Alumni Achievers: Padmini Pyapali at Uber, Jeff Juang at Facebook, and Sanjay Jeyakumar at Twitter, Cal Engineer Newton Series panel hosted by Amit Kumar

Episode #5

This Alumni Achiever episode features a Berkeley Engineering Leader Panel recorded March 21, 2017 as part of the Newton Lecture Series. The discussion is moderated by Amit Kumar, Partner at VC form Accel and  features Padmini Pyapali of Uber, Jeff Huang of Facebook, and Sanjay Jeyakumar of Twitter.

01:04 - Panel introduction

03:29 - Berkeley experience

10:11 - Microsoft to Facebook considerations

13:37 - Zynga to Uber considerations

17:07 - Oracle to Google to startup to Twitter

19:20 - Startup terrified

20:54 - Navigating internals of a company

24:30 - Getting into management

27:55 - Tech architect path

34:01 - Getting acquired by Twitter

35:54 - Working at a lightning rod company

40:27 - Advice for students

45:36 - Q&A