1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,440 Hello! Welcome to the careers4kids podcast for kids learn careers! This is Maxwell Valencia 2 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:14,040 and this is Henry Morrison and today we have Ashley Hyde from the marketing and communications 3 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:18,800 team. Wow guys, thanks so much for having me. I'm so excited to be here today. Thank 4 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:22,720 you for spending your time to be on careers for kids a lot. It's really nice of you and 5 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:29,720 we hope we have a great interview. Now let's get started! I'm ready. So I'll put the quiz 6 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:34,360 in question. Tell us what you currently do right now. Currently I am the social media 7 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:40,800 lead and webmaster at the Westport Library. That's really cool. Thanks. So yeah, tell 8 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:44,920 us more about your career and how you got to this position. Yeah, that's a great question. 9 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:52,920 So I used to work in music a few years ago and yeah so my instrument is the computer, 10 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:59,680 right? So I'm kind of the person that brings the music like to the public online. So I 11 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:04,880 worked with a band and I had to help them distribute their message to the world and 12 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:09,660 so I got really good at social media. That's how I got started. That's really cool. Yeah. 13 00:01:09,660 --> 00:01:14,880 So what part of your job do you enjoy the most and like not really like the most? So 14 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:18,520 the part of the job I like the most is that I get to make really fun videos like I get 15 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:22,360 to like you know kind of just have fun. You've seen the Westport Public Library. You've seen 16 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:25,800 our guys social media. Yeah. So we get to make a little bit of comedy and I think that's 17 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:30,680 my favorite part. My least favorite part is that social media can be a little bit of a 18 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:35,200 tough place for your mental health. You know no matter what comes on the screen you have 19 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:39,040 to protect yourself from you know so that's my least favorite part. There's some like 20 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:45,240 people who are not really nice. There's a lot of cyber bullying. I mean is the internet 21 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:51,560 advances advances? There's definitely gonna be more people using it for bad things. Yeah 22 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:56,160 so was this like the dream job you imagined yourself doing when you were a kid? That's 23 00:01:56,160 --> 00:02:01,080 a great question. I don't think I imagined myself like as a social media person but I 24 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:07,320 always imagined myself as a creator you know. I kind of wanted to either be like TV or I 25 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,360 wanted to be in movies or I wanted to just kind of be a candid person. So I feel like 26 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:14,640 social media is my way of being able to really do that. That's really nice. Yeah. I kind 27 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:19,720 of like social media too. Do you? I started my own YouTube channel but I kind of stopped 28 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:23,800 playing using it because I realized it could be more productive things. Yeah but you know 29 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:29,480 you're gonna make a lot of money on YouTube. Yeah. You're gonna make cars. Yeah. You skipped 30 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:34,760 the question. Okay. Alright let's do it. Oh nevermind. Nevermind. Bye. Alright. You're 31 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:40,200 weird. Sorry about that. It's just kind of. We're having fun. Yeah we're having fun. 32 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:44,600 That's how it matters. Bro you're having fun. You were your main idol when you were young. 33 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,600 Like how inspired. Just enough to be like a marketer. Just enough to be when you were 34 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:53,160 little. I mean actually kind of more directed towards that. So you know it's a good question. 35 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:56,680 I think one person that really stands out to me is Jane Goodall. I don't know if you guys 36 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:01,320 know who she is. I feel like the nature person. Yeah so she basically is one of the leading 37 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:06,280 anthropologists that works with like chimpanzees and you know primates and what I love about 38 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:11,200 her is that she started her PhD at like I think it was like 42 or something. Very late 39 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:16,760 in life and she's still a legend so it's never too late to do something incredible you know. 40 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:23,000 Yeah. I kind of like I kind of like PhD at 42 that's really nice. Yeah Maxwell's always 41 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:28,120 talking about how he wants to like get a hand on his cover year and stuff. You're gonna 42 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:35,480 get your PhD by the time you're 15 my friend. So why did you pick this job? Like what made 43 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:39,720 you do this? I mean I know you wanted to like to connect with people and just be kind of 44 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:44,360 out there like you said but like go a little bit deeper into that. Sure. I'm really good 45 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:48,920 with technology. I happen to have a really good skill set with computers and with graphics 46 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:53,200 and video editing so social media is a really good way for me to have all these skills in 47 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:58,200 one job right. Like I can edit videos, I can take photos, I can make them into posts, I 48 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:03,520 can put them online, I can do digital advertising so I can manage my you know all that. I code 49 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:08,000 websites so I can do all that stuff you know so yeah it's the whole bag in one job. Yeah 50 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:13,280 I mean even with our website I think we even mentioned this in the last episode but I had 51 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:20,040 to like code the backbone of our website and I don't know I self taught myself. Me too. 52 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:24,680 I'm good pretty good with computers or at least I think so but I'm more of like a hardware 53 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:28,320 person when it comes to that. That's how you get started though it's like you just start 54 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:33,800 exploring your skill set and before you know it. Yeah and what was the biggest highlight 55 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:37,640 of your career? Like how did you entire career, which one did you like like the most? Like 56 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:41,920 what was amazing? Oh such a good question. So the band that I was working with got nominated 57 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:47,640 for a Grammy, we did not win but they were on the Grammy red carpet and that was a huge 58 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:51,840 highlight for me. Yeah it was really rad and so and being able to take them from like their 59 00:04:51,840 --> 00:04:56,600 first music video all the way to a Grammy nomination it's like seeing something through 60 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:01,840 from start to finish really cool. I like that. Thanks. And yeah back to the technology thing 61 00:05:01,840 --> 00:05:06,840 both of me and Amy were really interested in technology like we said from the last episode. 62 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:13,320 Yeah he's more with like the software stuff. I mean I made our website like pretty much 63 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:18,920 from scratch. Awesome. What did you use? Do you know did you use WordPress or Wix or Gris 64 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:23,680 Figgs? We used Wix but we got some like I don't even remember what it was. We got some 65 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:29,520 sort of deal to think where I actually had to do a bit of coding. Wow. So cool. I kind 66 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:34,840 of soft taught myself. Maxwell takes classes I believe. Oh no. He's gonna. Yeah I might 67 00:05:34,840 --> 00:05:39,520 take classes like both me and him we know some coding. Yeah. Especially him. I'll tell 68 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:43,600 you the more savvy you are with a computer the further you can get because everyone always 69 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:48,560 needs somebody to help them with technology so often my job is hey Ashley can you help 70 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:55,200 me with this on my computer? Exactly. So when you're that person you're always gonna have 71 00:05:55,200 --> 00:06:00,600 a job. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah especially like technology is becoming more frequent. Yeah 72 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:06,440 and just like becoming a bigger part of our lives even now like. All day. It's been like 73 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:12,800 even since probably I'd say like especially like as like the Macintosh came out in like 74 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:20,040 what 84 or something. As that like more like consumer computers started to come around 75 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:26,760 more mainstream stuff. Absolutely I mean I'm wearing wearable technology. It's been more 76 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:31,440 like into our lives since then it's not just like things that are used by like governments 77 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:36,240 and stuff like that anymore. Yeah and then with the rollout of an artificial intelligence 78 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:41,200 your generation is gonna see some very incredible things. Yeah our last generation I mean sorry 79 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:46,840 our last episode was literally an artificial intelligence and engineering. Alright. Yeah 80 00:06:46,840 --> 00:06:51,320 what are the biggest challenges that you think you can be solved by like our generation that 81 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:56,520 you would want us to solve for? I need you guys to solve climate change. Yeah. You got 82 00:06:56,520 --> 00:07:00,640 that one in the back. Yeah you gotta do it man. It's the future it's the most important 83 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:04,760 thing that we can do for ourselves for our planet. Yeah you gotta take control of the 84 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:10,240 technology and stuff we have nowadays and use it for that. Yeah we always have to think 85 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:13,720 about resources and we also have to think about hunger. Global hunger should not be a 86 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:17,000 reason that we should not have global hunger at all whatsoever. So the fact that we still 87 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:24,120 have that confuses me. So yeah those two things guys I think you can do it. Like some people 88 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:28,440 they have lots and lots of money like not to be rude but they have lots and lots of 89 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:32,360 money and they can buy lots of food. They could do a whole bunch more couldn't they? 90 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:36,360 Yeah they could do so much but there's some people who sadly like can't get a job and 91 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:42,240 they're suffering. It's just like just getting food is so grateful for them. Some other people 92 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:47,440 them having food is just like a norm. You know we take things for granted when our table 93 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:51,520 is full but when our table is empty we're you know grateful for what we have. One like 94 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:57,680 for what I heard is that you only see the true importance of things if they're not there 95 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:06,520 anymore. I get that. If someone wants to follow in your footsteps in your careers what would 96 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:12,400 you tell him or her? I would tell them to diversify your skill set right? Make sure 97 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:14,920 you're good with your camera, you're good with your computer, you're good with your 98 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:19,120 video editing software, you're good with your audio podcasting stuff. You have a whole little 99 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:23,640 gamut of stuff so that way when you say you're a social media person you can do it from you 100 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:28,800 know all the way from I take pictures to I edit videos to I can do the advertising. You 101 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,560 want to be able to do all of it. I'm going to do some good editing skills. I literally 102 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:35,880 did a documentary for my own national history day. Have you heard of national history day? 103 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:41,800 No. It's like this competition that you enter this year with like a turning point in history 104 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:48,040 or something and you did a website I did a documentary and you had to kind of like show 105 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:52,400 why that was a turning point in history and give a bunch of substantial evidence for that 106 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:58,640 and you like move on because it goes regional, states, nationals. We both made it into states. 107 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:03,000 Really? That's rad. Which points in history did you guys pick to talk about? Mine was 108 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:08,200 technology based, it was the transistor. And mine was 9-11. Definitely a bit of a darker 109 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:12,840 topic. Sometimes we have to explore those to grow you know. Yeah. See I really like 110 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:19,200 my topic was also really interesting. They connected my topic before like being the transistors 111 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:24,040 and computer chips and before like they had like a computer that take like two of these 112 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:30,120 like in giant rooms. Could you imagine walking into rooms of computers instead of just this 113 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:38,800 little. I just want to have a grind. Yeah. I've always wanted a library and here I am 114 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:42,360 working in one so you never know you're going to end up with that. I'm so bad that you got 115 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:46,600 all that stuff out the makerspace. I had a couple projects going on in there. Did you? 116 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:51,640 Some old stuff. Okay. Well we still have our 3D printers going so. But they removed it 117 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:57,240 all for some reason. The guy that was working there that he introduced me to the place left 118 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:04,200 a couple months earlier and I guess he took all the donated stuff with him for some reason. 119 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:10,200 That's true. The library removed it or something. So like it's pretty much empty in there now. 120 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:14,360 Well we'll have to make sure that we report back that you guys want more makerspace stuff. 121 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:20,360 Yeah. Yeah. I'm a volunteer there. Are you? I haven't been there in a while. Right cool. 122 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:25,880 Well I can tell you guys are builders. Yeah. The coping on technologies like what I said 123 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:31,720 before used to have an entire room then became like our desk like a desk top to our laptops 124 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:37,080 and our lap. Now it's kind of a big laptop. Yeah. Then we came all the way to things we 125 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:44,920 hold. Yeah. Like a phone and then your watch. It's amazing. Yeah. Yeah. Even on your Apple 126 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:51,720 watch that probably that thing's probably faster than like a full-fledged computer that takes up 127 00:10:51,720 --> 00:11:02,120 like a whole room. Exactly. Processing power is pretty incredible. Yeah. Yeah. Cool. What else 128 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:07,560 we got? What is your main life advice for kids listening to this podcast? Life advice? Life advice. Whoa. 129 00:11:09,560 --> 00:11:15,720 All right. Try lots of things. Even if you know in your heart of hearts you want to be a surgeon. 130 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:20,360 Yeah. Still go try to do something different just to see what's out there you know because 131 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:24,840 I've wanted to be so many different things in life you know and so you asked me one day I wanted 132 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:29,560 to be a flying trapeze artist. What? Like I'm very you know physically active because of that so that's 133 00:11:29,560 --> 00:11:36,200 one part of my life. I wanted to be an ER surgeon at one point and I got my EMT license you know but 134 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:41,480 here and I got an anthropology degree because I liked to I liked the idea of maybe going to scrape 135 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:46,120 fossils and go dig one day so you can do many things you don't have to just be one thing so 136 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:50,680 that would be my advice to your kids. What do you want to be? Actually I know this but you know. 137 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:56,680 I want to be a businessman. Oh businessman. Yeah I'm gonna invest in like I was able to get over 138 00:11:56,680 --> 00:12:02,200 600 percent of my stock. Okay so you like growth you like to see the double and you're finding 139 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:08,440 your compounding interest. Yeah. All right. I want to be like a computer engineer technological 140 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:13,160 engineer stuff like that. Cool you guys have some really amazing goals. Yeah I'm definitely 141 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:18,120 gonna look into more stuff even after that kind of like. Yeah try try as much as you can guys. 142 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:23,800 I wanted to be a hockey player. See that's what I'm saying I tried hockey and I got my finger 143 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:29,320 run over by an ice skate. Oh. See that little pinky thing. Exactly. You just travel hockey. 144 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:36,520 Well see. I realized that um that not to be mean to hockey players but there's some jobs that you 145 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:42,440 can do like it's not all about your not not all about like your your muscles and your brain. 146 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:49,000 It's also your brain. Yeah I mean I mean a lot of them have to make up like strategies and 147 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:55,400 like tactics in their head to like play off the game. It's not just all about like. Wrong. Yeah 148 00:12:55,400 --> 00:13:02,200 it's not about like running at each other. And nowadays I would say that athletes have to be 149 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:06,520 businessmen and if they're not businessmen then they're probably not going to spend their money 150 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:10,920 right. They might not make good investment decisions. They might not choose the right team. 151 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:14,440 So just like how you want to be a businessman you got to encourage your friends who are athletes to 152 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:19,720 be businessmen too. Yeah like this person Kiyogi Mbappe. He's one of the best soccer players in 153 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:25,720 the world. Yeah Mbappe. Yeah he got he got he got like 200 million dollars once and he spent it 154 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:30,200 round like he spent like on a private check. See those things happen so if you don't have good 155 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:34,280 financial advice especially as a kid and I think that might be something that you guys should also 156 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:38,280 talk about on your podcast. When you're gonna have a career you gotta know what to do once you start 157 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:43,480 rolling in the money right. So then you gotta be financially smart right. Yep. Cool. Love it. 158 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:47,480 That's a wrap. That's a wrap. Yeah. Thanks guys. 159 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:52,840 Thank you guys for allowing us to interview you. I'm sure more kids will be inspired by this 160 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:57,800 interview. All day long. To whoever is listening thanks for listening to the careers for kids 161 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:01,560 podcast. We hope you enjoyed the episode and we'll see you in the next episode. Bye. 162 00:14:01,560 --> 00:14:12,840 Bye. Guys high fives. You rock.