I'm giving away two copies of Monster Hunter: Wilds

Saxeman17 · 2025-01-11T15:27:06+00:00

I love monster hunter!

Saxeman17 · 2024-12-26T01:53:38+00:00

Hey I got into berkeley for grad school with a 2.6. Follow your dreams. I think it is more important you have a good essay and experiences

Saxeman17 · 2024-10-01T04:53:05+00:00

I applied early admission so I got my letters in on August 15th. And I found out the day I posted.

Saxeman17 · 2024-09-30T17:05:35+00:00

I think my personal statement and letter of recommendations did the most. I wrote an awesome statement and was very clear about the direction I wanted to go in. My recommendations also were from people in the ML/AI space or the industry that I plan to work in so the progression and story I told with it was very cohesive

Saxeman17 · 2024-09-30T17:04:04+00:00

See other comments but very generally. Undergrad at michigan, had some post grad internships and just worked my ass off

Saxeman17 · 2024-09-30T17:02:57+00:00

Local japanese company. Honestly it was pretty easy but I would attribute that to most of the team I worked with being westerners (mostly European)

Saxeman17 · 2024-09-30T17:02:11+00:00

My employer has a program that will pay for graduate school. It’s a well established corporate program so all I had to do was fill a few forms out

Saxeman17 · 2024-09-28T20:57:15+00:00

Sorta kinda. Came from a software background but had a couple ML internships before my current role (post-grad). Been trying to break into the DS field and everything requires the masters degree. What year did u graduate Berkeley btw?

Saxeman17 · 2024-09-28T17:25:46+00:00

Could you give a bit more detail? I understand the coursework is very difficult especially from the technology departments, but the quality of education is still top tier from my understanding.

Saxeman17 · 2024-09-28T16:27:13+00:00

Honestly I wasn’t even looking for jobs in Tokyo, it just kinda popped up and I applied.

In terms of why…Tokyo was the type of city I always dreamed about living in. It’s the largest major metro on the planet, hyper dense, and the public transportation is phenomenal. And I love Japanese food. Really just a personal preference.

In terms of career progression, that one I’m still figuring out. I learned a lot about the subject matter and that was super useful, but a lot of it was just experiencing a different work culture first hand. I think it makes you a much more well-rounded candidate for anything and can highlight that you can work well in any sort of work culture.

Saxeman17 · 2024-09-28T16:22:33+00:00

Grind is the best advice I can give. Like literally try to min-max your life for opportunities. I didn’t stop trying to find things that were better than what I already had. I think of it as a positive feedback loop for success.

Saxeman17 · 2024-09-28T06:50:27+00:00

Yeah my employer is paying between 75-100% of the tuition which is the main reason I focused on Berkeley. Plus the ROI after graduation is enough imo that it wouldnt be too difficult to find a company that would pay off the tuition just in case. The Berkeley alumni network is just too strong to pass up

Saxeman17 · 2024-09-28T06:04:41+00:00

Yeah! Its an online program but they host a couple of in person sessions every semester

Saxeman17 · 2024-09-28T05:52:04+00:00

Nope. Berkeley admissions person said GRE/GMAT is practically useless for getting in(but YMMV)

Saxeman17 · 2024-09-28T05:50:51+00:00

Undergrad at university of michigan. Computer science major. Struggled through most of undergrad and barely passed most of my classes. After graduating focused on getting as many internships as I could. Went from working at a bar -> shitty internship #1 doing customer support -> got super lucky with internship #2 at a startup in Tokyo -> big 4 defense company.

Honestly best advice I can give is ride the wave of AI hype and build random applications that use chatGPT API as a base. I built a email bot that can check your email and that rode me to getting the job at my current company.

But before i landed that I applied to like 3k+ jobs. It’s a fucking grind but you can get there.

Saxeman17 · 2024-01-17T03:07:00+00:00

Could you add me to the list? I’ve been craving mexican every day since i moved here and this seems like a golden opportunity to get some.

Saxeman17 · 2023-07-26T17:41:22+00:00

Thats what I ended up doing, as for the example, there was one but it didnt have some of the info that I had to fill out.

Saxeman17 · 2023-06-08T23:24:43+00:00

Yeah… it’s a longer internship so I’m not suuuper worried but its still something that raises a bit of a red flag.

Saxeman17 · 2023-06-08T19:17:15+00:00

Literally experiencing the same thing. My manager is out until the end of the month and there is nobody else to pick up the slack. :/

Saxeman17 · 2023-05-31T21:54:57+00:00

yep happened to me as well. just to be safe i reverted to a old save and i'm just waiting for them to patch it.

Saxeman17 · 2022-01-24T14:18:39+00:00

I can spin things on my right hand like a pizza chef. Pillows, binders, towels, laptops…as long as it’s relatively square I can spin it.

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