{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"SWE Accelerator Podcast","title":"#1: How My 20-Year-Old Brother Made $550,000/Year in Quant Trading","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/544c0fbc\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5897,"description":"Sponsored by BeamJobs — visit https://www.beamjobs.com/resume-checker?via=aman to access the free AI resume checker and take your resume to the next level.\nSign up to my email newsletter: https://www.amanmanazir.com/newsletter \nAadil Manazir is my younger brother. In this episode, we discuss how he landed a $500,000+/year job offer in quant trading at age 20, how he secured a Google software engineering internship (and turned it down) in his free time, and how he packed on 30+ lbs of muscle and much, much more.\n00:00 - Introduction\n01:00 - 8th Grade MathCounts\n05:29 - American Mathematics Competition\n06:16 - High School Math Club\n08:29 - Elite Math Summer Camps\n12:36 - Writing a Great Software Resume: BeamJobs\n13:47 - Summer Research Camp\n15:28 - Why Aadil Picked the University of California Berkeley\n18:25 - Transition to College Life\n23:20 - Aadil’s Introduction to Software and Quant Internships\n27:18 - John Deere Software Internship\n31:15 - Aadil’s Sophomore Year\n32:10 - Aadil’s Grind to Land a Quant Internship: 60 Interviews\n38:20 - Aadil’s Reaction at Getting a $130/hour Quant Internship at IMC Trading\n43:40 - Aadil’s Experience Working at IMC Trading\n47:30 - How Aadil Landed a Jump Trading Internship\n54:50 - Aadil’s $500k+ Quant Salary\n56:20 - How Aadil Got a Google Software Internship for Fun\n58:22 - How to Become a Quant\n1:00:55 - How to Prepare for Software Engineering Interviews\n1:04:22 - The Value of Obsession\n1:07:27 - You Don’t Need to Be a Genius\n1:09:20 - How Self-Improvement Changed Our Lives\n1:18:40 - Aadil’s Gym Transformation Story: Adding 30 lbs of Muscle\n1:22:13 - How Looksmaxxing Changed Aadil’s Life\n1:29:50 - Was Bodybuilding and Looksmaxxing Worth It?\n1:35:30 - What’s Next for Aadil?","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}