Bridging academia and job market realities with Extern’s Matt Wilkerson | E1945
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
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🗓️ 9 May 2024
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Todays show:
Extern’s Matt Wilkerson joins Jason to discuss the concept of externships and their role in bridging the gap between academic curriculum and job market reality. They delve into the demand for cybersecurity professionals (14:18), the value externships offer in career path decisions (28:43), and the impact and evolution of Extern (37:20).
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Extern’s Matt Wilkerson joins Jason
(4:22) The concept of externships and he problem of student loans and work experience
(7:04) Equinix - Join the Equinix Startup Program for up to $100K in credits and much more at https://deploy.equinix.com/startups
(8:09) The Extern student experience
(14:18) The demand for cybersecurity professionals and the benefits of externships
(19:11) The gap between academic curriculum and job market reality
(23:58) CLA - Get started with CLA's CPAs, consultants, and wealth advisors now at https://claconnect.com/tech
(25:30) The value of externships in helping students figure out their career paths
(33:02) HubSpot - Be sure to check out the Million Dollar pitch competition from Hubspot for Startups & HubSpot Ventures. Apply now at https://www.hubspot.com/milliondollarpitch
(34:17) The impact of Extern on students and the job market
(46:04) Understanding customers and the evolution of Extern
(52:11) The mission of Extern and advice for new founders
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| 0:00.0 | building products and services is a whole science to it. |
| 0:03.7 | But you have to make the right problem, right? |
| 0:05.3 | And the right problem at the right time is so powerful. |
| 0:08.3 | And all these kids or at Columbia who are at these like elite schools or even you know they're going to you know their local |
| 0:17.0 | college they're all having the same profound experiences well that was an interesting four years. And here's this bill I have to |
| 0:26.1 | hit every month from my student loan that I can never get out of and bankruptcy won't |
| 0:30.0 | get rid of. And what now? And that fear, and we, and to solve this problem, right? To be the painkiller here, |
| 0:39.2 | you know, to be the medicine, to be the solution. It's just so profound, it's so important. What you're doing is very important. |
| 0:45.4 | This weekend startups is brought to you by Equinix. The Equinix startup program offers a hybrid infrastructure solution for startups, including up to 100K in credits and personalized consultations and guidance from the Equinix team. |
| 1:01.0 | Go to equinix startups. Go to Equinix Startups. |
| 1:03.1 | Com to apply today. |
| 1:05.1 | CLA. Innovation takes balance. |
| 1:09.6 | CLAs, CPA's consultants and wealth advisors can help you get from startup to where you want to end up. |
| 1:17.2 | Get started now at CLA Connect.com slash tech. And HubSpot. |
| 1:24.0 | If you're fundraising, be sure to check out the million dollar pitch competition from HubSpot for |
| 1:30.0 | startups and HubSpot Ventures. |
| 1:32.4 | Apply now at HubSpot. |
| 1:34.0 | dot com slash million dollar pitch. |
| 1:36.0 | All right everybody, welcome back to this week |
| 1:38.0 | and startup sorry I got a recipe voice |
| 1:40.0 | I was at the Knicks game five |
| 1:42.0 | at Madison Square Garden I went into overtime, but good news I got to go to game 4 at the 76ers when we had an incredible epic win in Philly. I'm still going |
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