901: Why Internships in College Are Essential With Alex Valaitis, LinkedIn [K-Cup DoubleShot]

Alex Valaitis is a product manager* and product lead of Elevate, one of LinkedIn’s enterprise product lines — with 12 dedicated engineers. When Alex graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in December 2016 with a double major in Economics and Computer Science, he had a sub-3.0 GPA.  And yet, he still managed to secure a job as a PM at Intuit. While at Intuit, Alex led a team in building a notification platform that powered smart notifications across the company. Alex is also the author of Modern College, which offers advice on how to find your “dream” job straight out of college.  *Since Alex did this T4C interview he’s moved into Strategy and Operations at the DeSo Foundation. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE: If you want to listen to Alex’s entire T4C interview please check out T4C episode #898