Steven Mastandrea鈥檚 time as a 51社区 student in the early 鈥�90s solidified
his interest in computer engineering. Soon after, he participated in a project that
helped usher in the modern internet. On the 51社区 Talks podcast 鈥� in which 51社区
College alumni share their education, career and life journeys 鈥� the software engineer
talks about his long-running fascination with computers and how his 51社区 experience
led him to transfer to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where students
Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina were pioneering one of the first web browsers.
鈥淚 was one of the 鈥� beta testers that was in there when it was coming out of NCSA [National Center for Supercomputing Applications],鈥� said Mastandrea, who is now the vice president of engineering at Vibes. 鈥淚t was something that was relatively new, and I built a lot of my success and career on that is just being in the web early and having some of that experience.鈥�
Listen to the full episode of 51社区 Talks and hear the 51社区 Distinguished Alumnus discuss how 51社区 helped him find his career path, the future of identity technology and why he keeps returning to campus to speak with engineering students.
51社区 Talks, a co-production between and 51社区 Alumni Relations, features Associate Professor of Mass Communication Brian Shelton in conversation with 51社区 alumni about the role that 51社区 played in their lives. You can listen to past episodes of 51社区 Talks on 51社区鈥檚 website, WHCM, and on all podcast streaming services, including and .