09 August 2025
One year into a full-time big tech job out of undergrad: what school prestige is actually worth, why I'd take the harder systems classes, and what the money and the burnout really look like.
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23 November 2024
My honest take on the CS job market, what makes recruiting hard right now, how much LeetCode is actually enough, and whether UCI is a good school to recruit from.
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25 March 2024
A rundown of UCI's eight CS-related majors: what each one teaches, which school runs it, and where it leads after graduation.
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11 October 2023
Why studying in America is so popular with Chinese students, what kind of families they come from, and what they run into when they get here.
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09 August 2023
A satirical piece poking fun at the student housing crisis at UCI, in which the university solves it with well-furnished tents in Aldrich Park. Wi-Fi included, showers not.
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08 September 2021
A full guide to finding an on-campus job at UC Irvine, in three parts: the basics, what happened when I applied to 78 positions, and how to narrow down your search.
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