The Software Engineering Accelerator Podcast

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Aadil 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.

00:00 - Introduction

01:00 - 8th Grade MathCounts

05:29 - American Mathematics Competition

06:16 - High School Math Club

08:29 - Elite Math Summer Camps

12:36 - Writing a Great Software Resume: BeamJobs

13:47 - Summer Research Camp

15:28 - Why Aadil Picked the University of California Berkeley

18:25 - Transition to College Life

23:20 - Aadil’s Introduction to Software and Quant Internships

27:18 - John Deere Software Internship

31:15 - Aadil’s Sophomore Year

32:10 - Aadil’s Grind to Land a Quant Internship: 60 Interviews

38:20 - Aadil’s Reaction at Getting a $130/hour Quant Internship at IMC Trading

43:40 - Aadil’s Experience Working at IMC Trading

47:30 - How Aadil Landed a Jump Trading Internship

54:50 - Aadil’s $500k+ Quant Salary

56:20 - How Aadil Got a Google Software Internship for Fun

58:22 - How to Become a Quant

1:00:55 - How to Prepare for Software Engineering Interviews

1:04:22 - The Value of Obsession

1:07:27 - You Don’t Need to Be a Genius

1:09:20 - How Self-Improvement Changed Our Lives

1:18:40 - Aadil’s Gym Transformation Story: Adding 30 lbs of Muscle

1:22:13 - How Looksmaxxing Changed Aadil’s Life

1:29:50 - Was Bodybuilding and Looksmaxxing Worth It?

1:35:30 - What’s Next for Aadil?

What is The Software Engineering Accelerator Podcast?

Aman Manazir is a software engineer who's worked at companies like Amazon and Shopify. In this podcast, he interviews successful engineers to break down strategies and tools they used to land their dream jobs.

In addition, Aman focuses on helping listeners improve their lives through topics in entrepreneurship, self-improvement, and technology.