● How did you get interested in computer science?

• robotics → grade 9 first hackathon → tks got me thinking about how I can use tech to make an impact
• a mix of challenge + real world applicability with cs

● What has been your favorite learning experience and why?

• zgl —> went from 0 to build a real working demo

● Tell us about a time when you had to be resourceful.

• marketing and advertising
• make relationships with suppliers
• be a customer support person
• hired people on fiverr
• ran experiments to optimize conversions
• I think you need to be super resourceful to start your own shopify store.

● What has been a difficult technical challenge that you’ve overcome, in the realm of software, science, math, engineering, etc?

• in 8 weeks was able to present a demo to senior managers at zgl and how to proceed

● During the Dev Degree program, it is likely you will fail at some point. For example, you will come across a task that is too big, too complex, and too difficult so that you will feel like you have failed.

● Please share a time in your life where you failed.

• quick background on zilic
• why it was difficult because we were trying to detect ANY disease in an image rather than most models which can only detect breast cancer or any one disease
  • hurdles were our initial model had 40% accuracy, read papers and made the model better
  • didn't know how to sell so talked to investors from startup accelerator to learn how
  • kept thinking what's next
• why it was a failure (hardware limitations + model limitations)
• how I look at failure now - as a marker of growth, anytime I've failed it means I have something to learn and that gets me excited rather than failure