A.G. Lambert, a product manager who has worked at a variety of IT companies during his professional career.
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January 20, 2022 26 mins
Join Anita and Patric as they interview Jeff Cao, a software engineering director, to discuss software and computer engineering as a career and how the field has changed over the years.
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Join hosts Anita Zeng and Patric Haerle as they interview John Tomasic, an Artist in Residence for the University of Washington teaching in the Journalism and Public Interest Communication program, for a realistic look into what journalism and media writing look like today.
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Welcome back to How Do I Get Your Job! Join Simon Wu and Kate Connors as they interview Diana Davidson, a copy chief for The Daily, on their future plans as a soon-to-be Linguistics major graduate!
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November 24, 2021 20 mins
Join hosts Anita Zeng and Patric Haerle for an interview with Jaqui Carrell, an athletic trainer for the University of Washington football team, as they discuss athletic training as a career and what the environment around training UW football looks like.
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Join Kate Connors and Simon Wu as they interview Janet Krupin. They discuss Janet’s current work as a Community Resource Coordinator at the Paul G Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering, as well as her former work on Broadway and beyond. Be sure to find her on all social media @janetkrupin.
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November 10, 2021 14 mins
Join Anita and Patric as they discuss IT, and the challenges managers in the field face with Jinsheng Qiu, an IT manager with Evergreen Health.
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Join Simon Wu and Kate Connors as they interview Monica Washington. They discuss Monica’s work as an artist and entrepreneur and how they intersect. As an artist, she creates under the moniker Kamari Bright, so be sure to find her on all social media @kamari_bright.
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Join hosts Anita Zeng and Patric Haerle for an interview with Nathan Page, the climbing and outdoor medicine programs manager for UWild Adventures, as they discuss teaching in the outdoors and what wilderness recreation as a career looks like.
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Welcome back to How Do I Get Your Job! Join Kate Connors as she interviews Dr. Mark Rodgers. They discuss how Dr. Rodgers’ undergraduate degree and his interests shaped the course of his career.  He is currently affiliated with the Music History Department in the School of Music here at UW. Dr. Rodgers also organizes […]
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Join hosts Anita Zeng and Patric Haerle as they interview Neda Ghaffarian, a curriculum program manager at the Community Engagement and Leadership Education Center at UW to discuss higher education as a career, and the benefits and challenges the field offers.
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Welcome back to How Do I Get Your Job! Join your new bi-weekly hosts, Kate Connors and Simon Wu, as they interview Dr. Third Andresen. They discuss how Dr. Andresen’s history and hometown helped shape his career, as well as how academia wasn’t always the plan. He is currently affiliated with the Comparative History of […]
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In early 2020, Dr. Helen Chu recorded the very first positive test for COVID-19 in the United States here at UW. She’s since been named Washingtonian of the Year and her research on respiratory viruses and extensive knowledge of vaccines make her an essential voice for any student pursuing a career in medicine and anyone […]
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Spring quarter is here, and with it comes new episodes of How Do I Get Your Job? This week join Luke Schaefer and UW Masters Student Andrew Coopman for a discussion on how students can practice theatrical directing and how Andrew is devising ways to keep theater going when there is no theater to go […]
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