- Turning down my only summer internship (Palantir). What options are available to me?
I'm a penultimate-year university student in Europe, and after going through this internship recruiting cycle, I've ended up with only one offer: Palantir. I've decided not to accept it due to...
673 points390 comments5 d ago
- 2,115 applications in 6 weeks → 12 interviews → 2 offers. My full funnel
I'm done searching, so here are the real numbers. About me MS in CS, graduated May 2026 4+ YOE Not an international student. No OPT, CPT, H-1B or sponsorship needed. Target location: any livable...
322 points76 comments5 d ago
- Software engineer realizing I know actually nothing.
I graduated with a cs degree and cheated through college. Now I’m lost on what to do, I have a job that I got in via a connection and now if I ever lose this job I won’t be able to land a job. I...
278 points86 comments3 d ago
- It’s not crazy to say that most people here are out of touch right?
For so many people in CS and knowing how cut throat the market is, the fact that people make it seem like any internship that isn’t faang or adjacent is bad is crazy too me. Like if you were to...
248 points38 comments1 d ago
- In person OAs better not become the norm
I hope we can all collectively agree this is a shit idea. Imagine in the future having to go to a testing center like you're taking the SAT just to take a damn OA. All that to get rejected from an...
146 points46 comments5 h ago
- Just bombed Interview
That’s it. I just bombed a SUPER easy interview and just had to let it out. FML. hopefully I’ll pass one eventually. Good luck everyone.
125 points38 comments5 d ago
- 22M EE, regrets about not studying CS
I am a 22M at a t20 school in my final year of studying EE. I have a job lined up for about 100k in the philly metro area, and was pretty excited about it until I heard all my CS friends making...
117 points132 comments3 d ago
- Bombed an interview, because..
I was at a library, as always. I do my interviews and meetings, not in a private room. since most my meetings take at most 1 hour. I have been doing it since last year, in fact I have done more...
114 points16 comments7 h ago
- Incredibly Lucky Junior Recruiting Cycle
For anyone who's interested, the offers were 2 FAANG, 1 big 4 consulting, 1 space startup and 1 big retail company all SWE Intern roles. Got super lucky somehow!
102 points33 comments2 d ago
- Recent grads, what happened after uni?
Title. Starting freshman year soon and idk, ig I just want to hear were y’all ended up (sorry if the post seems low effort)
91 points74 comments6 d ago