Today, I talk with Amy Wang ( @wamyy5 ) a Caltech graduate with a degree in arguably the hardest major, Chemical Engineering. Learn how she got a 4.0 at one of the hardest universities in the world while battling severe migraines, balancing a social life and starting a YouTube channel with 600k+ subscribers. She shares her tips and tricks on how to succeed academically and socially on this episode of Liftoff. Hope you enjoy!

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I'm Aman Manazir, a career coach and software engineer. I interned at companies like Amazon, Shopify, and HP in college, and the day I graduated I landed a $168,000/year* full-time software engineering job. I help you make it as a computer science student and get your dream job offer.

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00:00 - Introduction

00:45 - Amy’s 4.0 GPA /Being Your Own Cheerleader

07:36 - The Yin & Yang Mindset

13:52 - Getting A’s The Cool Way

15:59 - The Software Engineering Accelerator

16:40 - What is The Point of Getting A's?

22:02 - Screen Time is Killing Your Social Life

31:38 - Social Media Addiction

41:56 - The Parasocial Relationship With Your Fans

44:49 - Practical Tips To Get That 4.0

51:45 - Battling Migraines

57:25 - Amy’s Childhood

1:04:04 - The Stanford Rejection

1:12:34 - The Caltech Experience

1:14:26 - Thoughtful Thursdays

1:14:43 - Amy’s YouTube Career

1:30:49 - The Plagiarism Outbreak on YouTube

1:47:02 - When Was It Time to do YouTube Full Time?

2:00:56 - Balancing Relationships & Career

2:07:10 - Conclusion

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In episode 4 of Lift Off with Aman Manazir, I talk to Sourish Kundu. We discuss how he landed a machine learning systems engineer job at TikTok, what it's like to work there, and how AI will transform the software engineering industry. Enjoy!

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0:00 - Introduction

0:58 - How Sourish got into Reinforcement Learning

6:29 - The Value of a Passionate High School Teacher

8:28 - Would Sourish Consider Teaching

9:59 - How did Sourish Land his First Software Engineering Internship

13:40 - Advice for Freshman/Sophomores Looking for Internships

16:55 - How to Supercharge your Experience with Personal Projects

18:40 - Recommendations for Contributing to Open Source

20:30 - How Sourish got Prestigious Internships at Amazon and Capital One

22:48 - Discord Bots Help to Prepare for Interviews

23:40 - How many Practice Problems do you need for an Interview?

26:05 - How Sourish Started at TikTok

28:02 - Advice for a Software Engineering Interview

30:00 - Sourish's Experience as a TikTok Intern

31:52 - Sourish's Advice for Getting a Return Offer

39:20 - Day in the Life as a TikTok Machine Learning Engineer

42:20 - How is Sourish's Time Allocated?

45:49 - How has Sourish Improved at TikTok

48:45 - How Engineers at TikTok are Different

51:12 - How is ML Different than Other Fields?

53:30 - Best Resources for getting Deep in ML

55:18 - Machine Learning Papers

57:18 - Advice to Prepare for an AI Future

59:12 - Sourish's Experience with Public Speaking

1:01:00 - @3blue1brown Inspiration

1:02:00 - Sourish's YouTube Channel

1:03:25 - How Sourish Gets Ideas for Videos

1:07:03 - How to Get Started on YouTube

1:09:31 - The Value of Mentors

1:11:24 - How did Exercise Help Sourish?

1:13:23 - Advice for People to Improve their Fitness

1:18:35 - How did Self-Improvement Content Help Sourish

1:20:42 - Living in California

1:22:40 - Starting a Social Life in a New City

1:25:31 - What Makes a Close Friend?

1:26:50 - Sourish's Advice for his Younger Self

1:27:40 - Where to Find Sourish

1:28:10 - Outro

I'm Aman Manazir, a career coach and former software engineer. I make videos about making it as a computer science student and landing your dream job. I post new videos regularly, run a tech interview podcast, and run an email newsletter (https://amanmanazir.com/newsletter).

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In episode 2 of Lift Off with Aman Manazir, I talk to math prodigy Sunny Sahu. We discuss how he got machine learning internships in high school, how he got a full scholarship to the University of California-Berkeley (and why he broke it), and why he turned down a $500,000/yr job offer at Headlands Technologies and so much more. Enjoy!

0:00 - Introduction

01:19 - Why Sunny Took Calculus At Age 11

05:19 - How Math Olympiad Changed Sunny’s Life

10:22 - Sunny’s Experience at USA Math Camp

11:36 - Writing a Great Software Resume: BeamJobs

12:51 - Sunny Gets Humbled at Math Camp

14:43 - How Sunny Landed Machine Learning Internships in High School

18:08 - Math Club at Rolling Meadows High School

19:34 - How Sunny's Father Changed His Life

21:30 - Why Sunny Chose to Pursue Computer Science

23:23 - How Sunny Landed a Full Ride Scholarship

30:44 - Breaking the Scholarship Contract

32:06 - Why Sunny Chose Berkeley Over Princeton

36:12 - Sunny Takes Graduate Classes as an Undergrad

39:42 - Sunny’s Advice for College Freshmen

44:09 - Which Path Should CS Students Pursue

51:54 - How Sunny Landed the $500,000 Quant Trading Offer

55:56 - How to Prepare for Quant Finance

59:30 - Where People Mess up Their Quant Interviews

1:02:16 - Will Sunny Take the $500,000 Quant Offer?

1:03:30 - Why Did Sunny Choose to Pursue a Statistics PhD?

1:08:17 - Sunny’s Research Experience & Advice

1:13:14 - Sunny’s Struggles With the Family Startup

1:16:05 - Sunny’s Advice to Tech Entrepreneurs

1:19:39 - Should You Create a Startup or Work in Industry First?

1:22:34 - Sunny's Biggest Challenge

1:25:22 - Sunny’s Advice for Young People

1:29:43 - Where Sunny Sees Himself in 10 years

1:31:16 - Outro

I'm Aman Manazir, a career coach and former software engineer. I make videos about making it as a computer science student and landing your dream job. I post new videos regularly, run a tech interview podcast, and run an email newsletter (https://amanmanazir.com/newsletter).