How Can Academia Prepare Students for the Tech. Industry? ACM Expert Answers Student's Question

This year for Black History Month, ACM is celebrating with an interactive Q&A video series! Following this series to hearing advice from black experts within the computer industry as they answer valuable questions from ACM student chapters.
Jelani Nelson is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Research Scientist at Google. His areas of interest include the theory of computation, as well as the design and analysis of algorithms, especially for massive datasets.