Go out and make those connections, meet people, have conversations.
It may land you a dream job. My friend got an engineering internship in China by playing cards with a kid on a plane!
It may land you funding. It may get you invited along to a fabulous experience. Or an invitation to meet someone amazing. Or it may just give you an idea or insight that gives you a new perspective on your life.
Forbes named me a world's top 50 woman in tech & 30 Under 30. I founded Robogals and Aipoly and was Young Australian of the Year 2012. Currently working on robotics company Aubot. I'm the youngest Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and I give speeches around the world.
I tweet @maritacheng and I'm on Facebook.
Returning to my hometown Cairns is always relaxing. Returning to Cairns in winter is a luxury - because the weather is lovely, and not cold at all....
When I was growing up, I read voraciously - for hours and hours a day. When I was in year 7, my mum even went to my parent-teacher interview and...
Appeared in an epic television commercial with my robot arm!
I did an interview at the beginning of the year about 24 hours in the life of me. I've copied and pasted the text here below. Enjoy! For robotics...
I first learnt about the impostor syndrome at the Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing in 2011. A Stanford student asked a question...
A robot friend suggested we go and get our nails painted by a robot! So we went and did that! The first time I saw a nail painting robot was at CES...
Lockdown is certainly a change of pace for me. I used to fly around the world twice a month! Now I’m stuck inside my 768 sq ft apartment for months...
I went to Orlando and gave three speeches in 4 days! I spoke to Baxter Healthcare virtually about failure - my failures, failing fast, failing...
It was a whirlwind of a week in Malaysia at Shell Eco-marathon Asia. The air was constantly buzzing with intense excitement and anticipation, mixed...
Am I working towards a larger life goal? Am I learning anything? Does this help keep a roof over my head? I focused on a number of activities while I...
