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TrailBlazers
by Dave & Tyler
TrailBlazers breaks down the journey's of young professionals on non-traditional career paths. Each episode showcases a different guest and examines their key decisions and personal developments for creating their current career.
Episodes
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Seeking Whales by Connecting Coding and Linguistics - Malcolm Kennedy - TrailBlazers Episode 16
Malcolm Kennedy joins Tyler and Dave on the Trailblazers podcast to discuss his educational journey and his work at Whale Seeker. After growing up in Toronto, Malcolm studied Linguistics at Cambridge in England, focusing on the syntax of whale songs. Thereafter, he pursued a master's in...
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Not Taking No for an Answer Leads to a PhD at Stanford - Taylor Rault - TrailBlazers Episode 15
Taylor Rault comes on the podcast to talk about his journey leading to pursuing a PhD at Stanford. At a young age Taylor became interested in combustion engines and which put him on the path to engineering studies. After completing a bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering from the University of...
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From Hand Delivering Resumes to Disrupting Ecommerce - Geoff Bekavac - TrailBlazers Episode 14
Geoff Bekavac comes on the podcast to discuss how him and his team have built an ecommerce company from the ground up. Geoff initially started in a traditional technically focused engineering position, but by working on his company in the evenings and weekends, he slowly was able to transition to...
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Why I Left a Great Job to Build Satellites - Rahul Ravin - TrailBlazers Episode 13
Rahul Ravin comes on the podcast to talk about his transition to the space industry. After scoring a great job working for Nova Chemicals after his Bachelors, Rahul decided to change careers and begin a Masters in aerospace engineering at the University of Toronto with Space Flight Laboratory...
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Pursuing Curiosity leads to Working on Molecular Beams at CERN - Mia Au - TrailBlazers Episode 12
Working at the The Large Hadron Collider | CERN with the LISA experiment (Laser Ionization and Spectroscopy of Actinides), Mia Au, currently studying a PhD in Geneva joins us on the podcast to highlight her journey after starting a Bachelors in Alberta! After studying her Master's at the…
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From Student to Full Time Entrepreneur - Spencer Vandermeer - TrailBlazers Episode 11
Spencer Vandermeer comes on the podcast to discuss his recent decision to change career paths during the pandemic after leaving his job in technical sales. He mentions that he wants to pursu his photography business full time and leave himself open to any other opportunities that come along the...
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How Resiliency Helps Build a Tech Company - Majdi Rabia - TrailBlazers Episode 10
Majdi Rabia comes on the podcast to discuss his experience through living abroad and founding a Music-Tech startup, Fairphonic (https://fairphonic.com/ ). Majdi's journey highlights the journey to becoming a startup Co-Founder by joining Entrepreneur First in Singapore and previously before that...
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The Path to Becoming a Microsoft Program Manager - Katelynn Giao Nguyen - TrailBlazers Episode 9
Katelynn Giao Nguyen comes on the podcast to discuss her journey to become a Microsoft Program Manager after originally being trained as a Civil Engineer and being at IBM as an IT Consultant. She intentionally used side projects while in university to develop skills that would allow her to break...
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Using Self Awareness to become VP of Tech Startup - Chris Fetterly - TrailBlazers Episode 8
Chris Fetterly comes on the podcast to discuss his curious and inspiring journey so far. After 2 years of university Chris decided to leave to explore what other options were out there. Because of his interest in research and nanotechnology, he eventually decided to enroll at the UofA and earned...
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How Flipping a Coin Led to Building Rockets in Germany - Karina Sapelnikova -TrailBlazers Episode 7
Karina Sapelnikova comes on the podcast to highlight her educational and career journey thus far spanning Canada, France, and now Germany where she's working as a Propulsion Engineer at Rocket Factory Augsburg. Karina discusses in many details regarding her finding a passion for the aerospace...
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Building Bionic Limbs Inspires a Transition to Medicine - McNiel-Inyani Keri - TrailBlazers Episode 6
McNiel-Inyani Keri comes on the podcast to highlight his exciting journey from designing bionic limbs during his Master's as a Mechanical Engineer at the University of Alberta to choosing Medicine at the University of Calgary where he's currently studying. Inyani focuses on where he went to…
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How winning a Hackathon inspired a Love for AI and Robotics - Megnath Ramesh - TrailBlazers Episode 5
Megnath Ramesh comes on the podcast to talk about his transition from Electrical Engineering to Software Engineering and after a few years of work experience opting to do a Master's focused in AI and Robotics at Queen's University. Megnath discusses his why into his choices of choosing software...
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Using Informational Interviews to get into Data Science - Kate Houg - TrailBlazers Episode 4
Kate Houg comes on the podcast to talk about how she has ventured into the field of Data Science from Mechanical Engineering. Along the way she has utilized informational interviews to shape the career that she's building today. Kate talks about key turning points and moments along her journey…
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Chemical Engineer goes into Management Consulting - Clara Du - Trailblazers Episode 3
Clara Du joins Tyler and Dave on Episode 3 of TrailBlazers where she discusses her career transition from taking a Bachelors in Chemical Engineering to joining Accenture as a Management Consultant. Clara discusses the roles extra-curriculars, student clubs, mentorship, and various experiences...
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Mechanical Engineer joins Tech to make Beautiful Data Viz - Bill Tran - TrailBlazers Episode 2
Bill Tran joins the boys (Tyler and Dave) on Episode 2 of TrailBlazers where he discusses his transition from Mechanical Engineering, taking a Master's degree and ultimately joining the tech industry as an Information Designer (which is essentially a data visualization specialist). Bill…
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Mechanical Engineer leaves Tech for Yoga - Chris McNicoll - TrailBlazers Episode 1
Chris McNicoll joins the boys (Tyler and Dave) on Episode 1 of TrailBlazers where he discusses his career transition from Mechanical Engineering to joining the tech industry as a project manager and product manager - to which he then leaves for Nicaragua. Chris relies on being honest with himself...
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does TrailBlazers have?
TrailBlazers currently has 16 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is TrailBlazers about?
TrailBlazers breaks down the journey's of young professionals on non-traditional career paths. Each episode showcases a different guest and examines their key decisions and personal developments for creating their current career.
How often does TrailBlazers release new episodes?
TrailBlazers has 16 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
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Who hosts TrailBlazers?
TrailBlazers is created and hosted by Dave & Tyler.
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