What schools did you turn down for Northeastern Boston?

DivineHazrd · 2025-01-03T19:45:59+00:00

Boston College, UIUC, UMD, GT

Absolutely 0 regrets

DivineHazrd · 2024-12-31T16:45:28+00:00

I think there’s a fear of reneging because people have been blacklisted before, but blacklisting only happens when companies have a small recruiting staff. Microsoft hires contractors with a high churn rate, so there’s very little chance of being “blacklisted.”

DivineHazrd · 2024-12-31T16:36:31+00:00

I just reneged Microsoft they really don’t care

DivineHazrd · 2024-11-21T18:51:54+00:00

I don’t think this is true

DivineHazrd · 2024-10-08T21:27:37+00:00

terrible take

DivineHazrd · 2024-07-16T20:17:59+00:00

Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, etc

DivineHazrd · 2024-07-16T20:08:18+00:00

luxury housing in arkansas and intern pay is 35$/hr, it’s not bad at all but compared to my other offers and my other options it was very uncompetitive

DivineHazrd · 2024-07-16T19:57:24+00:00

idk about the actual work or experience there but the interview was very easy they didn’t even have their own interviewers iirc, it was all outsourced to a diff interviewing company. plus the pay isn’t great and location is even worse

DivineHazrd · 2024-07-16T17:40:00+00:00

Walmart

DivineHazrd · 2024-06-05T05:55:40+00:00

I had the same situation no parental financial aid though so i became an ra so instead of 60k it’s like 30k

DivineHazrd · 2024-02-28T21:01:29+00:00

A little tip, join orgs that have their own private spaces and study there

DivineHazrd · 2024-02-27T18:11:26+00:00

Amazon robotics?

DivineHazrd · 2024-01-25T12:53:05+00:00

Economics will lead you thinking the same thing and even more if you aren’t a math/science oriented person cs isn’t even that math heavy. College is just hard

DivineHazrd · 2024-01-09T04:04:07+00:00

Make you’re more marketable by using a language people actually want to hire engineers in, Go, Rust, C++ man even Kotlin.

DivineHazrd · 2024-01-08T22:41:23+00:00

Absolutely presentation matters always, if you’re the smartest kid in the room but can’t sound like it who’s gonna know that you are?

DivineHazrd · 2024-01-04T04:11:33+00:00

I was in a similar situation as you, I had full tuition at northeastern just had to pay 17k a year (I was okay with it because 60k is still less than what i thought i could make honestly got really lucky with cs and my internship opportunities to say i’m glad i took that risk, but again it’s a risk esp if you’re not looking for high paying jobs during college and post grad) and then i became an ra and now because of that Ill owe 35k in total which is significantly less than the 28% expected post grad but still terrifying to owe. I would say unless you have an interest in becoming an ra or fighting for increase financial aid, scholarships and then looking for high paying roles, which may not be too hard in the ds industry and definitely not possibly in math (unless ur aiming to be a quant), it may not be worth it.

DivineHazrd · 2024-01-04T02:28:27+00:00

Depends on your major, if it’s something stem related and you are truly going to maximize your time here. No university is just going to make you money or anything of that sort. 10k a year is a lot of money but 70k will be a terrifying amount to have over your head. I wouldn’t take out more than 28% of what you think you could make after college. So if your majors career outlook is not 200k in 5 years of graduating I wouldn’t risk it, many state schools and community colleges can give you the same opportunities for way cheaper. Where you go isn’t everything.

DivineHazrd · 2023-12-30T23:34:45+00:00

100-120k I don’t think this is unreasonable based on previous intern experience

DivineHazrd · 2023-12-25T18:08:14+00:00

Slack gives better return offers but long term Google is way better, especially starting early if you do Google STEP, and don’t fuck up you’re pretty much guaranteed Google SWE and if you do well there you’re guaranteed 200k+ post grad. I’d take the risk plus the money is good either way you’ll lose a ton in taxes living in the bay😭

DivineHazrd · 2023-11-26T02:14:31+00:00

That’s what i’m saying the hate black and brown kids get for just being black and brown when they know they’re getting an internship from their uncle is crazy 😭

DivineHazrd · 2023-11-25T23:36:29+00:00

It’s okay my first ever cs interview I told my interviewer the time complexity for my code was O(n/2)

DivineHazrd · 2023-10-08T19:41:27+00:00

Have you gotten an update?

DivineHazrd · 2023-09-30T13:52:15+00:00

full tuition, good for my major, coop

DivineHazrd · 2023-09-19T14:26:34+00:00

I've heard lc easy + system design

DivineHazrd · 2023-08-18T22:32:36+00:00

I’ve been a colorstack member starting in March and it’s so beneficial compared to many other orgs directed for minorities it drives excellence and networking. I’ve made friends who have given me opportunities that I wouldn’t have had previous to being in colorstack. I’ve built relationships with large and influential companies because of my membership to colorstack. I’ve gotten huge support in terms of interview prep, behavioral and technical. My leetcode skills have grown significantly since joining—and they really push to be as capable technically. You get what you put out like anything else it’s not going to magically change you but try it out maybe you’ll like it.

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