
Omoju Miller
Software Technologist
Google.Org & UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA USA
“Take a deep breath and tell your feet to move, and your feet will move.”
Google.Org & UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA USA
“Take a deep breath and tell your feet to move, and your feet will move.”
Software Technologist
I do strategy. I invest in computer science education non-profits using technology at scale to achieve social good.
I currently wear two hats. The first hat is I am a Berkeley Computer Science Education PhD candidate. I spend a lot of time researching and writing my dissertation. I do most of my work around artificial intelligence and how people reason (human cognition); I'm working on applying that to how people learn. The second hat is I help Google with strategy surrounding nonprofit investment in computer science education. There, I manage a $15M CSEd portfolio and work to grow that portfolio.
Here's the first step for college students
You have the capacity to do whatever it is you want to do. Take small steps to build up the muscle of courage and go for it.
"I'm just this little piddly thing, what could I possibly offer to any of these people [in technology]. "
It took baby steps to realize my own potential. I decided I could start doing micro-heroic things to increase my confidence and become comfortable embracing failure.
I grew up in Nigeria. The beauty and tragedy of Nigeria is that we don't have constant power so growing up I wasn't watching tv in my spare time. I had to invent my play and be creative; that has shaped me into who I am now.