Name: Octavio Lopez
Major: Electrical Engineer
Year: Fourth
Hometown: Long Beach
What’s it like being an Electrical Engineering major?
It’s like someone set you on fire and the fire extinguisher doesn’t come until four years later. I mean it’s hard, but you know it’s all going to be worth it in the end.
Soooo….I hear you’re a part of a start-up company, what’s that about?
I don’t know, we do stuff. *laughs* We are a car security company. Our product is designed to capture 360 degree video around your car for security purposes to streamline the insurance process. It can also be used as a recreational tool; we’re planning on including a manual override switch, so you can choose the video files that you want to save. AKA you can record scenery around your car while you’re taking a drive somewhere and keep that video.
Cool.
What are your outside hobbies?
I collect pop-figures and vinyls. I have around 50 pop-figures and 40 vinyls. I also play soccer and join videogame competitions.
What meme would you say describes your day-to-day life?
The Spongebob caveman meme.
When I enter class, I don’t know what’s going on
When I do my homework, I don’t know what’s going on
When I’m asked to present, I’m like
what.
When my professor calls on me
Octavio wasn’t asked any specific question, but said this:
Tell them: admist the firey inferno of my twerk (Note: Octavio uses the term “twerk” in place of the term “work”), I find joy in the little things. Things like walking to the beach, or any excuse to get the hell away from my twerk. But in all seriousness I’m #Blessed.
Any words of wisdom?
“Why worry? If you’ve done the very best you can, worrying won’t make it any better” -As said by Walt Disney, as said by me.
Additional things that couldn’t fit neatly in the interview:
*starts singing in a low voice* I view my life as a musical.
Tell them: Dear America, I never thought this would happen to me…make it sound like a penthouse letter.
You didn’t even talk about how I wanted to work at Disney…oh wait it’s in the title.
My pastimes include: doing things for Bianca (that’s meeeee!), fixing things, getting migraines.