2027_summer

[tranquil sand]

I will become the first

[solar notch]

❤️

[livid topaz]

I wonder who would input failing scores 🤔🤔🤔 selection bias

[tranquil sand]

Really I'd feel like ppl who succeeded would be more inclined to input scores

[verbal parrot]

Is summer 2026 threads closed now?

[mint inlet]

hi all, does anyone have a referral link for YC's summer startup school?

[queen vortex]

Is it too late for summer 2027?

[tranquil sand]

Ye quants over alr

[narrow sierra]

Icarus is #1 rage baiter

[livid topaz]

I bet icarus failed the zon

Icarus

[tranquil sand]

Intv to offer

[steel wind]

gas waitlist started for zon?

[tranquil sand]

App to offer is like 2% bro

[livid topaz]

Ok but lwk though probably 50% form int to offer

Probably like 30% from app to offer

[steel wind]

if people are interviewing this late for zon, does that mean its for a sort of waitlist?

[foggy fern]

zon is like 70% of offer if u apply

[livid topaz]

I feel like a lot of people don’t prep for leadership principles

[tranquil sand]

Most ppl don't even get OA bro

[peak cave]

check my bio 😁

[foggy fern]

idk a single person that didnt get zon

if they wanted it

[livid topaz]

Bro zonami

[steel wind]

how are they still sending out oas

[livid topaz]

this is true

[steel wind]

if they stopping interviews on 30th?

[livid topaz]

friends with no prev got Amazon OA

[tranquil sand]

Domain expansion: Infinite Headcount

[steel wind]

do u think theyre doing it for waitlist

i havent seen a proper waitlist yet

but would they waitlist if its team specifci this year

[livid topaz]

But to be fair that is lwk all FAANG companies

except Netflix

[mighty crypt]

LMFAOFA

[livid topaz]

Lr apple

[tranquil sand]

I'm prob getting giga ragebaited by this chat but it's all g

[timber terrace]

does anybody have the google direct consideration program link that z2p keeps yapping about but gatekeeping

[tranquil sand]

Uni dependent iirc

[steel wind]

thats lowkey how i got google proc this summer

[proud mauve]

https://tenor.com/view/an-iq-too-high-raven-crow-tiktok-gif-3869671553367641450

[steel wind]

but thats bc rhey came to my uni

[livid topaz]

Basically I think if you aren’t a bot and the interviewer isn’t an asshole Amazon is a free offer

[foggy fern]

i heard zer2sudo like them young

[tranquil sand]

Until he realizes that his platform is a glorified internship posting channel and not a legitimate service

[tranquil sand]

Kendrick Lamar that u?

[timber terrace]

yea i flinched when he posted that one snowboarding selfie tryin to look all cute

like just keep it to the app links bro

[fierce pendant]

its useful tho no?

[livid topaz]

He’s trying to make abgs dm him

[tranquil sand]

Ye but he's got an ego issue

[steel wind]

LOWKEY yea

i got a easy med leetcode

[fierce pendant]

ah i dont know the lore

[steel wind]

search in a 2d matrox

[livid topaz]

I need my sister to give me info on this

[steel wind]

😭

[timber terrace]

nah cuz he is

[timber terrace]

theres no reason he should be following an asian CS girl from my yr (junior rn)

[livid topaz]

I send my sister to collect info ngl

[timber terrace]

from a school all the way in CAli

[livid topaz]

Awesome strat

[solid portal]

Yeah

Me and @heavy jay like the Diddy and Epstein of this chat nowadays

[mighty crypt]

my king

[timber terrace]

so does anybody got the link 🥹

[tranquil sand]

I showed ts to my mentor who was SWE at Google and rn she's dming him tryna ragebait lmaooo

[fierce pendant]

what does sudo do for work

[solid portal]

Only grip he got is that freshman grip

[timber terrace]

dont forget his dumbass algoverse AI "research program"

you gotta pay 7k as "tuition"

🤣

[tranquil sand]

I wake up every day grinding so I can become one of Zero2sudo's trusted sources

[livid topaz]

Only to girls like my sister I never got a response

[solid portal]

Bro remember that 2025 summer yas vc

🪦

[stark vapor]

bro was 1v30ing

[knotty steeple]

How does one acquire a mentor who’s a SWE at Google

[solid portal]

Haha so funny man

[knotty steeple]

Unless you did that basta program

[tranquil sand]

I met her doing ballet

She's like triple FAANG prev

[solid portal]

Oh shit is she bad

[livid topaz]

Ask nicely

[knotty steeple]

Oh wow Good shit 😭

[tranquil sand]

She's way older than me chill

[knotty steeple]

They don’t want me they think I’m ngmi

[solid portal]

I’m way older than you too bro

[rain skiff]

whatsup yeema

[livid topaz]

Wait can’t you just like network with upper class man my mentor at Google was jsut my upper clas man

[solid portal]

Me and Speemch just joking we both yns

[knotty steeple]

Yeah but we’re all busy with college yk. Like I have an older friend who lowkey put me on. Gave me lots of feedback and stuff

[solid portal]

Literally how I haven’t talked to you in like a year

[knotty steeple]

But unfortunately like I feel like bugging him for help is lowkey annoying

[tranquil sand]

Aura

[barren cliff]

yo wsp gmi

[knotty steeple]

Cuz it’s only like a year or two difference

[livid topaz]

Nah usually I feel like they don’t gaf

[livid topaz]

I help my freshman friends with recruiting and it’s chill

[tranquil sand]

Ye they like to help just don't 24/7 doompost

[trail karma]

just aura

[stark vapor]

https://tenor.com/view/blue-shirt-blue-shirt-kid-blue-shirt-boy-sturdy-kid-sturdy-boy-gif-6043093534894590608

[barren cliff]

did nvidia vps extend an offer by any chance?

[rain skiff]

https://klipy.com/gifs/lets-larp-1

[knotty steeple]

I’ll go into with this mindset lowkey

[nova oak]

https://youtu.be/2xj8SOKNsJU

[livid topaz]

It’s more like I feel like why would they gaf like if they don’t want to talk to you they would just not be friend with you

[tranquil sand]

And usually if my friends come doomposting I just let them

Cuz everyone's in that "it's so over" mindset till it happens

[knotty steeple]

Yeah that’s true. I j hate asking for favors and stuff but lowkey I think that mindset holds me back

U right

[tranquil sand]

I was too

Actually I still am

[livid topaz]

limiting factor I feel like cause usually Ben Franklin effect

[tranquil sand]

Zon intv got me down horrendous

[solid portal]

They keep getting folded in the show

[knotty steeple]

Yeah I never try and be a doomer, I think that doesn’t get you anywhere

Saying that job market is more difficult doesn’t change your surroundings

[tranquil sand]

Sometimes you just need to doom

[tranquil sand]

Disagree. It gets your future competition to choose a different major

[knotty steeple]

I think you can internally do that to motivate you

[solid portal]

I’m a mod and actually new rule no dooming

[tranquil sand]

Dang

[knotty steeple]

But if it just gets you down and the people around then lowkey better to keep to urself

[solid portal]

It’s lowk annoying and like I feel like if you’re doomed like nobody wants to hear about that

[knotty steeple]

Everyone outside of CS thinks we’re all struggling

[solid portal]

Ongog bro

[knotty steeple]

I think the CS Hype train is dead

[tranquil sand]

A lot of ppl lowk are

[timber terrace]

the frank niu effect

[solid portal]

Wait this is good

Nice work

[tranquil sand]

Like what % actually graduate with a swe internship

[knotty steeple]

Honestly very low

It’s kinda of become very polarized

[solid portal]

Nah

[tranquil sand]

Ye so don't ban dooming it scares the to be CS freshes into other majors

Trust™

[solid portal]

W motion

[knotty steeple]

Middle class is shrinking where people graduate with 1 or 2 internships

[tranquil sand]

https://giphy.com/gifs/meme-slander-jjk-fans-yURRpSmOFPiPAQ4Mw2

[knotty steeple]

In SWE, not in like data analytics

And then usually top performers get multiple internships at great companies

[solid portal]

Yo shimada cat wtf you tryna scare people for you’re profile literally says I’m living to be kind or some shit

[knotty steeple]

And then a lot of people end up with nothing

[solid portal]

Offer got him switching up on his ideals and shit

😂

We all switching up

[tranquil sand]

I'm high-key meming

[livid topaz]

just read books and lwk you become goated

[knotty steeple]

That or grind tf outta leetcode

[solid portal]

Your discord profile is so warm and welcoming

[tranquil sand]

I'm fucking around cuz y'all are regulars but like if there were actually new ppl here asking for advice I would not be flaming

If u wanna call cap or smth then go ahead

[knotty steeple]

The leetcode grind is underrated live everyone knows they have to do it

But no one commits to it

Like once you hit 600+ ur lowkey set for interviews

[rain skiff]

https://giphy.com/gifs/meme-slander-jjk-fans-yURRpSmOFPiPAQ4Mw2

https://giphy.com/gifs/meme-slander-jjk-fans-yURRpSmOFPiPAQ4Mw2

https://giphy.com/gifs/meme-slander-jjk-fans-yURRpSmOFPiPAQ4Mw2

https://giphy.com/gifs/meme-slander-jjk-fans-yURRpSmOFPiPAQ4Mw2

https://giphy.com/gifs/meme-slander-jjk-fans-yURRpSmOFPiPAQ4Mw2

[tranquil sand]

Yo chill

[knotty steeple]

I don’t even get this reference

[tranquil sand]

I'm of the opinion that 250+ but wel practiced is good enough

[tranquil sand]

Some jjk shit

[steel wind]

for zon

[knotty steeple]

Agreed

[livid topaz]

wait the leetcode grind if you just jump into is inefficient I feel like reading books with theory is better than watching videos

[tranquil sand]

Well that's why you do it after taking dsa

[knotty steeple]

What I was tryna say is like a lot of people do neetcode 150 once and study poorly, call it a day then bomb their technicals

[knotty steeple]

Do u have any book recommendations

Cuz lowkey my school is very flexible with whether or not I need to take a proof based algos class

So I’m skipping it

But I want to dive deep into like leetcode applications instead

[tranquil sand]

Do it anyways

[knotty steeple]

Idk if that makes sense

[tranquil sand]

It helps a lot

[livid topaz]

self teaching better than school

[tranquil sand]

Requires a lot of self motivation

A lot of ppl don't got that I'm ngl

Me included

[livid topaz]

nah if ur homeless you lwk would self teach

[knotty steeple]

It’s because I flipped through the class content already. we just keep using induction to prove arbitrary things and then like calculate runtime or whatever

[tranquil sand]

Wait that's lowk kinda

[livid topaz]

Grokking Algos it’s very beginner

[knotty steeple]

I feel like devoting more time to building the leetcode intuition and how to code up the solutions is more useful

[tranquil sand]

Yeah nvm

[knotty steeple]

the only helpful portion of the class is proving greedy exchange argument

And how to do divide and conquer and DP

[steel wind]

is it okay if interview kinda gives me a edge case i didnt account for after wriiting code but i quickly fix it and handle it?

[knotty steeple]

Which I feel like I can’t just gain by watching the lecture videos

[tranquil sand]

That should be fine

[knotty steeple]

They’re available to me through my school login

[livid topaz]

when i didn’t have offers i would doom with @coral cedar and then read textbooks and lock in now im a bum i dont do anything

[tranquil sand]

When I had a 4.0 I was so locked in and now I just let it slide

I just need to maintain 3.9 though and I should be okay for grad

[livid topaz]

When I think about being homeless

I lock in

Lwk

[knotty steeple]

This is my thought process too

[civic cliff]

I have never even seen 3.9 in my life

My gpa is dying

[knotty steeple]

Just build good study habits

And don’t be afraid to sink time into the more difficult classes

[livid topaz]

Yuh 4.0 is not worth it tbh

[civic cliff]

No it's not that I can't I just don't care lmao

[tranquil sand]

My courses tend to allow cheatsheets so my strat is literally to write the whole class on a cheatsheet

It's fucking stupid lmao

[livid topaz]

But like 4.0 is a flex though

[knotty steeple]

Why don’t u care

[civic cliff]

What will my gpa bring me

[tranquil sand]

Grad school potentially

[civic cliff]

I prefer doing things outside of class

[narrow sierra]

GPA is a waste of time

[knotty steeple]

Grad school

[tranquil sand]

Even if u don't plan on doing it

Leave options

[livid topaz]

Fuck grad school

[tranquil sand]

On the table

[civic cliff]

hell no

[narrow sierra]

GT masters is auto accept

[slow cipher]

high iq aura

[narrow sierra]

🙏🙏

[knotty steeple]

It reinforces the notion that you know the content you learned in your cs classes

[livid topaz]

Larp normal gt with grad school online

[narrow sierra]

lol

[livid topaz]

ngl just self study better learning and less stress to just memorize

[civic cliff]

I go to a really garbage school so I do most of my things outside

[urban ore]

only keep ur gpa high if it doesn’t take away from the time u spend prep/recruiting

[livid topaz]

I have a 4.0 rn ts is not worth the stress

[civic cliff]

Yeah I learned most of the things by self studying

Also my school needs only 2.75 to continue to masters

that's IF I want to keep going

[narrow sierra]

I have a 3.4 good enough for me

[civic cliff]

Yeah

also I've NEVER been asked my gpa in an interview

[next barn]

4.0 ece is tuff

[narrow sierra]

My school is complete garbage so

[livid topaz]

my career fairs are bums

[narrow sierra]

Quality of education is terrible

[civic cliff]

Maybe we go to the same school

[knotty steeple]

4.00 is crazy

[livid topaz]

All my good ints were online

[next barn]

keep it up bro 🥀

[civic cliff]

You go to a top school?

[livid topaz]

the math major wasn’t worth it either lwk the math major is taking years off my life

[civic cliff]

When a recruiter looks at your resume does he say oh nice he goes to X

[next barn]

circuits final median in the 50s 😼

[narrow sierra]

This guy goes to Stanford

[livid topaz]

umd

[civic cliff]

Ok yeah that's why then it makes sense

My school is a nerf for the resume lmao

[livid topaz]

Madison

Berkeley

[narrow sierra]

I’ve seen a guy from my ngmi school go to oai

[scenic oyster]

we dont have ece

[narrow sierra]

Anything is possible

[scenic oyster]

actually i think this year we do

[dawn saffron]

We do

[livid topaz]

Madison is little better

[dawn saffron]

I switched into it lol

[civic cliff]

Yeah there are exceptions, but it's surely not because of the GPA

[livid topaz]

This is false

[civic cliff]

Hence why I don't care

[scenic oyster]

didnt it stary this year tho

[livid topaz]

eecs? Is that more EE or cs ?

[scenic oyster]

u can chose but 90 percent eecs kids only take cs classes

[livid topaz]

Cause you aura

[civic cliff]

First to dox you wins?

[dawn saffron]

I switched into it through change of college

[lucid apex]

its UT Austin prolly

[dawn saffron]

I think this was the first year they had it

[livid topaz]

Damn I thought it was more like compe 😭😭

[scenic oyster]

what was the reqs like

[next barn]

if you want to grad school focus on the lor

[dawn saffron]

3.5 technical gpa and essays

[livid topaz]

Guys my a math professor is Italian I can’t understand him this accent is foreign to me am cooked

[urban ore]

congrats on penn state

orz

[livid topaz]

functional analysis

[scenic oyster]

dang thats not too bad i should have applied

was it open to juniors too tho

or just soph

[dawn saffron]

Just sophomore I think

[hidden shuttle]

wb loo?

[urban ore]

ut prob closer to standard than umd

stanford

[next barn]

👀

[rain skiff]

https://giphy.com/gifs/meme-slander-jjk-fans-yURRpSmOFPiPAQ4Mw2

[idle flame]

https://tenor.com/view/son-im-crine-son-im-crine-gif-5176045023480767429

[urban ore]

oh ur ut

wait i read that wrong

i mean in terms of rankings

if stanford is a t1 and umd is a t20

[noble lion]

You forgot to put Purdue between uiuc and CMU

[urban ore]

purdue above mit here

[idle flame]

Wheres the other top schools

Think u forgot Stony brook university

Little behind mit

[noble lion]

Oh you're right its > Stanford

[solid portal]

I’m the top school

A meeting with me you learn more than 4 year

In university

[urban ore]

dinner with yeema or 100k

[rain skiff]

anyone want to coffe chat

[knotty steeple]

I’ll make that 100k the next day and every day after that if I get the dinner

[knotty steeple]

Only if you pay

[heavy jay]

Facts yo

[livid topaz]

I hunk MIT is above the rest

[knotty steeple]

Depends on what your goal is ngl

If ur in the startup scene no

Industry or research yeah

[rain skiff]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1248022608390393888/1309163778151022652/togif.gif

[noble lion]

Bro goes to "stanny"

[proud mauve]

Where would u rank Purdue

[noble lion]

Purdue >= MIt = CMU > Dartmouth >> "stanny" = Berkeley

[rain skiff]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1177471792579887114/1195250962701500466/attachment.gif

[scenic oyster]

where is kenssaw state

[noble lion]

= to Dartmouth

[frank hornet]

the only ranking that matters

stanford is an ngmi school too many people end up in prison

[hidden shuttle]

stanford = mit > berkely > cmu > harvard> loo > uuic> UT = GT > uoft > umd > ucla > UW > cornell

[solar notch]

add osu, stanford = mit = osu

[proud mauve]

Loo lowk might be easier to get into than UT GT 💀

[rain skiff]

fsu >> all

[heavy jay]

Nah

[hidden shuttle]

it for sure is, you can apply to different programs within loo, so you can apply to loo multiple times, while you can only apply once to US unis

[undone mirage]

asu >>>> all

[proud mauve]

Ye I should've applied to Loo 🥀

Too OP

[fierce pendant]

is this ranking based on recruiting or prestige or whatever

[hidden shuttle]

both

[minor zenith]

bro no way cornell below umd

[fierce pendant]

add ubc

= uoft possibly

[urban ore]

no way ucla below umd

[next barn]

loo is that hugh up???

[hidden shuttle]

umd = free zon and c1 internship

[urban ore]

??

u should know lol

[next barn]

holy fuck represent

[urban ore]

free c1 ye

[fierce pendant]

he’s freshman

[sterile bone]

wait really

fuck

[urban ore]

i heard they nerfing it tho

the c1 incubator thing

[opal needle]

🥀

[fierce pendant]

zon gotta be top 1 hated company in cscd

[proud mauve]

Lowk Purdue feed so many to Zon this year

I just had skill issue

Idk

[urban ore]

it’s not a feeding thing if it’s every school 😭 😭

[proud mauve]

Prob 100?

[noble lion]

Damn

[minor zenith]

damn

aren't there like a 1000 cs majors per class year at purdue

[proud mauve]

I mean ece ppl get Zon as well

[minor zenith]

holy the ratio is crazy

[gusty pecan]

how good is spotify for swe /web? is it respected?

[solar notch]

yea its pretty good !

[hidden shuttle]

is this ranking correct for FAANG resume screens, in order from hardest to easiest? Netflix > Apple > Meta > Google > Amazon

[undone mirage]

^

[proud mauve]

Meta is that low?

I think it has high res value

[fierce pendant]

google != netflix r we fr

[gusty pecan]

is spotify a step below all of these

[opal needle]

meta = google for res value

[fierce pendant]

how to get netflix proc ☹️

[opal needle]

pretty much

[civic cliff]

In what world is google = netflix

[hidden shuttle]

join color stack

[noble lion]

Theyre about equal

[queen vortex]

Sfaang bro

[civic cliff]

Netflix takes like 12 interns every 3 years

[noble lion]

Which is better

[opal needle]

😭

[civic cliff]

Netflix obv

[gusty pecan]

would you count it? or is that just a memee

[solar notch]

rlly? is meta screen free?

[minor zenith]

icl amazon res screen is probably easier than spotify

[solar notch]

i didnt get that shi this cycle

[fierce pendant]

definitely

spotify is cool

[hidden shuttle]

which faang resume screen is the least RNG?

[coral cedar]

and never wanted me 😔

[civic cliff]

Well yeah, but it means it's harder to get past res screen than google

[idle flame]

fuhhh no

netflix >>>>>>>> apple >= meta >= google >>zon

[fierce pendant]

same 😔

[noble lion]

Y'all glazing meta and Netflix a bit too much

[idle flame]

for the resume screen?

[fierce pendant]

netflix so much more rare

[noble lion]

Low HC doesn't mean better

[heavy jay]

Nah too much glaze for apple

Tc wise

[fierce pendant]

i thought we were ranking hardest res screen tho

[civic cliff]

But your comparaison was about hardest to get interview

[idle flame]

ive never seen no prevs get meta

[idle flame]

yeah exactly

[undone mirage]

be dei

[fierce pendant]

gg

[opal needle]

be htn

[heavy jay]

Facts

[fierce pendant]

what’s htn

[undone mirage]

genuinely only got netflix oa once

high tier normie

[heavy jay]

I didn’t get Netflix cuz I’m cl

[heavy jay]

Ur cooked if u don’t know

[civic cliff]

You just deleted your message 😭

[heavy jay]

No he didn’t

[civic cliff]

https://tenor.com/view/donowall-emirsenol-talking-to-a-gif-2862963033702561513

[livid topaz]

Ur cooked get out loo

[snow flame]

It’s actually Netflix >> Google >> Meta >> Apple >> Zon

[proud mauve]

Why

💀

[undone mirage]

does apple give oa

[civic cliff]

🤣

[undone mirage]

or is it straight to int

[swift moat]

this is highkey false

[snow flame]

Don’t know never applied

[craggy moth]

apple u just need to message the hiring manager 😂

[idle flame]

nah no way

[craggy moth]

the application is fake

[civic cliff]

Are you the real lebron?

[idle flame]

so many no prevs shit schools pass goog screen

[fierce pendant]

google lowkey rng

[hidden shuttle]

what are all the companys at are a tier below Faang?

[heavy jay]

Fade LeBron

[proud mauve]

The only faang screen I pass is Zon

💀

[livid topaz]

it’s cause they outsource there recruiters

[opal needle]

fuh zon fade that shit

[swift moat]

a lot of bums get saved by good school

[idle flame]

deadass

[livid topaz]

The only FAANG that isn’t rng is like Apple or Netflix

[snow flame]

Meta is just luck and memorization. Get pass resume screen then memorize last 50 lc questions

[hidden shuttle]

is c1 > shopify?

[tranquil sand]

C1 hated more

[craggy moth]

shopify is d tier

[undone mirage]

shopify is artificially boosted by waterloo

[opal needle]

shopify is dog

[civic cliff]

What about canada 🤨

[livid topaz]

C1 lwk more aura than Amazon

[snow flame]

Google is def team dependent but they’re interviews are easy

[fierce pendant]

the waterloo first years will be very sad to hear this

[solar notch]

average cscd prestige inflation 🫩🫩🫩🫩🫩

[undone mirage]

avg daily zon slander

[craggy moth]

😭 😭 its still a rly good first coop !

[civic cliff]

avg average

[livid topaz]

c1 int I heard was very easy like 1 for loop and done

[swift moat]

what no 2.0 @ t20 mogs

[fierce pendant]

it honestly is

[opal needle]

t20 mogs lol

school diff cannot be understated

u can just larp projects lol

[swift moat]

depends what the internships are

[dapper venture]

t20 still better

[opal needle]

the hard part is the school

[swift moat]

if internships are no-name t20 still mogs

[livid topaz]

Larping projects became harder every year bc resume grilling

[chrome cipher]

cap

[foggy fern]

c1 is the future

[opal needle]

how

[fierce pendant]

which companies care abt gpa

[opal needle]

just ai

[tranquil sand]

It's a powerday w three intvs one hour each. 1 hour break (which iirc is sys des for full time) so 4 hours total

[solid portal]

Damn

[snow flame]

Depends on company

[hidden shuttle]

is this ranking correct? Zon > Lyft > Qualcomm > C1 > Riot Games?

[livid topaz]

Damn C1 doing too much

[dapper venture]

unless u have good internships ig

[opal needle]

well obviously study up bro what

[chrome cipher]

riot games surely above c1?

[livid topaz]

Riot games lwk aura

[opal needle]

no way u just write smth and u cant back it up

[tranquil sand]

Do not slander riot games

I would choose riot over Zon

Ts my dream comp

[swift moat]

cit, desco, maybe a few others but u can get around it

[hidden shuttle]

they got bad ro rate though

[craggy moth]

i think cit doesn't

cit is just rng

[tranquil sand]

Oh then maybe not

[opal needle]

also a good chance they dont ask ur projects at all

[proud mauve]

I feel like as long as >3.5 they don't really care

[chrome cipher]

i think t20 can help but honestly w some of the state schools there are pipelines to get internships and then u can just use that to get big tech / better ones; overall i dont think the difference is too insane unless for qt / ai lab

[swift moat]

not even they'll intv most ppl w/ good prevs or good school

[opal needle]

yeee kinda like u just ai the project and then make sure u understand why certain designs were made u dont actually need to build one on ur own

[dapper venture]

it helps so much bro

[craggy moth]

same for most quant firms ngl

like good school last year = auto pass

[dapper venture]

at t20s ppl get big tech without prev experience

[fierce pendant]

nah i don’t think so

[swift moat]

at t20 ppl get quant w/ no prev

[opal needle]

databricks orz

[fierce pendant]

uploading transcript may have just been confirmation

[dapper venture]

yea exactly

[chrome cipher]

i go to t20 feel like most people dont get big tech without prev experience, this is a rare exception. also know ppl from state schools getting big tech without much

[tranquil sand]

At mit ppl get quant as freshies

[opal needle]

yeah cuz they are prob oly

[livid topaz]

what happened to the “gpa matter I think”

[opal needle]

mit only takes cracked

[dapper venture]

what do u consider t20

[hidden shuttle]

which companys like having diverse candiates, like fullstack exp + low level + ai + ml all in one resume. Ik nvidia and Apple are the opposite?

[fierce pendant]

to some companies i guess

[opal needle]

t20 overall, not cs ranking

[chrome cipher]

like the us colleg enews trankings

[dapper venture]

nah those arent accurate ngl

[proud mauve]

T20 cs is lowk fake

[dapper venture]

state schools dont compare to ivy leagues for anything

[craggy moth]

waterloo t1 cs

[proud mauve]

😭

[fierce pendant]

true no one knows what they use for stack rank

[opal needle]

yeah t20 cs fake

[opal needle]

how so

its accurate enough

[craggy moth]

waterloo clears..

[chrome cipher]

yea, thats why in the US news ranking all the state schools are below ivies 😭

[opal needle]

^

[swift moat]

loo in their own t0

[opal needle]

ut turing is good yeah

[fierce pendant]

daily heisenberg loo glaze

[dapper venture]

not for cs, there are state schools that rank above some ivies and duke

[opal needle]

its fake for the lower end

[dapper venture]

overall t20 is more accurate

[craggy moth]

what is "t20 cs"

like purdue?

[opal needle]

yeah

exactly

[dapper venture]

yeah but purdue is not better than any ivy

[foggy fern]

mf

looks at ur resume

[opal needle]

which is why we said t20 is a fake ranking

for cs only

look at t20 overall

[dapper venture]

^

yeah look at overall

[foggy fern]

u can have a 2.5 and youll still get interviews

[livid topaz]

Yuh how do recruiters distinguish between like a T20 vs T30

[opal needle]

its always been overall

[dapper venture]

at that point it doesnt really matter

[chrome cipher]

in general i think overall rankings >>>> cs rankings, for example i think umd ranks higher than yale for cs but obviously yale is going to get you MUCH better procs

[dapper venture]

prob just look at experience

[livid topaz]

Like really just T5 that aura farm

[chrome cipher]

agreed

[dapper venture]

obv not all state schools like berkeley mogs but dartmouth is still cracked

[opal needle]

prob the brand name that sounds better which is like slightly correlated to rankings, small plus minus here

[craggy moth]

legit ivy + stanford + berkeley + uiuc + gtech + a few others, others are like epsilon recruiting buff

[opal needle]

yeah

[foggy fern]

uiuc?

[dapper venture]

yes exactly

[foggy fern]

it has a 50 percent acceptance rate lmao

[craggy moth]

uiuc cs is goated

[dapper venture]

uiuc is really good yea

[foggy fern]

who cant get into uiuc

[livid topaz]

Than ranking is like a d(x,x1) buff

[chrome cipher]

curious what u think about non faang companies like snap / pinterest / uber? will these have better res value than some of faang ?

[proud mauve]

Me 💀

[frank hornet]

purdue is ass for cs recruiting

[dapper venture]

Yes

[livid topaz]

depending on which FAANG

[frank hornet]

uga probably better just because of location

[proud mauve]

Lowk UMD might be better lmao

[idle flame]

snap so ahh imo

[opal needle]

uber mogs most of faang

[swift moat]

all the faangs aside from flix are overrated tbh

[opal needle]

not most nvm

like2

[foggy fern]

uiuc is a 50% acceptance rate

how is it good

[dapper venture]

Not for cs gang

[fierce pendant]

what bout pinterest

[dapper venture]

its like 1%

[sterile bone]

purdue is pretty fire for state schools ngl

[opal needle]

pinterest good yeah

[chrome cipher]

so what u guys are saying is WE are running pinterest or uber?

[opal needle]

idk where it ranks but its good

[sterile bone]

ive seen so many crazy linkedin posts from purdue

[idle flame]

they have 100000 students

[hidden shuttle]

is uber >faang?

[foggy fern]

it mogs zon and thats it lol

[chrome cipher]

i hope i get this process next cycle literally my dream company 🥹

[fierce pendant]

yea i wanted pinterest

[livid topaz]

No it’s like only zon

[idle flame]

stop uber is not mogging zon

[opal needle]

uber mogs zon lmao

not close

[sterile bone]

as someone going to zon uber mogs ngl

[proud mauve]

I hope I get Zon job next cyle literally my dream company 🥹

[sterile bone]

unless aws

[idle flame]

maybe in cscd aura

[frank hornet]

same twin we need aws nyc

[livid topaz]

sybau

[idle flame]

everything else i dont think so

[foggy fern]

uber has decent progression

[opal needle]

literally

[fierce pendant]

pinterest ml labs? do they hire interns

[proud mauve]

I kinda don't like NYC too much tbh

[foggy fern]

why would u want to do ML at pin

[solar notch]

yes

[proud mauve]

I just don't know why

[foggy fern]

matcha matching algos ahh 😂

making sure those matcha algos r safe

[opal needle]

pinterest MLE is tuff

ngl

[fierce pendant]

what if i just like pinterest ☹️

yall hating

[frank hornet]

you need to start tcmaxxing

[chrome cipher]

factss

[idle flame]

https://tenor.com/view/loo-loo-loo-butters-stotch-south-park-s11e2-cartman-sucks-gif-20858026

[opal needle]

id only consider pin if it was mle

[livid topaz]

Sybau fucking loo dbx + openai

[foggy fern]

too much matcha, not enough matcha ahhh algo

[proud mauve]

I'd choose Seattle

[foggy fern]

wheres that jew that worked at pin

[swift moat]

this is peak

[foggy fern]

@slackroad

[solar notch]

love thsi guy

[dapper venture]

how good is amazon ro?

[opal needle]

slackroad is the goat

[opal needle]

amazon ng is a t20 outcome

[dapper venture]

is it hard to do?

[foggy fern]

pins dream scenario is getting acquired by oai lmao

[fierce pendant]

when i was at aws it was pretty free

[proud mauve]

I honestly think getting Zon still puts u in the 90th percentile of cs majors

[opal needle]

yeah exactly

agreed

[dapper venture]

obviously

[fierce pendant]

guys is pin that bad 😭

[foggy fern]

they hired 20k interns

[opal needle]

pin is good bro

[dapper venture]

ok thx

[swift moat]

pin mle is good, swe is aight

[opal needle]

^

[foggy fern]

for someone of ur caliber yes its bad lmao

no glaze

[opal needle]

😭

[proud mauve]

They just didn't hire me 🥀

[foggy fern]

bump

[opal needle]

💀

[proud mauve]

💀

[opal needle]

gg

[dapper venture]

what about this year?

any data

[proud mauve]

It wraps

[foggy fern]

heard 3k

[proud mauve]

I'll pack it up

[dapper venture]

Damn

[opal needle]

😭

[fierce pendant]

aw hell nah

[opal needle]

bro got the linkedin expose

😭

[craggy moth]

bro came with receipts

[fierce pendant]

had my linkedin on speed dial

[lilac hemlock]

https://tenor.com/view/osaka-azumanga-daioh-azumanga-chiyo-dad-true-gif-16097334183960736888

[civic cliff]

Isn't waterloo a pinterest feeder in canada?

[idle flame]

https://tenor.com/view/kurt-angle-kurt-angle-meme-kurt-angle-thousand-yard-stare-kurt-angle-war-thousand-war-stare-gif-12128448474115985980

[worthy palm]

hi chat

[opal needle]

if u dont get shopify as a loo first year is it over for u

[foggy fern]

slime out ruby 😂

[lilac hemlock]

are we serious 💀 💀 💀 💀 💀 💀 💀

[opal needle]

like is it wraps

[solar notch]

so orz

[lilac hemlock]

dw a YC will pick them up just because they go to loo

[fierce pendant]

i dont see that many waterloo people getting pinterest i think

[coral cedar]

💀

[coral cedar]

isnt there a fall posting for ygs

[civic cliff]

Ok good, I'll take it then

https://tenor.com/view/7k-lebron-james-lebron-air-ball-gif-2906597441305736747

[opal needle]

u next year

[fierce pendant]

like on waterlooworks? no lol

[opal needle]

we got this

[coral cedar]

or like a canada posting

[livid topaz]

The more you talk the more I hate loo

[opal needle]

💀

LMFAo

[civic cliff]

Yeah came out last week

[solar notch]

idt theres many waterloo people

[craggy moth]

the only waterloo person ik who got proc got rej

[fierce pendant]

same

[lilac hemlock]

WEEEE GOT THISSS

[craggy moth]

probably has like epsilon headcount in canada

[civic cliff]

Market is healing

https://tenor.com/view/please7tv-please-beg-pray-hope-gif-3860103425950934673

[fierce pendant]

this wasnt even untrue 😭

[opal needle]

cs enrollment dropping nationwide

this is a huge win

[solar notch]

Yea i think its < 5 for intern

[livid topaz]

no this is ridiculous amount of larping going on wi th you

[solar notch]

Hooray

[worthy palm]

u know speaking of this stat

[civic cliff]

For fall or are you including sumer?

[worthy palm]

I saw some thing that shows CPE has 2nd highest unemployment rate

[fierce pendant]

ive never seen a canadian get pinterest in u.s i think

[worthy palm]

That’s kinda cooked

[foggy fern]

we should gentrify waterloo

[solar notch]

summer only, idrk about fall oops

[lilac hemlock]

im so pissed man waterlooworks can only get me 3 co-ops at databricks openai and stripe but i wanted 4 ugh

[craggy moth]

yea same

[opal needle]

LMFAOOO

[lilac hemlock]

#doomed #ngmi #BOOYAH

[fierce pendant]

none of those companies are on waterlooworks

[livid topaz]

I feel like compe / EE doesn’t have as big of a internship culture

like most of my EE / compe friends are not locked in to recruiting

They would rather study

[craggy moth]

waterlooworks is lowkey not that good

[fierce pendant]

#1 misconception in cscd is that waterlooworks is good

[livid topaz]

And pass the exam

[worthy palm]

Yeah is had very little underemployment tho

[civic cliff]

I'll lyk once I intern there in fall

[craggy moth]

best waterlooworks is bloomberg and snow? and it has like 10 spots

[fierce pendant]

thats what im saying

[opal needle]

one of my EE friends said that its different for EE primarily cuz they dont have the knowledge yet until their late 2nd to 3rd years so they cant get internships

[fierce pendant]

and these mfers r getting mad at me

[opal needle]

how true is this

[livid topaz]

bro go study for ur os exam man we don’t want loo here I realize

[lilac hemlock]

this destroyed my school's cs bro

my year has about 80 cs majors and the year above us has like 110-120
the incoming class unironically has like 25 😭

[civic cliff]

Wth you guys have hc reserved only for waterloo? 😭

[unique robin]

hi

[opal needle]

wait

[livid topaz]

nah it’s more like

[vernal zinc]

grats on wf

[opal needle]

yeah my school enrollment reduced like 50%

lowkey

[solar notch]

🙂 yessir

[lilac hemlock]

yeah

[unique robin]

thanks

[fierce pendant]

like 10 spots

[unique robin]

dude i haven’t seen u in ages

[undone mirage]

you can't win ruby just accept the hate

😭

[vernal zinc]

Yeah I'm offline rn

I

[fierce pendant]

theres deadass like 3 faang+ companies on waterlooworks total

[vernal zinc]

'm in a frat

[opal needle]

waterloo hate is justified cuz of this

[unique robin]

that’s good

[vernal zinc]

Crazy time

[unique robin]

less intern the better

[next barn]

ww was buns from what ive seen (a fat 1 cycle)

[unique robin]

internet

[vernal zinc]

I'm not intern anymore

[foggy fern]

lwky slime out ruby

[vernal zinc]

I gotta go to ng

[foggy fern]

ive seen enough

[vernal zinc]

So sad

[civic cliff]

I promise you FAANG+ companies have negative hc for my school

[unique robin]

oh

[foggy fern]

she gotta get cutoff

[vernal zinc]

Will miss this

[lilac hemlock]

my CPEG friend almost did this until he lucked out with a defense company last week

happy for him but his biggest mistake was just studying 24/7 tbhh

[unique robin]

ggs unc

[undone mirage]

wats wf

[vernal zinc]

Thans

[swift moat]

but loo mogs anyways, it's like saying the amex black card has bad points rewards but it's a black card at the end of the day

[lilac hemlock]

also @unique robin congrats man im so happy for you

[vernal zinc]

wells fargo

[livid topaz]

yuh probably the biggest mistake for engineering students

[unique robin]

i’m not that happy

[undone mirage]

oh

[unique robin]

i waited so long because

costco

[undone mirage]

congrats on wf @unique robin

[unique robin]

and hydro

[livid topaz]

They usually just don’t take the job hunt that seriously

[fierce pendant]

yea ik, was just saying most loo students success dont come for free from waterlooworks thats it

[unique robin]

but they both rescinded me

[opal needle]

wait why is this

[undone mirage]

who needs them

[lilac hemlock]

thats not to say that wf isnt still really good

[undone mirage]

wf to quant pipeline is real

[opal needle]

theres no handouts right

is their new grad recruiting that much easier

[livid topaz]

I think it’s just internship culture

[unique robin]

my team is quant

[lilac hemlock]

any offer nowadays is orz

then youre winning bruh

[undone mirage]

oh. you're a quant now.

[unique robin]

though

[opal needle]

im assuming its easier but not to the point u dont actively try in recruiting

[solar notch]

congrats on WF quantative research @unique robin !! i heard they are paying over 400k new grad

[undone mirage]

you've changed.

[unique robin]

that’s what people tell me

i’m not actually sure

what it is

[undone mirage]

you're not one of us anymore ayman..

[unique robin]

no

[livid topaz]

CS internship hunt is way more like known

[unique robin]

it’s not quant like ur thinking

[civic cliff]

I litterally saw a linkedin posting from microsoft saying SWE Internship (Waterloo)

[unique robin]

like not at all

[worthy palm]

Like this is kinda interesting…

• 2nd highest unemployment
• 4th LOWEST underemployment
• 1st highest early career earnings

[opal needle]

ayman larp

[lilac hemlock]

100%, i feel like EEs/mech Es come next but even so its by an insanely large margin just in culture alone

[undone mirage]

aymans been larping among us

[misty sluice]

why is 2026 summer archived😭

[unique robin]

i’m not larping

fuck

i’m not even gonna explain

[opal needle]

i see what u mean

[undone mirage]

its 2027 time

[opal needle]

well still tho

[lilac hemlock]

cs just exploded because people thought it was a golden ticket

[opal needle]

that shouldnt matter

if u know jobs arent handed out upon graduation you'd know to look for an internship

even if ur EE

[lilac hemlock]

its just gonna resort back to success for people who actually enjoy cs (what its always been)

[opal needle]

this shouldnt matter

[fluid salmon]

2027 now wow

[livid topaz]

Like every cs major knows to apply to FAANG but like there isn’t a equal in EE/CompE

[fluid salmon]

gonna work at mcdonalds now

[lilac hemlock]

some people just lucked out from 2018-2023ish

[opal needle]

true, only stuff like amd/nvidia right

thats fair

[craggy moth]

fpga at quant firms !

[fluid salmon]

who does that

[livid topaz]

Bro that still pays peanuts

[fluid salmon]

you have to not shower to get that role

[livid topaz]

Compare to like

[craggy moth]

ik some ppl that do 💀

[opal needle]

dec 2019 amazon was free, do an OA and offer

[craggy moth]

its like still 300k+ TC

[lilac hemlock]

i mean you know what i mean/its no longer just some get out of ngmi card

[livid topaz]

normal swe

[livid topaz]

Yuh

[fluid salmon]

yah ill be happy iwth any job i can write C++ even if its like 70k tc

[livid topaz]

• like

[fluid salmon]

but if i gotta do front end crud nonsense ill be like fml

[livid topaz]

It’s harder to get a job since ur just trying to lock in on your compe degree which is harder than cs just because of more classes you have to take

[opal needle]

tbh for EE its like winner takes all, if ur a software cmpany u can diversify but if ur doing anything chip related ur just gonna get cooked by stuff like nvidia so theres less "good" HC for EE? is this right

[misty sluice]

guys I make 8 figures a year am i ngmi

[livid topaz]

I think this is true yuh

[livid topaz]

Plus more specialized

[lilac hemlock]

true but holy 💀 putting this mf on blast

[urban ore]

nice larp lol

[livid topaz]

Like if I was a cs major freshman year

[lilac hemlock]

i mean i feel aymans pain tho

[livid topaz]

I would have locked in an internship probably

But ee major I was lwk out bumming around

[unique robin]

aren’t you literally the same team as me

[opal needle]

😭

[livid topaz]

cause I didn’t know and care about internships

[lilac hemlock]

imagine you hold on to a back up company for months and you get stack ranked at like jane street

[solar notch]

idrama lab same team method

[opal needle]

yeah this is what i was getting at, its a knowledge gap

[urban ore]

true

[opal needle]

but thats because of u

not the major

[lilac hemlock]

like youd still be happy just with a bad taste in your mouth

[livid topaz]

But like cs I would have locked in with more cs people

[queen vortex]

Nice larp

[noble lion]

ur incoming well sfargo?

[unique robin]

this is true

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1431090544884318270/1437682932956532826/caption.gif

[opal needle]

maybe

[lilac hemlock]

i wish the cs majors here were locked into recruiting 😔

[opal needle]

yeah idk

maybe

[river thicket]

Wait we in 2027 now 😭

[noble lion]

no bro its april 2026

[river thicket]

I just got my 2026 offer a week ago

[livid topaz]

Idk my EE friends are all way smarter than my cs friends though

[lilac hemlock]

oh 100%

[noble lion]

what is optiver

[urban ore]

idk

[lilac hemlock]

chiz?

[unique robin]

everyone’s been larping out of their mind

[livid topaz]

One of my EE friends told me to stop recruiting cause I got Amazon ro

[unique robin]

now that we’re in 2027 it’s come out

[lilac hemlock]

whos everyone man

[solar notch]

are there any plans to go to @unique robin's house, making a quant tier list, saying ngmi/gmi/orz irl, and alpha trading anthropic? curious if anyone is doing this too?

[livid topaz]

And he’s lwk the smartest dude I know

[unique robin]

pu

[queen vortex]

HOW DO I GET TESLA

[opal needle]

this is true

[livid topaz]

But with cs people I feel like they would tell me to keep recruiting

[opal needle]

they'd be right

see where u are now

[unique robin]

hey

fengtian

good job

[solar notch]

futurefous

[urban ore]

nah its real

[lilac hemlock]

damn bruh maybe not smart with recruiting loool

i told one of my underclassmen that i got my incoming and then he was like "now you can relax"

[urban ore]

and the dinner

[livid topaz]

Yes ?

[lilac hemlock]

wouldnt have gotten my incoming fall or first technical interview if i had done so

[livid topaz]

Yuh he told me to relax

[urban ore]

mito the goat fr

[lilac hemlock]

https://tenor.com/view/hoodbending-hood-bending-gif-241445376678349206

[opal needle]

never relax bro

[livid topaz]

But like he’s like in all grad classes and lwk good at school

[opal needle]

u can only relax once u crack quant / ai labs

[livid topaz]

But want to go into industry

[mint quest]

wtf

[lilac hemlock]

no even then you have to become patrick bateman and succumb to the money

[river thicket]

100%

[solar notch]

that means @urban ore can relax

[livid topaz]

My point is

[opal needle]

this is good and all but this is the exact fallacy in life, the "smartest" ppl arent always the most successful

[urban ore]

nice dox bro

[opal needle]

sometimes its just about doing

[livid topaz]

I feel like cs people are way more prestige oriented

[urban ore]

hellol

[lilac hemlock]

oh yeah 100%

[urban ore]

?

[solar notch]

sry

[urban ore]

ty

[fierce pendant]

maybe its just this server

[livid topaz]

fuck off loo

[fierce pendant]

???

[undone mirage]

LMAO

[livid topaz]

This doesn’t apply to loo

[opal needle]

🥀

loo hater

[livid topaz]

Like my friend Pythagoras told me to relax

[undone mirage]

fengtian is both loos greatest glazer

and hater

[opal needle]

the world is prestige oriented bro

[livid topaz]

too

[opal needle]

ppl want to go to mckinsey for a reason

[undone mirage]

the corporate world is just prestige oriented

¯_(ツ)_/¯

just how it is

[opal needle]

EE mfs would easily mog me if they did cs recruiting

but they dont

[livid topaz]

I think so

[opal needle]

again thats the knowledge gap

u dont know

all u do is study

high gpa

forget to look for internships

then blame external factors

[livid topaz]

Like I am a EE major and I feel like I was able to get Amazon pretty easily last year without that much studying

[undone mirage]

can most ee's code

[lilac hemlock]

leetcode is mickey for EE majors

[opal needle]

what they do in EE is harder than coding

[livid topaz]

I think so

[opal needle]

so if they cant code it isnt hard to learn

[lilac hemlock]

a large part of the grind for cs is just recruiting

but EE is so domain knowledge based i feel

[livid topaz]

idk

[undone mirage]

relax on the glaze

[livid topaz]

Though maybe I’m just glazing EE

[opal needle]

its not glaze lmfao

its genuinely true

like

[lilac hemlock]

i think its deserved-ish though

[opal needle]

ive seen their courses

[lilac hemlock]

EE material is much harder

[hidden shuttle]

why r ppl voting no on the point72 quand dev app?

[lilac hemlock]

(i dropped CPEG as soon as i took my first circuits exam)

[livid topaz]

wait cause like computer organization was lwk an easy course

[undone mirage]

what

[livid topaz]

compared to computer architecture

Which is an ECE course

[lilac hemlock]

i thought it was good

*what i heard

[scenic oyster]

i feel like eecs here is so fake

[swift moat]

not true lmao

[scenic oyster]

like nobody takes ee classes

[livid topaz]

signal processing and controls with C++ 🫩🫩

[lilac hemlock]

UC?

[scenic oyster]

everyone does 2 mandatory ee clasees

[opal needle]

EE is prob a top 3 hardest major in any majors lol

like

[lilac hemlock]

isnt that like the only "CS" degree they have there therefore everyone goes EECS

[scenic oyster]

and then just does cs

[opal needle]

its not glaze

[lilac hemlock]

i agree

[scenic oyster]

we have a cs degree too

[lilac hemlock]

ong its like EE physics math and then some science

[lilac hemlock]

oh wtf 💀 then why the hell are so many people EECS

[livid topaz]

Quantum Mechanics for EE majors 🫩🫩

[hidden shuttle]

#intern_postings message

[scenic oyster]

https://tenor.com/view/berkeley-eecs-uc-berkeley-engineering-kpop-gif-1344862380473722685

[lilac hemlock]

Just straight up death on death on death bruh

[scenic oyster]

idk they think its aura

[livid topaz]

Electrodynamics I-III for EE majors 🫩🫩

[undone mirage]

time for me to apply

[lilac hemlock]

Just straight up death on death on death on death bruh

[livid topaz]

transmission line theory 🫩🫩

[undone mirage]

oh nvm already did

[lilac hemlock]

ah

[scenic oyster]

fax

[hidden shuttle]

is c1 enough for point72?😭

[livid topaz]

Digital signal processing in C++ 🫩🫩🫩

[scenic oyster]

theres a few people actually into ee

[lilac hemlock]

im glad i didnt stay in my circuits class though like im sure i couldve done all right with the material but i just didnt really enjoy it

[livid topaz]

Microelectronic circuits and its applications 🫩🫩

[lilac hemlock]

https://tenor.com/view/bjork-bjork-debut-fade-in-fade-in-reaction-meme-gif-12173771357158875462

[livid topaz]

And then the 3 hour EE labs each semester 😫😫

Fuck this major bro

[opal needle]

ee is fuckass hard bro

[scenic oyster]

theres so many man