Receiving 73 Job Offers Through Teaching + Open Source: Kunal Kushwaha

I chatted with @KunalKushwaha who has garnered a massive following through his high-quality, free CS education. We talk about how Kunal got involved in open source, his involvement in various communities, and how he collected 73 job offers along the way.
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Hi! I’m Rahul, a software engineer with a passion for teaching. I went to Stanford, was a founding engineer at a startup, and have worked at various companies across Silicon Valley. I’m currently an Android Developer at Facebook and teach an Android class at Stanford. Would love to connect with you! This channel is about tech (especially Silicon Valley), combining tactical how-to guides with interviews.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:30 - How to get started in open source in college
7:28 - Job opportunities coming from open source
10:56 - Why do so many people resonate with your teaching style?
15:35 - Importance of communication as an engineer
17:28 - Why get involved in developer communities?
23:05 - Job opportunities for devs in India
27:30 - Desire to land a job in FAANG

[@KunalKushwaha]

Thanks for having me!

[@coderscode3859]

😃ur my inspiration

[@PrasunKundu]

Thankyou kunal and Rahul for this video .... 💕💕👍

[@RoyalRaju]

Thanks a lot 😁

[@madhavsirohi2225]

Arey dil khush kar dita!!!

[@-mahderemezmur2521]

I'm surrounded by people who are over achivers and I don't easily get surprised but you actually got me surprised that is awesome. Keep it up!

[@mrrishiraj88]

Two great persons together! Great moments for us all!!! Thanks

[@tamalchowdhury]

Thank you for introducing Kunal with us. Inspiring!!

[@padmajagullapalli3533]

Woah Rahul , kunal was giving his experience and you were hitting the points dead on

[@iOSAcademy]

This was a great conversation

[@7billon680]

Thanks Rahul ....❤️...for having kunal in your show.

[@sanjeetkumar173]

It's Amazing conversation 🙌 thanks for the amazing content

[@tan6660]

God bless buddy, Rock On!

[@coderscode3859]

Most awaited video 😃

[@vipinchaudhary491]

Thank you sooo much this podcast is so informative please make more videos with kunal . 😊

[@hemant19]

good content, keep posting

[@kshitijpandey78]

Kunal and rahul sir are my inspiration 😇

[@Flayer.14]

Wonderful Session 🔥

[@ranga3194]

When he said i look from the perspective of beginners, Beleive me he really teaching from the basics

[@ranga3194]

Looking forward to hear about data science from him

[@039_b_rashmisidar9]

Xactly 💯💯

[@nizarhaidar5225]

Such an inspiration

[@Ashkepu]

Thanks for doing these in-depth interviews, Rahul. I love to hear about the adversity people overcame to get to where they are - with Kunal and Igor. I've also heard you talk about important communication is in engineering. Would love to see a video on how you or others you've spoken to develop that. It's a common thread I've observed in interviewers at FAANG and I wonder whether it's self-selected or bred inside these organizations. What can someone do to develop clarity of thought in addition to teaching and writing on a topic?

[@Ashkepu]

having thought about this some more, I think the key is to understand what you're wanting to talk about really really well.

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

great idea, will definitely consider this!

[@sachinpandey8488]

Meanwhile I applied 73 jobs and didn't get shortlisted for interview.

[@yashpremendrasinha7080]

dont worry you will be placed bro rejections are just part of being a succesful person never get demotivated from that

[@abdullahnadeem1823]

Lol, you already know that Kunal has 1000's of contacts.

[@ziongladys1120]

@@abdullahnadeem1823 how to get those contacts

[@abdullahnadeem1823]

@@ziongladys1120 its just a simple case of skill issue tbh

[@ziongladys1120]

Is there any portal we can apply for

[@dominicsavio405]

Offers milne mein aur recruiters ke mail aane Mein bhot difference hai😂😂

[@KunalKushwaha]

Offers hi they ;)

[@FPgenshin]

@@KunalKushwaha kunal ignore this kind of comment.. you are doing great job... 🙂🙂🙂

[@optimusprime-fr4rc]

@@KunalKushwaha ghanta bc

[@foodiepanda6281]

you EARNED it!!

[@purneswarprasad4710]

Hey Rahul, just a point on where I feel you can improve: I felt the ending was kinda abrupt. You can maybe make an outro kind of stuff on the speaker and do a shoutout for your own channel to like, share and subscribe. Really gives it a smooth end!

[@tamalchowdhury]

Could be Rahul had to run. It's okay Rahul and Kunal are here and we can hear from them again in their channels.

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

appreciate the feedback

[@gretagrotto5858]

That's a perfectly valid preference. I personally dislike intros and outros because they take up time when I already know its content, thus I always skip. If a video must have an outro, it would be nice to have a quick summary of the main points covered.

[@zahidpranta4499]

@kunal became your fan. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@cashboy226]

Really an awesome show Rahul❤️

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

thanks!!

[@saunaknandi1814]

@@RahulPandeyrkp if I want to contribute in java so which framework should I have to learn?

[@saunaknandi1814]

@@RahulPandeyrkp How can I connect with you

[@codingweb3904]

Can you please tell me how can i contribute to open source as an android developer, i am not expert in Android but i want to be

[@storywalaaa]

❤

[@mohitchandola3435]

From kunal kushwa channel

[@Businessrhythm]

😍

[@vrashabhsontakke7282]

We know that our mentor is Kunal, but i am curious who is kunals mentor.

[@soumyadeepsarkar8508]

google do comes to my college.

[@madhusirwani2813]

I don't understand where to start from (open source) Like how should I??? When u are beginner u have not explored a lot of it ? How how do I move further?

[@kartiks3478]

Kunal has a made a video to start with open source on his channel maybe that would help

[@financewithsom485]

how can one get 73 jobs in 90 days .

[@ankur2443]

Just out of curiosity - Is 73 job offers equivalent to joining letters of 73 companies, or interview calls to 73 companies?

[@naman.0316]

Interview calls most probably.

[@adityamaurya2177]

@@naman.0316probably joining letters

[@Rppiano]

offer letter.

[@ziongladys1120]

How to get in companies in US to work from india

[@awesome1040]

Can I achieve the same if I do bsc cs instead of btech ?? Plss answer!!

[@KunalKushwaha]

Yes, skills matter most

[@satya350]

@@KunalKushwaha hey can i do it with b tech IT tier 4 University?

[@radicalengineer2331]

oh oh oh. You've covered this guy? I am taking his DS course and at the same time I am figuring out that this guy is actually well criticised by other IND utubers...as he tries to put the truth of formal competitive coding myths for cracking the interviews. I don't know why people can't take the myths the way it is. Btw, what's your take on his course or his perspective on job and coding and stuffs

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

Competitive coding is certainly not required for landing a good job, I think it's been over-emphasized

[@chilly2171]

HFT>FAANG. Though IMO FAANG is a lot more accessible.

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

In terms of compensation?

[@chilly2171]

@@RahulPandeyrkp Yea, in terms of compensation. Fresh grads are getting over 300k in the better HFTs.

[@exploretheworld2forgetyourself]

I am just wondering how you have became pro Have you paid for the courses Please explain the way how we can get 73 jobs offers like you

[@Jackson-gp1xz]

why do you need 73 offers? you can only work for one company at a time 😁

[@mankindsangel9351]

@@Jackson-gp1xz it's always good to have choices 😉

[@sureshdhakad9854]

Is it job offer or just recruiter sent mail regarding job opportunity?

[@KunalKushwaha]

offers

[@samirkumar9908]

@@KunalKushwaha show us the proofs

[@dominicsavio405]

@@samirkumar9908 He can't, he compares himself with Elon Musk😂😂

[@tanishqrulania9902]

@@dominicsavio405 and when did he do that?

[@dominicsavio405]

@@tanishqrulania9902 He had made a video regarding the controversy which was going on LinkedIn about him, there he mentioned. But unfortunately, he deleted the video

[@shubhamkumarsingh8231]

Real truth about kunal's channel growth is that most of the students who attend lectures from kunal's video, they share this thing in their own social handles...... Therefore, other students see that and comes to kunal's channel, that's how the growth is going on.... There is no rocket science 😅

[@akshaykumar-wd8jc]

Exactly but no one wants to subscribe a channel if it is not worthy. He deserves such subscribers as he is providing great videos

[@fd-wg4zm]

What do you think will software Engineer / open source have more opportunities in future ? Or technologies will change ?

[@jogeswararaonynala1591]

As the companies keep on increasing we need more software engineers and each and every company requires atleast a website and for that we need software engineers and also open source engineers for issues and fixing the bugs and creating new features . Hope so u got it.

[@jogeswararaonynala1591]

And also one thing is that many people are thinking to start a startup rather than a job and work at small group and create an impact ,so there will be more scope for software and they are many reasons .

[@samirkumar9908]

why don't you show the proof of the offers kunal?

[@kalwardin3510]

And why would he do that? Its completely possible for him to have that much offers because he had already cleared gsoc.. and i know plenty of gsoc-ers who had gotten direct offers from various startups and companies. This aint rockect science..

[@samirkumar9908]

@@kalwardin3510 lol my friend has also cracked gsoc and he didn't got a single offer from off campus despite trying very hard at last he got placed at upstox from on campus. Don't bark without any knowledge

[@Jackson-gp1xz]

73 offers in 3 months? was it just interview calls? How did he went through the interview rounds of these in just 3 months??

[@jameschristian9839]

they werent interviews. he was just offered them off his name

[@vaibhavtripathi925]

He is third year student..its like the hardwork of two years which he is enjoying rn...

[@shakhaoathossain5032]

If rahul were a recruiter he probably would have rejected you Kunal

[@optimusprime-fr4rc]

Spot on

[@rocknroll7967]

Kunal's community is really cringe. The tech growth community will start seeing people asking the same old boring doubts- "Sir, how to learn DSA?", " Should I do CP?", " How to get a job at Google?", "how to learn dp?". The reality is 90% of them are not putting in work and will keep asking you the same questions over and over again. I don't want tech growth community quality to downgrade. I am a part of slack community but recently the quality of audience has downgraded sadly. It is still an awesome community and I want it to grow more .Kunal is awesome but his viewers are not so please think carefully about collaborating with Kunal in future.

[@KunalKushwaha]

So sad that the doubts you mentioned like "Sir, how to strengthen DSA?", " Should I do CP?", " How to get a job at Google?", "how to learn dp?" you think are not genuine but cringe. This is why communities have a hard time growing because of this mindset.

[@rocknroll7967]

@@KunalKushwaha We all know the answers to these questions. It has been answered so many times but still, people keep asking the same doubts. I would be more interested in people who want to make an impact or become awesome engineers. Not someone who just keep asking things and not doing . Tell me honestly, don't you feel cringed when every time people keep asking same questions , when you have already guided them or given the answer?

[@shashankmunda1516]

Yes I agree bro with your opinion, most of the times people asking these questions haven't put themselves out there and they kinda expect receiving some magic pill advice from the ones who made it to the big companies.

[@rocknroll7967]

Kunal, I have never said these doubts are cringe. It is just the case many viewers of your channel are weird/cringe. I would love to help a person who is trying to solve a dp problem rather than a person who is writing "How to learn dp?"

[@detexter3143]

@@rocknroll7967 kunal misunderstood your comment, and i am part of both the communities and i feel tech growth community is great

[@nikhilprasanna503]

if only people knew 73 job offers is impossible. People fall for the most obvious things nowadays. It's saddening mtlb clicks ke liye kuch bhi bro ?

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

I have no reason to doubt Kunal

[@nikhilprasanna503]

@@RahulPandeyrkp 😔

[@sujantkumarkv5498]

Impossible? 😂 U are so low key...

[@optimusprime-fr4rc]

@@RahulPandeyrkp every experienced developer has

[@KoushikDas2005]

​@@optimusprime-fr4rcexperienced developer ? 😂 Wannabe gamer sharing hate

[@avishekarora]

what the hell you're doing with this fraud.

[@supersuper3493]

Who is fraud?

[@optimusprime-fr4rc]

@@supersuper3493 kunal

[@badsanta7356]

How is he fraud?

[@optimusprime-fr4rc]

@@badsanta7356 sirf fekta hai. Ata to kuch nahi isko.

[@KoushikDas2005]

​@@optimusprime-fr4rcbhai tu striver ka londa hai kya😂