Skateboards, Software & Starting Over, with Royal and Holly

Swapping the Golden Gate Bridge for Cardiff Castle. Royal, a first-year Software Engineering student at Cardiff Met, shares his journey from California to Wales. Clicking with course mates, finding the skateboarding community and surviving halls. Royal talks about the highs, the challenges, and his ambition to launch a tech firm helping neurodiverse students.In this episode…00:00 Episode teaser00:20 Introducing Royal01:34 Adjusting to University Life04:01 Living in Halls05:10 Ask Holly: Mattress Dominoes07:40 Quick Fire Questions11:05 Student Confessions13:05 First Year and Making Friends13:31 Choosing Software Engineering14:54 Robot Dog15:39 Finding Part-time Work17:40 Graduation Goals18:13 Skateboarding in Cardiff19:32 Outro from Holly