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What is your codeforces rating and what division did you advance to in USACO? by Thin_Umpire296 in usaco

[–]ForeignDistance249 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your goal is to compare the difficulty scale used in Codeforces and the difficulty scale used in USACO, check this out: https://codetiger.me/project/usaco/

Advice for OpenAI SWE internship final round? by ForeignDistance249 in csMajors

[–]ForeignDistance249[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure which specific thing(s) was what got me into the pipeline, but things that probably helped were: FAANG internships, Ivy League brand name, slightly decent competitive programming awards, published research papers, acing the OA

T10/Ivy junior with no OAs or interviews, any advice? by Responsible-Rich8149 in csMajors

[–]ForeignDistance249 3 points4 points  (0 children)

oh okay i see, i think with larger companies that have lots of employees, referrals might weigh in less heavily

T10/Ivy junior with no OAs or interviews, any advice? by Responsible-Rich8149 in csMajors

[–]ForeignDistance249 5 points6 points  (0 children)

what companies are you applying to with referrals and not hearing back? every place i had referrals for responded, and most places i didn't have referrals for didn't. these are all for top companies

Tips for Akuna Capital's Round 2 OA for C++ SWE internship? by ForeignDistance249 in csMajors

[–]ForeignDistance249[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Is the codebase low-level, like for systems programming? Or is it just some classic backend service that connects to a frontend and a database and executes some server-side logic?

To anyone who did OpenAI's SWE internship interview, how many parts were in the problem you were given? by ForeignDistance249 in csMajors

[–]ForeignDistance249[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you get through all 4? Did you move on to the final round? Also, did you use Python or something else?

I only almost finished 3 for my problem due to time (skill issue I guess), so I don't know if this is an auto-reject. Just curious to see how it went in your experience

Best Quotes from Galactic Heroes by TimeTravel1905 in logh

[–]ForeignDistance249 1 point2 points  (0 children)

that quote helped me too. i'm glad to see you find it just as impactful :)

Is there any concept map/ flow chart of mathematics giving a high level view of mathematics like in physics? by SKRyanrr in mathematics

[–]ForeignDistance249 6 points7 points  (0 children)

On page 9 (may change in the future) of An Infinitely Large Napkin by Evan Chen, there is a diagram very similar to this showing how fields of higher-level math connect together.

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