In this episode, we have a guest you won't want to miss – Kerem, a software engineer who graduated from an Ivy League school and now works at a tech giant. Kerem shares his journey of how he chose this career, and how he survived working in a tech giant company in both the US and Canada. He also shared his future career plans in the current era of AI. We hope Kerem's story will inspire you. Thank you for tuning in!
2:50 How to get into an Ivy League school?
15:30 How to get the first job?
22:05 Big tech company or startup?
26:25 Hurdle working in the US: working visa
29:28 Moving from the US to Canada
33:35 How does AI impact software engineers?
38:12 Software engineers' possible future
44:25 Tips to survive as an SDE
46:40 Easter eggs