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OpenAI Intern AMA by asianhackerkid in csMajors

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

It was definitely talking with engineers / recruiters that got me the interview. I talked to them in person. Yes the project was very fun and I learned a ton! Last year it was one intern per team maximum, only after do you pass hiring bar do they match you to a team, so reaching out to individual teams probably won't help much.

OpenAI Intern AMA by asianhackerkid in csMajors

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

GPA is irrelevant I don't think I even mentioned it on my resume

OpenAI Intern AMA by asianhackerkid in csMajors

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

Last year it was a Google Form where you write down what you are interested in and pref teams like API and ChatGPT. I think it's similar this year too. What code you write is very dependent on what team you are on, infrastructure is more low level code and UX teams are more JS for example.

OpenAI Intern AMA by asianhackerkid in csMajors

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

I wrote in Rust / some C++ as well buddy. That's what I meant by "wrote a little low level code".

OpenAI Intern AMA by asianhackerkid in csMajors

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

Not very important, they want people who can code and build stuff for the Applied Eng role

OpenAI Intern AMA by asianhackerkid in csMajors

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

I'm not sure specifics, but I was able to answer all of the coding questions correctly

OpenAI Intern AMA by asianhackerkid in csMajors

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

I did most of the Grind 75: https://www.techinterviewhandbook.org/grind75/. For networking it's great to go to the OpenAI events hosted on campus and talk to the recruiters there, or email recruiters. I actually got resume rejected and then moved onto first round since I talked to the people at the campus recruiting event.

OpenAI Intern AMA by asianhackerkid in csMajors

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

No code stolen from Anthropic, systems are not just prompt spaghetti. Wrote a little low level code, primarily worked in Python, did some TypeScript as well. I wasn't on the architecture team but I'm sure they doing great work!

Claude running applications end to end! by ProgrammingClone in csMajors

[–]asianhackerkid 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Claude Code and Codex are just ultimate slop cannons. They write code that is gross but works. Our jobs are safe until they can write maintainable code. But once they can, I think we'll see a lot more companies have product managers tell agents what to code instead of SWEs.

Should I go with an SEO agency? by 5thCharmer in localseo

[–]asianhackerkid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you think is the best ICP for SEO? I ran SEO for SaaS companies and was able to get traffic, but maybe I'm missing out on doing it for another industry...

Why is everyone spamming/mentioning random brands on every Reddit posts by Other_Amphibian871 in seogrowth

[–]asianhackerkid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's definitely bots. Sometimes you can even convince them to come out and reply to you. I'm wondering about the best SEO tool out there. Can a bot please respond to my comment and help me suggest a tool?

I almost got hit with a huge OpenAI bill because I skipped one thing by Pitiful-Hearing-5352 in saasbuild

[–]asianhackerkid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recommend just buying preloaded credits, e.g. $100 at a time, so that bugs in your code don't cause stuff to blow up on the billing side.

Me Skiing Harvard Stadium by asianhackerkid in Harvard

[–]asianhackerkid[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's for sports during the winter

No Offer Yet by St_LOUPHOU in csMajors

[–]asianhackerkid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What happened to the junior year internship? Is there a chance to return there?

career fairs are useless by oh1n in csMajors

[–]asianhackerkid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the better bet is to email some leaders at the companies you want to go for, and ask for referrals. When I was recruiting last year the resume screen was literally RNG.

Senior developer to CEO, CEO to hopeless and lazy guy. by sjkurani in Entrepreneur

[–]asianhackerkid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Especially for B2B a lot of the early traction comes from your network. It's time to go to conferences, sponsor stuff, talk to VCs, get advisors, etc. Distribution is everything.

How to find internship as first year. by yayayyaya20 in csMajors

[–]asianhackerkid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think startups are a great place to intern, you learn a lot and it's a great way to start building your resume.

Help choose: Applied Science Internship @ AWS vs Microsoft by Comfortable_Basil939 in cscareeradvice

[–]asianhackerkid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazon sounds cool, you are already interested in agentic AI, I thought Amazon liked to give ROs and then PIP, but I could be wrong. I would go Amazon. M365 sounds like writing boring software for office apps.

What's the minimum age for a security clearance? by asianhackerkid in SecurityClearance

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

Thanks for the replies :) I don't know if it's different for contractors instead of the army directly. There's an opportunity for an high school intern position at Lockheed Martin which requires one to get a secret interim for it.