Recently moved to NYC so figured it would be good to sit down with my friend Michael Khaykin and ask him some hard hitting questions. Check out his story of graduating Berkeley EECS at age 19 to go work for a hedge fund in NYC, his advice on how to break into tech, whether computer science is cooked, and more.

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00:00 Graduating Berkeley at age 19 2:14 How Michael landed an internship as a freshman 4:50 Leetcode discussion 9:45 Do coding languages matter? 13:30 Interviewing prep tips 20:00 What to do if you don't have a job 26:36 Is Computer Science cooked? 27:30 Doing research might get you an internship 30:40 The importance of making a connection with your professors 34:54 Life in San Francisco vs. NYC 41:10 Closing remarks