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You have to pay off your student loans somehow -- participating in (and these days, running) a corporate-sponsored hackathon is a nice way to pad a res^H^H^H^H^
by cbhl 11y ago
You have to pay off your student loans somehow -- participating in (and these days, running) a corporate-sponsored hackathon is a nice way to pad a res^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H demonstrate technical and leadership skills if you're looking for a megacorp job.
Not everyone can say they won the Putnam.
- openbsd42 11y agoIt 'pads your resume' by showing a willingness to do unpaid work for for-profit corporations, which potential employers love. Putnams don't count for much anyway; I guarantee you 99% of tech companies are still going to put you through the same demeaning interview process even if you have one, just because they can.