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by fzwang 1y ago
In some ways, it's not better. I agree that the shift is now going towards more real-world experience rather than academics. Part of the motivation for me to create the program was to introduce more self-direction and real-world proble
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by fzwang 1y ago
Overall, I think it's still credible, but less credible than before, and heavily depends on your situation. I run a program for students as a replacement for university, so I'm a bit biased when it comes to this discussion. It&#x2
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by fzwang 1y ago
Some thoughts/comments below. I work with teenagers and young adults who are similar to you, ie. intelligent, passionate about CS, but a bit lost. 1) Think about what you want out of an internship. Money? experience? How does it fit wi
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by fzwang 1y ago
I'm a self-taught programmer, been coding since I was 12. Went to university for a science degree, but it was my programming skills that ended up being way more useful and lucrative. Worked in various technical roles since I was 18, fr
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by fzwang 1y ago
I used to work in VC. Although I've never deal with this situation myself, I've talked to other founders who've had similar experiences. The general thinking is that the new team is essentially a new business. This new busine
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by fzwang 1y ago
I used to work in VC and have seen a few teams in this type of situation. It sucks to be in the middle of it, but it's actually quite normal. 1) Your VC is not the main issue VC can cause a lot of harm. They often give bad advice and i
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by fzwang 1y ago
SEEKING WORK | US/Canada Remote | Toronto Hybrid I'm experimenting with a new model for CS education using advisors who follow and adapt to students' interests. The core idea is that students should learn how to learn early a
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by fzwang 1y ago
I used to work in VC and second this. Nothing really preps you better than the real deal. Line up some practice rounds with low-stakes investors first. The issue with using founders/friends is that they're too emotionally invested
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by fzwang 1y ago
1) RE: Unintended consequences - It was usually some mix of willful or accidental misinterpretation of what we wanted. I can't go into details, but in many cases the annotators are really aiming for maximizing billable activities. In s
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by fzwang 1y ago
We've experienced this scenario a few times, where someone used AI generated code which had significant bugs or mistakes. - Telling them about the mistake is not as helpful as you think. It's the same as taking an exam, getting so
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by fzwang 1y ago
I agree in part with what you're saying. I do think LLMs are here to stay and will be part of most programmer's toolkit. What my team and I are trying to figure out is where is it helpful, where does it break, and what are the lon
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by fzwang 1y ago
We've explored using external vendors for data labeling and annotation work for a few projects (image and text data). I think overall the problem is more along of the lines of mis-aligned/drifting incentives. It's like Goodha
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by fzwang 1y ago
We've mostly banned the use of AI coding assistants, with exception of certain uses, for junior level devs/engineers. Essentially, they need to demonstrate that their use case fits with what LLMs are good at (ie. for in-distributi
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by fzwang 1y ago
I used to work in VC and have talked to a number of people regarding this. The classic pivot vs persevere problem. 1) My view is that you don't/can't really know in advance. Most of the examples you see/hear about are re
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by fzwang 1y ago
I agree. Self-directed education definitely front loads a lot of the problems/decision making early on. I think one of the goals of a good advisor, if you can find one, is to smooth out these issues so they don't become overwhelmi
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by fzwang 1y ago
This is something I had to deal with as well. It also surprized me in terms of how limited their information sources are, esp with younger students. One thing I found helpful is to actually introduce them to engineers in person (like a take
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by fzwang 1y ago
I run a comp sci education program to help students self direct their education[1]. We sometimes reference the OSSU curriculum. Althought there are lots of benefits to the self-taught route, there are some caveats which students should be a
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by fzwang 1y ago
I understand the feeling. And sometimes you start to question your own judgement of people. I guess just keep in mind to not let the bad ruin the good. In Canada, there's a higher level of baseline trust in society, so it's shocki
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by fzwang 1y ago
I'm not a lawyer but have talked to a few founders who faced similar situations, ie. employee breaks the law or there's a substantial breach of ethics. 1) Document your case and speak to your lawyer. Pray they didn't do anyth
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by fzwang 1y ago
From my personal experiences, working with small engineering teams and running an comp sci education program[1]. TL;DR: There are some benefits, but mostly not worth it or actively harmful for students/junior engineers. 1) Students usi
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by fzwang 1y ago
After seeing a ton of teams and failed companies, I think people fall into two categories. The first group don't care much about what they work on, as long as it grows quickly. The second group is emotionally invested in an idea/s
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by fzwang 1y ago
Some additional personal observations that OP might find useful: - Building a company is really emotional, as you already know. Most founders are under-skilled when they start, and are forced to learn quickly. As a result, you get a lot of
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by fzwang 1y ago
Working through a really difficult situation like this could actually make their working relationship much stronger. To your point, even if they fail they'll learn from the experience, which will be useful for their next venture (eithe
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by fzwang 1y ago
I used to work in VC and have seen a few examples of this. Every case is a little different, but from what you've described I'd focus on salvaging the co-founder relationship. Conflict like this is totally normal. IMO, a pivot is
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by fzwang 2y ago
Divepod - comp sci education program based on advisory model[1]. Instead of a fixed curriculum, each student is paired with an advisor who follows their interests and adapt the learning plan as they go. Something I wished I had as a teenage
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by fzwang 2y ago
Thank you! In some ways, I feel like we are re-inventing the apprenticeship type of model. And to your point regarding history/ethics/philosophy, these topics come up inevitably. In the earlier experiments we've done, the dis
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Divepod – summer program to learn computer science using an advisory model
1 points by fzwang 2y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: Stories/advice on self-directed education
1 points by fzwang 2y ago|1 comments
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Common Core Is the Main Cause of Youth Mental Health Deterioration Since 2010(petergray.substack.com)
2 points by fzwang 2y ago|0 comments