{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"SWE Accelerator Podcast","title":"#2: Why a 22-Year-Old Math Genius Turned Down a $500,000/Year Quant Research Job","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5518,"description":"Access the BeamJobs FREE AI resume checker here - https://www.beamjobs.com/resume-checker?via=aman \nIn episode 2 of Lift Off with Aman Manazir, I talk to math prodigy Sunny Sahu. We discuss how he got machine learning internships in high school, how he got a full scholarship to the University of California-Berkeley (and why he broke it), and why he turned down a $500,000/yr job offer at Headlands Technologies and so much more. Enjoy!\n0:00 - Introduction\n01:19 - Why Sunny Took Calculus At Age 11\n05:19 - How Math Olympiad Changed Sunny’s Life\n10:22 - Sunny’s Experience at USA Math Camp\n11:36 - Writing a Great Software Resume: BeamJobs\n12:51 - Sunny Gets Humbled at Math Camp\n14:43 - How Sunny Landed Machine Learning Internships in High School\n18:08 - Math Club at Rolling Meadows High School\n19:34 - How Sunny's Father Changed His Life\n21:30 - Why Sunny Chose to Pursue Computer Science\n23:23 - How Sunny Landed a Full Ride Scholarship\n30:44 - Breaking the Scholarship Contract\n32:06 - Why Sunny Chose Berkeley Over Princeton\n36:12 - Sunny Takes Graduate Classes as an Undergrad\n39:42 - Sunny’s Advice for College Freshmen\n44:09 - Which Path Should CS Students Pursue\n51:54 - How Sunny Landed the $500,000 Quant Trading Offer\n55:56 - How to Prepare for Quant Finance\n59:30 - Where People Mess up Their Quant Interviews\n1:02:16 - Will Sunny Take the $500,000 Quant Offer?\n1:03:30 - Why Did Sunny Choose to Pursue a Statistics PhD?\n1:08:17 - Sunny’s Research Experience & Advice\n1:13:14 - Sunny’s Struggles With the Family Startup\n1:16:05 - Sunny’s Advice to Tech Entrepreneurs\n1:19:39 - Should You Create a Startup or Work in Industry First?\n1:22:34 - Sunny's Biggest Challenge\n1:25:22 - Sunny’s Advice for Young People\n1:29:43 - Where Sunny Sees Himself in 10 years\n1:31:16 - Outro\nI'm Aman Manazir, a career coach and former software engineer. I make videos about making it as a computer science student and landing your dream job. I post new videos regularly, run a tech interview...","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}