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- #52 The End The final episode of Graduate Theory's first season: lessons learned, favourite memories and advice for graduates.
- #51 Nan Meka | On Choosing a Startup That's Right for You Nan Meka explains what to look for when joining a startup, why fundraising size can mislead and why early-career learning beats compensation.
- #50 Graduate Theory Compilation - Part Two Part two of the Graduate Theory compilation, collecting career advice from episodes 26–47.
- #49 Graduate Theory Compilation - Part One A compilation of career advice from the first 25 Graduate Theory guests.
- #48 On Achieving Work-Life Balance A deep dive into work-life balance: setting sustainable boundaries, finding harmony and choosing the balance that works for you.
- #47 Dave Lourdes | On Becoming The Best You Can Be Dave Lourdes shares lessons on confidence, consistency, achievement and turning what you learn into action.
- #46 Mykel Dixon | On Rediscovering Your Creativity Would you describe yourself as a creative person? In this episode, we discover how to reconnect with the creative flows inside us all.
- #45 Brendan Humphreys | On Developing Your Engineering Career Today's guest is a leader in his field. He has grown the engineering team at Canva from a startup to one of the best engineering workplaces in Australia.
- #44 Lisa Leong | On Moments of Truth and Pattern Discovery Lisa Leong shares lessons on moments of truth, everyday experimentation and discovering the patterns that energise you.
- #43 Caleb Maru | On African Startups and the Power of Accountability Caleb Maru explores the opportunity in African startups and how accountability can turn ambitious goals into action.
- #42 On Creating a Lifestyle Career Plan A framework for designing a lifestyle-first career plan and making intentional choices about work, money and relationships.
- #41 Gabriel Guedes | On Tales Of Spontaneity And The Perils Of Optionality Gabriel Guedes reflects on spontaneity, optionality and leaving a high-performance consulting career to build a startup.
- #40 Elaha Gurgani | On Exploring Curiosity and Building Your Tribe Elaha Gurgani shares how curiosity, community and putting your work into the world can open unexpected opportunities.
- #39 Elizabeth Knight | On Defining Yourself and Your Mission Elizabeth Knight discusses defining your identity, finding your mission and creating work that matters to you.
- #38 Juliana Owen | On Building Your Career in the Australian Job Market Juliana Owen shares how international graduates can build confidence, communicate their value and find work in Australia.
- #37 On The Best Of Graduate Theory A collection of the best lessons and moments from the first 36 episodes of Graduate Theory.
- #36 Max Marchione | On Independent Thought And The Value Of Courage Max Marchione discusses independent thought, intellectual honesty and the courage required to choose your own path.
- #35 Cheran Ketheesuran | On The Journey To Banking and Consulting Graduate Roles Cheran Ketheesuran shares his journey into competitive banking and consulting graduate roles and how others can prepare.
- #34 Robby Wade | On The Importance of Perspective Robby Wade shares lessons on perspective from a career spanning Australian banking, crypto and a Silicon Valley startup.
- #33 Jack Boxer | On Waking Up and Chasing Your Dreams Jack Boxer shares how a life-changing wake-up call led him to pursue entrepreneurship and start chasing his dreams.
- #32 On Why You Shouldn't Follow Your Passion Why passion often follows skill, autonomy and meaningful work—and why blindly following it can be poor career advice.
- #31 Gene Rice | On The Journey from Grad to Grown-up Gene Rice shares lessons from helping young adults make the transition from uncertain graduates to confident professionals.
- #30 Yaniv Bernstein | On Engineering The Perfect Work Culture Yaniv Bernstein explains how engineers and leaders can build high-performance teams without sacrificing a healthy work culture.
- #29 On Negotiating Your Financial Future with Lacey Filipich Lacey Filipich shares the foundations of financial independence, negotiating your pay and choosing the right boss.
- #28 On the Specialist vs Generalist Dilemma A practical look at the specialist-versus-generalist dilemma and why broad experience can create stronger long-term careers.
- #27 On Finding and Thriving in Your Dream Graduate Role with Kerry Callenbach What graduates can do differently to stand out, build rapport and thrive throughout competitive recruitment processes.
- #26 On Making a Career in Venture Capital with Abhi Maran Welcome to episode #26 of Graduate Theory. Venture Capital is an interesting place to work, one that you don't usually expect young guns to be operating. This week, we uncover what it takes to work…
- #25 The Quarter Century Review with James Fricker Hi all, today marks a special day for Graduate Theory, the 25th episode. It's been nearly 6 months now of weekly content, many interviews conducted and many lessons learnt.
- #24 On Avoiding Career Traps and Burnout with Mel Kettle This is episode #24 of Graduate Theory. Burnout is something we hear about but probably haven't had much experience with. Today's guest shines a light on what she wishes she knew before burning out…
- #23 On Building a Remote Career in Web3 with Josh Reyes Welcome to episode #23 of Graduate Theory. Web3 is taking over the world, and today's guest is right in the thick of it. Listen as we discuss Web3, culture and remote work.
- #22 On Finding Your Mission with Josh Farr This is episode #22 of Graduate Theory. This is a powerful episode, one that I learned so much from, and one that I recommend everyone listens to.
- #21 On Resume Writing and Authenticity with Nimarta Verma This wonderful week it's episode #21 of Graduate Theory. It's time to discuss resumes and cover letters.
- #20 On Time Management and Leadership with Adam Geha Welcome to episode #20 of Graduate Theory. This episode is with one of the most impressive guests we've interviewed so far.
- #19 On Designing a Successful Side Hustle with Penny Talalak This week we present #19 of Graduate Theory. On designing and side-hustling.
- #18 On Asymmetric risks and The Power Of Asking with Warwick Donaldson Back again with episode #18 of Graduate Theory, providing you with lessons and tips so that you can have a successful and fulfilling career.
- #17 On The Importance of Taking Action with Aaron Ngan Welcome to episode #17 of Graduate Theory, providing you with lessons and tips so that you can have a successful and fulfilling career.
- #16 On building a long term and sustainable career with Michael Gill Michael Gill is a titan of the law industry in Australia. Since graduating from university in 1970, he has accomplished so much.
- #15 On Startups, Corporate and The Importance of Personal Branding with Dan Brockwell Dan Brockwell is a Computer Science and Marketing graduate from UNSW.
- #14 On Our Connection To Nature and Leadership with Ingrid Messner Ingrid Messner is a leadership expert with over twenty-five years’ experience. She was born in Germany and moved with her family to Sydney, in 2004. Passionate about the environment, she overcame e…
- #13 On Moving Interstate, SWE Interviews and Traits of Great Consultants This episode is a compilation of three interviews I did with friends of mine from University.
- #12 On Books and The Importance of Range with Adam Ashton Adam Ashton is an account manager by day and a co-host of the What You Will Learn podcast. With 5M+ downloads, the podcast is all about summarising the best lessons from books and interviewing some…
- #11 On The Graduate Experience and Careers with Haynes D'Souza Haynes is a Finance Manager at Airwallex. He has worked at Goldman Sachs JBWere and PWC, where he worked in Silicon Valley on billion-dollar deals like the Uber IPO and Airbnb transactions.
- #10 On Graduate Theory James is the host of Graduate Theory. He studied Maths and Finance at the University of Adelaide, before moving to Melbourne in 2021 to start as a Technology Graduate at ANZ. He is passionate about…
- #9 On Mentoring and Mental Health Aiden studied IT and finished his degree in 2016, he has previously worked at Apple and PWC and now works as a Technical Trainer @ Microsoft. He is passionate about mental health.
- #8 On Purpose Driven Business and Transdisciplinarity with Co-founder and CEO, Andrew Akib Andrew is the Co-Founder and CEO of Maslow. Maslow is a voice-enabled rehabilitation assistant for young people living with paralysis. Andrew is a musician and artist at heart and says that is how…
- #7 On Purpose and High Performance with Former MD Goldman Sachs, Lidia Ranieri Lidia was a Partner at Reunion Capital Partners and previously a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs. She has over 25 years of experience in the finance industry, predominantly in the capital market…
- #6 On Personal Productivity and Growth with Founding Director - Capability Unlimited, Ishan Galapathy "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard
- #5 On Listening with Author and Speaker, Oscar Trimboli Oscar Trimboli is an author, host of the Apple award-winning podcast Deep Listening and a sought-after keynote speaker. He is passionate about using the gift of listening to bring positive change i…
- #4 On University and Initiative with Co-Founder of Espresso Displays, Scott McKeon Scott McKeon reflects on university, overseas exchange and the importance of taking initiative early in your career.
- #3 On Patterns and Letting Go with Behavioural Scientist, Darren Fleming Darren is a Behavioural Scientist & Peak Performance Strategist.
- #2 On Career Progression and Leadership with Former SATAC CEO, Wendy Teasdale-Smith Wendy is the former CEO of the South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre.
- #1 On Networking with Founder and Author, Joe Wehbe Joe Wehbe is the co-founder of Constant Student and the co-author of 18 and Lost.
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