# Ep.5 Sharon Xu: on changing careers from finance to tech, how a joint degree in business and engineering made it possible and her experiments with art and social media MAY 9TH, 2022 | 01:12:37 | E5 [Play](https://jlampodcast.z19.web.core.windows.net/episodes/005-sharon-xu.mp3) ### EPISODE SUMMARY Sharon Xu is a Program Manager on the Python Team at Microsoft, holder of a degree in Engineering and Business from the University of Western Ontario in Canada, and a retired currency trader. ### EPISODE NOTES Link to [full text transcript](https://share.descript.com/view/xcGkkbtvryL) - Tim Urban's [Life Path Picture](https://twitter.com/waitbutwhy/status/1476962460049584136/photo/1) - Tim Urban's [Primitive Mind and Higher Mind](https://waitbutwhy.com/2019/09/thinking-ladder.html) - Daniel Pink's [The Power of Regret](https://amzn.to/3rFgLUY) - [Ivey Business Review](https://iveybusinessreview.ca/) - [Instagram - Guan's Art](https://www.instagram.com/guans_art/) - [Bret Victor Inventing on Principle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUv66718DII) - [YouTube - Gawx](https://www.youtube.com/c/GawxArt) - [YouTube - Frank Tedesco's OMEGLE playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5poLSRa3cpHBfiJ6wQdTQDiI1FruzvN0) - [Sharon's TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@stdart) Music credit: –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Track: Lost In Medina — Amine Maxwell [Audio Library Release] Music provided by Audio Library Plus Watch: [https://youtu.be/qNSdpqSkRe4](https://youtu.be/qNSdpqSkRe4) Free Download / Stream: [https://alplus.io/lost-medina](https://alplus.io/lost-medina) ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––