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I don't have a tiktok nor a twitter, but somehow I sincerely enjoyed consuming this, nice work!

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As someone with a STEM degree who enjoyed taking online classes at a CC during their 20s in Art History, I wouldn't call it a waste of time; it's brought me more joy, balance, and a feeling of well-roundedness than I had contributing to os projects.

fwiw my best friends are SE Asian (not Chinese), white, black, and Mexican. I didn't feel this photo is as equally representative of that diversity. I'm not making a case it has any obligation to do so, just noting that it impacted my decision to not apply here a while ago.

To an extent I agree that most startups are made up of Caucasians/Chinese males, I think one of the reasons I left tech professionally is because I didn't feel comfortable/enjoy the lack of diversity.

Having gone through my twenties and seen many bright cs grads fail at starting a business, I think the best option is to find a role where upward movement is attainable every couple of years and attrition is relatively low. I cannot tell you how envious I am of people who did worse than me in college but are DevOps managers or app sec managers.

I wanted to add a response here for every aspirational algotrader: you can lose a lot of money very quickly. I hobbied in algotrading through my twenties, learned a lot more than I expected too, worked out the math, and made $600 in a matter of 15 minutes on my first day before losing $1000 the same day. That's when I decided to pull the plug. I already knew that it would be more profitable finding contracting gigs then inevitably writing off 100s of hours I spent researching, doing the math, and coding over the years, but decided I would regret it if I never tried.

I wouldn't know since I haven't really prodded them on the details. I wouldn't want to give any advice on something I don't know too much about, I'm sorry!

I'm not sure if they have a session prior to competing but I know they use it to train and get through 8+ hours of practice.