Snowflake VS Cohere

[distant linden]

cant believe it gang

bro legit the most cracked person on this server

[humble brook]

Wait u got cohere too bro wtf

[distant linden]

yh he was in proc

past month

[humble brook]

Bro actually the most cracked sophomore on cscd

[distant linden]

bro has oepnai or quant written bro

like i dont see how

[humble brook]

Ik he told me

[distant linden]

he had openai proc for summer

as wel

[humble brook]

He too cracked bro

I am ngmi

[distant linden]

intl as well this shit genuinely givnig me imposter syndrome

[humble brook]

But @white axle personally I do cohere imo

[distant linden]

i had no idea fucking playstation had this kinda sauce gang

how is playstation carrying so hard

[humble brook]

Bro I am U.S and I realize that ngmi

[humble brook]

On god ps has too much aura

[distant linden]

yh what is going on

ik ppl at sony who never got zon or anything

and this dude out here getting openai snow cohere procs with that

[humble brook]

He is representing all the intls fr

[distant linden]

yh i need to step it up when ng starts iopening up

wtf

[clever birch]

You give me imposter, man 🥲

[distant linden]

i got ghosted by snow

NH let me down

its probably over for it

cohere also im ghosted

what was point of phone and then nothing

nothing from splunk

whatnot, nvidia the only falls that have been a hit

i fell off

rip time to main ng recruiting now

[charred creek]

Yup

[distant linden]

youre still in snow proc bro

[humble brook]

Bro u basically got guaranteed ng offer as long as u perform well

I am doomed for ng on the other hand

[distant linden]

its fine i believe in anthropic

monday

my first wfh day and im using it to interview

[humble brook]

Bro u should be prepping for it bro rn

[distant linden]

my work is my prep basically

cant rlly prep for pair programming some bs they give me

just gotta believe in myself

tempted to email NH on monday for the third time

it might be over gng

who ghosts after recruiter call

crazy

nah man i believe

i got brex ghost after two OAs

2 FUCKING OAs

GTS i got rejected when it orignalyl came out, then got OA then got rejected agian

no idea what the point was

tesla my only hope

thats the only fall yet to give me a decision

idt any other fall is coming out atp

@humble brook would know

[vast ginkgo]

Yo did anyone try leetcode ninja? I'm having an interview tomorrow

[distant linden]

who pinged bro

[humble brook]

Nah idt at least no that I know of

[humble brook]

Same bro i need tesla or i am ngmi

[charred creek]

Did u get snowflake offer

[humble brook]

Nah I am ngmi

[charred creek]

Be fr

[humble brook]

I got rejected after oa for core, waiting still for db and infra

[shrewd pewter]

I mean

[charred creek]

Dang

rip

I thought u had offer there

[distant linden]

ya its over gng

[humble brook]

Nah I am too dumb for snowflake

[white axle]

Bro what u on u literally give me imposter syndrome everday 😭

Also what should i choose

I am still interested in quant ngl

[distant linden]

snowflake better for everything, cohere would be only better for openai/anthro etc

[white axle]

bruh

[distant linden]

not that its bad

[white axle]

wait fr

[distant linden]

for others

snowflake just better signal

youre also on a cpp team

every quant would love htat

[white axle]

yeah cause i never even heard of fckin cohere before and everyone now glazing it

[white axle]

Ps is amazing bro i love the office

The work is ass tho

[white axle]

Yeah the manager is also some god level dude cracked out of his mind, told ill be working with the smartest people in snow

which is huge imposter syndrome

but also growth

[white axle]

Bro didnt u have cit fall

[distant linden]

dog im ft

im interviewing for the love of the game

[white axle]

Oh shit yeah

[white axle]

THEN why u worrying my guy 😭

Just clutch oai

[queen egret]

Are u a Waterloo student

[white axle]

No

[queen egret]

By any chance?

[white axle]

ngmi university

[distant linden]

stfu

your uni is not ngmi

[queen egret]

Oh ok was finna add u to the block and report list

[white axle]

its fckin ass bro

[distant linden]

what are you talking about

[queen egret]

Congrats btw

[white axle]

what u on

[distant linden]

its literally t20 in cs

[white axle]

Yeah but only t10s actually get good procs

and also maybe im biased cause everyone here is so ASS

like theres actually

dogshit here

[humble brook]

@white axle how can I become cracked like u

Bc I am ngmi

[distant linden]

bro your place sends like 5 people to js consistently every year

[white axle]

😭i used to always ask these questions to other people

[distant linden]

god knows how many to more quant

[white axle]

YO WTF WHO

wait r u sure

U know my uni

Dms

[humble brook]

I need quant or am I gonna be a disservice to my uni

[distant linden]

you need atleast meta or g minimum

[humble brook]

True true meta ng is the goal

[white axle]

Why do people take meta over snow if snow is rhat good

Wait can you push cohere to winter?

[distant linden]

bro cpt

what is you doing

but yes they have spring internships

[charred creek]

@white axle Don’t take snowflake bro

Lol

[distant linden]

crazy

[charred creek]

What

How so

Cohere is goated

Snowflake is not nearly as good

[humble brook]

Meta is more well known and has better promotions

[distant linden]

oh i thought it was cuz you wanted snow tm

[charred creek]

No

[distant linden]

praying on his downfall

[charred creek]

Haha

Idk if i’d take it even if i got

So idrc

[white axle]

I can squeeze 4

[humble brook]

How bro 💀

[charred creek]

@distant linden do i go to the same uni as him

Lmfao

[white axle]

Idk why ur uni so fckin weird we can use all of our cpt till 1 day and get opt

[humble brook]

Cpt does not work like that

[distant linden]

no

[charred creek]

Oh interesting

[distant linden]

its 12 months

[white axle]

bruh

whos the intl

i asked it alot

[distant linden]

4*3months

[white axle]

to my iss

She said im chill

[white axle]

3

Ps is 3 snow is 3

I ensured it was 3

Its all part of the plan

[distant linden]

wait if you did ps snow and cohere thats 9 moths

[white axle]

yur

[distant linden]

12+12+12

what about the other 12

[white axle]

36

I can do one more

Hence 4

[distant linden]

yh im just assuming yu will get another one

id see if you can move cohere spring

[white axle]

Bro ps is my first big tech

[distant linden]

ngl

[white axle]

Can that happen?

[distant linden]

technically both snow andf cohere have spring

[white axle]

Can u move snow?

[charred creek]

Ps?

[white axle]

is it viable to use cpt for cohere spring or snow lmao

[distant linden]

you could move spring to summer but thats cuz iw as fucked during tm

[charred creek]

@white axle What’s ur team match

[distant linden]

data platform

cpp tema

[white axle]

bruh its in the desc

[charred creek]

Nice

[white axle]

cohere model inf

[charred creek]

My fault bro

[distant linden]

both teams are cracked ngl

[charred creek]

Take this

Lol

[white axle]

I feel like

Ive seen u before did u change ur name or some shi

[distant linden]

yh id take cohere only ocn for cohere is no office and shit

[charred creek]

No bias i’m being serious

[charred creek]

I changed my pfp

[distant linden]

but im also biased towards ai stuff

and not swe

[charred creek]

Even for swe stuff take cohere

[white axle]

Yeah ur the mf who ghosted me for oai proc 👁️

[charred creek]

U can get quant by just having smart stuff on resume

[charred creek]

What bro

[distant linden]

💀

[charred creek]

I didn’t have oai process

[white axle]

Fr?

[charred creek]

Ever

[distant linden]

so much hostility bro

[white axle]

My bad g

isss all good

Ive been ghosted alot 🧔

[charred creek]

Yeah you’ll get quant interview w cohere prolly (assuming u go to good school) and thats the main reason ppl take snowflake

[charred creek]

Bro that ain’t me

[white axle]

whats considered good schl

[charred creek]

Wait fuck that is me 😭 sorry i don’t check DMs

[distant linden]

bro hes t20 cs

hes fucking fine

[white axle]

💀🙂‍↔️

[charred creek]

But i don’t ever interview with openai idk why u dm me that

[distant linden]

bro im legit gonna beat you up bro

i stg

[white axle]

I think its cause u had some oai proc in. Summer intern proc

And i dmed u randomly

[charred creek]

Gt + u will be chilling

[white axle]

Yeah im fucked

[charred creek]

less than that maybe not but u prolly will get interview

[white axle]

gt is t6

[distant linden]

gt is like top 5 cs school dog

[charred creek]

Nah i never have summer either lol

[charred creek]

Oh is it

[distant linden]

yh

[white axle]

But hes right

[charred creek]

Ok wait just say

which school

[white axle]

Cohere wont give quant

[charred creek]

Lol

[white axle]

Dm

[distant linden]

hes at a big 10

[charred creek]

If u mean swe

I got it w much less

[distant linden]

not umich

[charred creek]

Haha

If u mean qr then cohere is better

[white axle]

Bro that is cap fr

Its t12

That too grad school

[white axle]

Wait actually

[charred creek]

Yea but my school is target tbf

[white axle]

thing is qr i dont really wanna do ill mostly do swe quant

[charred creek]

Yea fair

[white axle]

Or not quant

At all

[charred creek]

I mean if u can pass qr screen you’ll do swe

[white axle]

And go into ml

[charred creek]

Then do cohere yup

[white axle]

did u see my schl

Good enough?

[charred creek]

yeal

Idk tbh. I don’t see anyone w yours in industry

But i don’t think any real place would ding u for cohere

[distant linden]

big 10 is a fucking sports conference you dunce

the sports conference your school and my school is in

[white axle]

💀

[white axle]

Do people know cohere extensively

[charred creek]

Quant ppl would

they see keyword a ton ngl

[white axle]

I see

[charred creek]

Also if u don’t like low level shit then don’t do low level eng haha

U will hate yourself

[white axle]

Wait actually

[charred creek]

Yea

[white axle]

The recruiter told me

It was high ro

for the team im on

Same team?

Bro the manager is chill and likes me alot

Also the rec told me they stopped ng rec

Now

okay ill take my time

Coukd u send this to other cracked ahh gmis who might help me make this dec

[distant linden]

bro snow ro is cooked

youre a soph so it doesnt matter

cuz you will ro as intern

probnably

[white axle]

Might grad dec 2026

I have enough cred

[shrewd pewter]

no

past ps

[sullen swan]

BROOOOOOOOOO

WTF

@white axle sauce li?

[clever birch]

James, you have a job 💔

[sullen swan]

bruh

please take cohere

so u free some hc for me

for snow

PLEASE

[humble brook]

Bro everyone got a cracked fall except me 💔 , I am ngmi

[shrewd pewter]

@sullen swan and parney too

u exclude me too gng

[white axle]

Yoo lmao what team

[white axle]

Nah man grind

[sullen swan]

i asked for data platform lmao

[white axle]

💀💀💀

[sullen swan]

NH told me hc is tight for that team

i told her to shop me around tho

so 🙏

[white axle]

Bro they r done

Interviewing

Rec told me

[sullen swan]

wait actually

dms?

[humble brook]

I need tesla bro 🙏 , gonna grind lc tn

[shrewd pewter]

oh

[white axle]

Yeah, fckin clutch that shit

Bro give me scale part time 😭

[sullen swan]

j apply

process is free anyways

[white axle]

I cant get past res screen 🙏

Ngmi intl

[sullen swan]

larp bro 💀

[distant linden]

NH just be saying thinfgs

NH told me hc was tighetining up last fall as well

[sullen swan]

To me?

[distant linden]

no to candidates

she lies about RO rates and shit

she told someone ik who did snow spring that RO was guranteed for his team basically

and then his manager midway through said "I am surprised you agreed to join this team, considering you wont be offered an RO"

[sullen swan]

Damn wtf

[distant linden]

the dude is at db rn so ik he isnt gapped

[sullen swan]

I mean

They are direct competitors

[shrewd pewter]

Damn

[sullen swan]

I told my dad this lmao

[distant linden]

yh but hes like a low level god

so

[shrewd pewter]

Wait snow act like tgat

[distant linden]

ik it wasnt cuz he couldnt get RO

[sullen swan]

My end goal is db that’s why I want snow so bad

[shrewd pewter]

Wait

[sullen swan]

Cuz it’s like direct pipe to db

[sullen swan]

I think it’s j NH

[shrewd pewter]

Go to db summit

This fall

[white axle]

Wait can u dm full nm

Oh

[sullen swan]

Lmfao

[white axle]

Lmao

[shrewd pewter]

Yo can i connect w u on li

[distant linden]

everyone here has teh same recruiter

[sullen swan]

X2

[sullen swan]

I think lo5 has diff

[white axle]

Damm bro im getting attention wtf

[sullen swan]

Dm recruiter

[distant linden]

its either nancy or shai

[white axle]

Normally im on the other side

[white axle]

Bro what if she scammin me also

[sullen swan]

Dm li bro 🙏🏽

[distant linden]

idgaf anymore broi

[white axle]

U havent sent

[distant linden]

they can get spammed idc

[sullen swan]

My bad g

[distant linden]

ok maybe not whole name

[white axle]

Oh nah li meant linkedin i jus fckin understood

[distant linden]

insatnt offer

[white axle]

rizz

Is db that good

[sullen swan]

Nah I mean idk

Anyplace is a good place

I talked to an intern there rn and it seems nice af

I’m too ass bro

Knowledge gapped

Dude

They take days

Idk, I think ur over estimating me hella

@idle matrix knows how ass I am

[glass mason]

might be over for me

[humble brook]

Bro u the goat tho wdym

Why u glazing snow so much

[distant linden]

whats going on here man

[terse dove]

woah @white axle fr the most cracked intl out there

[shrewd pewter]

Dm li gang

[distant linden]

Yh genuinely

This is insane

[shrewd pewter]

insaneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[shrewd pewter]

What? Real

[humble brook]

Nah @white axle ain’t waterloo he’s insanely cracked

Nah bro he soph rn

I have his li bro. He cracked. He got oai process as a soph

Nothing really but ik he doing playstation rn for summer

He did 1k lc problem last year

[glass mason]

just haven't gotten any new procs 😔

[white axle]

Bro whos deleting msges

[white axle]

Nah bro its @distant linden 🙏

bro i was easily ngmi cooked last year dec

[rigid star]

@white axle congratulations well deserved my 2 cents based on our previous conversation would be go for snow it has a better brand value and can help u with future job prospects. It is the closet you can get to quant. RO is based on a variety of factors and cant be guaranteed in either. So just go with what your instincts say atm. Atb and feel free to dm me if you have any further questions

[warm stream]

crazy orz lmao

this is ez snow

cohere is nice and all but snow aura different

[distant linden]

all the snow interns saying snow

[distant linden]

put a poll bro

[white axle]

My bad, its up

[manic spoke]

this shit really became a glaze fest LOL

[idle matrix]

ya ppl cant control themselves lol

[sullen swan]

I glaze when I see you fr

What’r u taking next sem

[white axle]

Let me have my 5 minutes of fame 😔

[idle matrix]

the big 482 hbu

[sullen swan]

Chopped

445, 497

P light hopefully

More worried about stats tho

[idle matrix]

i’m in 497 also lol

[white axle]

holy shit its so equal wtf

[sullen swan]

sheeesh

[drifting orbit]

how are so many people picking Snowflake over Cohere

[shrewd pewter]

blindly pick

[white axle]

Wanted to ask idk im leaning at snow because would cohere open doors for me at other companies? Will i pass res screens and all? What if i dont? Is it worth the risk?

What about for quant

[white axle]

@distant linden is it worth asking T(oai) if i should pick snow or cohere lmfao 😭

[warm stream]

Hmmm

Lowk yea im a snow glazer but cohere is slightly better

And recruiters are def familiar with cohere lmao u don’t need to worry about that

[winter shuttle]

Wait how is cohere better

Just curious

Isn’t snow rlly good

[sullen swan]

Cohere gaps

💀

[winter shuttle]

In what way tho

I don’t rlly know much about cohere tbh

[warm stream]

Legit one of the top ai startups

Give it a yr or two and it’ll carry same aura as oai/anthropic

[winter shuttle]

Shooot

What’s the NG tc for them?

[glass mason]

supposedly higher than faang

unsure of exact numbers tho

[sullen swan]

@stoic torrent

[white axle]

I can grad early

wait why lol

[white axle]

Or it goes bankrupt

I see

i could try going for summer and fall once more next year

[warm stream]

Very unlikely. But even if it does Exit opportunities will be huge

[narrow crescent]

wait i remember u

bro asked me about clabs

congrats

[modern turret]

nah they been around for a bit

used to show up at hackathons at loo

i think they're more NLP focused tbh so they got their own niche

[rigid star]

Another question would be do you wanna be in Canada or the USA i dont think they have offices in US as per my knowledge

[white axle]

They have in sf

i am a US student

[rigid star]

Oh then cohere would also be a nice option it would totally depend on whether you want a big MNC or a growing company with the potential to an IPO which has a low probability or possibility of an acquisition. Its high risk high reward

Given you are in sophomore you can go ahead with cohere if you want to take the risk but would they be willing to RO you or would they want you to keep on interning with them for next year or co-op or something like that

[white axle]

Even if they do get acquired how would my ro be affected

[rigid star]

They are mutually exclusive things one wouldn’t affect the other

[rigid star]

Again the fact that it would get acquired when it would get acquired, who would acquire it? Would it be OpenAI or would it be Say Adobe….Lot of factors can come into play and its something uncertain and impossible to predict

[warm stream]

Tf

What is it

[drifting orbit]

doing too much but overall sentiment is right

[warm stream]

Wait @white axle are you rising sophomore?

[white axle]

Rising junior

[sage idol]

snowflake

[quaint kite]

shiiiit congrats

snowflake nobrainer

[barren burrow]

im going snowflake

easily

[winter shuttle]

😭

[white axle]

bro yall just made me more confused

[modern turret]

honestly you can't go wrong with either

just go with what you think you'll enjoy more or what youre drawn to

[white axle]

I want to go into ai/ml field but i dont want cohere to stop me from getting quant processes which snow might get me - this is my main issue right now

[winter shuttle]

maybe ask in the quant channel then

they seem very knowledgeable

[humble brook]

Bruh idk why everyone is saying snow here

Cohere is the clear winner

[supple gorge]

I would go with neither, forge ur own path 👍

[warm stream]

This gotta be cohere dude

Cohere will get u the quant processes that snow gives AND make u shoe in for oai/anthro

[modern turret]

become a potato farmer

best path to quant imo

[supple maple]

Pick based on the area of work, you'll get quant processes either ways. And it sounds like you would like the work at cohere better, so just do cohere.

[white axle]

Yes, like the work at cohere

[charred creek]

ask ppl in ai/ml and ppl in quant lol

[white axle]

Yep asking

[white axle]

Final poll

[white axle]

Nah no way

Need that google ref bro

What should i take btw lmao

They dont do

wint

I have time

i can do junior yr internships

Summer and fall

what will help me do most proc

Ooo prob

[white axle]

Get proc and past res screens

Quant and ml companies

Ai labs also

Thats the thing

Is there a big trade off

ill get res screened by cohere for quant?

I see

[manic spoke]

bk knows what they are talking about

[humble brook]

On g bk too goated

[manic spoke]

@chrome walrus is it time for u to review my resume

[humble brook]

Bro didn’t ouckah alr review ur resume

[manic spoke]

this was before

[oblique shale]

bro cant u push cohere to off-season

they do pretty much every season

o wait ur int maybe u cant do that

if u cant push then id take cohere over snowflake

[white axle]

Yeah

Limited cpt usage

[white axle]

What @chrome walrus said is also valid tho

[oblique shale]

agreed

but AI >> quant

(imo)

depends on ur priorities

[white axle]

Im kind of a money whore

also broke

but

[oblique shale]

AI has more money tho

if u break into top labs

[white axle]

im more passionate in ai

[white axle]

Like?

[oblique shale]

wait AI gaps quant wrt money

if u compare top firms for both

[white axle]

Wait what

[oblique shale]

anthropic

[white axle]

the internships pay like half the hourly rate

[white axle]

Yeah thats my goal

[oblique shale]

top labs dont have internships

[white axle]

whats anthropic ng compared to jane street

[oblique shale]

we only have OpenAI swe

which isn't research lol

it's like crud intern

[oblique shale]

like $1m to $500k?

could be a bit higher for both

but anthropic is prob 2x

xAI would probably match anthropic

[white axle]

Holy shit what

[oblique shale]

yeah lol the pay scales are crazy

only thing is most of the pay is equity

vs quant is cash

but that's lowk better

bc all of the top labs are growing insanely fast

[white axle]

Yeah but could go bankrupt any day

[oblique shale]

nah no chance

noooooo chance

pretty safe next 5 yrs

also insane exit opps

worst comes to worst

u could easily lateral

cant say the same abt quant

also are u prev big tech intern

snowflake could be redundant in that case

if not then it's harder

[white axle]

Nope

Prev is playstation and few startups

[oblique shale]

AI >> quant but also way harder to get into

so id also be careful abt betting on that

id go cohere personally for the moonshot chance

but snowflake def the safer option as an int

[oblique shale]

do u have papers?

like AI research

[white axle]

No

[oblique shale]

ok i change my mind then lol

id go snowflake

[white axle]

Like this is my main first win

[oblique shale]

i think openAI/anthropic/xAI is unachievable without a phd then

(research not swe)

[delicate zodiac]

AI research is comically easy to get into

[oblique shale]

agreed

but not top labs

like industry labs

[white axle]

Why not swe

[delicate zodiac]

i mean for publication purposes

[oblique shale]

swe is def achievable without

but the pay is way less

ur not getting $1m new grad

prob like $300k

[white axle]

But research will always be not possible without ms

Or phd

I dont really wanna do ms

[oblique shale]

it's possible just really hard

[white axle]

yeah thats crazy to bet

[oblique shale]

also top labs hire a lot of untraditional folks

[white axle]

U gotta be a genius

[oblique shale]

like college dropouts

some ppl that didn't go to college at all

but these ppl are like autistically cracked lol

[white axle]

Bro i think im avg lmao

what could i do

[oblique shale]

yeah for avg person not attainable without phd

[white axle]

the thing is if i am more passionate about coheres team

i will get more do

[oblique shale]

yeah but if ur in swe

[drifting orbit]

bruh are you ok. Do you think recruiters in quant don't know about cohere?

[oblique shale]

i think u could lateral to ML swe later

snowflake better res value

i would say otherwise if u alr had big tech

but would be nice to get big tech on the res

[drifting orbit]

bruh why are you just making numbers up

[white axle]

The guy below u is saying that

He sounds kinda legit

[oblique shale]

seems reasonable to me

[white axle]

Isnt playstation any good 😭

[drifting orbit]

saying what

[white axle]

Quant rec dont know cohere

[oblique shale]

?

[white axle]

bk also said

[oblique shale]

those ranges look accurate to me

[white axle]

Bro i didnt know what cohere was and applied

[oblique shale]

solid

but like faang on resume hits different u know

i think you'd get way more processes next szn

[white axle]

Will i get quant

[oblique shale]

some OAs and interviews yeah probably

depends on ur school

[drifting orbit]

for NG? Absolutely not I have the figures of what xAi / Anthropic are paying NG talent. Even PHD talent is not that high unless you're crazy

[white axle]

Is cohere known at st

[drifting orbit]

ngl this is just you

Snowflake is a very well known company for years

[white axle]

Yeah ive heard of snow more

[oblique shale]

ye snowflake well known

[oblique shale]

where are u getting ur figures from lol

[drifting orbit]

I got Citadel interview with no internship experience. Your school and GPA matter way more

[drifting orbit]

friends who have gotten offers

[delicate zodiac]

what school

[oblique shale]

for research?

[drifting orbit]

yes

[oblique shale]

what are the numbers

tc

[drifting orbit]

lower than quant

[oblique shale]

yes

js thing i think

[white axle]

Uw madison

This is NOT WASHINGTON

[oblique shale]

ur saying phd ng researcher at anthropic is making less than quant

[delicate zodiac]

no research and madison is unlikely

[white axle]

No

[drifting orbit]

no I said not PHD

[oblique shale]

idt i buy that

why would phd and non-phd be any different

makes no sense to me

[white axle]

Bro yall could fight in the dms, any idea with the help with my situation 😭

[drifting orbit]

I never claimed PHD it doesn't make sense to tell someone what someone is offering PHD pay when they're a fucking sophmore

🕹️

[oblique shale]

why would non-phd be less

bar should be the same

wait how do u even know anthropic ng non-phd

there's probably only a handful of ppl

[drifting orbit]

yes

[white axle]

Unlikely for what

Ah

[oblique shale]

agreed but idk abt AI labs

[drifting orbit]

I think they mean quant interviews

[oblique shale]

bar seems to be the same to me

yeah def not easy for top conferences

[delicate zodiac]

lots of funding, lots of topics to explore, relatively low bar to be useful (for example, undergrads can do model training/validation and be useful)

[oblique shale]

wdym model training

dont u need GPUs

to do smthn useful

[white axle]

Ayo

Can we get back to the topic

[oblique shale]

snowflake

go snowflake

[drifting orbit]

I definitely disagree tbh. Snowflake is better if you want SWE otherwise Cohere

[delicate zodiac]

depends. i am familiar mostly with fpga implementation of RL models, you can have students basically watch the model and make sure it is learning correctly

[drifting orbit]

(I legit have snowflake offer lolz)

[white axle]

But only like top 1% breakthrough without phd

[drifting orbit]

your goal is quant

Cohere is better imo I'm not even telling you to do research

[oblique shale]

cohere is only better for ai/ml no

[drifting orbit]

what do you think QR is

[oblique shale]

seems like they wanna do swe/qswe

[white axle]

Yes my manager told me he’ll treat the internship like an interview for full time

But hes quite collaborative also

[drifting orbit]

☠️ omg bruh why this guy is wasting our time. "I wanna do quant" and it's SWE LMAO

[white axle]

Idk what my goal is man 😭

im a lost 19 year old

[oblique shale]

yeah bro this guy isn't abt qt/qr

when he says quant it's prob qswe

[white axle]

Because qt screens r harder

And ints r harder

and u need research and win trading competitions

[drifting orbit]

you legit have no idea what you're talking about. Take some time to figure out what you want to do. QT is legit the easiest of the 3

to get interviews for

[oblique shale]

ye but i feel like very few labs have a lot

[drifting orbit]

qswe is the hardest because you need past experience to actually get through. QT is good school + 3.9+ GPA and good courses and your getting a few

[white axle]

Okay what if we r going traditional and im aiming for just faang+ then what do i pick

[drifting orbit]

Snowflake

established good company

[white axle]

Is uw actually good school

[oblique shale]

true lol

[white axle]

Yeah

[drifting orbit]

not Washu?

[white axle]

No

[delicate zodiac]

typically undergrads are not first author (and you don’t want to be - much better to be a contributor to a paper published in a very good journal). so the publication difficulty depends on how good your lab is

[oblique shale]

for qt/qr prob not

for swe yeah

[white axle]

…..

[drifting orbit]

I didn't read wisconsin

[white axle]

Didnt u just say qt screen easiest

[drifting orbit]

ngl it

[oblique shale]

nah i think qswe way easier

[drifting orbit]

is a crap shoot with UW Madison lol

[oblique shale]

that was someone else

also that could be true

but it's more school based probably

[white axle]

could be

I got shat on

[oblique shale]

qswe interviews are probably easier

[white axle]

for trying to get ps

With uw

[drifting orbit]

QT is definitely easier if you go to a top school is my point

[drifting orbit]

that has nothing to do with the chance of getting interviews

which was the point

[oblique shale]

lol maybe i just suck at math

[white axle]

I can pass the interviews

[oblique shale]

qt/qr prep always seemed crazy to me

especially qr

[white axle]

I just need the best one on my res

To get the actual fckin interview

[oblique shale]

top qr skillset is actually insane

[white axle]

what company WILL make me pass most screens

[drifting orbit]

ngl just pick the one that is more interesting between the two you're overthinking this

[white axle]

It defines my junior year bro

[drifting orbit]

isn't this fall

[oblique shale]

ur soph right

id go snowflake

[white axle]

Yeah but it goes on my res

i use the res for junior yr processes

If i cant even get the interviews

Whats the point

[oblique shale]

ur a soph so jr recruiting is important

[drifting orbit]

☠️ bro the internship is going to start after the applications open it literally doesn't fucking matter

[oblique shale]

snowflake big + for that reason alone

[white axle]

Extremely

[oblique shale]

just go for better res value

as a soph

[white axle]

I get to put incoming 🙏

What u on

[oblique shale]

wdym

this is summer 2025 right

[white axle]

thats literally how i got cohere and snow proc

[drifting orbit]

fall 2025

[white axle]

Bruh

This is fall

[oblique shale]

bro what

what's ur summer

[white axle]

Bruh do yall not read the description 💀🤯

IM DOING PS right now

playstation

[oblique shale]

i thought int's cant do off-season

[white axle]

rn

Our uni can

[oblique shale]

o i see

[white axle]

fall snow or cohere

I have startups in my res prev

[oblique shale]

congrats on the offers bro

this is a good problem to have lol

[white axle]

thanks man but i just got shat on

saying i cant make it into ai

Or quant

wtf do i do

[drifting orbit]

It's a SWE role man 💀 .

[oblique shale]

mb

[white axle]

will cohere stop me

From getting wuant ints

[oblique shale]

i meant rsh at top labs without phd but yeah

[white axle]

I could easily get res screened

[oblique shale]

that's impossible p much regardless of who u are

[drifting orbit]

Bellevue is dog shit.

[delicate zodiac]

who said you can’t make ai? you just need grad school which is a reasonable take

[white axle]

Wait wtf

I thought it was good

[drifting orbit]

I hate it

[white axle]

isnt it eight beside seattle

Yeah bro fuck the location please focus

[oblique shale]

possible

but dw

[white axle]

On bigger matters

[oblique shale]

qswe is super overrated anyways

[drifting orbit]

OpenAI and Anthropic have residency programs but you need to be cracked

[white axle]

😭

[white axle]

Will cohere help

with residency

[drifting orbit]

deadass you're pissing me off rn idc anymore

[oblique shale]

dont aim for qswe specifically

just apply

if it happens it happens

[white axle]

ive heard cohere is oai or anthro pipeline

[drifting orbit]

put it on a wheel and pick one

[white axle]

So like qt also apply?

[oblique shale]

lowk i would take tech swe over qswe

[white axle]

And qr

[oblique shale]

depending on companies and teams

[white axle]

Beo

If i can get

Qt ints

Ill do qt

i like trading

[oblique shale]

bro what

u cant try to everything

[drifting orbit]

he's trying to optimize for money

[white axle]

I JUST NEED INTERVIEW

[oblique shale]

focus on one thing

if ur prepping for qt now

it's lowk too late

[delicate zodiac]

aren’t we all

[white axle]

Im still exploring what if i like quant alot i dont want that door permanently closed

[oblique shale]

yeah screw qt

go all in top tech swe

rlly good exit opps

you'll prob out earn qswe within 5 yrs

if ur good

qswe has the worst exit opps ngl

[white axle]

So best choice to make is for like this exact question

thats my question

[oblique shale]

same with big tech swe if ur on an ML team

happens more often from tech prob

[drifting orbit]

Big tech companies will know Snowflake more but those in the space will respect Cohere

[drifting orbit]

why would you need an exit opp

exit to what

[oblique shale]

i mean ppl get burnt out

or dont like their company

or the culture etc.

[white axle]

Wont big tech companies know PS

[oblique shale]

exit opps r very important

[white axle]

that + cohere could help?

[oblique shale]

big way u progress in ur career too

qswe is basically a dead end

[drifting orbit]

Playstation isn't known as a tech company as much as Snowflake

[white axle]

100% but it establishes some form of credibility and then also gives me ai ml respect because of cohere?

Like wnough respect to pass

A res screen

An opportunity to interview

[oblique shale]

rlly qt prep in 3 months? maybe if ur insane

[white axle]

All i need r interviews thats it

[drifting orbit]

look you'll get a few resume screens regardless if your GPA is very high and you have more than 2 internship experiences before junior summer tbh

[white axle]

3.93 gpa

I got rej by everything before i got ps

with startup exp

and then using ps i got snow and cohere proc

[drifting orbit]

😂 said who

buddy quant recruiters have literally told us how it's important

[oblique shale]

yeah also could try to grad in 3 if u can

and go snowflake ft

same goes for cohere tho

[white axle]

ill see

I have next year summer and falll to get internships also

[oblique shale]

ye lowk 3.93 might be low

[drifting orbit]

just a bunch of yappers lolz

[white axle]

Exactlt idk whose advice to follow

[oblique shale]

for quant could be yeah

[drifting orbit]

anything above 3.8 is enough

[white axle]

Bro r u at a quant

[drifting orbit]

then it becomes school name

[oblique shale]

nah i just know some firms r anal abt gpa

depends on u minn distribution

[white axle]

Can i dm something

[drifting orbit]

I had a sub 3.9 and I got interviews from basically every firm in quant for internship

[oblique shale]

idk if it's inflation or deflation school

[drifting orbit]

so idk what "some firms r anal" is even about

[oblique shale]

ye i get this

im talking abt a few firms only

ur prob fine for the most part

higher would obviously be better

[delicate zodiac]

school?

[oblique shale]

^this matters a lot

[drifting orbit]

HRT recruiters said that top startups is better than FAANG+ companies

[drifting orbit]

it's in my profile and I said school matters most

[oblique shale]

are these quant recruiters all that

do they actually know abt startups

y is qt so competitive then

[drifting orbit]

school is more indicative of success than swe I think

is their thought process

[oblique shale]

even at good schools tho

qt way more rare

[drifting orbit]

they hire less but if you go to a top school do a Math/CS degree and have a high gpa you'll get interviews

you can prep in a few months if you have the necessary background

I have my interview questions saved somewhere I can send it to you if you want

mostly probability questions / expected value games

[white axle]

Yeah i dont wanna work at a place and then not like the work i am doing

and anyways i wanted to go into

ml

bro this guy

is like the devils advocate

[drifting orbit]

don't like C++
thinking about qswe
shoot me

[white axle]

Ive done c++ before lmao i just dont know if i can do it lifelong

[white axle]

nah i never said

I dont like c++

yes

[drifting orbit]

the real money is joining a startup and getting lucky

[oblique shale]

true

[white axle]

just choose man i think this will be final

[brave crest]

False lol

Maybe at ng but when you compare how much later you get research at oai for example if you get it at all it's totally gapped by top quant firms

[white axle]

Should i push snow to next summer if possible? that way ill have backup snow for summer

[manic spoke]

bruh who gives a fuck which is better for quant, if u good u good. since u have cohere and snowflake just do snowflake so i can get cohere @white axle

[humble brook]

@white axle did u make ur choice yet

[oblique shale]

tesla AP will one up any quant offer u have lol

[oblique shale]

yeah im talking abt undergrad

very rare but possible

a lotta ppl in AI labs are from untraditional backgrounds

like no college at all for example

u could do both AI rsh and QR after phd too

id still pick AI rsh easily

and i think it would pay more

[brave crest]

Yeah in that case I'd probably pick AI rsh too, but I do think if you actually manage to keep your job QR compensation is higher over time

of course I won't have the chance to do this so totally irrelevant question

[brave crest]

especially if you manage to become a PM lol

[distant linden]

AI has a higher ceiling if you’re proactive

Outside of the workplace

AI labs pay a lot but quant will probably gap only if that AI person doesn’t get poached for something specific or has an exit opp

Career isn’t first 5 years it’s 30

OAi paying high six figures first year and then low 7 figs after that doesn’t rlly mean anything if year 6 is the same and the QR is making 3 mil

But the exit opps for someone in an AI lab are a lot better

And lot more approachable

[topaz hamlet]

this is true lol

[brave crest]

Yeah fair that makes sense

PM does pay 8 figures but you don’t really have the option of launching a startup or something

[distant linden]

Yh it’s just different strokes for different folks

[sage idol]

💀

[distant linden]

If someone is money maxing only then they probably should go into quant but idk how you survive in both quant or top ai lab without genuinely liking it atleast a bit

Or drinking the kool aid

Whichever one works

Idk what to say I drank the kool aid

Shit I sip on it every day

Only way I can believe in the thing I’m doing

If I start doubting myself I’m legit not gonna be able to do my research because I won’t believe it

[brave crest]

Do you have a research role or engineering role lol

[distant linden]

Research

[brave crest]

Goddamn

With a bachelor’s?

Impressive

[distant linden]

Was in masters dropped out

[brave crest]

Still crazy lol

[distant linden]

And I’m not even the oldest here

There are freshman drop outs

That’s mental

Idt I would’ve done it as a freshman tho

Fuck that I dont have that kind of koolaid

That said still go cohere

You’re a soph the upside is way bigger

I would’ve killed to be in your position as a soph

[brave crest]

Bro how do you even make cohere as a soph lmao

[distant linden]

Yh the aura for drop out goes hard I just can’t be doing that

My mom would fucking kill me

And I’d get deported

[distant linden]

PlayStation clearly has aura we don’t understand

No idea

My memory shorter than the AI agents I’m coding up rn

[charred creek]

debating snowflake vs cohere and mfs r saying 10yoe head qr at jump vs yann lecun

[white axle]

2 startups

And infosys 😂😂

[distant linden]

AP 400k lwk breaks my world view ngl

It got me rethinking how much hate I have for Tesla

[white axle]

Also uh

Cohere accepted guys

snowflake manager fuming

this might be the largest intern debate offer with 1.2k msges

[distant linden]

@brave chasm js qr or qt

What’s better bro

I thought JS qt were lwk qr in spirit ngl

Andrew you’re my go to

Fr the only dude I trust with quant stuff

For ai stuff I hit up all the YC ai startup school people

No one knows more than them

[charred creek]

@brave chasm Anthropic pays more tho

For new grad

[distant linden]

Anthropic is an outlier

It’s 1 mil

[charred creek]

I’ll get it

[distant linden]

Or very very close to it

I believe in you king

Apply to their HPC posting

[charred creek]

I can’t do hpc stuff 😂😂

unironically better shot at mlr

[white axle]

Thanks man for guiding alot through this

#2025_summer_intern_process message

[brave crest]

There's some chad at princeton who's interning there for QR rn

[distant linden]

I need to start studying stats again

Prep for the interviews

I think they should be opening up in a couple weeks for ng

Maybe a month

[brave crest]

you got it

[topaz hamlet]

anectodely i know that tesla AP has outcompeted JS

[distant linden]

cant beat my love for you

[charred creek]

1.2

from friend

300 base

[distant linden]

Base depends on team

Even between the same role

Anthropic isn’t just a normal company