Episode 2
Karthik Suresh: Advice for Computer Science Students
Karthik Suresh works as a software engineer at Blend, the leading digital lending platform. He previously worked at Coursera, Biomedtrics, and KloudData. Learn more about Karthik: http://karthiksuresh.me/
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Timestamps:
(02:40) How were you exposed to CS? Why did you decide to pursue it?
(10:30) What advice would you give yourself going into college?
(20:00) Does GPA matter?
(30:20) Job hunting in college
(36:05) Working at Blend
(39:00) Internships
(45:50) Startups vs big tech companies
(58:30) Trends in fin-tech
(01:05:00) Rapid fire questions
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