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8: Abe Ratnofsky - Drones, Transit, Leaps of Faith
Manage episode 219923342 series 2438606
We're really excited to share this story - this week we got to talk to Abe Ratnofsky, our first computer science student! He had a really interesting year that took him from one startup to another in San Francisco, where he is still working.
Notes
0:21 - Exposure to computer science in high school and not being so into it, but then coming back towards it through first year
2:26 - Co-op terms prior to PEY, working on transit in Los Angeles and on derivatives trading in New York
4:05 - Making the decision to do PEY, going to company info sessions to find something
11:36 - Gaining confidence in technical skills, finding "the dream job" at a drone inspection company through Hacker News
16:06 - Interviewing for a job at a 3 person company
19:34 - Moving to San Francisco and getting settled in
24:40 - Leaving the dream job after just 3 months
29:00 - Setting a deadline to find a new job or going back to school
31:35 - Swiftly, where he currently works as a full-time software engineer
45:01 - Seeing a young company grow up in front of you, watching bureaucracy develop in real time
52:30 - The decision to continue working instead of coming back to school, education being "preemptible"
Music by Shawn Lee
28 episodes
Manage episode 219923342 series 2438606
We're really excited to share this story - this week we got to talk to Abe Ratnofsky, our first computer science student! He had a really interesting year that took him from one startup to another in San Francisco, where he is still working.
Notes
0:21 - Exposure to computer science in high school and not being so into it, but then coming back towards it through first year
2:26 - Co-op terms prior to PEY, working on transit in Los Angeles and on derivatives trading in New York
4:05 - Making the decision to do PEY, going to company info sessions to find something
11:36 - Gaining confidence in technical skills, finding "the dream job" at a drone inspection company through Hacker News
16:06 - Interviewing for a job at a 3 person company
19:34 - Moving to San Francisco and getting settled in
24:40 - Leaving the dream job after just 3 months
29:00 - Setting a deadline to find a new job or going back to school
31:35 - Swiftly, where he currently works as a full-time software engineer
45:01 - Seeing a young company grow up in front of you, watching bureaucracy develop in real time
52:30 - The decision to continue working instead of coming back to school, education being "preemptible"
Music by Shawn Lee
28 episodes
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