[ECHO] Overseas Alumni: An interview with John Wiseheart

In this interview, we explore the intricacies and nature of moving overseas to the USA as an expat from a CSE point of view. Featuring our guest John Wiseheart, a graduate of UNSW CSE working at Candid Health, Seattle, and hosted by Michael Zheng, Dylan Hu and Leo Xu.
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00:00 - Introductions
01:27 - John and Candid health
02:10 - What made John become a frontend developer?
03:37 - What does the Candid Health web app do?
06:08 - How did John get a position at Candid Health?
08:50 - Differences in living in USA and Australia
10:44 - Timeline of John overseas.
17:58 - John's experiences as a UNSW student
21:12 - Is it worth going overseas for employment
24:42 - How John deals with new environments
28:02 - John's first CS job
29:47 - Transitioning between companies
31:10 - Differences on moving from uni to work?
33:50 - John's career progression
40:09 - What makes John stand out from the rest of the IT industry?
42:10 - Side projects
45:05 - Are side projects good for your portfolio?
51:12 - How has John changed since leaving university?
56:56 - Advice to current UNSW CS students
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