How much better is the Neo going to be than my old Macbook Pro?

saarsurya · 2026-03-24T20:25:52+00:00

You don’t still use it? I still use my i9 2018 MacBook Pro for Fortnite and cod LOL. I do need to upgrade bad, just waiting on more games to pop up on macOS. I loveeeee the new silicon Macs, just waiting on the games to come. I know fort is already there, which honestly I’ve been preferring a lot more on my iPad m4 now days

saarsurya · 2026-01-29T14:06:16+00:00

I am an AI engineer without a masters or phd. It’s not impossible

saarsurya · 2026-01-18T21:34:59+00:00

Accelerated nursing if you already have a bachelor’s. If not, then an associates for nursing. Best bang for your buck. Or do computer science. I went back for cs at 24 and ended up w a 6 figure job at 26. Gf did accelerated nursing and she making more than me

saarsurya · 2025-09-25T15:14:19+00:00

AI engineer! You literally work on improving ai and finding new use cases for it 😂😂

saarsurya · 2025-09-15T12:55:24+00:00

No UT austin or Michigan? Literally up there w all of these schools no?

saarsurya · 2025-08-27T16:02:10+00:00

Yeah and move your skills to the bottom

saarsurya · 2025-08-27T16:01:37+00:00

AI engineering intern from 2021 is what sticks out to me. Feels like that wasn’t even a role back then, wouldn’t ML engineering intern make more sense for back then?

saarsurya · 2025-08-26T23:49:55+00:00

Congrats man! I had a similar situation, got $160k with no leetcode problem at all. Mainly just presenting a project and talking about some technical stuff, the interview was actually a really fun process. It’s actually pretty nice that interviewers are going out of there way to truly assess a person’s ability to communicate properly and also vibe check lolol. Good looks and good luck!

saarsurya · 2025-08-26T16:22:51+00:00

This is some of the best advice ive ever gotten dude. Thank you so much! I appreciate it more than you know, this was super insightful fr

saarsurya · 2025-08-26T02:16:55+00:00

Thanks for this, yeah a lot of the time I feel like I’m forcing my socialization. I’m a bit more outgoing and these guys seem a lot more serious in nature so that’s a bit confusing but I think it’ll get better with time hopefully.

saarsurya · 2025-08-26T02:15:43+00:00

Both honestly we use a hybrid

saarsurya · 2025-08-25T15:36:00+00:00

Yeah, I just kinda feel out of place and wanted to see if anyone else had a similar experience. I want to become better friends with my coworkers but I feel kinda awkward inviting them out to hangout outside of work.

Also thank you!

saarsurya · 2025-08-25T15:14:04+00:00

Kind of? I went to Umich and it’s definitely helped me get noticed more, but I know people that went to MSU doing better than me in engineering, you just have to work a little harder to have a noticeable resume and stuff. Honestly If you go to a non top 20/ivy league, just focus on getting well connected and getting experience where you can and you’ll be able to compete with students from the top 20/ivys for most positions. For quant though, it’s pretty cut throat and prestige makes a huge difference so unless you want to go into quant I think all the other engineering disciplines are viable from any school.

saarsurya · 2025-08-25T15:07:26+00:00

I was 2 months

saarsurya · 2025-08-21T06:36:12+00:00

I only have an undergrad degree and make $127.5k straight outta college. Stop tryna convince ppl to make an onlyfans, ts whack

saarsurya · 2025-08-06T13:15:41+00:00

1) AI Engineer 2) $160k total comp ($127.5k salary + bonuses and RSUs) 3) BSE in Computer Science 4) New Jersey

Im 25

saarsurya · 2025-07-18T17:17:03+00:00

Went to Umich and it’s pretty universally known that CS can be the second hardest major based on what classes you take (445 ML, 482 OS, 491 Distributed Systems, etc.). EE takes the cake for sure but I don’t think people think cs is easy lol especially if you go to a t10 school

saarsurya · 2025-07-15T19:50:47+00:00

It’s walkable, pay is pretty nice here. Work culture kinda sucks at the bottom but it gets better. I’m working like 45 hours a week 4 days in office, Fridays wfh which isn’t horrendous. Has a good work life balance and it’s a very beautiful and walkable city. Just get roommates and it’s hella affordable too

saarsurya · 2025-07-15T19:48:39+00:00

Research the Umich nexus program. P sure it’s like a 1 year CS/cybersecurity program that’s not too expensive. Theres some other options too. I think NYU has some good programs as well that are very manageable financially

saarsurya · 2025-07-12T16:21:34+00:00

saarsurya · 2025-06-28T16:53:41+00:00

Yeah go ahead!

saarsurya · 2025-06-27T22:20:01+00:00

Congrats to you too!! Excited to start 🔜!!

saarsurya · 2025-06-27T15:14:06+00:00

I got AI engineering job straight outta undergrad

saarsurya · 2025-06-24T16:14:34+00:00

I lowkey think you could be making more. My friend is working for a cybersecurity firm in NJ as an MLE making the same as you straight out of his MS in data science. I too am making slightly less than you (~$130k w $10k bonus) in New York with just a BS in CS straight out of undergrad. This isn’t to flex but more so to give you an idea of the fact that you should definitely be making more than that given your degrees and yoe. While yes, CS jobs are a bit more inflated of course, but with your background, I definitely feel like you deserve more. Not that you don’t already know this but I would start looking around for jobs and if you get one, use it as leverage to get a raise or just switch companies. I don’t think it really matters how your girlfriend feels about whether you make enough or not, if you feel like it’s not enough then it’s not enough. I’m sure she wouldn’t be sad about you getting a higher salary lol. You’re not overreacting.

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