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Interview with TheOneYouWant, ask anything!
By aryanc403, 10 months ago, In English

Hello everyone,

Upd: Livestream has been scheduled. Time in your timezone. You can tune in here. Upd2: We recorded it with live audience today. Audio was lagging at some places. I will edit it by next week and upload it.

I wanted to share some exciting news with you. Recently, I launched my YouTube channel and created a community Discord server. Up until now, I've mainly focused on hosting post-contest discussion streams on my channel. However, I have plans to diversify the content.

To kick things off, I'm thrilled to announce that I've invited my arch-rival, and my best friend, TheOneYouWant, to join me for an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on my channel. We are planning to record this AMA sometime next month.

Shubham (aka TheOneYouWant) is one of my best friends I've met through CP. He started CP after taking a programming class at IITB, and soon became obsessed — he ended up qualifying for WF thrice! After graduating from IITB, he went to grad school at Stanford, and now works as a software developer at a quant firm in New York. He's enjoyed teaching through his years; he used to teach for math olympiads through undergrad, and was head TA for algorithms in grad school. In his free time, Shubham likes to read manga, play badminton, and write blogs. Often, he's thinking about the next random thing to get obsessed with...

Feel free to ask anything you're curious about, although he can't guarantee he'll answer every question. If you're interested in following TheOneYouWant on his journey/reading more about his thoughts, consider following him on Twitter here and his blog here.

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did IIT bombay played any significant role in his cp journey?

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How does he even gets free time after doing all of that? Looking forward for your video. Make sure to post a reminder or something.

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does he know who BINOD is?

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arch-rival, and my best friend

Are you two holmes brothers?

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Something about placements :)

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Stanford me kitne paise lage

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Who does TheOneYouWant want?

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It says in the stream title that he is a three times icpc finalist. Isn't it against the rules of icpc? I thought only two finals are allowed for each person

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    ICPC never stops surprising :)

    https://icpc.global/regionals/rules

    Basic Eligibility Requirements

    His world finals are -
    1. World Finals Moscow (Oct 2021)
    2. World Finals Dhaka (Nov 2022)
    3. World Finals Egypt (Upcoming world finals)

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what is your secret behind developing a skill issue?

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    You either die a grand, or live long enough to see yourself become a candidate 😭

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does quant job help in getting a gf?

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Thoughts on AI doing LGM level CP?

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How to prove there is always a centroid in any tree?

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when you visiting GREAT NATON NORTH KOREEA??

i give you extra discount on one way tiket !!! !

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A few questions actually —

1) How much has an MS degree helped you after graduating from IITB? As in I would like to know about how much is the exposure to research in Stanford as compared to IITB. Also, could you please discuss about if the MS degree is favourable for your career as a quant.

2) Good resources to prepare for an upcoming quant internship, please (^人^)

3) Could you share some advice for higher studies application, specifically to high ranked CS courses in the United States.

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i can't find it

is solving from ladders good or the problemset is better

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