Hamza Sedrati
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The Berkeley CS graduating class of 2026 just hit the job market. Was chatting with a CS professor last week about placement rates:
879 total graduates. 23 have full-time offers. Twenty-fucking-three.
The rest? 127 are doing unpaid "AI apprenticeships" at startups that promise equity. 89 pivoted to product management bootcamps they're paying for with credit cards. 52 are substitute teaching while "building their portfolio."
The remaining 103 are driving DoorDash, bartending, or back home with their parents applying to customer support roles that require CS degrees
Career services is telling them it's a "market adjustment" and to "stay positive"
Same week Berkeley Engineering reported a $43.7 billion endowment increase
Two years ago this exact program had a 94% placement rate by graduation. Starting salaries averaged $185k.
This year the 23 lucky ones? Average offer is $78k. At companies that didn't exist 18 months ago. Building "AI-native workflows" with teams of 4 people doing what used to take 30.
The professors are still teaching advanced algorithms to kids who'll never write a sorting function
While recruiters scroll LinkedIn looking for "AI prompt engineers with 5+ years experience"
One kid told me his database systems professor just got replaced by a chatbot that grades assignments faster
The irony is suffocating
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i just got into Stanford MS CS, but i'm not sure what to do...
i already accepted an offer from another school (not top school, but professor is top in their field) and already built a decent relationship with the professor.
from my research, doing a thesis at stanford isn't as straightforward as you have to find the prof yourself and nothing is garanteed.
what should i do? I want to do research and don't want to throw away my connections, but Stanford aligns with my goals more.
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@clarshio I’d pick Stanford, I don’t believe the professor will resent you for it he will probably understand your choice.
If it aligns with your goals then go for it, you know yourself better than anyone
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Today, we won 1st place at the Energy Venture Day & Pitch Competition during CERAWeek by S&P Global.
We were honored to be recognized as the best startup in the Industrial Efficiency & Decarbonization track.
This is a meaningful moment for our team!
We are building @armetaai to bring AI into one of the world’s most complex industries - Energy & Chemicals - and it’s exciting to see that vision resonate on such an important stage.

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I just left @getdelve
It was not an easy decision. The past three months were an absolute blast - I've been in many trenches in my life and can say this was by far one of the most intense warzones.
What's next? Get some sleep back. Then find the next trench worth fighting in.
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Not all mathematicians are physicists but not all physicists are mathematicians 🤔
Mathieu@miniapeur
All mathematicians are physicists but not all physicists are mathematicians 🤔
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Day traders instead of buying @_TJRTrades’s course why don’t they sign up for @_MathAcademy_
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