yt:channel:h0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag h0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag Aman Manazir https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag 2012-03-31T00:18:37+00:00 yt:video:yNwnl7_QezE yNwnl7_QezE UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag Aman Manazir https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag 2026-08-10T14:00:11+00:00 2026-08-13T18:33:04+00:00 I Investigated the Biggest Scam in Software Engineering History Computer science students, new graduates, and software engineers...want to land your dream software engineering job/internship? Click here 👉 https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_campaign=BiggestScam_SWE&video=yNwnl7_QezE CS grads have a higher unemployment rate than philosophy majors right now and nobody's telling you why. I break down how the "degree = job" promise collapsed, what really happened when I lost a six-figure offer with zero backup plan, and the four moves that actually get people hired in 2026. If you're stuck applying to hundreds of jobs with nothing back, this is the reframe you need. I'm Aman Manazir, a career coach and software engineer. I interned at companies like Amazon, Shopify, and HP in college, and the day I graduated I landed a $168,000/year* full-time software engineering job. I help you make it as a computer science student and landing your dream job. If you're a dedicated programmer who wants to land your dream internship or job in 2026 without spamming LeetCode, spending hours at career fairs, or applying to thousands of positions, join the Software Engineering Accelerator and work directly with me. Click this link to book a call: https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_campaign=BiggestScam_SWE&video=yNwnl7_QezE 📄 Get my free resume template - https://www.amanmanazir.com/resume 💌 Free weekly productivity insights/advice - https://www.amanmanazir.com/newsletter 📕 Get all my free Notion templates discussed here - https://www.amanmanazir.com/notion 📝 Sign up for Notion - https://affiliate.notion.so/2nh3pjr6l5l6 📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amanmanazir/ 🐦 Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/amanmanazir 00:00 Introduction 00:50 How the "get a degree" promise was sold to us 01:48 The golden era 03:07 The collapse 04:21 My story: losing a six-figure offer 05:20 Naming the real scam 05:50 Software Engineering Accelerator 06:11 The 3 moves that actually get you hired in 2026 07:58 The real lesson yt:video:nO5Yzt3rLYM nO5Yzt3rLYM UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag Aman Manazir https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag 2026-08-07T14:37:50+00:00 2026-08-07T16:18:10+00:00 How This 23-Year-Old Actress Makes $260,000/yr at Meta (No CS Experience) Computer science students, new graduates, and software engineers...want to land your dream software engineering job/internship? Click here 👉 https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_campaign=Marilyn_Actress&video=nO5Yzt3rLYM She wanted to be an actress, now she's a software engineer at Meta making over $200K a year by 23, with zero computer science background. Marilyn breaks down her wild career pivot, surviving brutal rejection, ghosting job interviews out of fear, and living through Meta's mass layoffs. A raw, practical look at building a stable career without losing your passion. 🚀 Get my free Software Engineering Crash Course – https://www.amanmanazir.com/7dayengineer 🎧 Listen to all episodes of the Software Engineering Accelerator Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/swe-accelerator-podcast/id1742843726?i=1000780886687 https://open.spotify.com/episode/07nBlN0pPFvxeJ9IYAICWp?si=d4e384c130664ad7 Listen to our new podcast, @TheEntropyShow: https://youtu.be/MDJQXbXPngg?si=vQqITmNzy3fhfcV1 I’m Aman Manazir, a career coach and software engineer. I interned at companies like Amazon, Shopify, and HP in college, and the day I graduated I landed a $168,000/year* full-time software engineering job. I help you make it as a computer science student & software engineer and get your dream job offer. 📄 Get my free resume template - https://www.amanmanazir.com/resume 💌 Free weekly productivity insights/advice - https://www.amanmanazir.com/newsletter 📕 Get all my free Notion templates discussed here - https://www.amanmanazir.com/notion 📝 Sign up for Notion - https://affiliate.notion.so/2nh3pjr6l5l6 📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amanmanazir/ 🐦 Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/amanmanazir 👉 Marilyn's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mareomni 👉 Marilyn's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mareomni 00:00 Introduction 01:40 Software Engineer at Meta, Aspiring Actress 01:54 From Classical Pianist to Computer Science 06:05 Why She Randomly Chose Economics 07:57 Discovering a Passion for Acting 10:58 Landing the Atlassian Internship 11:15 Coasting Through Her First Internship 13:25 The Devastating Return Offer Rejection 14:25 Freezing Up, Ghosting 12 Interviews 17:57 Grinding LeetCode to Land Meta 19:36 How to Recover From Rejection 21:19 Don't Attach Your Identity to Companies 22:41 Cracking the Technical Interview Code 24:34 Is LeetCode Overrated or Underrated 25:58 What Changed During the Meta Internship 29:33 A Manager Who Trained Her Like a Senior 33:09 Earning the Highest Rating, Return Offer 35:18 Meta's Layoffs Hit Close to Home 37:44 Why Big Tech Keeps Cutting Jobs 40:12 Losing Her Team's Culture Overnight 41:26 Posting Online and Facing Hate Comments 46:07 Should Engineers Post Content Online 48:34 Is Big Tech Actually a Scam 51:01 Do Perks Still Matter at Work 52:04 Why People Get Disillusioned With Big Tech 54:39 Recruiting Right After Layoffs Happen 56:24 Revealing Her Meta Salary at 23 59:27 Personality Determines How Money Changes You 1:00:04 Choosing Stability Over Her Acting Dream 1:02:38 Why Influencing Beats Acting for Stability 1:04:00 Should You Follow Passion or Logic 1:05:45 Finding Time to Build a Side Hustle 1:07:30 Becoming a Translator Between Tech and Creativity 1:08:45 Where to Find Marilyn Online yt:video:SGqgm1RagP0 SGqgm1RagP0 UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag Aman Manazir https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag 2026-07-16T18:02:47+00:00 2026-07-26T23:38:19+00:00 There’s Never Been a Better Time to Study Computer Science Computer science students, new graduates, and software engineers...want to land your dream software engineering job/internship? Click here 👉 https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_campaign=BetterTime_CS&video=SGqgm1RagP0 Everyone online says CS is dead. AI is taking the jobs, the market is cooked, don't even bother. The data says something completely different. In this video I break down the 4 reasons there has never been a better time to study computer science, and why the people running for the exit right now are making the biggest mistake of their careers. I'm Aman Manazir, a career coach and software engineer. I interned at companies like Amazon, Shopify, and HP in college, and the day I graduated I landed a $168,000/year* full-time software engineering job. I help you make it as a computer science student and landing your dream job. If you're a dedicated programmer who wants to land your dream internship or job in 2026 without spamming LeetCode, spending hours at career fairs, or applying to thousands of positions, join the Software Engineering Accelerator and work directly with me. Click this link to book a call: https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_campaign=BetterTime_CS&video=SGqgm1RagP0 📄 Get my free resume template - https://www.amanmanazir.com/resume 💌 Free weekly productivity insights/advice - https://www.amanmanazir.com/newsletter 📕 Get all my free Notion templates discussed here - https://www.amanmanazir.com/notion 📝 Sign up for Notion - https://affiliate.notion.so/2nh3pjr6l5l6 📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amanmanazir/ 🐦 Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/amanmanazir 00:00 Introduction 01:20 Reason 1: The market isn't actually cooked 05:07 Reason 2: The salaries are still absurd 06:25 Software Engineering Accelerator 06:57 Reason 3: The CS degree is worth more than the job 08:45 Reason 4: Did AI make CS pointless? 10:29 The window you're standing in front of right now yt:video:Gt2bKGJbd0U Gt2bKGJbd0U UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag Aman Manazir https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag 2026-07-13T14:54:56+00:00 2026-07-14T03:47:30+00:00 GitHub Senior Engineer: Software Engineering Is Broken! Here's What's Next Computer science students, new graduates, and software engineers...want to land your dream software engineering job/internship? Click here 👉 https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_campaign=ZenGitHub&video=Gt2bKGJbd0U Zen spent 4 years inside GitHub watching the AI coding revolution unfold in real time and what he saw made him walk away from the best job he'd ever had. In this episode, he breaks down why software engineering is broken, what AI is doing to hiring, and exactly how to position yourself as an AI engineer in 2026. Whether you're trying to break in or level up, this one is packed with frameworks you can use today. 🚀 Get my free Software Engineering Crash Course – https://www.amanmanazir.com/7dayengineer 🎧 Listen to all episodes of the Software Engineering Accelerator Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/swe-accelerator-podcast/id1742843726?i=1000776613035 https://open.spotify.com/episode/2KkVlzhls0ezGyxWFyA1ye?si=b2dcbebe5ac84864 Listen to our new podcast, @TheEntropyShow: https://youtu.be/MDJQXbXPngg?si=vQqITmNzy3fhfcV1 I’m Aman Manazir, a career coach and software engineer. I interned at companies like Amazon, Shopify, and HP in college, and the day I graduated I landed a $168,000/year* full-time software engineering job. I help you make it as a computer science student & software engineer and get your dream job offer. 📄 Get my free resume template - https://www.amanmanazir.com/resume 💌 Free weekly productivity insights/advice - https://www.amanmanazir.com/newsletter 📕 Get all my free Notion templates discussed here - https://www.amanmanazir.com/notion 📝 Sign up for Notion - https://affiliate.notion.so/2nh3pjr6l5l6 📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amanmanazir/ 🐦 Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/amanmanazir 👉 Zen's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@zenvanriel 👉 Zen's AI Engineer Program: https://aiengineer.community/join 00:00 Introduction 01:15 From $500/Month Tester to AI Engineer 02:30 Why Zen Studied Cognitive Science and AI 03:48 How He Actually Learned to Code 04:55 Is Software Testing Still a Valid Entry Point? 05:57 Why LinkedIn Got Him Into Microsoft 06:42 How Microsoft Found His Profile 07:34 What to Post on LinkedIn With No Experience 09:44 The Microsoft Internship Interview Surprise 11:34 Do Soft Skills Matter More in the AI Era? 12:13 The Azure Cert He Failed Three Times 14:58 Why AI Advice Is Always Generic 16:20 How to Find Mentors You Can Actually Trust 17:33 Inside GitHub During the AI Boom 19:04 How Zen Stays Up to Date Without the Hype 20:28 What the AI Culture at GitHub Really Looked Like 22:18 The PR Pushback Story: 6000 Lines Rejected 25:12 How to Find the Middle Ground With AI Coding 27:38 Will AI Actually Replace Engineers? 29:09 Why He Left the Best Job He Ever Had 30:36 The Moment AI Safety Became His Mission 31:34 The Problem With Agents Reviewing Agents 32:53 Why Accountability Is Everything in Engineering 33:15 The Paradox of Criticising AI While Using It Daily 35:02 Startup vs Enterprise: How to Use AI Differently 38:08 The AI Detox Before His Safety Lab Interview 39:15 Should Engineers Detox From AI Regularly? 40:55 How He Used Claude Code to Prep for Interviews 41:59 The Deepfake Hiring Story 45:18 How Interviewers Are Catching AI Cheaters 46:36 Why Struggling in an Interview Proves You're Human 47:39 What Interviews Will Look Like in Two Years 50:33 Why Internships Are the Cheat Code Now 52:01 Why Referrals Matter More Than Ever 54:22 How His Student Landed an AI Engineer Offer 55:45 What Even Is an AI Engineer? 56:49 The Step-by-Step Pivot Into AI Engineering 59:26 Top Skills to Be Competitive in AI Engineering 1:01:34 Do You Actually Need to Be Good at Math? 1:03:15 Is LeetCode Dead for AI Engineering? 1:04:18 Where to Find Zen Online yt:video:Ueic1TlNHB0 Ueic1TlNHB0 UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag Aman Manazir https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag 2026-07-02T14:47:04+00:00 2026-07-05T22:41:13+00:00 Why Quants Are Never Successful Founders Computer science students, new graduates, and software engineers...want to land your dream software engineering job/internship? Click here 👉 https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_campaign=Annanay_QuantFounders&video=Ueic1TlNHB0 The skills that make you elite in quant are the exact skills that will kill your startup. Annanay, Cambridge quant turned YC-backed founder, breaks down why the fixed pie mentality, the secrecy, and the closed mindset of trading is the complete opposite of what building a company actually requires. 🚀 Get my free Software Engineering Crash Course – https://www.amanmanazir.com/7dayengineer 🎧 Listen to all episodes of the Software Engineering Accelerator Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/swe-accelerator-podcast/id1742843726?i=1000755421454 https://open.spotify.com/episode/7JAeeIhiSd928tbK15Xb6g?si=ed592e3f65964e29 Listen to our new podcast, @TheEntropyShow: https://youtu.be/MDJQXbXPngg?si=vQqITmNzy3fhfcV1 I’m Aman Manazir, a career coach and software engineer. I interned at companies like Amazon, Shopify, and HP in college, and the day I graduated I landed a $168,000/year* full-time software engineering job. I help you make it as a computer science student & software engineer and get your dream job offer. 📄 Get my free resume template - https://www.amanmanazir.com/resume 💌 Free weekly productivity insights/advice - https://www.amanmanazir.com/newsletter 📕 Get all my free Notion templates discussed here - https://www.amanmanazir.com/notion 📝 Sign up for Notion - https://affiliate.notion.so/2nh3pjr6l5l6 📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amanmanazir/ 🐦 Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/amanmanazir 👉 Annanay's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annanay-kapila?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios 00:00 The Quant Mindset 03:59 The Prestige Trap in Tech 07:01 The SF Secondary Playbook 10:05 Will the VC Bubble Last 11:24 How to Actually Get Into YC 14:57 Outro yt:video:EmRh2Q45l8U EmRh2Q45l8U UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag Aman Manazir https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag 2026-06-13T17:27:39+00:00 2026-07-19T14:51:47+00:00 Everything You Need to Break Into Cybersecurity in 27 Minutes Computer science students, new graduates, and software engineers...want to land your dream software engineering job/internship? Click here 👉 https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_campaign=Ty_Cybersecurity&video=EmRh2Q45l8U Most people trying to break into cybersecurity are doing it completely wrong. I sat down with Ty Sbano, a 3x Chief Information Security Officer who's built security teams at JPMorgan, Capital One, Vercel, and Webflow, to get the full breakdown: what cybersecurity actually is, the vibe coding security problem nobody's talking about honestly, how to break in as a new grad or career pivoter, the certs that actually matter, and why AI is making cybersecurity the best career bet in tech right now. I'm Aman Manazir, a career coach and software engineer. I interned at companies like Amazon, Shopify, and HP in college, and the day I graduated I landed a $168,000/year* full-time software engineering job. I help you make it as a computer science student and landing your dream job. If you're a dedicated programmer who wants to land your dream internship or job in 2026 without spamming LeetCode, spending hours at career fairs, or applying to thousands of positions, join the Software Engineering Accelerator and work directly with me. Click this link to book a call: https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_campaign=Ty_Cybersecurity&video=EmRh2Q45l8U 📄 Get my free resume template - https://www.amanmanazir.com/resume 💌 Free weekly productivity insights/advice - https://www.amanmanazir.com/newsletter 📕 Get all my free Notion templates discussed here - https://www.amanmanazir.com/notion 📝 Sign up for Notion - https://affiliate.notion.so/2nh3pjr6l5l6 📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amanmanazir/ 🐦 Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/amanmanazir 👉 Ty's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tysbano?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios 00:00 Introduction 01:39 How did Ty get into Cybersecurity 03:38 Ty's career path: JPMorgan glass ceiling lesson 06:58 Vibe coding vs augmented engineering 10:30 The real security risks of vibe coding & agentic AI tools 11:47 Heartbleed explained: why software supply chain security matters 15:03 How to actually break into cybersecurity 15:48 Step 1: Why engineering experience is non-negotiable 17:09 The certifications that actually matter 18:00 The AI slop resume problem killing applications in 2026 20:06 How cybersecurity interviews actually work 23:28 The future of cybersecurity with AI 25:40 Why cybersecurity is the best career bet in tech right now 27:25 Final thoughts & wrap up yt:video:-ZInKVmPbg4 -ZInKVmPbg4 UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag Aman Manazir https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag 2026-06-13T14:16:36+00:00 2026-07-08T07:49:37+00:00 Recruiters Read 99% of Resumes in This Window - DoorDash Engineer Computer science students, new graduates, and software engineers...want to land your dream software engineering job/internship? Click here 👉 https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_campaign=PranavGhosted&video=ZInKVmPbg4 Most students apply at the wrong time and wonder why they never hear back, Pranav breaks down the exact recruiting window that decides whether your resume gets seen at all, how he research maxed from zero, and the step-by-step process he used to turn cold professor emails into actual research positions on his resume. 🚀 Get my free Software Engineering Crash Course – https://www.amanmanazir.com/7dayengineer 🎧 Listen to all episodes of the Software Engineering Accelerator Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/swe-accelerator-podcast/id1742843726?i=1000771456877 https://open.spotify.com/episode/2bEVblZKhiyGVhDfhLobpX?si=b33fab3caeab4ef0 Listen to our new podcast, @TheEntropyShow: https://youtu.be/MDJQXbXPngg?si=vQqITmNzy3fhfcV1 I’m Aman Manazir, a career coach and software engineer. I interned at companies like Amazon, Shopify, and HP in college, and the day I graduated I landed a $168,000/year* full-time software engineering job. I help you make it as a computer science student & software engineer and get your dream job offer. 📄 Get my free resume template - https://www.amanmanazir.com/resume 💌 Free weekly productivity insights/advice - https://www.amanmanazir.com/newsletter 📕 Get all my free Notion templates discussed here - https://www.amanmanazir.com/notion 📝 Sign up for Notion - https://affiliate.notion.so/2nh3pjr6l5l6 📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amanmanazir/ 🐦 Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/amanmanazir 👉 Pranav's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pranavinno 👉 Pranav's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pranav-lende?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios 👉 Pranav's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pranavinno?_r=1&_t=ZS-96xnEzhuNl6 00:00 The Exact Timing Window to Apply 02:09 New Grad vs Internship Recruiting Cycles 03:33 Why Research Maxing Closes the Gap 06:18 How to Email Professors and Actually Get Responses 11:33 Outro yt:video:qsDFQIJ-MTg qsDFQIJ-MTg UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag Aman Manazir https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag 2026-06-07T14:30:29+00:00 2026-07-08T07:41:30+00:00 Why I Quit My $250K AI Job at TikTok Computer science students, new graduates, and software engineers...want to land your dream software engineering job/internship? Click here 👉 https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_campaign=Sourish_TikTokQuit&video=qsDFQIJ-MTg He had the six figure ML job every CS student dreams of at TikTok. Then one day he just walked away with no plan, no offer, and no safety net. This is what actually happened. 🚀 Get my free Software Engineering Crash Course – https://www.amanmanazir.com/7dayengineer 🎧 Listen to all episodes of the Software Engineering Accelerator Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/swe-accelerator-podcast/id1742843726 https://open.spotify.com/show/2BAbr5KDWtI1nhmkwXczl9?si=67d688af48f9447e Listen to our new podcast, @TheEntropyShow: https://youtu.be/MDJQXbXPngg?si=vQqITmNzy3fhfcV1 I’m Aman Manazir, a career coach and software engineer. I interned at companies like Amazon, Shopify, and HP in college, and the day I graduated I landed a $168,000/year* full-time software engineering job. I help you make it as a computer science student & software engineer and get your dream job offer. 📄 Get my free resume template - https://www.amanmanazir.com/resume 💌 Free weekly productivity insights/advice - https://www.amanmanazir.com/newsletter 📕 Get all my free Notion templates discussed here - https://www.amanmanazir.com/notion 📝 Sign up for Notion - https://affiliate.notion.so/2nh3pjr6l5l6 📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amanmanazir/ 🐦 Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/amanmanazir 👉 Sourish's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sourishk07 👉 Sourish's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sourish07?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios 00:00 Quitting TikTok With No Plan 03:27 The $250K Compensation Breakdown 04:40 What He Couldn't Say While Inside 05:45 Chinese-Only Culture At ByteDance 08:26 The TikTok Ban From The Inside 10:00 Life After Quitting: The Reset 11:57 Outro yt:video:R7lwx0zk-cs R7lwx0zk-cs UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag Aman Manazir https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag 2026-06-06T14:47:09+00:00 2026-06-20T23:59:14+00:00 DoorDash Engineer: How I Went From 500+ Rejections to a $200K Offer Computer science students, new graduates, and software engineers...want to land your dream software engineering job/internship? Click here 👉 https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_campaign=PranavDoorDash&video=R7lwx0zk-cs He sent out 500 applications junior year and heard back from almost nobody. No internship. Just rejection after rejection while his friends posted Meta and Amazon on LinkedIn. One year later: DoorDash offer, Apple offer, final rounds at Nvidia. $200K+ as a new grad. No big tech internship on his resume. Pranav breaks down the exact system that flipped everything, the timing window most students miss, how he research maxed from scratch, and why he set a goal of 1,000 applications. If you're recruiting right now, this is the blueprint. 🚀 Get my free Software Engineering Crash Course – https://www.amanmanazir.com/7dayengineer 🎧 Listen to all episodes of the Software Engineering Accelerator Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/swe-accelerator-podcast/id1742843726?i=1000771456877 https://open.spotify.com/episode/2bEVblZKhiyGVhDfhLobpX?si=b33fab3caeab4ef0 Listen to our new podcast, @TheEntropyShow: https://youtu.be/MDJQXbXPngg?si=vQqITmNzy3fhfcV1 I’m Aman Manazir, a career coach and software engineer. I interned at companies like Amazon, Shopify, and HP in college, and the day I graduated I landed a $168,000/year* full-time software engineering job. I help you make it as a computer science student & software engineer and get your dream job offer. 📄 Get my free resume template - https://www.amanmanazir.com/resume 💌 Free weekly productivity insights/advice - https://www.amanmanazir.com/newsletter 📕 Get all my free Notion templates discussed here - https://www.amanmanazir.com/notion 📝 Sign up for Notion - https://affiliate.notion.so/2nh3pjr6l5l6 📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amanmanazir/ 🐦 Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/amanmanazir 👉 Pranav's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pranavinno 👉 Pranav's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pranav-lende?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios 👉 Pranav's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pranavinno?_r=1&_t=ZS-96xnEzhuNl6 00:00 Introduction 01:45 500 Applications and Almost Nothing Back 04:11 No Junior Year Internship: The Death Sentence 04:56 Senior Year: DoorDash, Apple, and the Turnaround 05:23 What Actually Changed Everything 07:30 YC AI Startup School and the Wake-Up Call 09:13 Why the Room You're In Changes Everything 11:27 How to Manufacture a Competitive Environment 13:11 Hackathons and the Value of CS Schools 14:45 The Real Reason Top Universities Win 16:51 The .edu Email Hack for Research 18:46 The Exact Timing Window to Apply 20:55 New Grad vs Internship Recruiting Cycles 22:19 Why Research Maxing Closes the Gap 25:04 How to Email Professors and Actually Get Responses 28:14 How to Turn a Response Into a Research Position 30:45 Senior Year Recruiting: The Full Setup 31:48 LeetCode Is Make or Break — Here's How 36:10 The Pareto Problem Set Breakdown 37:29 The Offers: DoorDash, Apple, Nvidia, Quant 39:21 Why He Chose SF and DoorDash 41:21 Getting a 200K Offer and Telling Nobody 43:13 Why He Kept Recruiting After the Offer 44:50 Is the CS Market Cooked or Is That Cope 47:33 The Roommate Story: Proof Tenacity Wins 50:43 What's Next: SF, DoorDash, and Building Something yt:video:J1hcsI9ANOE J1hcsI9ANOE UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag Aman Manazir https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag 2026-06-04T13:57:06+00:00 2026-06-16T08:10:14+00:00 Getting a SWE Internship is back on “Easy Mode” (in 2026) Computer science students, new graduates, and software engineers...want to land your dream software engineering job/internship? Click here 👉 https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_campaign=GettingSWE_EasyMode&video=J1hcsI9ANOE Getting a software engineering internship in 2026 is easier than most people think and in this video I break down exactly why right now is the best window to strike. I'm Aman Manazir, a career coach and software engineer. I interned at companies like Amazon, Shopify, and HP in college, and the day I graduated I landed a $168,000/year* full-time software engineering job. I help you make it as a computer science student and landing your dream job. If you're a dedicated programmer who wants to land your dream internship or job in 2026 without spamming LeetCode, spending hours at career fairs, or applying to thousands of positions, join the Software Engineering Accelerator and work directly with me. Click this link to book a call: https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_campaign=GettingSWE_EasyMode&video=J1hcsI9ANOE 📄 Get my free resume template - https://www.amanmanazir.com/resume 💌 Free weekly productivity insights/advice - https://www.amanmanazir.com/newsletter 📕 Get all my free Notion templates discussed here - https://www.amanmanazir.com/notion 📝 Sign up for Notion - https://affiliate.notion.so/2nh3pjr6l5l6 📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amanmanazir/ 🐦 Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/amanmanazir 0:00 Introduction 00:42 The Markert Has Shifted 02:09 Tech Recruiting Runs in Cycles 04:08 The Software Engineering Accelerator 04:32 First Mover Advantage 06:55 The Golden Window 9:37 Outro yt:video:NT0WDLZM9EE NT0WDLZM9EE UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag Aman Manazir https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag 2026-05-31T15:16:14+00:00 2026-06-22T22:12:44+00:00 Why NeetCode Invested in My LeetCode Killer Computer science students, new graduates, and software engineers...want to land your dream software engineering job/internship? Click here 👉 https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_campaign=Rounds_Neetcode&video=NT0WDLZM9EE Stop sending hundreds of applications into the void. Take one free technical assessment and have companies reach out to YOU: startups to Fortune 500s, $100K-$300K+ roles 👉 https://www.rounds.so/partnerships/aman-manazir NeetCode just invested in the company trying to kill his own business. Rounds founder Fardeen Kimani breaks down exactly why — and why 40% of candidates are now scoring perfectly on HackerRank and CodeSignal, forcing Fortune 500 companies to rethink everything. 🚀 Get my free Software Engineering Crash Course – https://www.amanmanazir.com/7dayengineer 🎧 Listen to all episodes of the Software Engineering Accelerator Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/swe-accelerator-podcast/id1742843726?i=1000769092881 https://open.spotify.com/episode/0tbxkEkXbHsES71wJvIbUI?si=cc1c6f3a565d44ff Listen to our new podcast, @TheEntropyShow: https://youtu.be/MDJQXbXPngg?si=vQqITmNzy3fhfcV1 I’m Aman Manazir, a career coach and software engineer. I interned at companies like Amazon, Shopify, and HP in college, and the day I graduated I landed a $168,000/year* full-time software engineering job. I help you make it as a computer science student & software engineer and get your dream job offer. 📄 Get my free resume template - https://www.amanmanazir.com/resume 💌 Free weekly productivity insights/advice - https://www.amanmanazir.com/newsletter 📕 Get all my free Notion templates discussed here - https://www.amanmanazir.com/notion 📝 Sign up for Notion - https://affiliate.notion.so/2nh3pjr6l5l6 📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amanmanazir/ 🐦 Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/amanmanazir 👉 Round's Website: https://www.rounds.so 👉 Round's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fardeenkhimani/ 00:00 NeetCode Invested In His Competition 02:00 How Rounds Landed Fortune 500 Clients 05:11 Why Engineering Managers Hate LeetCode 06:25 The Cheating Epidemic Breaking Tech Hiring 06:51 What C-Suite vs Engineers Actually Want 08:00 Steel Manning LeetCode's Case yt:video:1kZDGkReE6w 1kZDGkReE6w UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag Aman Manazir https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag 2026-05-29T15:29:31+00:00 2026-06-13T18:09:07+00:00 TikTok AI Engineer: Anyone Can Break Into AI, But Most People Won’t! Computer science students, new graduates, and software engineers...want to land your dream software engineering job/internship? Click here 👉 https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_campaign=SourishAI_TikTok&video=1kZDGkReE6w Former TikTok ML engineer quit a $250K job with no plan, self-studied AI, and landed at Luma AI. Now he interviews candidates himself and reveals exactly what separates who gets in from who doesn't. 🚀 Get my free Software Engineering Crash Course – https://www.amanmanazir.com/7dayengineer 🎧 Listen to all episodes of the Software Engineering Accelerator Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/swe-accelerator-podcast/id1742843726 https://open.spotify.com/show/2BAbr5KDWtI1nhmkwXczl9?si=67d688af48f9447e Listen to our new podcast, @TheEntropyShow: https://youtu.be/MDJQXbXPngg?si=vQqITmNzy3fhfcV1 I’m Aman Manazir, a career coach and software engineer. I interned at companies like Amazon, Shopify, and HP in college, and the day I graduated I landed a $168,000/year* full-time software engineering job. I help you make it as a computer science student & software engineer and get your dream job offer. 📄 Get my free resume template - https://www.amanmanazir.com/resume 💌 Free weekly productivity insights/advice - https://www.amanmanazir.com/newsletter 📕 Get all my free Notion templates discussed here - https://www.amanmanazir.com/notion 📝 Sign up for Notion - https://affiliate.notion.so/2nh3pjr6l5l6 📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amanmanazir/ 🐦 Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/amanmanazir 👉 Sourish's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sourishk07 👉 Sourish's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sourish07?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios 00:00 Introduction 02:30 Quitting TikTok With No Plan 05:57 The $250K Compensation Breakdown 07:10 What He Couldn't Say While Inside 08:15 Chinese-Only Culture At ByteDance 10:56 The TikTok Ban From The Inside 12:30 Life After Quitting: The Reset 14:26 Why Video Diffusion Changed Everything 16:51 When Job Hunting Actually Started 17:57 Second Recruiting Cycle Was Harder 20:15 Companies He Talked To 20:46 Why He Chose Luma AI 22:04 What Luma AI Actually Does 23:06 His Role: Optimizing The Inference Stack 23:33 Roadmap To Land At A Top AI Lab 26:14 How Long Should You Actually Study 27:23 Quit Or Study On The Side 28:14 How To Know When You're Ready 29:35 How To Get In Front Of Companies 30:26 Which Networking Events Are Worth It 32:20 What Startups Actually Ask In Interviews 33:10 How Many Interviews Before Luma 33:41 Why Experience Changes The Game 36:05 Breaking Down AI Company Types 41:23 Salary Ranges Across AI Companies 43:49 Highest Salaries He's Heard Of 44:31 What He Sees Interviewing Candidates 46:37 10 Years At Google Still Failed 47:43 The Harvard Candidate Who Got Caught Cheating 49:30 Should Interviews Go Back In Person 52:11 Philosophy On Learning Hard Things Fast 56:24 Are We Training Ourselves To Be Useless 58:01 Hot Takes: Are SWEs Cooked 58:22 Should You Still Major In CS 58:50 Big Tech Vs AI Startup In 2026 59:41 Is The Big Tech Dream Dead 1:00:09 Is LeetCode Still Relevant 1:00:31 The AI Belief He Got Totally Wrong yt:video:Ld3vyudRY68 Ld3vyudRY68 UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag Aman Manazir https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag 2026-05-22T14:24:43+00:00 2026-08-05T17:07:39+00:00 AI Interview Founder: Big Tech’s New Coding Interview Explained! Computer science students, new graduates, and software engineers...want to land your dream software engineering job/internship? Click here 👉 https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_campaign=RoundsLeetcode&video=Ld3vyudRY68 NeetCode just invested in the company trying to kill LeetCode. We sat down with Rounds founder Fardeen Khimani to break down the AI cheating epidemic destroying tech hiring, which companies are ditching LeetCode and what's replacing it and what every engineer needs to know to get hired in 2026. 🚀 Get my free Software Engineering Crash Course – https://www.amanmanazir.com/7dayengineer 🎧 Listen to all episodes of the Software Engineering Accelerator Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/swe-accelerator-podcast/id1742843726?i=1000769092881 https://open.spotify.com/episode/0tbxkEkXbHsES71wJvIbUI?si=cc1c6f3a565d44ff Listen to our new podcast, @TheEntropyShow: https://youtu.be/MDJQXbXPngg?si=vQqITmNzy3fhfcV1 I’m Aman Manazir, a career coach and software engineer. I interned at companies like Amazon, Shopify, and HP in college, and the day I graduated I landed a $168,000/year* full-time software engineering job. I help you make it as a computer science student & software engineer and get your dream job offer. 📄 Get my free resume template - https://www.amanmanazir.com/resume 💌 Free weekly productivity insights/advice - https://www.amanmanazir.com/newsletter 📕 Get all my free Notion templates discussed here - https://www.amanmanazir.com/notion 📝 Sign up for Notion - https://affiliate.notion.so/2nh3pjr6l5l6 📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amanmanazir/ 🐦 Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/amanmanazir 👉 Round's Website: https://www.rounds.so 👉 Round's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fardeenkhimani/ 00:00 Introduction 02:30 NeetCode Invested In His Competition 04:30 How Rounds Landed Fortune 500 Clients 07:41 Why Engineering Managers Hate LeetCode 08:55 The Cheating Epidemic Breaking Tech Hiring 09:21 What C-Suite vs Engineers Actually Want 10:30 Steel Manning LeetCode's Case 13:31 Why LeetCode Favors The Wealthy 17:30 Which Companies Are Killing LeetCode First 19:55 Meta, Google & Amazon Ranked 20:33 What's Actually Replacing LeetCode 21:53 The New Technical Interview Breakdown 22:48 Is LeetCode Completely Dead? 23:30 System Design, Behavioral & AI Rounds Explained 27:07 How To Prepare For The New Interview 27:55 Are Entry Level Roles Actually Cooked? 31:44 Why The Market Isn't As Bad As You Think 35:37 What A Successful Engineer Looks Like Now 37:30 Why CS Is Still Worth Studying 39:33 How To Actually Network (Do This Instead) 41:00 Startups vs Big Tech Hiring Differences 42:30 Big Tech Golden Handcuffs Warning 43:30 Where The Next Big Opportunities Are 45:28 The Story That Proves LeetCode Is Dead yt:video:HHIRxIZT_vo HHIRxIZT_vo UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag Aman Manazir https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag 2026-05-20T17:22:22+00:00 2026-06-20T14:48:11+00:00 If You’re Struggling to Get a Software Engineering Offer, Please Watch This Computer science students, new graduates, and software engineers...want to land your dream software engineering job/internship? Click here 👉 https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_campaign=StrugglingSWE&video=HHIRxIZT_vo You've been applying for months. Nothing's coming back. Here's the uncomfortable truth: it's probably not the market. In this video, I break down the 5 exact mistakes I see 90% of struggling engineers make, from how you're preparing, to what your LinkedIn is (silently) costing you, to the psychological trap that makes every rejection feel like a career death sentence. Fix even two of these and you'll be in a completely different position by next quarter. I'm Aman Manazir, a career coach and software engineer. I interned at companies like Amazon, Shopify, and HP in college, and the day I graduated I landed a $168,000/year* full-time software engineering job. I help you make it as a computer science student and landing your dream job. If you're a dedicated programmer who wants to land your dream internship or job in 2026 without spamming LeetCode, spending hours at career fairs, or applying to thousands of positions, join the Software Engineering Accelerator and work directly with me. Click this link to book a call: https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_campaign=Resume30+Interviews2026&video=tODlQ6jeJnw 📄 Get my free resume template - https://www.amanmanazir.com/resume 💌 Free weekly productivity insights/advice - https://www.amanmanazir.com/newsletter 📕 Get all my free Notion templates discussed here - https://www.amanmanazir.com/notion 📝 Sign up for Notion - https://affiliate.notion.so/2nh3pjr6l5l6 📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amanmanazir/ 🐦 Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/amanmanazir 0:00 Introduction 00:50 Mistake 1 02:42 Mistake 2 04:40 Software Engineering Accelerator 05:10 Mistake 3 06:48 Mistake 4 08:22 Mistake 5 10:57 Outro yt:video:7DSqC-shoNQ 7DSqC-shoNQ UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag Aman Manazir https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh0b668zDtV1XLcZuIwEbag 2026-05-16T15:35:43+00:00 2026-08-04T05:45:54+00:00 Every Skill You Need to Become an AI Engineer in 2026 Computer science students, new graduates, and software engineers...want to land your dream software engineering job/internship? Click here 👉 https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_campaign=MaddyZhang_AIEngineer2026&video=7DSqC-shoNQ AI engineers making $500K+ sounds insane… but what do they actually do all day? In this clip, we break down the real difference between AI researchers vs AI engineers, the underrated skills companies actually hire for (RAG, evals, MCP), whether you need a PhD, and how junior engineers can break into AI in 2026. 🚀 Get my free Software Engineering Crash Course – https://www.amanmanazir.com/7dayengineer 🎧 Listen to all episodes of the Software Engineering Accelerator Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/swe-accelerator-podcast/id1742843726?i=1000766820817 https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Kr3Lf3GBnWKyFwXS9xhO6?si=6f95c2199171434e Listen to our new podcast, @TheEntropyShow: https://youtu.be/MDJQXbXPngg?si=vQqITmNzy3fhfcV1 I’m Aman Manazir, a career coach and software engineer. I interned at companies like Amazon, Shopify, and HP in college, and the day I graduated I landed a $168,000/year* full-time software engineering job. I help you make it as a computer science student & software engineer and get your dream job offer. 📄 Get my free resume template - https://www.amanmanazir.com/resume 💌 Free weekly productivity insights/advice - https://www.amanmanazir.com/newsletter 📕 Get all my free Notion templates discussed here - https://www.amanmanazir.com/notion 📝 Sign up for Notion - https://affiliate.notion.so/2nh3pjr6l5l6 📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amanmanazir/ 🐦 Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/amanmanazir 👉 Maddy's YouTube: https://youtube.com/@maddyzhang?si=5QlcdxOXkeWYTriM 👉 Maddy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madeline.m.zhang?igsh=YmtjM2djN3Vid3Bj 00:00 AI Researcher vs AI Engineer Explained 00:22 Do You Need A PhD For AI 01:04 Skills Nobody Talks About But Jobs Want 02:03 How To Break Into AI Engineering 03:11 How To Actually Get Interviews 04:01 What The Interview Loop Looks Like 06:08 AI Assisted Interviews Are Here 08:33 Why Google Rejected AI Interviews 09:51 How Different Companies Hire Differently 11:09 Honest AI Engineer Salary Ranges 13:12 Outro