45: University Life with Sachin Ishmael

Published: Oct. 1, 2014, 6 a.m.

This week we are lucky to have Sachin Ishmael on the show, who is currently on a work-placement year at ExtraDigital - studying for a BSc \u2018Multimedia Technology and Design\u2019 at the University of Kent.\nDiscussion starts off with how much Edd enjoyed his first conference experience (SymfonyLive London), followed by Michael\u2019s decision to lean towards using Data URIs instead of sprites (reducing HTTP requests).\nWe then move on to chat with Sachin about what it is like to be a student in 2014, and his reasoning behind going to University, inspite of the hefty fees.\nThis leads us to reminisce on our own University experiences and the reasons behind choosing the degree\u2019s we did.\nFinally, we touch upon what drew him to multimedia, and how throughout the course he has surprisingly started to enjoy web development.