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\r\nNisbet will continue with the company in a part-time role close to their Durham, North Carolina headquarters as he pursues a Master\u2019s of Management Studies degree at Duke University, with plans of obtaining a full Master\u2019s of Business Administration in the future. His goal is to eventually hold a leadership role in a large tech-based company, and he believes the knowledge gained while getting his business degree will help him see the bigger picture\u2014not just how a company, like Wolfspeed, operates internally, but how it fits into the semiconductor industry as a whole.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
While attending SUNY Poly allowed Nisbet to advance his career at Wolfspeed, as he earned his degree, the move had several other advantages, especially given SUNY Poly\u2019s growing list of high-tech partners that offer exciting career opportunities for which the institution is working to tailor its curriculum. In addition to other potential semiconductor-based growth, partnership, and job opportunities that may come to the region and New York State as a result of the U.S. Chips and Science Act, Nisbet feels like he came to the right college at the right time.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Nisbet further gained invaluable knowledge as a member of the Network and Computer Security Club, where he was able to hear from professionals in the field about their experiences, participate in hackathons, and prepare for industry certifications.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
He also enjoyed SUNY Poly\u2019s smaller class sizes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
He said he didn\u2019t want to be \u201cstuck in a 300-person lecture hall interacting only with the teacher assistants and not the actual professor. I came here and it felt a lot like high school again, except that the professors are a lot more knowledgeable about what’s going on in industry. So, I can interface with them directly. I loved that. As far as being career ready, if I wanted to jump into cybersecurity as a network or system administrator, or anything with machine learning [I could], but right now, my interest is in semiconductors.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
For SUNY Poly students interested in semiconductors and cybersecurity, Nisbet has the following advice:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cIf you want work experience, take advantage of the university\u2019s partnership with companies like Wolfspeed.\u201d<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Zackary Nisbet has always been interested in technology, whether it be coding or taking computers apart, but he was also fascinated by human behavior. It was because of the latter that he began his collegiate career at SUNY Binghamton as a Psychology major. But as time went on, he felt it wasn\u2019t the right decision … <\/p>\n