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Xyla Foxlin, Engineer and YouTube Creator
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Kevin Scott interviews engineer and YouTube creator Xyla Foxlin on Microsoft's Behind The Tech podcast. They discuss her journey from childhood art to building rockets and sailboats. Foxlin shares challenges in the maker space, overcoming imposter syndrome, and her work encouraging women and people of color in STEM.
This episode features an engineer who makes cool things like rockets and shares her story. She talks about overcoming self-doubt and inspiring others, especially women and minorities, to get into science and building.
This episode offers insights into building a career as a maker and content creator, particularly for women and underrepresented groups in STEM. Foxlin's experience with imposter syndrome is relatable. While not directly about frontier AI labs, it touches on the broader ecosystem of innovation and skill development that fuels the tech industry, including AI.
- HostKevin Scott
- GuestXyla FoxlinEngineer and YouTube Creator
- Guest: Xyla Foxlin
- Show: Behind The Tech with Kevin Scott
- Length: 67 minutes
- Guest's work: Crafting everything from a rocket to a sailboat
Xyla Foxlin is an engineer and YouTuber with a passion for making things dating back to her early childhood love of art and creative exploration. What began as a way to entertain herself with whatever materials she could find blossomed into a career as a content creator and maker, showcasing her skills crafting everything from a rocket to a sailboat. In this episode, Xyla and Kevin discuss the challenges she's faced in the maker space, overcoming imposter syndrome, and the work she's done to help encourage other women and people of color interested in science, math, and engineering.
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- Who is Xyla Foxlin?
- Xyla Foxlin is an engineer and YouTube creator known for making diverse projects, from rockets to sailboats.
- What challenges did Xyla Foxlin discuss?
- She discussed challenges faced in the maker space and overcoming imposter syndrome.
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