22-Year-Old Math Genius Turns Down $500k Quant Job
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In 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!
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0:00 - Introduction
1:19 - Why Sunny Took Calculus At Age 11
5:19 - How Math Olympiad Changed Sunny’s Life
10:22 - Sunny’s Experience at USA Math Camp
11:36 - Writing a Great Software Resume: BeamJobs
12:51 - Sunny Gets Humbled at Math Camp
14:43 - How Sunny Landed Machine Learning Internships in High School
18:08 - Math Club at Rolling Meadows High School
19:34 - How Sunny's Father Changed His Life
21:30 - Why Sunny Chose to Pursue Computer Science
23:23 - How Sunny Landed a Full Ride Scholarship
30:44 - Breaking the Scholarship Contract
32:06 - Why Sunny Chose Berkeley Over Princeton
36:12 - Sunny Takes Graduate Classes as an Undergrad
39:42 - Sunny’s Advice for College Freshmen
44:09 - Which Path Should CS Students Pursue
51:54 - How Sunny Landed the $500,000 Quant Trading Offer
55:56 - How to Prepare for Quant Finance
59:30 - Where People Mess up Their Quant Interviews
1:02:16 - Will Sunny Take the $500,000 Quant Offer?
1:03:30 - Why Did Sunny Choose to Pursue a Statistics PhD?
1:08:17 - Sunny’s Research Experience & Advice
1:13:14 - Sunny’s Struggles With the Family Startup
1:16:05 - Sunny’s Advice to Tech Entrepreneurs
1:19:39 - Should You Create a Startup or Work in Industry First?
1:22:34 - Sunny's Biggest Challenge
1:25:22 - Sunny’s Advice for Young People
1:29:43 - Where Sunny Sees Himself in 10 years
1:31:16 - Outro
I'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 podcast, and run an email newsletter (https://amanmanazir.com/newsletter).
Listen to all episodes of Lift Off with Aman Manazir on Apple Podcasts and Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/2BAbr5K...
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
In 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!
🎧 Learn from successful software engineers so you can land your dream job (podcast) - https://open.spotify.com/show/2BAbr5K...
💌 Free weekly productivity insights/advice - https://amanmanazir.com/newsletter
📕 Get all my free Notion templates discussed here - https://www.amanmanazir.com/notion
📄 Get my free resume template - https://www.amanmanazir.com/resume
📝 Sign up for Notion - https://affiliate.notion.so/2nh3pjr6l5l6
📷 Instagram - Instagram: amanmanazir
🐦 Twitter - Twitter: amanmanazir
0:00 - Introduction
1:19 - Why Sunny Took Calculus At Age 11
5:19 - How Math Olympiad Changed Sunny’s Life
10:22 - Sunny’s Experience at USA Math Camp
11:36 - Writing a Great Software Resume: BeamJobs
12:51 - Sunny Gets Humbled at Math Camp
14:43 - How Sunny Landed Machine Learning Internships in High School
18:08 - Math Club at Rolling Meadows High School
19:34 - How Sunny's Father Changed His Life
21:30 - Why Sunny Chose to Pursue Computer Science
23:23 - How Sunny Landed a Full Ride Scholarship
30:44 - Breaking the Scholarship Contract
32:06 - Why Sunny Chose Berkeley Over Princeton
36:12 - Sunny Takes Graduate Classes as an Undergrad
39:42 - Sunny’s Advice for College Freshmen
44:09 - Which Path Should CS Students Pursue
51:54 - How Sunny Landed the $500,000 Quant Trading Offer
55:56 - How to Prepare for Quant Finance
59:30 - Where People Mess up Their Quant Interviews
1:02:16 - Will Sunny Take the $500,000 Quant Offer?
1:03:30 - Why Did Sunny Choose to Pursue a Statistics PhD?
1:08:17 - Sunny’s Research Experience & Advice
1:13:14 - Sunny’s Struggles With the Family Startup
1:16:05 - Sunny’s Advice to Tech Entrepreneurs
1:19:39 - Should You Create a Startup or Work in Industry First?
1:22:34 - Sunny's Biggest Challenge
1:25:22 - Sunny’s Advice for Young People
1:29:43 - Where Sunny Sees Himself in 10 years
1:31:16 - Outro
I'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 podcast, and run an email newsletter (https://amanmanazir.com/newsletter).
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