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Re:Intern at a YC Company by kevindeasis on Friday February 15, 2019 @06:31PM (#19175772)
My younger brother is in his second year of comp sci. I was wondering if has enough skills to be considered. If not, what do you guys recommend for him to work on?

This is a copy of his CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1shLwzU4egTm-DSt9eBRfhun87_r...

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Re:Intern at a YC Company by barry-cotter on Saturday February 16, 2019 @07:43AM (#19178345)
Your brother should remove 12 Rules For Life from the list of books read. It cannot possibly help and will plausibly hurt with HR. Don’t signal political views or cultural affiliation unless you’re going to signal you’re of the left.
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Re:Intern at a YC Company by aboutruby on Friday February 15, 2019 @06:37PM (#19175821)
He could easily get an internship at Facebook (non-YC) or maybe Airbnb (YC). He definitely has enough skills to get a good internship.
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Re:Intern at a YC Company by fakename11 on Saturday February 16, 2019 @12:38AM (#19177263)
It's hard to get the attention of the recruiters at those companies in my experience.
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Re:Intern at a YC Company by LawnboyMax on Friday February 15, 2019 @08:18PM (#19176350)
I would say he has enough skills to get an interview at those companies. Solving coding interview questions is a skill that has very loose correlation with any side project/real work experience IMO.
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