Episode 09: Cam Hickert

Willie and Cam kick off their Common Room convo reminiscing about their Critical Language Scholarship experience together in Suzhou (2:01). Cam then begins his story by describing himself as curious, including majoring in physics and international studies (17:34). Next, Cam discusses the process of applying to Schwarzman, especially when “no humans have gotten in yet” as part of the first cohort, his part-time work at Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science, and finishing his master's in Engineering and Computational Science (26:59). Afterward, Cam discusses how interested he is in Artificial Intelligence, especially reinforcement learning (44:28). As they discuss reinforcement learning, Willie and Cam share what learning Mandarin was like for them during their time in Suzhou (48:17). Finally, they end the convo reflecting on how life has been more unexpected than planned and how that seems to be a common thread across the Schwarzman alumni community (57:06).