CSESoc Media

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Pre-Enrolment

Are you studying programming at UNSW, and want some guidance on where to start and what to do? CSESoc is here to help out with our Pre-Enrolment Guide!

Trimesters

Alignment

In the second article in CSESoc's Trimester series we take a deep dive into the alignment changes faced in the new academic calendar system, specifically with summer internships and exchange programs.

Echo

Co-founding Yoinki w/ Conway Ying

In this week's episode Clarence and Aditi sit down with Conway Ying, a previous CSESoc Careers Director in his final year of university to discuss his journey to becoming a cofounder of the mobile fundraising app Yoinki.

Trimesters

A Retrospect on Trimesters

Are trimesters actually good? Over the next few weeks, the Media Team will be releasing a 3 part series written for the members that look into depth, different aspects of trimesters. We will endeavour to be as fair and partial as possible while still conveying the heartfelt feelings of students.

Trimesters

Sacrifice

In the first article in our retrospective series on trimesters Tommy analyses the results of our trimester survey and explores the different journeys CSE students faced.

Echo

True Crime: Operation Bayonet

In this week's episode of Echo, Mark and Ryan investigate the multinational law enforcement effort involving the world's biggest dark web markets.

Workshops

Wargaming: Intro to Gaming Tech Talk

Missed out on attending the Wargaming workshop? Don't worry, we've got a recording!

Bitcoin: Explain Like I'm Five

An article about Bitcoin. Bitcoin is one of the first digital currencies to use peer-to-peer technology to facilitate instant payments. Ryan explains it so a five year old could understand it.

Echo

Living Life in Full (Jake) Bloom

We catch up with Jake Bloom, former CSESoc Co-President now serving aces in San Fran. Check out what he's been up to since his days dressed up as a giant thong, from career to living overseas, he drops some great advice and shows us how to live life in full Bloom.

Echo

Talking with Lecturers: John Shepherd and Andrew Taylor

In this week’s episode, we delve into the life of two prominent figures of the CSE faculty John Andrew Shepherd (Jas) and Andrew John Taylor, both senior lecturers at UNSW.

Workshops

Intro to Vue.js

Vue.js is a JavaScript front-end framework to help build interactivity within web applications. This is an intro session to Vue.js that is fast to learn and easy to develop in. Run by our CSESoc Projects Director: Tom Kunc.

Echo

What is a Solutions Architect w/ Dropbox

If you've ever dreamed of leading and introducing the overall technical vision for a solution, in this episode Ryan and Clarence sit down with James Murphy to share his insight and journey into his role as a Solutions Architect at Dropbox.

Echo

What it took to win a hackathon

As CSESoc’s Annual Hackathon is fast approaching we sat down with the winning team for both this year's Accenture’s 24/7 Blockchain Hackathon and last year's CSESoc Hackathon to share their experience and advice.

Echo

Co-founding Checkbox w/ Evan Wong

In today’s episode we retrospect on the startup journey with Evan Wong, a UNSW graduate and the CEO of the wildly successful startup Checkbox.

Echo

What is Product Management w/ Atlassian

As CSE students, there are a ton of career paths we can take, and many we don't know much about! If you've ever wondered about roles other than the Software Engineer, this episode is all about Product Management. Special Guests: Isha Mehta and Andrew Vo.

Echo

CSESoc’s First Year Camp

This week Mehri and Adrian talk about Subcommittee Applications and CSESoc’s 2019 First Year Camp, one of the biggest social events of the year for CSESoc that has the perfect fusion of wholesome vibes, nerdy times, and wild nights.

Echo

How we landed our internships

On the first ever Echo episode Adrian and Mehri discuss their recent summer internships. From preparing for interviews, to talking about their expectations versus the reality of being interns, we reflect on the experience and present their takeaways on doing an internship during your CSE degree.

Hackathon

What is a Hackathon?

With CSESoc’s very own Hackathon right around the corner, you might be wondering what a Hackathon even is. Adrian Martinez writes about his first experience at a Hackathon and why you should be excited to attend CSESoc’s!