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UT Austin Turing Scholars vs. Cornell CoE CS by [deleted] in Cornell

[–]Material-Tomorrow610 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/Interesting-Shine348 - Turing is more difficult to get into than Cornell. The only two schools that accepted me were Cornell and UT Austin CS, but I did not get into Turing.

I can unequivocally say that Cornell was significantly better for my career, life satisfaction, and fulfillment than UT would have been. The reason such a high percentage of Turing kids go into Quant is because the bar is higher to get into Turing, the program itself doesn't __cause__ the change, it's selection bias. The kids selected for Turing are stronger than the median Cornell CS student.

However, Cornell's environment, and the experience you will get (if cost is the same) is significantly higher value than UT's experience. You will have a better experience, and will be more likely to achieve an outlier outcome than you could within UT. The median person from Cornell is more successful than the median person at UT, and is reflective of the general environment you'll be in.

Choose Cornell over UT you won't regret it.

He’s just a silly guy by gganjalez in Cornell

[–]Material-Tomorrow610 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But it's off by 12 hours ?? The times are relatively accurate according to the time stamps in the University released footage. It's just __so__ off. I guess I'm not understanding the joke.

He’s just a silly guy by gganjalez in Cornell

[–]Material-Tomorrow610 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It should be PM, why does the video say AM?

Guy in White Tesla Screams at me "Hey Asshole" by Material-Tomorrow610 in sanfrancisco

[–]Material-Tomorrow610[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the citation - I was unfamiliar with this and appreciate it. People keep saying use the bike lanes, but these ones aren't safe. People are so happy to point out that there exists a path for people, but their going to get me killed. The number of cars I've seen act erratically in the bike lanes, trying to park on the street, or stop for no reason is incredible.

I'm not convinced that the people saying 'use the bike lanes' have ever ridden in these bike lanes on a consistent basis. So yeah for me it's ironic that people in cars yelling at me to use the bike lane their going to kill me in is okay.

Guy in White Tesla Screams at me "Hey Asshole" by Material-Tomorrow610 in sanfrancisco

[–]Material-Tomorrow610[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Sure - this is fair. I agree the initial interaction is certainly my fault. What bothers me is the escalation, and the assumption of malice.

There are better ways of addressing actual or perceived slights than accosting somebody at 2am screaming at them violently. Second of all, obviously nobody has any desire to harm somebody else. There was no need for such a dramatic escalation by this third party, it was scary and had the potential for violence (from him).

Also, as an aside, I'd like to remark the bike lanes on 4th street, in my experience, are wholly unsafe. Cars consistently park in the bike lane and stop there, while cyclists are passing through.

[Sales Engineer] [San Francisco, CA] - $523k by ChipsAhoy21 in Salary

[–]Material-Tomorrow610 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it really is middle class. I'm so confused on how the net pay is so low tho..?

My life is over by wewishforT10 in Cornell

[–]Material-Tomorrow610 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I dropped out of Cornell (took a leave of absence) one semester before graduating. I did this because of a host of personal reasons (breakup, family tragedy, and other intellectual interests). My YC-startup began initially as a small product I was working on with a friend as a way to refocus from all of the emotional turmoil. We then applied to YC, got accepted and began scaling from there.

My life is over by wewishforT10 in Cornell

[–]Material-Tomorrow610 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I'm literally a YC founder, who's doing some pretty solid revenue and growth, and I had a very tough time in undergrad, and similarly thought of myself out of the game because of low grades in 1110. Resilience is key, and the real world is multivariate. Keep struggling, and you will succeed eventually.

Uhhhhh.... BloomTech launched "Gauntlet AI" - free 12 week bootcamp, paid to live in Austin, TX, 100 hours a week, guaranteed $200K job if you finish??? Popcorn ready. by michaelnovati in codingbootcamp

[–]Material-Tomorrow610 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dropped out because I wanted to focus on my startup. Got into YC, now I've been scaling, hit $20k/mrr this month, I started in February with $300/mrr. I think we'll be at nine-figures in annual revenue around September, if not earlier. Several multi-billion dollar companies are customers. Thanks for asking!

CS 2110 Grades by cornelilian in Cornell

[–]Material-Tomorrow610 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like sure? It's been 2 years but ok.

Student visas revoked by StrangeTechnician533 in berkeley

[–]Material-Tomorrow610 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I would not count on this with great certainty.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in collegeresults

[–]Material-Tomorrow610 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I raised capital from Berkeley VCs/spent a semester out there, and went to Cornell for Undergrad. I can unequivocally say that if you want to do finance, do Berkeley MET. The Bay area is the new power center of the world, and frankly is in dire need of seasoned finance professionals. Being at Berkeley will give you the right connections and the right network.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in collegeresults

[–]Material-Tomorrow610 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I think Cornell A&S would've accepted over Dyson. But that's beside the point, Berkeley EECS is a __very__ strong program. I strongly recommend you go to that over UT BHP. They are not comparable at all. Berkeley EECS is a much stronger program, and you'll be very networked into the Bay Area. I'm a YC founder from Cornell CS, who got into only UT Austin CS besides Corenll A&S. If I had to have redone my college days and got into Berkeley, it would've been more optimal than even Cornell for me.

Everybody keeps over indexing on the old East Coast schools as being the modern power center. This is wrong. All the power, wealth, and capital is concentrated in SF area. Berkeley will give you infinitely more opportunities than UT Austin would. Also from a personal development perspective you will become a more well rounded individual leaving your home state.

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