Archana Iyer talks about future of Mixed Reality, HoloLens, and the art of improv theatre | 13 - a podcast by What the HAT!? - Podcast

About the guest:  Archana Iyer, after her graduation D. J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, completed her Masters in Information Technology at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). She went on to join Microsoft as a Software Engineer and is currently working with the Mixed Reality team. She is working on the Microsoft HoloLens 2 product.   She is a programmer by the day and an improv artist at night. She performs in theatres and does open-mic in the Seattle area (check her out!). Archana also volunteers with Microsoft to help underprivileged girls learn how to code.   

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/archanaiyer4/ 

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Key Insights in this Episode:  

Cracking the interview process at Microsoft and interview advice for graduate students [15:34] 

Future of Mixed Reality technology [24:34] 

Discussing HoloLens 2 and its use cases [34:03] 

Art of improv and its application at work [39:55] 

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