Jungle Gym Career Podcast

Jason Chan always understood the importance of education and how it can potentially transform his life. He witnessed first-hand how it changed his mother's. His mother grew up in a small town in Malaysia. Later on, she studied very hard to get her Master's degree while juggling work and raising him and his twin brother. Jason was inspired by his mother to do well academically, which led him to earn a scholarship to study Quantitative Finance at the University of Hong Kong. After graduating, some of his peers went to become quants. However, Jason decided to become a Data Scientist at one of the most prominent investment firms, Fidelity. After 2 years, Jason joined China Light Power (CLP), the electric company of Hong Kong, as a Data Scientist in their Big Data & AI team where he also competed in AI competition in Guangzhou. In this episode, he shares his love and interest in data with us that led him to build a UFC MMA predictor web app. He also shares with us how pursuing a degree above the undergraduate level will help him become one step closer to becoming a Chief Data Scientist one day. 

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As a kid, Jason enjoyed hacking and tinkering with computers. But when he moved to Hong Kong, many people didn't think that computer programming would be a viable profession. Instead, the traditional career was to become a doctor or a lawyer. In this episode of the podcast, we explore the challenges Jason had to overcome before landing his dream jobs at Spotify, Lyft, and Google. He talks about overcoming imposter syndrome and how meeting Elon Musk in person reminded him of the importance of hard work and passion. Jason's story demonstrates that by having a positive attitude and embracing failure, you can overcome any challenge and obtain success.

Alex grew up in a competitive environment where he was always taught to aim high and dream big. He took that same ambition with him while he was studying at HKU, and that landed him offers in consulting, investment banking, startups, and private equity. His desire to succeed never stopped. In this episode of the podcast, he shares with us how education has transformed his life and how he ended up being a Co-Founder of the venture capital firm, Envolve Group.   

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Lily Li started with humble beginnings, but through hard work, perseverance, and determination, she was able to make the American dream possible. In this episode of the podcast, she shares with us about what it was like juggling between being a personal banker and studying full-time at U.C. Berkeley. After graduating, Lily worked at KPMG and eBay. Differing from the traditional route of sticking to her corporate job, she decided to give up her lucrative salary to venture out to the path of entrepreneurship at age 24. Apart from this, she wanted to challenge herself even more by entering beauty pageants. 

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