Shirley Wu

@sxywu

• Business major, CS minor (2012)
• Classes with Dan:
  • Freshman Spring: CS3
  • Junior Fall: CS9G? (Python)
    • Dan: "CS minor?"
    • Me: "probably not 😕"
  • Senior Fall: CS61C
    • Me: "ok CS minor"
• First job: software eng at big data company
  • ​Manager: "do you want to learn D3.js?"

Data visualization freelancer

(I build highly interactive data visualizations for the web)

Not mind-blowing advice

1. Workforce and imposter syndrom: it's going to be ok.
2. Career: do what you enjoy (and can obsess over), not what makes you the most money*.
3. Integrity and sincerity.