Artist & Product Manager at DELL | Ziad (Zohd) Abdelkarim
Mar 7, 2023 ·
55m 40s
In this episode Diego and Lauren interview Ziad who is also known by his artist name Zohd. Ziad talkes about his experience in school that landed him his job in...
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In this episode Diego and Lauren interview Ziad who is also known by his artist name Zohd. Ziad talkes about his experience in school that landed him his job in the tech industry at a Fortune 100 tech company right after graduating. Ziad goes on to share some helpful tips for anyone looking to replicate what he's done to land his job and he also shares his perspective on joining the corporate world at a young age.
Zohd's music:
Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/zohd/1648428253
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/24ZMz3d3oRCCNItWwePE42?si=idYf6v-cSaOq5jC7a2Y14w
Early Life -
Career Life -
Music/Passion -
Advice/WrapUp -
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Zohd's music:
Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/zohd/1648428253
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/24ZMz3d3oRCCNItWwePE42?si=idYf6v-cSaOq5jC7a2Y14w
Early Life -
- 1:45 - Gives us just a bit about who you are such as
- Your age
- Where you’re from
- What you do for work and any new projects you are working on the D.L.
- 9:05 - What was highschool and college life like for you? Did you already know what you wanted to do after completing you academics or did you kind of figure it out?
- What were some of the “realizations” you had when choosing to go into tech / PM
- 15:28 - Have you changed at all? If yes, how so?
- 17:45 - What was your internship like and how did you find it?
- Any tips?
- 19:50 - How were you able to eventually get offered your full time job?
- What was the interview process like?
Career Life -
- 21:00 - Could you explain what a rotational program is?
- 23:00 - Is this what you planned on doing out of college?
- 24:05 - What’s it like working at a fortune 100 company
- Highlights
- Lowlights
- 29:33 - What does a product professional actually do? (lots of buzzwords and fluff on YT + LI)
- Typical tasks and how they move forward
- ie) trouble at work, imposter syndrome, etc
- 35:29 - What are your thoughts about the mass amount of recent layoffs?
Music/Passion -
- 38:15 - Tell us about your love for music?
- How did you start getting into making music and when did it start?
- 41:45 - Where do you want to be in 10 years from now?
- Would you like music to be what you do full time?
- Do you want to be rich and famous or care about that at all?
- 44:35 - Where can we listen to your music and what new music can we expect to be coming out soon?
Advice/WrapUp -
- 45:30 - Any tips on how to get in your position career wise?
- Picking schools, programs or bootcamps
- Connecting
- Resume
- 50:50 - Do you feel like you are sure of what you are doing and where you want to be or do you feel like you are lost and confused?
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