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Accept $175,000 for a Senior Software Engineer Role?
Austin shares an upcoming software engineering job and responds to earlier TikTok comments about accepting $175,000 for a senior position. The original scr
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Got a SWE Job Offer?: Here’s How to Ask for More
How I approach negotiating a software engineering job offer: interview preparation, competing offers, expressing enthusiasm and asking for a higher compensation package. I walk through the conversation and the response.
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The AI Coding Interview: Can You Build Beyond a Demo?
I walk through an AI coding interview: inspect an unfamiliar repository, explain its architecture, plan a bug fix or feature, write the failing test first, and verify the result. Explain what the tool changed and how you know it works.
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Take Classes, Build Projects, Get Experience
Austin discusses taking classes, building projects and gaining experience to become a software engineer. The original recorded explanation and demonstratio
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Find Better SWE Jobs: Let Codex Help You Apply
Use your résumé and job preferences to research suitable software engineering roles with Codex. Build a list of companies, work through applications, and write company-specific answers together.
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Stop Getting Ignored: Build a Resume That Stands Out
Build a software engineering résumé with clear experience, measurable impact and two independent AI reviews. Apply the same process to LinkedIn and GitHub.
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No Internship Yet?: Build Experience That Counts
Build experience for your first software engineering role through substantial projects, open-source contributions, research work, hackathons and internships. Learn to explain your contribution on your résumé.
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How I Got a $475K Offer: My SWE Job Search Playbook
Austin shares his software engineering job-search experience and introduces a practical course on experience, résumés, applications, interviews and negotiation.
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Offering Me Less Than I Made as a Junior Engineer
Austin describes declining an earlier senior software engineering offer and accepting a higher-paying mid-level role. He explains why he chose to negotiate
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Wait, Not Every Plan Has UltraFast?
Austin reacts to the UltraFast option shown in Codex while filming his development workflow. On-screen text asks: “Y’all really waiting 30+ minutes to fix
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The NexusTrade Discord Is Open to Software Engineering Students
Austin invites software engineering students and people working in tech to the NexusTrade Discord for questions about job searches, AI tools and trading pr
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Stop Grinding LeetCode: Practice With a Plan Instead
Build a repeatable coding-interview practice routine. I walk through category-by-category practice, 20-minute attempts, explaining your approach, learning from a solution and repeating the same question. Record each attempt honestly in the tracker.