Join us in conversations with the next generation of achievers. We talk school, jobs, career growth, and anything else a couple of recent grads find interesting about the world.

Project Rookie
Claim This Podcastby Jett Smith, Alex Giblin
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Join us in conversations with the next generation of achievers. We talk school, jobs, career growth, and anything else a couple of recent grads find interesting about the world.
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Recent Episodes

April 23, 2025
S2E2: Leveraging AI, future of work, and adapting to new technology
<p><strong>GUEST: </strong>Jack Barstad, Senior at University of Wisconsin, Lacrosse</p><p><strong>THE QUICK VERSION:</strong></p><ul><li>AI is transforming the way we learn, work, and process information.</li><li>A few interesting use cases mentioned are analyzing health and fitness tracking data from MyFitnessPal and WHOOP, gene sequencing, brainstorming, research and reading long documents.</li><li>We stress the importance of being adaptable to AI and other new technologies in the workplace, because AI won't necessarily take your job, but someone using AI will.</li><li>Employers are highly motivated to adopt AI and new technologies as it decreases their expenses (computers are cheaper than humans)</li><li>It's beneficial to be constantly interacting with AI and testing new ways to use it in your life.</li><li>It's critically important that you pay close attention to AI and how it's being utilized so that you can compete in the current job market.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong> </strong><a href="https://beacons.ai/projectrookie" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">MORE OF PROJECT ROOKIE HERE</a><strong></strong></p><p><a href="https://x.com/JETTcre" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">FOLLOW JETT ON TWITTER</a><strong></strong></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/alex.giblin/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">FOLLOW ALEX ON INSTAGRAM</a><strong></strong></p><p><br></p>

April 18, 2025
S2E1: Graduating without a job, AI websites, electric cars, and a new brand
<p><strong>THE QUICK VERSION:</strong></p><p>Jett and Alex discuss the challenges of navigating the tightjob market post-graduation, share insights on an AI website generator, interesting developments in electric vehicles, and reflect on Alex’s journey to securing a job in the biomedical field. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>WHAT WE LEARNED:</strong></p><ul><li>Stay positive and committed during job searches,don’t panic.</li><li>Interview experiences can vary dramatically, avoidbeing discouraged by a few that didn’t go as well as you’d hoped.</li><li>Be open to a variety of job opportunities, evenif they aren’t exactly what you were looking for.</li><li>Your first job doesn’t define your entire careerpath.</li><li>Look inside your network for job opportunities.</li><li>Maintain close relationships with past employersas they can lead to future opportunities.</li><li>You’ll often find the most unexpected opportunitiesfrom those in your network.</li><li>Have a plan in case you don’t have a job linedup right after school.</li><li>Developing an intimate understanding of yourexpenses ahead of time will help you get through a break with no income.</li><li>Gamma is an AI driven text-to-website and text-to-presentationgenerator.</li><li>The electric vehicle market is rapidly evolvingand an interesting industry to pay attention to.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong> </strong><a href="https://beacons.ai/projectrookie" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>MORE OF PROJECT ROOKIE HERE</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://x.com/JETTcre" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>FOLLOW JETT ON TWITTER</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/alex.giblin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>FOLLOW ALEX ON INSTAGRAM</strong></a></p>
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December 16, 2024
[#24] Nick Marcinkiewicz: What in the world is Corporate Comm?
Nick Marcinkiewicz, a former sports journalist, shares how he pivoted to corporate communications and now uses AI to boost his productivity and stay adaptable in a rapidly changing industry.
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