By Carina Ly Hi! My name is Carina Ly, a rising junior at Stanford University studying Computer Science and Economics. This summer, I had the opportunity to work as Product Manager Intern at Oracle on the Visual Builder Studio team in the Corporate Architecture organization. …

by Grace Lee Coming to Stanford, I knew that I wanted to explore health policy and technology, but I was unsure what to major in. As summer drew near, I was still undecided in terms of major, but wanted to spend my summer serving the community. My grandmother was diagnosed…

By: Divya Nagaraj Before the interview: Most important: believe in yourself! Remember that you are brilliant and have done amazing things already! Getting the technical interview usually means you passed a resume screen, where a recruiter skims over your resume to see if you have the needed technical skills. Only…

By Carina Ly Before attending Stanford, I had very little knowledge of the startup world. However, after taking MS&E 472 (Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders’ Seminar) and MS&E 178 (The Spirit of Entrepreneurship) last year, I learned a lot about the business models and fast-paced dynamics in a startup environment. …

By Christina Lin and Anna Mistele What is mentorship? Mentorship is a mutually beneficial, intentional, personal relationship between two people in which the one with more experience and knowledge (the mentor) provides guidance to the other (the mentee). …

Hello! If you’re reading this, you’re probably staring at a screen, recognizing these funny-looking pixel shapes we like to call words. And if you’re listening to these words, a text-to-speech service might be making that possible. Either way, you’ve probably been doing this technology thing a lot lately. Let’s take…

By Janice Li and Annie Ma Hey everyone! Annie and Janice here — two students who interned with Stanford Women in Computer Science (WiCS) this fall quarter. We are so excited to share our virtual intern experiences and perspectives with you all! Stanford WiCS is made up of nine teams…

What does an internship look like in the COVID era? We asked Jessica Yu, a current sophomore studying computer science, to share her experience from last summer as a remote SWE intern. 1. Tell us about your remote internship. Last summer, I worked at Infosys, an Indian multinational corporation that…

By Rachel Gardner Bias: Beyond the Buzzword We’ve all heard the stories of bias against women in tech, whether through first hand accounts or media reports. However, having been fortunate enough not to have experienced any overt sexism, I wasn’t sure what this looked like. …