Christina Weng's guest appearances

Christina Weng

Straight From The Cutter's Mouth: A Retina Podcast

The Hackademics Podcast

The Work Item - A Career Growth and Exploration Podcast

Tom Clancy

Michael Cohen

Richard Parrish

Stephen Russell

Adrienne Scott

Sarah Read

Daniel Chao

Jim Dahle

Emily Silverman

Paul Chan

Joseph Maguire

Mel Lindauer

Emily Cole

Jason Hsu

Steve Charles

OwlTail

Happy holidays, everyone! We're super happy to bring back one of our own co-founders and Sheridan grad, Christina Weng. She is a iXD graduate who works as a product designer at Facebook. Interestingly, Christina was not always in design throughout her post-secondary education as she once attended business school. Christina talks about the process of switching to design, interning early, doing co-op, and yes-competing in hackathons, to get to where she is currently at. She also dives into the interesting science of user research, and team-dynamic. What are some of Christina's early struggles and key realizations? She has y'all covered! 0:08 - Intro 0:48 - Christina introduces herself 1:35 - You did your first internship after 2nd year. Why so early? 5:12 - How was business school? 8:52 - Tell us about your Microsoft garage internship? 12:43 - What did you do the most on your team? 13:53 - Why is research so important nowadays? 17:10 - What are some common mistakes people make when they go through a research process? 22:03 - How does research differ when you have limited hours to work on a project? 24:10 - A lot of designers do not like research, is there a reason for this? 26:18 - What was your first hackathon and why did you decide to get into them? 28:34 - What's the best hackathon you've been to and why? 37:05 - What do you think is the most important activity to do at a hackathon? 38:49 - You and Alex Thompson were the one who had the idea for Hackville; how did creating this go? 42:38 - What was the biggest challenge for you at the moment? 44:45 - Who helped you the most while planning this? 46:11 - How do the challenges in school compare to professional ones? 48:12 - What are the challenges in an all-virtual environment and what should we prepare for as students? 50:55 - Where to find Christina Christina on LinkedIn In addition to personal growth within design, Christina emphasizes the value of growing your network and points to hackathons as the catalyst to beginning her network/career. In fact, not only does Christina note that hackathons grow your network, they also help improve your hard/soft skills as well. For instance, research is very important and even if you as a designer dread it, you can passively learn more about the process by trying out something such as a hackathon. Due to her vast experience sheet with hackathons and other events, she brings forward a lot of many interesting tips and tricks that aren't very well known👀. Listen today to learn about all this amazing stuff and more! We love you Christina! Find us on: Our website - hackville.io Instagram - hackademicsclub Facebook - Hackademics (https://www.facebook.com/groups/hackademicsclub/?ref=share) Additionally, applications for Hackville 2021 are now OPEN! Register via our website and be sure to spread the word. We CAN and will start off 2021 on a high note with Hackville, and we want all of you to be there to help make it happen💙

Happy holidays, everyone! We're super happy to bring back one of our own co-founders and Sheridan grad, Christina Weng. She is a iXD graduate who works as a product designer at Facebook. Interestingly, Christina was not always in design throughout her post-secondary education as she once attended business school. Christina talks about the process of switching to design, interning early, doing co-op, and yes-competing in hackathons, to get to where she is currently at. She also dives into the interesting science of user research, and team-dynamic. What are some of Christina's early struggles and key realizations? She has y'all covered! 0:08 - Intro 0:48 - Christina introduces herself 1:35 - You did your first internship after 2nd year. Why so early? 5:12 - How was business school? 8:52 - Tell us about your Microsoft garage internship? 12:43 - What did you do the most on your team? 13:53 - Why is research so important nowadays? 17:10 - What are some common mistakes people make when they go through a research process? 22:03 - How does research differ when you have limited hours to work on a project? 24:10 - A lot of designers do not like research, is there a reason for this? 26:18 - What was your first hackathon and why did you decide to get into them? 28:34 - What's the best hackathon you've been to and why? 37:05 - What do you think is the most important activity to do at a hackathon? 38:49 - You and Alex Thompson were the one who had the idea for Hackville; how did creating this go? 42:38 - What was the biggest challenge for you at the moment? 44:45 - Who helped you the most while planning this? 46:11 - How do the challenges in school compare to professional ones? 48:12 - What are the challenges in an all-virtual environment and what should we prepare for as students? 50:55 - Where to find Christina <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-weng/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christina on LinkedIn</a> In addition to personal growth within design, Christina emphasizes the value of growing your network and points to hackathons as the catalyst to beginning her network/career. In fact, not only does Christina note that hackathons grow your network, they also help improve your hard/soft skills as well. For instance, research is very important and even if you as a designer dread it, you can passively learn more about the process by trying out something such as a hackathon. Due to her vast experience sheet with hackathons and other events, she brings forward a lot of many interesting tips and tricks that aren't very well known👀. Listen today to learn about all this amazing stuff and more! We love you Christina! Find us on: <a href="https://hackville.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Our website - hackville.io</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hackademicsclub" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram - hackademicsclub</a> Facebook - Hackademics (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/hackademicsclub/?ref=share" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/hackademicsclub/?ref=share</a>) Additionally, applications for Hackville 2021 are now OPEN! Register via our website and be sure to spread the word. We CAN and will start off 2021 on a high note with Hackville, and we want all of you to be there to help make it happen💙

Christina Weng about importance of research in human-centered design, and planning.

Prithvi Mruthyunjaya

Episode 253: COVID-19 Adjustments to Retina Fellowship Applications with Drs. Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, Chirag Shah, and Christina Weng.SFTCM sits down with three fellowship program directors (Drs. Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, Chirag Shah, and Christina Weng) to discuss the changes they foresee in this year's fellowship application process. 

Episode 253: COVID-19 Adjustments to Retina Fellowship Applications with Drs. Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, Chirag Shah, and Christina Weng.SFTCM sits down with three fellowship program directors (Drs. Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, Chirag Shah, and Christina Weng) to discuss the changes they foresee in this year's fellowship application process.

Episode 253: COVID-19 Adjustments to Retina Fellowship Applications with Drs. Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, Christina Weng, and Chirag Shah 