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Interesting. I got a BSc from a satellite of Rice Uni, our GPA system went in reverse. 1 was best, 4.3 was fail. I got 1.5

Didn't know real world companies cared about GPA. No one ever asked me after Uni to even show my transcript or degree. They just wanted to know what I could code in and how many years of exp I had.

They seriously won't even interview you if your GPA is lower than 3.8 ? Incredibly stupid. There's a worldwide shortage of engineers. So dumb.

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goldenballs@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
I would have thought having a portfolio of actual work matters more. When a contract needs delivering in 48hrs, can you code or can't you?!

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- masterofballs@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  I have a pretty big portfolio. Which is how I can basically interview with any fang company I want once a year. Its still hard to get the job you generally need 4 to five perfect interviews in one day and even then you might not get picked.
  
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  - goldenballs@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    I couldn't be arsed to jump through that many hoops for a company created by a student. I don't know why you bother, especially when their culture is so toxic.
    
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masterofballs@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
Yeah Tesla is the only one I know of that does that even years after your graduate. Intel might too.

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- goldenballs@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  What's stopping you from developing your own commercial software product? Even if it didn't succeed, surely an engineering or software company is going to be more interested on something you actually did, versus something you just claim competence for, which is what a CV is.
  
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- iamtanmay@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  I don't know that Tesla does amazing engineering. So much competition in self driving space now. Their software isn't especially standout AFAIK.
  
  NGL, Intel and NASA were the only companies too intimidating for me. But Intel has a many products aside from CPUs, like WiFi chips, storage solutions, ML software for GPUs, 3D cameras..... likely it isn't as hard to get in those other areas.
  
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