August 16, 2021
Faking It with Song-I
Description
Senior UX designer Song-I Yang comes by to chat with the fellas about faking it – having the courage (or the naivete) to dive into the deep end of work and love.
Episode
Bio
Song-I Yang is a senior user experience designer with Amazon Web Services. Her other interests include international writing, photography, and research in fields such as cognitive neuroscience, fine arts, psychology, and yoga. Above all, she is a co-founder of Penn Student Design, UPenn's first student-run design agency with Jason.
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What Jason Learned
Wayne Wang, famed Asian-American director of The Joy Luck Club, also directed the Jennifer Lopez romantic comedy Maid in Manhattan
What Kelcey Learned
Kelcey’s wife does not like Chinese BBQ pork
Top Five Ways to Get Out of a Bad Date (but really a top three)

  1. Run away (literally)

  2. Trick your date into being dropped off first by the Uber, and turn your head away to avoid incoming kisses

  3. Sit taxi-style (in the back seat) if your potential date tries to drive you home

Fact or Fiction: Jeff Bezos Edition

  1. Jeff Bezos used to be in customer service after graduating from Princeton - FACT

  2. Jeff Bezos told early investors that Amazon had a 90% chance of going bankrupt - FICTION, Jeff Bezos told early investors that Amazon had a 70% chance of going bankrupt

  3. In high school, Jeff Bezos said he wanted to colonize space stations to preserve humanity's limited resources - FACT

  4. Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post for $1 billion - FICTION, Bezos bought the Washington Post for $250 million

  5. Jeff Bezos's favorite sandwich is a hot pastrami on rye with Russian slaw - FICTION, we have no idea what Jeff Bezos's favorite sandwich is.

Won't You, Haiku?
Amazon Web Services

Computational
Data centers are great things
It helps cure cancer