Kee to Success: Student Careers Guide

Kee to Success: Student Careers Guide

Vernon Kee

Episodes 63
Avg. Duration 39m
Activity Highly Active
Since Oct 2020
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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About This Podcast

Mr Kee is a high school teacher who worked in the automotive industry as a project manager/engineer. He believes Careers is the most important subject you can take because there's no other course that will change your quality of life like knowledge that it gives you. Through Mr Kee's 14 year career as an educator and guidance counselor he has helped many students find their way to a successful and happy career.This podcast contains interviews with professionals and Mr Kee's grads to give you the knowledge you need to get an edge into finding a career you will love.

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Recent Episodes

S2E62 #62 Kee To Success Grad - Waterloo Comp Eng / Meta - Matthew So - Part 2

Apr 06, 2026 31m

How does a kid immigrate to Canada from the Philippines, get his dream job at Meta and has over $1,000,000 in investments in under 10 years?  Matthew So breaks it down in Part 2 of his interview.  He…

#61 Kee To Success Grad - Waterloo Comp Eng / Meta - Matthew So - Part 1

Mar 30, 2026 33m

He's another original Kee to Success "grad" - one of the students I made this podcast for when I was teaching online during the pandemic.  I have never met him but he arrived in Canada from the…

S2E60 #60 UBC CompSci/IBM Manager - Kyle Sava - Part 2

Mar 23, 2026 39m

Part 2 of Kyle Sava's interview.This is where he tells you how he climbed to be a manager at IBM in a few short years. He gives tips on how the interview process works, what hiring managers are…

S2E59 #59 UBC CompSci/IBM Manager - Kyle Sava - Part 1

Mar 17, 2026 33m

I keep in touch with my grads on LinkedIn and one day I see Kyle Sava post some job opportunities.  "Didn't he just graduate?" was my thought, but apparently he had become a manager at IBM in an…

#58 Kee to Success Grad - UofT Architectural Engineering - Julia Song - Part 2

Mar 09, 2026 22m

Julia Song continues sharing her experience in the University of Toronto’s Architectural Studies program, describing the intense workload, long studio hours, and hands-on design work with tools like…

S2E57 #57 Kee to Success Grad - UofT Architectural Engineering - Julia Song - Part 1

Mar 02, 2026 30m

In this episode of Kee to Success, I sit down with Julia Song — one of the original students who helped launch this podcast — now a fourth-year Architectural Studies student at the University of…

#56 Western Engineering to Tesla to Meta - Michael Avrakh - Part 3

Feb 23, 2026 32m

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow… couldn’t log into your computer… and found out you were one of 18,000 people laid off overnight?No warning.No goodbye meeting.Just an email at 4 a.m. saying…

S2E55 #55 Western Engineering to Tesla to Meta - Michael Avrakh - Part 2

Feb 16, 2026 33m

What does it really take to land a job at Tesla?In this episode, I sit down with one of my former students who went from Canadian engineering undergrad to Mechanical Design Engineer at Tesla —…

S2E54 #54 Western Engineering to Tesla to Meta - Michael Avrakh - Part 1

Feb 09, 2026 27m

In this episode of Kee to Success, I sit down with Michael Avrakh, a 2016 John Polanyi Collegiate Institute SMR (STEM) graduate who went on to study mechanical engineering at Western University and…

#53 Marketing Major to PWC Manager - Nicholas Kriss - Part 3

Feb 03, 2026 25m

What if the things you enjoy in high school—and the way you talk to people—matter more for your future career than you realize?This episode wraps up my three-part conversation with a former student…

S2E2 #52 Marketing Major to PWC Manager - Nicholas Kriss - Part 2

Jan 27, 2026 23m

What actually moves a career forward?In this episode, we sit down with a former student who turned a university internship into a fast-moving career inside a global professional services firm—by…

S2E1 #51 Marketing Major to PWC Manager - Nicholas Kriss - Part 1

Jan 20, 2026 27m

A 2017 graduate from my SMR program at JPCI in Toronto, Nick went into Marketing at York U and climbed the corporate ladder fast, making manager in under 5 years.  Nick talks about Business majors at…

S2E1 Season 2 Intro

Jan 20, 2026 2m Bonus

Season 2 is here!  A preview to my first 3 guests, an apology for some technical recording difficulties and some new episodes on success tips for school and careers.

S2E50 #50 1st Year Tufts Med Student - Peter Tao - Part 2

Mar 17, 2022 39m

Part 2 of 2 of Peter's interview where he talks about what it's like being in med school, exploring medical fields and gives advice to aspiring med school students and researchers.

S2E48 #49 1st Year Tufts Med Student - Peter Tao - Part 1

Mar 10, 2022 45m

Danforth MaST grad Peter Tao talks about his path from high school to UofT science to Tufts medical school in this 2 part interview for aspiring doctors.

S2E47 #48 1st Year Engineering Science - Ayleen Farnood

Feb 17, 2022 44m

One of the most common questions I get is "What is Engineering Science?".  So today's guest has just completed her first semester at the University of Toronto's Engineering Science program.  In this…

S2E47 #47 Track Athlete/Engineer - Ramzi Abdulahi - Part 3

Feb 03, 2022 28m

In this last part of Ramzi's interview we talk about what he does at RBC as a software engineer and he gives tips for aspiring athletes who want to balance that with engineering.

S2E46 #46 Track Athlete/Engineer - Ramzi Abdulahi - Part 2

Jan 27, 2022 32m

In this episode, Ramzi continues his interview and talks about what it was like balancing the demands of training track while in software engineering full time.  He discusses Western's co-op program,…

S2E45 #45 Track Athlete/Engineer - Ramzi Abdulahi

Jan 20, 2022 41m

Today's guest is an elite high school track athlete who grew up in one of the roughest neighbourhoods in Toronto and recently graduated as software engineer.  In this 1st of 3 parts, Ramzi Abdulahi…

S2E44 #44 - Chiropractor - Sydney Massey - Part 2

Jan 13, 2022 25m

Part 2 of my interview with Sydney Massey who talks about what a typical day is like as a chiropractor and gives tips on how to become one plus what to expect when you see one.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Kee to Success: Student Careers Guide have?

Kee to Success: Student Careers Guide has published 63 episodes since October 2020, covering topics in Business, Careers.

Is Kee to Success: Student Careers Guide still active?

Kee to Success: Student Careers Guide is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 39m.

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