{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"SWE Accelerator Podcast","title":"#4: How This 22-Year-Old Got a $250,000/Year Job at TikTok (AI Engineer)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/2026249c\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5330,"description":"In episode 4 of Lift Off with Aman Manazir, I talk to Sourish Kundu. We discuss how he landed a machine learning systems engineer job at TikTok, what it's like to work there, and how AI will transform the software engineering industry. Enjoy!If you're a dedicated programmer who wants to land your dream internship or job in 2024 without spamming LeetCode, spending hours at career fairs, or building a personal website, join the Software Engineering Accelerator and work directly with me. Click this link to book a call: https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching \n💌 Free weekly productivity insights/advice - https://amanmanazir.com/newsletter \n📕 Get all my free Notion templates discussed here - https://www.amanmanazir.com/notion \n📄 Get my free resume template - https://www.amanmanazir.com/resume \n📝 Sign up for Notion - https://affiliate.notion.so/2nh3pjr6l5l6 \n📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amanmanazir/ \n🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/amanmanazir \n0:00 - Introduction\n0:58 - How Sourish got into Reinforcement Learning\n6:29 - The Value of a Passionate High School Teacher\n8:28 - Would Sourish Consider Teaching\n9:59 - How did Sourish Land his First Software Engineering Internship\n13:40 - Advice for Freshman/Sophomores Looking for Internships\n16:55 - How to Supercharge your Experience with Personal Projects\n18:40 - Recommendations for Contributing to Open Source\n20:30 - How Sourish got Prestigious Internships at Amazon and Capital One\n22:48 - Discord Bots Help to Prepare for Interviews\n23:40 - How many Practice Problems do you need for an Interview?\n26:05 - How Sourish Started at TikTok\n28:02 - Advice for a Software Engineering Interview\n30:00 - Sourish's Experience as a TikTok Intern\n31:52 - Sourish's Advice for Getting a Return Offer\n39:20 - Day in the Life as a TikTok Machine Learning Engineer\n42:20 - How is Sourish's Time Allocated?\n45:49 - How has Sourish Improved at TikTok\n48:45 - How Engineers at TikTok are Different\n51:12 - How is ML Different than Other...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Jajbzp05Qj4iGVS1aj8odO1sfQWp6AUqc-EjGBpRqpo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zZDYz/ZTI1YjZmZWY0Y2I2/ZDVkMGRhMDY2YzQ2/NTQ5Mi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}