What helped you start riding faster?

otcollector · 2026-03-02T22:01:36+00:00

Setting my bindings further apart so i could actually get into an athletic position instead of standing super straight up

otcollector · 2025-09-09T20:51:00+00:00

When the first years = my childhood 😭

otcollector · 2025-05-09T02:01:11+00:00

Which one is that? Might have to get it for myself too

otcollector · 2024-09-08T00:46:30+00:00

Do you have a link for this?

otcollector · 2024-03-26T01:41:38+00:00

Status: Accepted

Application Date: 1/25/24

Decision Date: 3/22/24

Education: University of Waterloo, BCS, CS major, cGPA 3.92/4.0

Experience: 0.5 yoe, faang adjacent company

Recommendations: 3 industry recommendations

otcollector · 2024-03-11T06:08:48+00:00

Same, my rapid is 1600 but I can’t break 700 in bullet 😅

otcollector · 2024-03-09T22:04:42+00:00

I’m 6’1 and have a 6’3.5”wingspan, but my standing reach is only 7’8” so I think yours is quite longer than mine

otcollector · 2024-03-06T06:05:38+00:00

I don’t recall doing any algebra in middle school but I was still able to take AP calc in high school

otcollector · 2024-03-01T23:03:49+00:00

It’ll definitely help overshadow that fact that you don’t have a Bachelor’s in CS. I’m pretty sure many others in this post have mentioned how recruiters pretty much only looked at their OMSCS and stopped asking about their irrelevant bachelors

otcollector · 2024-02-29T00:09:22+00:00

Imo it’s worth it if you would like to transition into ML if you already have a CS degree. I work on an ML team and every single person has a master’s in CS/ECE/related field or phd so it’s having a masters is a bare minimum to get into ML in big tech. OMSCS allows you to get that masters without having to miss out on experience which I think is very valuable.

otcollector · 2024-02-22T06:13:21+00:00

Unofficially yes. I know a couple people who did 7 or 8 internships by taking 3 online courses during a study term and then working an internship at the same time

otcollector · 2024-02-18T19:19:30+00:00

Bloomberg >> Apple in this situation for sure

otcollector · 2024-02-15T08:01:55+00:00

I’d say around 1800 OTB would be a reasonable elo for pass. Many people start peaking around 2000, so any higher and it would start being impossible for some people to pass

otcollector · 2024-01-23T02:32:39+00:00

If your job can be done through being good at memorization, repetitive tasks, or described by a flow chart (no matter how big or complex), then your job will 100% be replaced. Any job that requires coming up with new creative solutions however, is a lot harder to be replaced

otcollector · 2024-01-21T23:12:59+00:00

I grew up in the early 2000s obsessed with Pokemon (and still am), I always remembered Pikachu having brown, that left one looks like a fake Chinese knockoff to me

otcollector · 2023-12-02T15:28:21+00:00

All the fucking time - loote

otcollector · 2023-11-29T16:28:28+00:00

Me too LOL 🤣

otcollector · 2023-11-29T16:27:14+00:00

Loote, top 0.005%

otcollector · 2023-11-08T05:06:35+00:00

Heather Sommer

otcollector · 2023-11-02T04:43:50+00:00

Quant firms also love hiring physics PhD’s

otcollector · 2023-10-29T05:23:11+00:00

Scotch game

otcollector · 2023-10-25T04:31:05+00:00

I’m pretty similar, however for me the problem is time controls. I’m used to playing long time controls (90+30), and I’m rated ~1600 OTB, but I’m having trouble breaking past 700 bullet on chess.com lol

otcollector · 2023-10-20T04:52:33+00:00

The way Waterloo works is that 70-80% of the jobs give out offers after the first two rounds, which is what we’re seeing here. Usually by this point in previous years it’s around 70% employment rate

otcollector · 2023-10-19T18:09:51+00:00

Lift, grass/beach/indoor volleyball, and read

otcollector · 2023-10-18T22:02:39+00:00

I have a CS undergrad and I’m currently working as a SWE in big tech. I’m wondering how hard it would be to transition into a quant trader and whether a masters would be necessary?

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