What is Stochastic Gradient Dissent about?

Stochastic Gradient Dissent is about UT MSBA alumni, their early career paths, graduate school memories, and what they were doing after the program.

Who hosts Stochastic Gradient Dissent?

Stochastic Gradient Dissent is hosted by Sagar and Cory Nguyen.

How long are Stochastic Gradient Dissent episodes?

Episodes are usually about 30 to 45 minutes long.

How often does Stochastic Gradient Dissent release?

The show released five episodes between December 2020 and February 2021 and appears to be completed or inactive.

Where can I listen to Stochastic Gradient Dissent?

Stochastic Gradient Dissent is available on Podfriend and any podcast app that supports RSS, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Stochastic Gradient Dissent

Cory Nguyen·Hosted by Sagar and Cory Nguyen·5 episodes

SocietyCulturePersonalJournalsCo-hosted interviews30-45 minAlumni storiesData careersStandalone episodesInactive

A glorified audio diary where two MSBA students, Sagar and Cory, learn about what other graduates are up to. Want to be on the show? Have any questions for us or our guests? Contact us at [email protected].

Why listen

Stochastic Gradient Dissent is a small, personal alumni catch-up show hosted by Sagar and Cory Nguyen, who talk with fellow UT MSBA graduates about what life and work looked like after the program. It is casual and low-stakes, with conversations that mix data careers, quarantine-era updates, graduate school memories, and friendly inside-baseball from the analytics world. Listeners who like career check-ins, alumni stories, or informal conversations with early-career data professionals will get the most from it.

Episodes

45 min

Feb 23, 2021Episode 5

Shi Likes the Drama

This week we catch up with Helena Shi, a BI Analyst/Data Scientist for Dell Technologies. Helena does her best to recruit us all to Dell, while also sharing what she's been up to while in quarantine. She also shares some of her favorite memories from back in the day.

41 min

Jan 26, 2021Episode 4

Clay Money

Sagar and Cory are joined by Clay Mason, possibly the most eccentric (in a good way!) member of the UT MSBA Class of 2019. Tune in as we dive into Clay's memories of the MSBA program and why he decided to pursue an MBA at UT Austin afterwards!

36 min

Dec 16, 2020Episode 3

The Bias-Variance Trade-Hoff

For the third and final episode before the new year, Sagar and Cory are joined by none other than Ryan Hoff, a senior analyst at Clearsulting. Tune in to hear how Ryan's quarantine has been going.

31 min

Dec 8, 2020Episode 2

Forests, Food, and Fighting

Sagar and Cory are back with another one - this time with Mark Babbe, a fellow Data Scientist from Chevron. Mark shares with us what he's been up to lately, including his activities in Muay Thai.

35 min

Dec 1, 2020Episode 1

The First Dang Episode

The first episode of Stochastic Gradient Dissent with Sagar and Cory featuring MSBA superstar Amy Dang! Amy is an M&A Consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers and she joins us today to tell us about what she's been up to in the Instagram foodie space in LA.