Epis.#25: Caitlin, part 2-- what it's like working for Google (and as a female software engineer)

03/18/19 • 31 min

In part 2 of our conversation with Caitlin, she talks specifically about working at Google as a software engineer, including everything from what she actually does in her job, what her work days are like (including the special Google perks), how much she earns, what her colleagues are like and what it's like working there as a woman programmer. She also talks about Google's larger reputation as a corporation, and how far along she is in paying off her grad school debt.

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Epis.#24: NYC-based dancer and choreographer Caitlin has a pretty solid day job: she works at Google

Caitlin is a dancer and choreographer, and she's also a software engineer at Google in New York. In the first part of two episodes, she talks about her various living situations over the years in New York, and a three-year stint in Denver, including her current one with a roommate in Brooklyn that she's much more happy with; learning to code, getting a masters degree at NYU and the steps that led her to becoming a Google employee; how technology may factor into her future dance projects; how hard it is to make a living from being in modern dance, and how it's hard for anyone to, ultimately, be satisfied with what they do.

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Epis.#26: Paul Gilmartin (host of the Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast, former co-host of Dinner & A Movie on TBS)

Special guest Paul Gilmartin is a full-time podcaster through his show the Mental Illness Happy Hour, on which he talks to guests about their traumas, addictions, negative thinking and really- just about everything related to mental illness. He talks about getting to the point where he could make a living from the show, as he does currently, as well as his time co-hosting the popular TV show Dinner and a Movie on TBS, as well as his years as a standup comedian.