FAILING COMPUTER SCIENCE TO WORKING @ FAANG | my cs journey

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Hii I'm Maddy, and I'm a junior studying EECS at UC Berkeley. I love vlogging and making videos, so make sure to subscribe
TimeStamps:
0:00 - high school cs journey
1:37 - freshmen year
4:42 - 1st summer @ Amazon
5:23 - sophomore year
6:42 - 2nd summer @ Amazon
7:38 - junior year
9:11 - overall thoughts
10:28 - tips
faq ♡
Maddy
21 years old
Korean
OC | SF
born in LA
Tags: productive, cal day, study vlog, productive, electrical engineering and computer science, software engineer intern, cs degree, uc berkeley eecs,amazon,faang,swe,google,meta,linkedin,engineering

[@mistersir3185]

Keep posting. Honestly, more people need to discover your channel

[@rwang5688]

EECS major (BS, MS, PhD) from the 80’s and 90’s - I now work at AWS. Love your stories perseverance. Hang in there!

[@Forensic257]

I'm currently a 2nd year in EECS while also double majoring in IEOR. I just wanted to say that this video really lifted up my spirits. The exams are brutal and these lower divs only get harder. I'm planning on taking 61C, 70, and 188 this upcoming semester. But as long as I can persevere and push through, I'll be okay. We're in this together! lol

[@ryankbr]

love the yt grind!

[@tarantelfaser4772]

this is basically the default comp sci experience. I'm nearly in my last semester (currently 5/6) of my comp sci bachelor and i can definitly relate to what you said. Even though I have not failed a single comp sci class, most exams resulted in a B- or a C. However I still think I'm on the better performing / harder working side of students. Furthermore I noticed, since I started working at a software development company, that most of the things thaught in uni did not even come close to being useful at this job. Obv this depends on the job, but I mainly do web projects using Angular and 95% of what I know about this comes from doing coding projects on my own, and not from uni. Still nice to have a comp sci degree I guess, right? cool video, super relatable lol

[@cozydrowzy]

i’m gonna start majoring in computer science for software engineering and i’m pretty hesitant bc i’m not good with math, but i hope i can do my best🥲

[@anthonyleong4238]

Thank you for sharing your experience. Honestly grades aren’t super deterministic for industry success. I am also a CS major in Berkeley and a junior. My grades have been pretty strong and I do projects outside the class, but I am absolutely failing the internship search. Keep up the great work.

[@gameacc6079]

she was a diversity hire bro

[@anthonyleong4238]

@@gameacc6079 I don’t agree with that. She seemed pretty strong in industry.

[@ahmedbaban9112]

Hey, I'm a junior in high school who just got a C my first semester of computer science A. I honestly thought that it was over for me because of this, but this video really motivated me because of how successful you are. Do you have any advice for me going forwards? Thank you!

[@kamertonaudiophileplayer847]

I had exactly same situation as you. I never wanted to do CS, and didn't understand anything.

[@justinyu5717]

Blud put on a lebron 2016 finals performance

[@KizmaNuts69]

🤣🤣

[@duaneowens7777]

Dang I feel bag for you studying computer science. I am studying environmental engineering in Beijing. You do seem like a hard worker. Have you taken mbti test before

[@maddykiim]

yea i’m an enfj haha

[@gameacc6079]

you know you only got in due to gender diversity quota right