On Tuesday, 01/28, at 5:00pm, Vasudha Shivamoggi will share her personal stories. Vasudha is a Senior Data Scientist at Rapid7, a cybersecurity company headquartered in Boston.  She has as SB from MIT (Course 8, '05), and a PhD in physics from UC Berkeley.  After graduating, she worked as a postdoc at UIUC and in a quantum computing group at Northrop Grumman before making the switch to data science.

Location: 2-142

Alumni Fireside chat is the latest event series that features the career trajectory of an MIT grad alum. Speaking in an informal lecture style, these events take place in the form of a moderated interview followed by Q&A from the audience. Typical topics that are explored in these talks include:

-Academia vs. Industry
-What did they struggle in their careers?
-How do they deal with your own and others' expectations, and with impostor syndrome?
-How do they transition from a technical to a managerial position (should they prefer)?
-How do they stay technical (should they prefer)?
-How do they keep themselves motivated?