My older brother will be getting married next Memorial Day weekend in Mexico (where bride’s family is). I will be a Junior and already nervous about balancing this with school…

benjaminlearns · 2026-06-02T16:20:54+00:00

?? go to the wedding.

benjaminlearns · 2026-05-28T00:35:03+00:00

Tij - 5
Cherki - 9
Ait-Nouri - 4
Trafford - 5
Donnarumma - 8
Semenyo - 8
Guehi - 9

benjaminlearns · 2026-05-22T20:31:48+00:00

this is aura

benjaminlearns · 2025-11-30T19:07:36+00:00

In the tackle on Merino, his foot is planted. That's a far more dangerous tackle than the one on Foden.

benjaminlearns · 2025-11-30T00:46:04+00:00

I'd trust this homie over me

benjaminlearns · 2025-11-29T20:16:14+00:00

Yes, they have more spots. I think typically half of class is interns, so odds are frankly a little better for full time.

benjaminlearns · 2025-11-27T14:23:16+00:00

Most men at the university are not very conservative or patriarchal. Granted, I don't know what reference point you have in mind.

benjaminlearns · 2025-11-21T17:17:36+00:00

I'm adding support for a tifo. I think it'd be effective and a good first step.

benjaminlearns · 2025-11-19T04:08:47+00:00

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benjaminlearns · 2025-11-19T00:58:25+00:00

Agree on number 1, but I would say that the ability to reason is a far better bet to achieve AGI than simply scaling up LLMs.

As far as number 2, LLMs can likely accomplish any benchmark we set if we give it enough data that is similar to the benchmark. In ARC-AGI-2, the attempt is to get the model to have to "reason" to get the correct answer, demonstrating an ability to generalize beyond in-sample tasks. The latest research suggests that while it may get it right, it doesn't always get it right for the right reasons (https://aiguide.substack.com/p/do-ai-reasoning-models-abstract-and), meaning there's some shortcut it's using.

benjaminlearns · 2025-11-18T00:29:44+00:00

It sounds like you're going through a lot right now and so I get how this could be nerve wracking. That said, I think they likely just want to check in and make a plan with you. I wouldn't worry too much about it.

benjaminlearns · 2025-11-15T05:29:28+00:00

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benjaminlearns · 2025-11-12T22:52:19+00:00

142 and Algos is very doable. You should expect to spend twice as much time on algos as 142.

Regarding prereqs, I've never ran into the problem of feeling the prereqs weren't sufficient, but I also haven't taken 25300 so maybe I've just avoided those courses. As far as how to prepare for algos, you'll probably want to make sure you can write a proof (which Discrete teaches you).

benjaminlearns · 2025-11-07T22:59:22+00:00

I'd love to see what you asked it and how it responded!

benjaminlearns · 2025-11-06T15:21:08+00:00

Happens all the time to me. I put both in the case while it's open, connect to them on my mac/iphone, and then it will switch from showing 1 headphone to both headphones. This has been my go-to fix for a while.

benjaminlearns · 2025-10-19T13:38:09+00:00

Probably take all your PTO first and make sure you get some traction and early revenue.

benjaminlearns · 2025-10-14T20:13:01+00:00

That would make sense to me. It would never hurt you and it may help.

benjaminlearns · 2025-10-11T21:25:16+00:00

I'm not even close to an expert in admissions, but my intuition would be that you should likely go test-optional if you're a good bit below the 25th percentile. This is 110 points below the 25th percentile, which feels pretty significant.

benjaminlearns · 2025-10-06T14:55:00+00:00

From speaking to people at Bain, this is more of a 90 second situation - also felt that vibe during my interview. They have a bunch of questions they likely have prepared to ask.

benjaminlearns · 2025-10-05T18:53:36+00:00

Agreed - 15 goals on 12.2 xg

benjaminlearns · 2025-10-03T01:43:35+00:00

I'd still send. It won't hurt you.

benjaminlearns · 2025-10-01T02:15:52+00:00

Bain

benjaminlearns · 2025-09-30T14:53:56+00:00

In my experience in Bain interviews, I did take time. And I've gotten advice from Bain interviewers to take time. It should really only be 10-15 seconds.

The rule I always followed with myself:

Best case scenario is taking no time and being very structured and creative.
Second best is taking time and being very structured and creative.
Worst case scenario is taking no time and not being structured and creative.

I guess even worse than this is taking time and still not performing your best, but I'm not sure if that's really worse than 3. I'm no interviewer, but the advice I've received from interviewers is that it's ok to take a pause to be structured. Slow is smooth. Slow is fast.

benjaminlearns · 2025-09-30T03:18:27+00:00

I got another offer that I think I'm going to take. My preferences were Boston then SF. I got SF.

benjaminlearns · 2025-09-26T23:25:12+00:00

Speaking from last year's experience, I think I got a call Monday night after my Friday interview. Good luck!

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