Episode 13: Starting A Tech Career w/ Joyce

07/02/20 • 68 min

Joyce is a 23 year old young black professional working in the tech industry. She graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in computer science and minor in psychology. She's currently rotating through different areas of technology at a bank and shares her experience with us. When she’s not working, she works on her YouTube channel, JoyOfMyLife, which is a lifestyle channel focused on fashion, beauty and tech, in addition to her fun vlogs. You can follow her on your favorite social media platform: Instagram Twitter YouTube, Search JoyOfMyLife on Facebook, Tik Tok and Pinterest! Learn more about Bridges in Tech at www.bridgesintech.com and follow us on your favorite social: @bridgesintech

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Episode 14: Virtual Reality with Taylor Freeman

Taylor is deeply passionate about virtual and augmented reality for education and training. He started his journey with VR in 2014 by hosting parties and events in San Francisco where people were invited to try VR in a fun and social environment. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Over the following years, he and his team built UploadVR.com, the industry's largest daily VR news site reaching millions of people per month, established two co-working spaces in LA and San Francisco with 150 VR, AR and AI startups, hosted over 500 VR and AR focused events, trained nearly 1,000 creators on VR and AR development, and worked with companies like Google, IDEO and NASA JPL on immersive education. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ As an advocate for inclusive leadership, Taylor is a founding council member of XR Inclusion and sits on the board of Women of AI. Taylor taught the first remote in-VR class at MIT, and was awarded Forbes 30 Under 30 for his work building the VR industry. ⁣ ⁣ =============⁣ www. bridgesintech.com⁣ @bridgesintech on your favorite social