How Do I Get Your Job?

Join Kate Connors and Simon Wu as they interview Dr. Eli Wheat, a member of the UW College of the Environment, co-creator of Skyroot Farm, co-chair of the UW Farm Advisory Committee, and so much more!

Join Patric Haerle as he interviews his brother Christian Haerle, an independent contractor working in forestry, to talk forest management and advice for students entering the field.

Join Simon Wu and Kate Connors as they interview Ari Snyder, the podcast editor and producer at The Daily, as they talk about their experience in podcasting, their favorite shows, and all things podcasts!

Join Anita and Patric as they interview Parker Bixby, a music teacher and band director with Mercer Island High School, to discuss music education, advice for young musicians, and keeping a music program going during a global pandemic.

Join Simon Wu and Kate Connors as they interview A.G. Lambert, a product manager who has worked at a variety of IT companies during his professional career.

Join Anita and Patric as they interview Jeff Cao, a software engineering director, to discuss software and computer engineering as a career and how the field has changed over the years.

Join hosts Anita Zeng and Patric Haerle as they interview John Tomasic, an Artist in Residence for the University of Washington teaching in the Journalism and Public Interest Communication program, for a realistic look into what journalism and media writing look like today.

Welcome back to How Do I Get Your Job! Join Simon Wu and Kate Connors as they interview Diana Davidson, a copy chief for The Daily, on their future plans as a soon-to-be Linguistics major graduate!

Join hosts Anita Zeng and Patric Haerle for an interview with Jaqui Carrell, an athletic trainer for the University of Washington football team, as they discuss athletic training as a career and what the environment around training UW football looks like.

Join Kate Connors and Simon Wu as they interview Janet Krupin. They discuss Janet's current work as a Community Resource Coordinator at the Paul G Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering, as well as her former work on Broadway and beyond. Be sure to find her on all social media @janetkrupin.

Join Anita and Patric as they discuss IT, and the challenges managers in the field face with Jinsheng Qiu, an IT manager with Evergreen Health.

Join Simon Wu and Kate Connors as they interview Monica Washington. They discuss Monica's work as an artist and entrepreneur and how they intersect. As an artist, she creates under the moniker Kamari Bright, so be sure to find her on all social media @kamari_bright.

Join hosts Anita Zeng and Patric Haerle for an interview with Nathan Page, the climbing and outdoor medicine programs manager for UWild Adventures, as they discuss teaching in the outdoors and what wilderness recreation as a career looks like.

Welcome back to How Do I Get Your Job! Join Kate Connors as she interviews Dr. Mark Rodgers. They discuss how Dr. Rodgers' undergraduate degree and his interests shaped the course of his career.  He is currently affiliated with the Music History Department in the School of Music here at UW. Dr. Rodgers also organizes […]

Join hosts Anita Zeng and Patric Haerle as they interview Neda Ghaffarian, a curriculum program manager at the Community Engagement and Leadership Education Center at UW to discuss higher education as a career, and the benefits and challenges the field offers.

Welcome back to How Do I Get Your Job! Join your new bi-weekly hosts, Kate Connors and Simon Wu, as they interview Dr. Third Andresen. They discuss how Dr. Andresen's history and hometown helped shape his career, as well as how academia wasn't always the plan. He is currently affiliated with the Comparative History of […]

In early 2020, Dr. Helen Chu recorded the very first positive test for COVID-19 in the United States here at UW. She's since been named Washingtonian of the Year and her research on respiratory viruses and extensive knowledge of vaccines make her an essential voice for any student pursuing a career in medicine and anyone […]

Spring quarter is here, and with it comes new episodes of How Do I Get Your Job? This week join Luke Schaefer and UW Masters Student Andrew Coopman for a discussion on how students can practice theatrical directing and how Andrew is devising ways to keep theater going when there is no theater to go […]

Learn about the axiom where art and engineering meet in a very special episode featuring Dr. Alex Anderson. Anderson is the director of the MS program in architectural history and theory at UW's college of built environments. Topics of discussion include: the best buildings on campus, Seattle's infinite construction, and brutalist architecture.

Jackie McMertrie is the founder of the Washington Innocence Project and was selected by the University of Washington to headline UW's annual faculty lecture on her work in criminal defense. In this episode, learn what it takes to succeed in the UW School of Law and how students can help her work to exonerate prisoners […]

There's a moving image component to almost any job and in this episode, Cinema Studies Department chair Eric Ames tackles the benefits of double majoring and how CMS can be applied to just about any career path. Topics include books about zoos, changing your major every quarter and getting roasted by Werner Herzog.

What's the best way to approach writing a script? Is this even a job? Sit down with UW screenwriting professor Shawn Wong for a discussion on cracking the world of film production, how he fell into screenwriting and how little you actually need to write a good screenplay. 

Proof that we didn't give up after one episode. This week Luke Schaefer returns for aconversation with forensic accountant and UW professor Nancy Pasternack to discuss why accounting isn't nearly as lame as you think and how accounting skills can help you excel in business school. The Enron scandal, teenage modeling, and 9/11 are all … Continue reading "Forensic Accounting with Nancy Pasternack (Foster School of Business)"

Indecisive UW senior Luke Schaefer sits down with data journalist Kavya Sukumar to discuss her transition from working on the Xbox to working in a newsroom. Learn how a career in data journalism might be right for you, how career changes are possible post-college, and how Kavya turned a Game of Thrones binge into a … Continue reading "Data Journalism with Kavya Sukumar (Microsoft, Vox Media)"