#2: Why a 22-Year-Old Math Genius Turned Down a $500,000/Year Quant Research Job
Access the BeamJobs FREE AI resume checker here - https://www.beamjobs.com/resume-checker?via=aman 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! 0:00 - Introduction 01:19 - Why Sunny Took Calculus At Age 11 05:19 - 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).