Vivek Wadhwa
Distinguished Fellow
Harvard Law School and Carnegie Mellon University
Education
Canberra University, Australia
B.A., Computing Studies
1974New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business
MBA
1986Podcasts
28:1705: Why Your College Major & Where You Go to School Don’t Matter With Vivek Wadhwa [Main T4C Episode]
Vivek Wadhwa’s advice to parents who ask him what their kids should study in college to be guaranteed a job when they graduate? Let them study what makes them happy. What are they interested in studying, he asks parents? This episode is chockablock with sage advice and revealing insights into..
Career Path
Interview Highlights
“For the people who are graduating now: learning is a lifelong chore. You’re going to have to keep learning as you go. You better learn to love learning because if you don’t, you’re going to be unemployed.“
Best Career Advice
“Today the people who are graduating have every choice in the world, you really can do anything. You can be anything you want. You can learn about any topic. Everything is available to you on the web. You can listen to podcasts, you can read books, you can download anything you want. Pursue your passion. Be what you want to be.”
Career Challenge
“I wrote computer systems that failed. I was on the verge of being fired. I learned from my mistakes and moved on. Every step of my career has been a bunch of failures, but what I learned was that the success comes after failure. Failure comes after success. Don’t get discouraged. Just realize that life has its ups and downs.”
Skills
Research, Competitive Analysis, Business Development, Computer Science, Project Management, Statistics, Big Data, Information Architecture, Machine Learning, Java, ++, R, Databases, Leadership, Public Speaking, Marketing Communications, Globalization
Professional Interests
Bill Gates, Whitney Johnson, Lucy P. Marcus, Harvard Law School, Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University, Industry 4.0| Manufacturing, Engineering, Logistics, & Robotics Industry, Relativities Technologies Alumni, NYU Stern School of Business, Emory University
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