HOW TO PLAY CHESS NOT CHECKERS as **CS STUDENT**:
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Do the opposite of what everyone does.
- leetcode 150
- complain about cs
- complain about market
Instead do this:
1 / Leetcode is likely not a long-term paradigm. Ai can solve all leetcode problems.
So build some ai tool that does that. Or something unique and cool.
Ie build high-grade quality hard ai projects
Trust me, most people from recruiters to cs students have very little understanding of ai
Anything you will likely feel behemoth to them.
Where as you do 600 leetcode and people will be like “oh its just leetcode”
Vs if you spent 60 hours on one ai project or 3 ai projects, they will see you as “hella cracked”
“Bro locked in”
“Girl is slaying”
And the equivalent statements a recruiter will also think
2 / complaining about cs means you are trying to hard.
Look, some people are just naturally smart and hard working.
They have elite Math and English fundamentals.
If you are that go hard on getting good at cs, but DO NOT COMPLAIN.
If you are not that, quit trying soo hard to get high gpa. do bare minimum to pass with C.
What is this, the 1980s? No.
We are in ai world, gpa does NOT matter as much.
Education is just one line on your resume, what do the other the 50 lines under say?
Do projects and do co-ops during semesters for free.
Go find another classmate OR go find a startup in an incubator short on funds and work for 4weeks to 4 months. For free.
On resume put “software engineering intern.”
So many cs feel an undeserved sense of self worth.
Bite the bullet, grease the elbows and GRIND the kitchen (metaphorically) for free or low pay during college
So you can work $150-200k base offers even before you graduate college.
(But make sure if you intern or do free work or any work its actual hardcore coding
Not qa, cyber, it, cloud admin, wordpress, or swe intern with no responsibility )
Think think think.
Do not be deer in headlights.
3 / do not complain about market. Network.
See, a business major ie finance, investment banking, private equity etc
They will email 50 people every week to land that jp morgan interview (google equivalent for our major)
But they all know that. They do not complain.
BUT WE… scurry away from sending cold dms.
And in case where we send them. Its ugly, desperate and unthoughtful.
For the love of god, grow up and be better at socializing via cold dm.
Like it or not, you are a sales person as a cs student. Dont be the cs sales kid who couldn’t meet qouta that quarter.
Go OWN your networking.
this is self explanatory.
Which one you agree most?
