2021_summer

[abstract wagon]

^

[tacit halo]

Most ppl don’t care about faang

[muted leaf]

ik a lot of amazonians who didn't even solve 10 problems on leetcode

[tacit halo]

They’ll still apply but won’t be active

[abstract wagon]

ok but there's tons of people who do

[muted leaf]

well would be a bad example cuz it's only one source

[abstract wagon]

point is your email isnt always their top priority

[tacit halo]

There are 260k CS majors at any given time

[abstract wagon]

they could be sifting through thousands at any given time

couldve just missed yours

[tacit halo]

Maybe 5% actually care

So that’s 13k viable candidates

[low epoch]

idk if this good to think chief

[still gazelle]

i think ur underestimating it man

[tacit halo]

95% of viable candidates probably don’t cold email

[still gazelle]

i think 10-15% of CS majors leetcode

[tacit halo]

Okay, so 26-39k

[abstract wagon]

if cs majors are so bad then how come they have faang offers and you dont

idk man

[muted leaf]

they prob dont do leetcode because they're smart lol

[still gazelle]

tbf hes a sophomore iirc

[tacit halo]

Ur competition is let’s round it up to 40k ppl

[muted leaf]

a lot of people prob dont cold email because their resume gets passed too

[tacit halo]

There’s still thousands of seats at faang companies

[abstract wagon]

ok i hope you get one of them

[muted leaf]

we got this man 🫂

[tacit halo]

@abstract wagon also I’m not underestimating the number of ppl that cold email them

[twin obsidian]

still think that if the interviewer likes you they don’t ask hard questions

[tacit halo]

But I’m emphasizing that by understanding it’s a numbers game, u can be strategic

[tribal ridge]

Don't they prepare questions beforehand?

[tacit halo]

That’s why I recommend cold emailing 100 at each company

Not kidding

[still gazelle]

100 people IN EACH COMPANY?

[tacit halo]

Facebook probably has thousands of recruiters

U can find 100

[abstract wagon]

word go for it alex

u got this

[muted leaf]

I mean if they have multiple questions ready, they can certainly pick the easy ones

[still gazelle]

i dont really have the time to man. id rather just work on projects / leetcode

ur minmaxxing to the extreme bro

[low epoch]

if kiddos are passing tech interviews without LC power to em

[tacit halo]

Look, over the past few weeks, as I’m really amping up my endeavors, I’ve been sending close to 500 emails a day

[restive falcon]

does fb rly have thousands of recruiters 💀

[tribal ridge]

If you're doing 1-2 sentences per email it probably doesn't take much time

[patent sluice]

jfc

[abstract wagon]

@restive falcon XD

[still gazelle]

more recruiters than devs

[low epoch]

WTF

[tacit halo]

Given the size of the company, it isn’t outlandish

[patent sluice]

thats 1 email every 3 minutes

[tacit halo]

I have a script for it

[patent sluice]

lets assume alex is awake for 18 of the 24 hours

[still gazelle]

bro ur absolutely fucking insane

in a good way

[tacit halo]

I want funding for my endeavors

I’ll do what it takes

[junior elk]

i aspire to have Alex's level of dedication

[still gazelle]

u gotta put farmer by ur name man

[tacit halo]

I want internships

[still gazelle]

u deserve it

[tacit halo]

I want press

I want to be big

[patent sluice]

you deserve it

[twin obsidian]

I want to be the very best

[patent sluice]

but your dad would be a better option imo unless you really need engineering exp

[abstract wagon]

i have a migraine

[tacit halo]

I’m taking inspiration from some celebrities I kinda have a mutual connection to

I listened to their podcasts

[tribal ridge]

I stg dudes got Gary Vaynerchuck on 24/7

[patent sluice]

alex do you listen to kanye west's music

[tacit halo]

They used the exact same strategies I’m using

[tacit halo]

Not really

[patent sluice]

can i recommend an album

seeing as you have him as a profile picture

[tacit halo]

But I feel I can relate to him personally

[dapper shard]

i just want money

[tacit halo]

Sure!

[tribal ridge]

Based

[pliant hawk]

money motivation same

[patent sluice]

my beautiful dark twisted fantasy

[abstract wagon]

@dapper shard do your codesignal smh

[viral fable]

like no one ever was

[patent sluice]

hope you enjoy

its my favorite

[dapper shard]

solved one. halfway through second question

[tacit halo]

I’m kinda connected to the chainsmokers

Who used my strategies to become big

I listened to their podcasts

500 emails a day to get their name out is exactly what they did

And they said they were losers when they were 20

So I’ve got time

[patent sluice]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTH1VNHLjng&list=PL8YH4mOwWryUMna911yJM2B52iIIzigKy

you may relate

[tacit halo]

I’m trying to get them onboard as investors

[twin obsidian]

I called up my loved ones I called up my cousins I called up the Muslims said I’m bout to go dumb

[still gazelle]

in 10 years alex is gonna be singing "can we get much higher"

cuz hes gonnabe a trillionaire

[tacit halo]

But no, with a certain level of dedication, u can do anything

10 years is a lot of time

These guys were nobodies 8 years ago

Zoom ceo Eric yuan was just another engineer 9 years ago

Now he’s one of the richest people in the world

[pulsar shadow]

survivor bias tho

[dapper shard]

lets see if he is after the pandemic

zoom was failing before then

[tacit halo]

Most ppl don’t send 500 emails a day

That’s what it takes

[twin obsidian]

same with the chainsmokers

[tacit halo]

He was still a billionaire

[twin obsidian]

They fell off

[abstract wagon]

they fell off early

[tacit halo]

He was a billionaire when they ipo’d in 2019

Even if the company was failing, he would still be ridiculously rich

[tribal ridge]

I feel like Zoom got lucky and ran with the opportunity. Microsoft and Google were too complacent and didn't act quick.

I respect the hustle. But at the end of the day, sometimes luck plays a significant factor, and unfortunately you can't work out into that.

[tacit halo]

I don’t believe in luck

Luck isn’t super rare

[icy juniper]

i wonder if the top tier people in this disc did something similar, like people who land quant/f/g internships sounds inspiring but also super intimidating

[barren night]

I think luck always plays a significant factor

[tacit halo]

I’m the unluckiest person out there

Luck isn’t rare

[restive falcon]

they're pretty normal

[tacit halo]

Doing ur research matters

[abstract wagon]

actually im not that normal

[tacit halo]

Most ppl take the wrong approach

I can certainly control for things

[restive falcon]

we know

[tacit halo]

Recognize the right market opportunity

Do ur research

[abstract wagon]

shit

[tacit halo]

Grind

Pivot

[icy juniper]

that's a relief to hear

[dapper shard]

the chads of this server are actually pretty normal people tbh

[tacit halo]

That’s why I say send 10000 cold emails

[icy juniper]

guess i dont gotta send 500 emails to work at citadel

[abstract wagon]

u just need skills and some luck

[dapper shard]

^

[abstract wagon]

mostly skills

[tacit halo]

The bad news is that it’s hard to find investors

[terse torrent]

idk if i should even cold email a place i have toruble working for

[dapper shard]

no one wants to invest right now

[restive falcon]

except for boba who has no life

[low epoch]

honestly on a scale of not-chad to UCF most of us are right in the middle

[tacit halo]

The good news is that if u have something promising, there’s likely somebody out there who will invest

[dapper shard]

D:

[pulsar shadow]

some people are just at the right place at the right time

[tacit halo]

There are thousands and thousands of investors

[abstract wagon]

my biggest fan

[tacit halo]

U gotta figure out what the right trends are

[pulsar shadow]

who is boba?

[tacit halo]

There are so many opportunities to capitalize off of

[terse torrent]

doggo

[tacit halo]

Right now

[terse torrent]

doggo is boba

[abstract wagon]

no poggo is something else

@simple saffron where are you

[restive falcon]

im just a piece of bread

[terse torrent]

cant type

[tribal ridge]

PogO

[tacit halo]

In my mind, those who say it’s all luck aren’t the ones who will make it big

[simple saffron]

what

[abstract wagon]

@simple saffron whats up dog

[dapper shard]

right now i would say you are . i would say before you rad was probably the most unlucky

[tacit halo]

Those who grind, pivot, and try new approaches make it big

[pulsar shadow]

alex how are u typing that fast on a phone

[tacit halo]

Idk

[simple saffron]

what up cutie

[tacit halo]

Everyone here is fast

[low epoch]

what kind of bread

[silk ridge]

he wrote 500 emails

[tacit halo]

I have so much racing through my mind

[simple saffron]

anyone here get an email from flexport?

[tribal ridge]

What do you mean world's shittiest lottery

[simple saffron]

im tryna simp hard

[tacit halo]

Creating a successful startup isn’t even remotely analogous to winning the lottery

[low epoch]

that's not what they mean lol

[tacit halo]

You know, for every idea I have, I literally conduct hundreds of customer interviews

[abstract wagon]

@simple saffron i got one but $5

[low epoch]

alex it's not that i don't believe u

[tacit halo]

Look, when I send all these cold emails, maybe 1 in 50 say yes

There’s a lot of rejection out there

[low epoch]

but u throw out hundreds and 500's like do u know numbers bro

or u cap

[simple saffron]

@abstract wagon what

are you high

[junior elk]

Who are you interviewing?

[tacit halo]

I’ve spent probably over 50 hours cold emailing

[tribal ridge]

Dude said he had a script

[abstract wagon]

@simple saffron u wanted a flexport email right? i want $5

[tacit halo]

I’ve tried different templates

[terse torrent]

lOL

[tacit halo]

And once I found what templates worked

I automated

[simple saffron]

i dont have that but ill suck ya dick

[low epoch]

i don't think cold emails should get automated

[tacit halo]

I did my research first

[low epoch]

that's self defeating for our industry, makes it harder for all of us

and also bad taste

[abstract wagon]

@simple saffron im kidding ill dm u holdup

[terse torrent]

what is the origin of this saying

[tacit halo]

But for each investor I email, I probably do about 1 minute of research

500 minutes is 6 hours

[simple saffron]

idk but its hilarious

[tribal ridge]

Hey, it's a good side project to slap on the resume 👍

[low epoch]

python command line script to copy it to your clipboard, tweak it a bit and good to go

[restive falcon]

dont exploit people thx

[tacit halo]

At times, I’ve literally sent cold emails about cold emailing

Asking for advice cold emailing

[still gazelle]

what

[abstract wagon]

@restive falcon i said im kdding, do you really think i need $5

[tacit halo]

Cold emailing is my secret weapon

[simple saffron]

lmfao bruh

[tacit halo]

It’s the reason it will work

[simple saffron]

im reporting you for exploitation doggo

get dunked on

[tacit halo]

It’s the reason I will succeed

I probably spend at least one whole evening a week cold emailing

[pulsar shadow]

metacoldemail

[tacit halo]

I still have plenty of time to code

[abstract wagon]

@simple saffron wth i sent u an email for free man

[low epoch]

apparently there is advice to not email just any recruiter but
target the ones who are working with a specific team? idk

[tacit halo]

Even tho I’m now serving as more of a pm now

I code less than I used to

But I still do

[restive falcon]

hello rad

[simple saffron]

@abstract wagon wtf did u block me

[tacit halo]

Also, I have ppl sending cold emails for me

These are trusted friends

[fair stratus]

Why grind when you can have fun with ur friends

[abstract wagon]

@simple saffron no i just removed u after sending email

[tacit halo]

Who I consider business partners

[simple saffron]

WOW

[low epoch]

thanks gonna do this

[abstract wagon]

keeping my friends list cleannnnn

[tacit halo]

We want the same thing

[simple saffron]

...

die

[tacit halo]

I see us on an equal level

[restive falcon]

relax bro keep that to dms ty

[simple saffron]

ty tho

[abstract wagon]

np

[simple saffron]

narc

[junior elk]

they send your emails for free?

[tacit halo]

I feel so fortunate to have met hundreds and thousands of amazing people

[restive falcon]

[low epoch]

on my friends list i make sure to rate each out of 10 so i can recommend them

[simple saffron]

lol

[tacit halo]

If they’re a cofounder, yes

I pay with equity

[junior elk]

ah so its for like business opportunities

[tacit halo]

Like in my startup, me and my cofounders each own a third

We each send 160 cold emails a day

[fair stratus]

Whats ur startup tho

[low epoch]

can someone send me their list of friends so i can hit em up

[tacit halo]

So we split up the work

[tacit halo]

Which one?

[abstract wagon]

is it "hi"

[low epoch]

"boba"

[fair stratus]

Just list some of them lmao

[patent sluice]

i wanna be a 24 year old ceo who makes shitty youtube videos

[pulsar shadow]

boba

[tacit halo]

Mrbeast

[restive falcon]

its "yo"

[silk ridge]

"codeforces"

[abstract wagon]

or is it "givemejoboristgillkmsbro"

[tacit halo]

Who is a genius

[pulsar shadow]

boba

[tacit halo]

I love mr beast

[low epoch]

"ihaveurfamily"

[tribal ridge]

So...logan paul?

[patent sluice]

suh dude

[low epoch]

"itsmeurbrother"

[tacit halo]

He was a college dropout maybe 3 years ago

Now he’s giving away millions

Never doubt urself

Use the right strategies and u will succeed

[pulsar shadow]

it

[restive falcon]

do it

[tacit halo]

I don’t consider myself smart at all

[low epoch]

three y's = flirting

[abstract wagon]

if i were a recruiter i would block y l0l

[tacit halo]

I simply grind

I’m as dumb as a rock

[pulsar shadow]

it's all luck tho

[tacit halo]

I struggled to understand what an array was at one point

[abstract wagon]

ill be one eventually

[simple saffron]

enough grinding will turn a rock into stone

[tacit halo]

I struggled with geometry

[low epoch]

why arent u listing your experience and startups in your cold emails

u gotta walk the walk

[pulsar shadow]

Several people are typing ... monkaS

[tacit halo]

I just don’t share the startup names publicly

In order to respect their privacy

[low epoch]

for shame, my brother, no offense

u gotta leverage them names

people be sending cold emails like "former intern at mcdonalds"

[tacit halo]

No, I definitely include them in cold emails

Just not on this server

[fair stratus]

lmao thatd be pog

[simple saffron]

yall think its ok to put "incoming xxx at xxx company" even if you havent accepted yet

[tacit halo]

I probably can’t put them on my LinkedIn for another month or two

They don’t want me to

[abstract wagon]

@fast dagger isnt that fraud

[tacit halo]

Resume is okay

I can take a salary

Business travel is fine

[patent sluice]

if i was the president id pay my mamas rent

[abstract wagon]

oh word

[tacit halo]

Rewards are fine

[patent sluice]

free my homies and then

[abstract wagon]

everyday corporate dinners

pog

[tacit halo]

I’m sure using it to take a vacation once a year is fine

[tribal ridge]

100%. Everyone and their mother puts "incoming swe at __" on LinkedIn

[tacit halo]

As a reward

[simple saffron]

litty

[tacit halo]

Yeah that’s totally good

If it’s in good faith

[tribal ridge]

Oh wait if you haven't accepted 🤔 that's up to you then

[tacit halo]

But trying to take ridiculous bonuses is a no

[abstract wagon]

@fast dagger thats probably what bernie madoff said before he got sent to prison

[simple saffron]

theres like a very small chance i renege

but im tryna look fresh af for my fall apps

[tacit halo]

The investors just want u to have enough so that u can only focus on ur startup

And not worry about money

[tribal ridge]

I think as long as the offer is still standing it won't hurt

[tacit halo]

Things like upgrading ur plane ticket to first class are fine

[abstract wagon]

@simple saffron yeah its fine

[tacit halo]

If it will let u sleep better

Keeping u comfortable while on vacation

First class is honestly a necessity

For a ceo

Think about what sitting in economy for 10 hours will do to u

U won’t be able to focus

Nah interpersonal interaction is still much appreciated

But buying a Porsche is a big no

U take a salary high enough to pay ur rent and not worry about money

[restive falcon]

yes cuz im supposed to be a recruiter

[tacit halo]

U don’t take a salary to buy luxuries

Vacations are good for mental health

[restive falcon]

nothing personnel kid its just show biz

[tacit halo]

So they’re fine

That’s a huge no in any case

[restive falcon]

yes

[tacit halo]

Ur compensation is stock

[abstract wagon]

personnel

[tacit halo]

Do well, the company does well

[restive falcon]

yes

[tacit halo]

And ur rewarded

Do shit, the company does shit

And u don’t make anything

Not salary

[abstract wagon]

@restive falcon maam i would like to talk to your manager, i feel like ive been harassed

[tacit halo]

Tesla stock

[pulsar shadow]

man I look away for a sec and boom 100+ messages

[tacit halo]

That’s not salary

[tribal ridge]

Plus you can pretend you're a philanthropist by not taking a salary and taking stock instead like Boeing's CEO

[tacit halo]

That’s performance based rewards

No one is getting a billion dollar bonus

Salary is probably like $1m

[restive falcon]

set point lets goo

[tacit halo]

Everything else is performance based

He does not have 55b in some golden vault

[low epoch]

performance based or
growth every quarter based

[tacit halo]

He can’t easily sell it

And there are normally lock ups

He said he doesn’t have a lot of cash

He pays a mortgage

His wealth is entirely illiquid

It’s all Tesla stock

Not all at once

There are limits to how much he can sell in a certain period

If he sold so much, the stock would go down a lot

That’s different

That’s vc funding

Or a public placement

But the law prevents him

The law prevents him from asking more than a certain amount at once

Yes

There are lock up periods

To prevent insider trading

If he here’s bad news, then no lockup’s could mean he could just sell it all

That’s insider trading

Which is wrong in so many ways

[abstract wagon]

damn yall hating on blue origin or w/e it's called

[tacit halo]

It has to be announced ahead of time

Like a year in advanced

And there’s usually a limit of how much he can sell

[still gazelle]

does anyone have the linkedin of the humzah dude whos like a 10x intern

[patent sluice]

yeah looking at insider buying/selling is a valid tactic in valuating companies

[tacit halo]

Like no more than 5% at any given time

It could be done over multiple years

He could exit his position over time

It would definitely be something in the billions

But not 55b

[patent sluice]

do yall believe in efficient market hypothesis

[abstract wagon]

@patent sluice no it's rigged

[tacit halo]

Yes and no

Ppl beat the market

External factors have lots of influence

[simple saffron]

then how do quants have ridiculous margins

[barren night]

Do hft places actually do frontrunning?

[tacit halo]

If Elon wanted to sell 1 billion in stock, he could. It would have to be announced well in advance

Jeff Bezos probably has a couple billion in cash

But nowhere near 200b

[barren night]

Cuz in that book flash boys he said they did but i saw some hft guy said they didn’t

[tacit halo]

And even if he needs cash, he’s not gonna sell stock

[simple saffron]

trading sounds so fucking stressful

[tacit halo]

He has access to unlimited lines of credit

[simple saffron]

i cant imagine spending my entire career essentially gambling on the market

[tacit halo]

If he wants a billion in cash, it will be arranged for

[tribal ridge]

Calculated risks vs gambling

[tacit halo]

At that level, money is free

Nlp can work

There’s a lot of active research in this area

[simple saffron]

ok maybe like VC then

[tribal ridge]

The question is whether you know what you're talking about or you're deep in dunning kruger

[tacit halo]

To improve it

[simple saffron]

that seems a lot like gambling

how is NLP used in trading

[tacit halo]

Reading market trends

[patent sluice]

parse wsb

[simple saffron]

LMAO

[patent sluice]

not even joking tho

[tacit halo]

Whether it works or not depends on the situation

[tacit halo]

I agree with this

You’d be surprised to see how much influence these robinhood traders have on the market

[still gazelle]

thats literally one of my projects. not even joking

[tacit halo]

Also Elon’s tweets have so much influence

[tribal ridge]

It literally can not go tits up.

[tacit halo]

He said use signal yesterday

[patent sluice]

i wanna sell options but i know imma fuck it up and get assigned 300 shares of tmobile

[still gazelle]

i used a library. im trying to learn nlp to make a better model.

[tacit halo]

And some random company named signal went up 1100%

[patent sluice]

yeah that was insane

[tacit halo]

I’m setting up a quant fund rn

[patent sluice]

efficient market theory disproved?

[tacit halo]

I have like 6 or 7 other ppl involved right now

Need to find more

[tacit halo]

Absolutely

[tribal ridge]

Trading is fascinating. Though I'm on the boomer end of investors LOL

[patent sluice]

same, im basically a boglehead

[tacit halo]

I’m just reaching out to family connections for the money

[patent sluice]

last week i bought bed bath and beyond

[tacit halo]

But honestly, I can’t do shit without at least 25k

[abstract wagon]

i thought they were closing soon

[tacit halo]

Due to the pattern trading rule

[patent sluice]

pls no 😦

[tacit halo]

Restricting u to 3 trades for week

[tribal ridge]

Ah, I just dump everything into US/Intl index funds and cross my fingers LOL

[tacit halo]

Bitcoin is unregulated tho

[patent sluice]

yeah thats 90% of my portfolio

[tacit halo]

And u can buy partial coins

[abstract wagon]

@patent sluice https://www.wsj.com/articles/bed-bath-beyond-cfo-looks-to-declutter-shelves-11602530349#:~:text=Bed Bath %26 Beyond wants to,early days of the pandemic.

[tacit halo]

I more actively trade

I still mine bitcoin

[tribal ridge]

You have the hardware for that? Nice.

[tacit halo]

It’s more expensive these days

Just a basic graphics card

I do it from my dorm

It’s been estimated that the last bitcoin will be mined in 2140

[tribal ridge]

How profitable is it even with a GPU now? I'd imagine something like Ethereum that is tailored for GPUs might be more profitable.

[tacit halo]

Since the number of bitcoins given to miners haves every time something like every 210k coins miner

[patent sluice]

dude the bitcoin subreddit is insane

[tacit halo]

And likely something else will be figured out before 2140

It costs about 8k to mine a bitcoin

Expensive upfront

But profitable

[tribal ridge]

I bought in at last ATH. Didn't earn much though.

[tacit halo]

That’s why I do it from my dorm

[tribal ridge]

Dang

[tacit halo]

So my university pays for the electricity

[simple saffron]

the cp god

[patent sluice]

dude you can actually do this

[simple saffron]

tf

[tacit halo]

Yep it’s what I do

[patent sluice]

i wanted to do this freshman year but i thought my uni would crack down

[simple saffron]

why is he still grinding

[patent sluice]

so i didnt bother

[tacit halo]

They’re too big to even notice it

[simple saffron]

true

[tacit halo]

I heard their electricity bill is like tens of millions every month

[tribal ridge]

I heard my sister say that someone at her school got busted for it LOL, probably was running a dedicated rig/farm maybe

[tacit halo]

They wouldn’t notice 8k

[simple saffron]

my friends bought like 10 GPUs and ran a farm on berkeley's internet

[tacit halo]

If u put $1000 in to bitcoin in like 2010, when it ico’d, you would have like $500m

There are other cryptocurrencies as well

And new ones will continue to come up

Roughly 40 billion

[simple saffron]

one satoshi?

[junior elk]

what do you guys think of etherium?

[simple saffron]

like .3 cents

[abstract wagon]

@fast dagger wtf i thought awice lived in his moms basement

[tribal ridge]

Nakamoto I'm guessing

[abstract wagon]

gg

[tacit halo]

Someone bot a pizza for like 10000 bitcoin in 2012

[tribal ridge]

Yeah that was a fat rip

[tacit halo]

Think about how rich the person who sold the pizza is now

That’s 400 million

For a pizza

[tribal ridge]

Unless they sold it off

[simple saffron]

i doubt they kept it

[cyan valley]

yeah someone at my school

[simple saffron]

id sell at like 10x profit

[cyan valley]

got busted

its a violation

[tacit halo]

If they kept it, biggest win ever

[cyan valley]

of something

[abstract wagon]

@fast dagger u think he'll host a free mentoring session for us cp newbs?

since he has nothing to do anyways and is rich

[simple saffron]

he charges like 100 an hour

[abstract wagon]

fuk

greedy ass mf

[simple saffron]

but thats ez money for u tiktok boi

[abstract wagon]

pen class

open*

ah

see u all there

[tribal ridge]

Inb4 sub mode chat

[simple saffron]

if i were awice id be so depressed

[tacit halo]

How did he make his money?

[simple saffron]

theres just nothing to live for

[tacit halo]

At what price?

Like when?

How much did he put in?

[tribal ridge]

MonkaW

[abstract wagon]

legend

[tacit halo]

Look, even if u put $1 into bitcoin in 2010, that’s still $500k

$100 would be $50m

So he could have easily started with $100

[simple saffron]

fuck i put $50 into dogecoin in 2014

how much should i have now

[abstract wagon]

@simple saffron what r u, stupid>

[simple saffron]

yes 😦

[tribal ridge]

1 dogecoin = 1 dogecoin

[simple saffron]

we already knew this

[tacit halo]

There’s some story about some middle class guy who put his 100k life savings into ethereum and turned it into 13 million in one year

Heard that one?

[abstract wagon]

who knows maybe dogecoin will get big

[tacit halo]

Guys, I’m not kidding, Twitter users and wsb have so much influence

If they hype dogecoin, it will get big

[tribal ridge]

There are some rough stories of people who bought near last ATH and...didn't come out the other side.

[tacit halo]

Get the name out there

[simple saffron]

i remember i got so hype when dogecoin went from like $ .00001 to $.00002

[tacit halo]

Generate hype around it, and that’s a strategy

100% return

[abstract wagon]

@simple saffron 0.00001 -> 0.00002 -> 1000000000

[simple saffron]

and then the dogecoin community funded that one nascar racer

[tacit halo]

We could be the ones who make dogecoin big

Who?

Alex wife?

Autocorrect

[abstract wagon]

wait which one

[cyan valley]

I remember going to school oneday

[simple saffron]

whos faang

[cyan valley]

Freshmen year of high school

And I asked a friend

[tacit halo]

60 million is the beginning of ultra rich id say

[cyan valley]

"Can u give me 300$ I need to buy 1 BTC"

[tacit halo]

Maybe 30-40 million

[cyan valley]

He looked at me like

"what are u smoking"

💀

[tacit halo]

$300 now 40k

10000% return huh?

[cyan valley]

I had 30$ in and I sold at 10k

[tacit halo]

30 million?

In a month

In a single month?

Was that a one off thing

Oh, so it’s not consistently then

Did he sell when it started going down

Can he easily sell it?

Is bitcoin hard to sell?

[tribal ridge]

Not really, it has enough volume

[cyan valley]

Bitcoin instantly sells on coinbase

[drowsy goblet]

Mahine learning is honestly the dumbest shit ever

[cyan valley]

Lol

[tribal ridge]

And it's 24/7 market

[tacit halo]

Could he just put all of it into the open market and nothing will happen?

[cyan valley]

If he put all of it on the market

[tacit halo]

Could he sell $60m in one day?

[cyan valley]

Yeah

He can

easily

[tribal ridge]

Yep

[cyan valley]

^

bots auto buy it

[tacit halo]

Well, do u think bitcoin will continue to drastically rise?

Wait, how do hfts beat him?

[tribal ridge]

John Mcafee told me it would.

[cyan valley]

u do know the reason it hit 40k

is cuz binance

printed 110mil

[tacit halo]

Would it hurt him tho?

[cyan valley]

worth of thether

loool

[tacit halo]

Wouldn’t it just increase the price?

So they’ll detect a large order instantly

And then what happens

Price goes down?

Couldn’t he set a minimum price tho?

So u can just set it up so that it sells at the first price available?

[cyan valley]

yes

its called a market sell

if u have a shitton of volume

[tacit halo]

Wouldn’t there likely be someone who would buy it at a higher price?

[cyan valley]

and u list it all on the market

u'll prob make the price go down a tad

[tacit halo]

A few seconds later

[cyan valley]

but all the bots and big buyers

will buy it

[tribal ridge]

FeelsBadMan I thought that someone sent me a LinkedIn message, turns out it was a bot

[cyan valley]

really quick

Just use coinbase pro

Easiest UI

to figure it out

[tacit halo]

So, could they theoretically set a ridiculously low price and get it?

If he just takes the first order available?

Like could they try to buy it for $1?

First order gets fulfilled

What about in bitcoin?

Couldn’t it just be the first buy order available?

[dapper shard]

gosh i hate codesignal

that shit makes me not want to apply to companies at all

shit is so annoying to take

[tribal ridge]

Welcome back

[dapper shard]

such a waste of my time

[tacit halo]

But how would the hfts get it if there are higher orders at the same moment?

[tribal ridge]

I've used CodeSignal once, it was...meh. Don't have experience with any other sites for OAs/interviews excluding Google's

[pulsar shadow]

why is there 500+ messages

[tacit halo]

So the strategy would be to sell small amounts at a time

To avoid getting cucked

What about a six figure, low seven figure account?

[dapper shard]

question rng is annoying. also the time limit is kind of low considering the type of questions you can potentially get. and if you get a bad score it can fuck you over for like two weeks and if any places send you an invitation to send your codesignal score you are kind of fucked for that process if you got a bad score

[tacit halo]

That will be actively trading

[dapper shard]

but i know some people don't care for it really if they get a good score because then it benefits them a lot so

to each their own

[tacit halo]

I think most companies just have a hard cutoff

Ur either above or below it

[tribal ridge]

I think I got 400/1200 on FBU and took the L, it's whatever tho

[simple saffron]

anyone have an active codesignal link?

tryna boost my score for next szn

[tacit halo]

Like for many companies I’d say 700 is the hard cutoff

[dapper shard]

im pretty sure you can retake it without a company link like every two weeks

[simple saffron]

no not without a company needing a score

[dapper shard]

i wouldve said 740-750 tbh

[tribal ridge]

Mine was locked

[dapper shard]

man that makes codesignal even worse lmao

[simple saffron]

^

fuck that shit

[dapper shard]

so glad im not applying to many new grad places

[simple saffron]

wb twitter king

[dapper shard]

im tired of this shitty ass recruiting process

[tacit halo]

For codesignal, I’d say it works like this:

699, instant ejected

701, ur good

[dapper shard]

facebook and twitter are my last interviews for this season. im absolutely done after those

[abstract wagon]

i think its fine peepo

[simple saffron]

nah ive gotten rejected with mid 700s

[abstract wagon]

just do your best on the phone

[tribal ridge]

That's why I'm reluctant on speeding through university, I think if I really grinded I could graduate in 2 years + 1 or 2 quarters, but I'd be fucked without internships

[tacit halo]

Probably resume then

[dapper shard]

im actually really confident about being ready for the phone interview tbh

[simple saffron]

sad but true

[dapper shard]

i think i can get fb and twitter.

[abstract wagon]

u got it

[cyan valley]

@tribal ridge Lowkey fr

[tribal ridge]

You got this my dude

[abstract wagon]

no

[cyan valley]

LOL acrons

[dapper shard]

if i don't then i got 11 places im applying to for new grad but otherwise im done with the recruiting process for the next few years

fb for fall. twitter for summer

[tribal ridge]

Acorns has an interesting jingle

[abstract wagon]

all i see is clement's gf

[cyan valley]

Is getting ur 2nd internship as easy as people say after ur 1st one

[tribal ridge]

Algoexpart dot eye o

[simple saffron]

how good does red hat look?

[dapper shard]

eh. depends

203k

[simple saffron]

bruh i hate that algoexpert ad

[cyan valley]

ik a ton of people

[dapper shard]

might be different if you take the remote option though

[simple saffron]

so fucking annoying

[cyan valley]

who say it is

but idk if thts true or cap

[dapper shard]

yeah

[abstract wagon]

algoexpert hurts me more than my alarm does

[cyan valley]

where is hq

[abstract wagon]

and i have an apple alarm

[cyan valley]

rip COL

[simple saffron]

pick a question. try to solve it. stuck? get hints. still stuck?

[cyan valley]

^^

[dapper shard]

yeah thats why i want twitter. nice TC for remote job

[cyan valley]

I've visited SF

[dapper shard]

if you're still stuck after hints then you're fucked

[cyan valley]

Its pretty

Lot of people

[simple saffron]

not hating on clement tho i think hes alright compared to other tech youtubers

like nick white

hes trash

[cyan valley]

nickwhite LMFAO

[abstract wagon]

i like the leetcoders

[cyan valley]

What about joma tech

[abstract wagon]

but the legit ones

[tribal ridge]

I like Back2Back and Tren

[cyan valley]

Or techlead

[simple saffron]

kevin naughton is nice

joma toxic

techlead funny

[abstract wagon]

i watch the chinese leetcoders

[cyan valley]

techlead is pretty funny

[dapper shard]

i just want devon crawford to post again. its been a year dammit

[abstract wagon]

and michael muinos

[cyan valley]

the day in the life videos

are 50% drinking cofeee

🤣

[tribal ridge]

Does he still do instant

[abstract wagon]

thats what a day in the life actually looks like though

50% coffee

[cyan valley]

i bet it does tbh

[simple saffron]

i liked jarvis

[tribal ridge]

Ex millionaire ex husband ex employee

[simple saffron]

before he started doing random reaction videos

[dapper shard]

i used to until he became a true youtuber

[simple saffron]

yeah his new content is trash

but he gets views and bread is bread

[tribal ridge]

Eh, he said that he wanted to take his channel in a different direction. No hard feelings there, just not a fan of the new stuff

[simple saffron]

so i respect it

[tacit halo]

Alto expert is kinda profitable apparently

[abstract wagon]

wb chris jereza that guy disappeared on us for months man

[tacit halo]

He’s getting millions of views

[simple saffron]

i think he genuinely has fun making them so i think hes alright

whereas nick white and co just spread hot garbage for advice

[open iris]

Tren Black >

[tacit halo]

Isn’t techlead making millions solely off of ads?

[tribal ridge]

Isn't algoexpert multimil revenue?

[simple saffron]

tren black lmfao

[abstract wagon]

are you tren black 👀

[dapper shard]

tbh idk how i feel about tren black

[tribal ridge]

Tren is zoomer material. 11/10

[unreal anchor]

what does he spread? ive only seen a few of his lc videos

[open iris]

👀

[tacit halo]

Maybe brand deals as well

[dapper shard]

his DSA video was cool though

[simple saffron]

he just gives poor advice and is out of touch

[dapper shard]

summed up my whole data structures and algorithms course in 15 min lmao

[tacit halo]

In my experience, once ur videos are consistently getting a couple hundred thousand views, then u can start to get brand deals

[simple saffron]

like he said "dont go to college"

[abstract wagon]

guys would you subscribe if i made a channel solving LC

[simple saffron]

which is just laughably bad advice for someone without a network

[unreal anchor]

yes boba im ur #1 fan

[tacit halo]

Normally, u can get like $7 per 1000 views solely off ads

[dapper shard]

boba i would

[tribal ridge]

Lambda school is the best guys :^)

[tacit halo]

If u get millions of views

[simple saffron]

7$ per 1k is amazing

[tacit halo]

Lambda school raised a lot of money recently

[tacit halo]

U need several million views to get to that rate

[abstract wagon]

bootcamps are hella sus

[dapper shard]

this is true. my recommended hits right now. don't want to fuck it up lmao

[tacit halo]

Otherwise it’s more like $1

[simple saffron]

rip

[pulsar shadow]

I heard lambda school is pretty bad now

[simple saffron]

I only watch PragerU

[tacit halo]

But these days getting a million views honestly isn’t that hard

Tiktok it’s even easier

[tribal ridge]

IDK, just not a big fan of percentage-based payment.

[abstract wagon]

@fast dagger i think he just enjoys the stuff he does

he podcasts too

not everything is tc

[dapper shard]

who are we talking about?

[abstract wagon]

jarvis

[simple saffron]

remember when prageru said robert E lee was an american hero

[tacit halo]

I know on Instagram, u can generally make like $1 per every 100 followers per sponsored post

[simple saffron]

good times

[tribal ridge]

Nah Twitch CPM is absolute garbage and it's still $3.50

[dapper shard]

oh is that what he meant when he said he left google?

[simple saffron]

yeah jarvis is fine

[dapper shard]

never watched that video

[tacit halo]

Brand deals are where the real money is

[pulsar shadow]

thought on rent like payment for SaaS

[simple saffron]

just kinda sad cause his old videos used to be really nice

[silk ridge]

twitch trying to force ads for themselves tho not content creators

they make so much from sponsors and stuff

[dapper shard]

yeah they are

[tribal ridge]

If you need it for your business, sure.

[tacit halo]

Honestly making stupid videos is actually how u make money

Look at all these Instagram influencers

And game steamers

[abstract wagon]

the brother sister couple probably rich rn

[tacit halo]

30k subs would probably be like $300 per sponsored post

Or video

[tacit halo]

Who?

[abstract wagon]

i dont rmbr their username

[dapper shard]

do you guys really watch CS content creators and stuff like that though? i follow like none except devon crawford and he hasn't posted in a year

[tribal ridge]

I think you're overestimating the number of people who can even make a living on Twitch, YouTube is easier because your content is available 24/7/365 vs. most people visiting on when you're live.

[abstract wagon]

i only follow leetcoders

[pulsar shadow]

no

[edgy dagger]

No

[tacit halo]

Each sub is $2 a month?

[tribal ridge]

Ive been watching more CS tubers because interviews coming up, not normally though.

[tacit halo]

U have to pay per channel u subscribe to?

Gets expensive

[tribal ridge]

Sub is $2.50, amazon takes the other half.

[dapper shard]

i watch osu and overwatch vidoes all day with the occasional super smash bros montage

[abstract wagon]

i only subscribe to poki

[edgy dagger]

Gaming not needed, just chatting has been a popular category for years now.

[simple saffron]

poki cute ngl

[tribal ridge]

Following a channel and subbing are different

[silk ridge]

you dont have to sub @tacit halo its optional, can still view all content like normal

[dapper shard]

cap

[simple saffron]

her peepo video still gold

[tacit halo]

What are the benefits of subbing?

[abstract wagon]

@fast dagger we are all kawaii

[tacit halo]

For the subscriber?

[pulsar shadow]

no ads

[tribal ridge]

You get emotes

[edgy dagger]

Emotes, no ads, exclusive chat, etc.

[dapper shard]

it is sad that i actually don't even follow a female streamer on twitch now that i think about 😳

[tacit halo]

Are donations on top of the sub fee?

[pulsar shadow]

imaqtpie has fallen so much

[abstract wagon]

i dont actually use twitch

[dapper shard]

true!!! i don't think twitch is profitable for amazon. at least not until this pandemic

poki stream is kind of boring

[pliant hawk]

twitch con 2020

[abstract wagon]

idk

[tacit halo]

Would u say twitch as a company is worth more than $970M today?

[sinful tinsel]

How rare is to for a sophomore to get a faang intern?

[silk ridge]

twitch struggles to make $ which is why they are trying to stop adblockers

[tribal ridge]

I heard that they're not profitable at all

[tacit halo]

Why do ppl donate?

[pliant hawk]

twitch has been down like everyday for the past week lmao

[sinful tinsel]

How rare is to for a sophomore to get a faang intern?

[pulsar shadow]

rare

[abstract wagon]

rare

[still gazelle]

rare

[pliant hawk]

ppl donate to get achknowledged

[dapper shard]

if you watch twitch a lot then you kind of know you have your youtuber streamers and then your "twitch" degen streamers

so you have like

timthetatman

asmon

[pulsar shadow]

well done

[sinful tinsel]

Lmao how come I see a bunch on LinkedIn than?????

[pulsar shadow]

medium rare

[dapper shard]

and then you have xqc and trainwrecks and pokelawls

[tacit halo]

Unethical? Possibly

[edgy dagger]

Parasocial relationships

[abstract wagon]

because only people who succeed post on linkedin?

[tribal ridge]

Yep

[abstract wagon]

besides the ones who want to embarrass themselves

[still gazelle]

the people are linkedin are usually the most successful

[narrow patrol]

none of them as a soph is unheard of lol

all are rare tho

[abstract wagon]

like the one from UTD

[tacit halo]

Amazon overhires

[pulsar shadow]

survivor bias

[pliant hawk]

LOL

[tacit halo]

U change ur grad year

[narrow patrol]

ive seen a lot of FB soph

on linkedin

[tacit halo]

Say ur a senior

[narrow patrol]

so its not unheard of

[pulsar shadow]

any internship as sophomore is rare

[sinful tinsel]

Okay? Other people could’ve gotten a faang intern and they might not of post tbh

[tacit halo]

It’s honestly what most ppl do

[pulsar shadow]

most people don

[abstract wagon]

its rare in general to get faang

[tacit halo]

Wouldn’t say that

There’s millions of companies out there

[narrow patrol]

wouldnt say rare

[pulsar shadow]

most people don't grind lc

[narrow patrol]

maybe above average

but not rare

[tacit halo]

U can definitely find one if u look hard enough

[low epoch]

damn how many cs degrees do yalls schools award every term

[dapper shard]

i wonder why

[tacit halo]

Whether it’s a good internship, that’s another question

[tribal ridge]

Seriously. Nobody talks when Facebook hands them the L for the 3rd time. People celebrate success, and recruiters ALWAYS like them. That's why you see so many of them.

[dapper shard]

lmao my school will award like 30 or 40

[low epoch]

imagine not goofing off freshman year

[narrow patrol]

no wayyy

[sinful tinsel]

I guess

[narrow patrol]

from my personal experience about 50% of soph have internship

and thats at my avg state school

so def not 5-10%

o

as a soph or anyone

[tacit halo]

What types of internships?

[narrow patrol]

like local companies

[tacit halo]

No two internships are alike

[abstract wagon]

gaang

[low epoch]

my state school in tx prob 10%, 50 is a lot

[tacit halo]

Yeah that’s different

[narrow patrol]

20/hr or so pay wise

[tribal ridge]

Gucci gaang

[sinful tinsel]

@tribal ridge you’re acting like it’s impossible tho

[pulsar shadow]

gucci gaang

[narrow patrol]

well its like local stuff that pays 20/hr ish

[silk ridge]

i got gaang as a freshman

[tacit halo]

There are at least 1000 companies grimy within a mile of me

[pulsar shadow]

fucci faang

[low epoch]

good thing i'm doing non local at 25

[low epoch]

u joined a gaang?

[abstract wagon]

the gucci gaang

[pulsar shadow]

lets go

[sinful tinsel]

Fyreghv

[still gazelle]

why do u care so much about other people man. just focus on getting yourself into faang

[abstract wagon]

facts

[low epoch]

for sure dude

[narrow patrol]

hahahahahaha me too 😩

like literally same

[pulsar shadow]

it's human to want to compare urself to other

[sinful tinsel]

I just wanna know if it’s possible idrc tbh, that’s why I’m bringing other people to this

[tribal ridge]

It's possible.

[narrow patrol]

i meant for spring

[pulsar shadow]

ikr

[still gazelle]

but you just said you see it on linkedin all the time so u already know its possible

[low epoch]

can we just thanos snap 50% of cs majors

[pliant hawk]

[sinful tinsel]

I meant to say the rarity tho

[still gazelle]

yeah its rare. who cares. if u want it badly. then go grind for it.

[pulsar shadow]

if you are in a top school it's much more common i think

[still gazelle]

u dont get blacklisted if u apply

[low epoch]

after consulting the board of overlords, we have decided to snap out of existence all cs majors with anime profile pics and wallpapers

[sinful tinsel]

I mean I never said I wasn’t but ok...

[pulsar shadow]

monkaS

cap

[dapper shard]

peepo is untouched

[pulsar shadow]

touch the peepo

[low epoch]

top school i would imagine like over 50% get at least one big tech internship

[abstract wagon]

peepo the 1% i leave alone

[dapper shard]

pet the peepo 🙂

[abstract wagon]

part of the 1%*

[tacit halo]

Nah it’s less than that

[narrow patrol]

wut

nah

[still gazelle]

what tier do yall consider UT austin to be

[narrow patrol]

not even close

lol

[tacit halo]

25% sounds accurate

[sinful tinsel]

@still gazelle @abstract wagon I literally asked a question and everyone is attacking me lmao

[narrow patrol]

a good one

[abstract wagon]

UT austin top tier

[low epoch]

oh my b, idk the rates at top school

[tacit halo]

Even that sounds too high

[low epoch]

yeah for sure ut austin up there

[tacit halo]

Even at ivies plenty of ppl do local companies

[low epoch]

i mean by time u graduate

[tacit halo]

Well, there’s different kinds of top

[tribal ridge]

Students at top schools are either built different or their wallets are built different.

[cyan valley]

top for comp sci

is MIT

Standford

Yale

[edgy dagger]

Top tier, you have to be top 8% of your high school to get in.

[cyan valley]

UIUC

Etc

[tacit halo]

Is ut Austin just as good as harvard for CS recruiting?

Like faang

[pulsar shadow]

facts

[cyan valley]

Harvard

[abstract wagon]

ut is top tier for sure

[cyan valley]

isn't good

[tacit halo]

Even quant funds

[simple jay]

i dont associate with haters

[cyan valley]

for CS

[simple jay]

sorry

[cyan valley]

Cornell and CMU are >

[edgy dagger]

A lot of smart folks at UT.

[tacit halo]

Ut Austin has a 40% acceptance rate

[cyan valley]

Not UT Austin

[tacit halo]

But it’s a large state school

[tribal ridge]

Doesn't Harvard require CS majors to take Latin or something lol

[low epoch]

yeah i went to a texas high school and the 8% figure is wrong

[narrow patrol]

everything else doesnt have the same brand name

[tacit halo]

So lots of variation in ability

[narrow patrol]

but can still be top tier

[still gazelle]

its 6%. probably 5% now

[still gazelle]

wrong person to reply to my bad

[low epoch]

lotta dummies in my hs went to ut austin; but the CS Program is something else

[cyan valley]

These are best

Cmu

MIT standford

ofc

[tribal ridge]

GT

[cyan valley]

GT CS is hard to get in

[low epoch]

gt is honorary

[tacit halo]

Even at cmu I doubt it’s more than 30%

[edgy dagger]

I knew it was somewhere around there.

[tribal ridge]

I wanted to at least get in, FeelsBadMan

[narrow patrol]

caltech is on that tier imo

[abstract wagon]

at any one of those schools youd have a good shot at faang

[tacit halo]

Gatech is 25% acceptance rate

[narrow patrol]

just in terms of brand name

[cyan valley]

@narrow patrol Yeah I know

cal tech