CSE 390L, Winter 2019
Tuesdays, 1:30-2:20, Guggenheim 218
Instructors: Ed Lazowska / Dan Grossman
A one-credit (CR/NC) seminar series
The Paul G. Allen School Leadership Seminar Series, CSE 390L, is a one-credit (CR/NC) seminar series, primarily targeted at upper-division CSE undergraduates, that brings CSE alumni and friends to campus to describe how to be effective in a startup, small company, large company, or less common environment. Our guests will discuss topics such as:
Regular attendance, active participation. (Attendance will be taken periodically.) Please read up on the individual and his/her employer(s) in advance of each course session. Think of our guests as "postcards from your future." Come to class prepared to take advantage of these alums.
Send email to course members by using the address cse390l_wi19 at uw.edu.
The archive of email is available here.
Tuesdays, 1:30, Guggenheim 218
Date
Guest(s)
Experience
January 8
Recent alums:
Karan Goel, 2016 UW Computer Science B.S.
Erin Peach, 2015 UW Computer Science B.S.,
2017 UW Computer Science M.S.
Karan Singh, 2016 UW Computer Science B.S.,
2017 UW Computer Science M.S.
Lenskart.com (Intern) -> Google (Intern) -> Madrona Venture Labs (Intern) -> Google (Intern) ->
Mattermark (Intern) -> Google (SDE)
Enlearn (Intern) -> Microsoft (Civic Tech Fellow) -> VISA (Intern) -> Microsoft (Intern) -> Code.org (SDE)
Kent School District (Intern) -> Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Intern) -> Microsoft (Intern) ->
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (Intern) -> Institute for Systems Biology (Intern) -> Neurala (Intern) ->
Hulu (Intern) -> Allen School (Predoctoral Instructor) -> Microsoft (SDE)
January 15
Katie McCorkell, 2013 UW Psychology B.S.,
2015 UW Computer Science B.S.
WhitePages (Intern) -> Twilio (Intern) -> Facebook (Intern) -> Facebook (SDE)
January 22
Kurtis Heimerl, 2007 UW Computer Engineering B.S.,
2013 UC Berkeley Ph.D., 2014 UC Berkeley Postdoc
Slides:
pptx
pdf
Amazon (Intern) -> Google (Intern) -> Microsoft Research India (Intern) -> Range Networks (SDE) ->
Endaga (Founder/CEO) -> Facebook (through acquisition of Endaga) -> Allen School faculty
January 29
Krista Davis, 2005 UW Computer Science B.S.
SRI (SDE) -> Google (Senior SDE) -> Girls Who Code (SIP Teacher) -> Hillary for America (SDE) ->
Groundbase (Chief Architect / Co-Founder)
February 5
SNOW!
Michelle Lim, 2013 UW Computer Science B.S.,
2013 UW Economics B.A.
Microsoft (Explorer Intern) -> Tableau (Intern x 2) -> Tableau (SDE) ->
thePlatform / Comcast Technology Solutions (SDE) -> JP Morgan Chase (Cybersecurity Engineer)
February 12
SNOW!
Sergey Karayev, 2009 UW Computer Science B.S.,
2015 UC Berkeley Computer Science Ph.D.
Zillow (Intern) -> Artsy (Intern) -> Adobe (Intern) -> Gradescope (Co-founder)
February 19
Sylvia Tashev, 2011 UW Computer Science B.S.
Slides:
pptx
pdf
AmazonFresh (Intern) -> AmazonFresh (SDE) -> Amazon (SDE)
February 26
Jason Tan, 2006 UW Computer Engineering B.S.
Slides:
pdf
Boeing (Intern) -> Zillow (SDE) -> Optify (SDE) -> BuzzLabs (CTO) -> Sift Science (CEO and Co-Founder)
March 5
Alex Loddengaard, 2008 UW Computer Engineering B.S.
Slides:
pdf
TRW (Intern) -> Northrop Grumman (Intern) -> KB Home (Intern) -> Cellarspot (Founder) ->
Redfin (Intern) -> Google (SDE) -> Cloudera (SDE) -> Atlassian (Developer Ecosystem) ->
MemCachier (Co-Founder) -> Innovation Endeavors (Entrepreneur in Residence) ->
Deep Signal (Founder) -> Loddy LLC (Contract Software Engineer) -> Confluent (Solutions Architect)
March 12
Mid-career alums:
Margaux Eng, 2004 UW Computer Science B.S.,
2004 UW Foster School B.A.
Tim Prouty, 2006 UW Computer Engineering B.S.
Graphics Server Technologies (Intern) -> Intel (Intern) -> Amazon (8 roles in 14+ years)
Isilon Systems (SDE -> Software Engineering Manager -> Director of Engineering) ->
Uber (Seattle Engineering Site Lead) -> Convoy (VP of Engineering)