Just a little Mid-Week Motivation:
After 500+ cold applications, I just broke into Big Tech ā and no, I donāt attend a T5 or T10 school (MUCH lower, actually). Prior to this, I only had: 1. A Research internship at my school (which, for most schools, you can actually take part in pretty easily: either through cold-emailing a prof with demonstrated interest in their research publications, or via your schoolās programs). 2. An internship at a small startup that I only got via networking (Iād recommend finding smaller startups, emailing the founder to chat about your excitement & experience with the product/that you have feedback, and giving them tangible feedback ā really shows your passionate). As long as you do your part, it will work out. Keep moving forward ā yāall got this. Donāt forget though: Yāall still gotta put in the work ā but just know, itāll pay off the in the end. All you need is a little faith in God, and you can do wonders. I canāt even begin to express how anxious/uncertain I felt through this entire process ā but one of the things that kept me going was this āinexplicableā trust in God that it would work out. P.S. Huge shoutout to Micah! One of the main reasons that I was able to pass the interview was because of the EXACT STRUCTURE that Micah covered in his āTechnical Interview Seriesā(https://youtu.be/8op2c008ph4?si=pKjUVy9JlDE8n93v). Not to mention his helpful Mock Interviews ā check them out! Remember: If I can do it, yāall can do it too.