SWE Accelerator Podcast
de Aman Manazir
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Aman Manazir is a software engineer who's worked at companies like Amazon and Shopify. In the Software Engineering Accelerator Podcast, he interviews successful engineers to break down strategies and tools they used to land their dream jobs.
In addition, Aman focuses on helping listeners improve their lives through topics in entrepreneurship, self-improvement, and technology.
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- ex-Google Engineer: I Changed Careers 3 Times. How I Got Hired in 90 Days Each! · 1 h 28 min · Épisode 36Emily Chen went from failing her first coding competition to Google, Wall Street and Director of Product at Bilt. Here's how she broke into each field with zero experience…
- Quant Data Scientist: The Brutal Reality of Quant! (in 2026) · 56 min · Épisode 33He passed every Google interview round, then got the call. Years later, a secretive quant firm was paying him to do nothing. Mustafa breaks down quant non-competes, what quant…
- ex-Jane Street Quant: The Simple Formula to Make $800,000/Year at 22! · 1 h 6 min · Épisode 32Lihong went from pre-law kid to Jane Street intern, IMC trader, and founder of Freeport Markets. He breaks down how he prepped for quant interviews, handled competing offers, and…
- ex-HRT Quant: Why 99% of People Fail in Quant · 1 h 17 min · Épisode 31Ex-HRT quant Olivia breaks down why most people never crack quant trading, the resume bar candidates miss, and why smart isn't enough. From a perfect AMC 8 score to a $400K offer…
- How This 23-Year-Old Actress Makes $200,000/yr (With No CS Experience) · 1 h 11 min · Épisode 30She wanted to be an actress, now she's a software engineer at Meta making $200K/yr at 23 years old, with zero CS experience. Marilyn joins Aman to unpack her rejection, the…
- GitHub Senior Engineer: Software Engineering Is Broken! Here's What's Next · 1 h 6 min · Épisode 29Zen spent 4 years inside GitHub watching the AI revolution unfold and what he saw made him walk away from the best job he'd ever had. He breaks down why software engineering is…
- DoorDash Engineer: How I Went From 500+ Rejections to a $200K Offer · 53 min · Épisode 28He sent 500 applications junior year and heard back from almost nobody. No internship. Just rejection while his friends posted Meta and Amazon offers on LinkedIn. One year later…
- TikTok AI Engineer: Anyone Can Break Into AI, But Most People Won’t! · 1 h 3 min · Épisode 27Sourish walked away from a $250K TikTok ML job with no plan, self-studied AI, and landed at one of Silicon Valley's hottest AI labs. Now he interviews candidates himself and he's…
- AI Interview Founder: Big Tech’s New Coding Interview Explained! · 50 min · Épisode 26NeetCode just invested in the company trying to kill LeetCode. Aman sits down with Rounds founder Fardeen Khimani to break down why tech hiring is broken, which companies are…
- How This Ex-Google Engineer Made $1.2M & Quit in the Worst Market Ever · 1 h 6 min · Épisode 25She made $1.2M at Google, then quit with 4 offers in the worst market ever. Ex-Google Senior Engineer Maddy Zhang breaks down how she escaped golden handcuffs, landed offers at…
- #1 Tech Comedian Reacts To The Most Viral Engineering News · 55 min · Épisode 24"Engineers are doing everything they can to look indispensable, because they're terrified." A Google senior engineer and top tech comedian breaks down what's really happening…
- The Girl Who Did Everything Wrong and Still Landed Big Tech · 56 min · Épisode 23From a village in Pakistan to Microsoft engineer and chapter one of the LinkedIn CEO's book, Ume's path broke every rule. She dropped her CS degree, scored a 12% on an exam, and…
- #1 Tech Influencer Exposes the Brutal Truth About the 2026 Job Market · 1 h 14 min · Épisode 22He got an Amazon internship before he even took data structures. Here's how. Sajjaad Khader — Georgia Tech BS + MS by age 20, former Amazon and Splunk engineer, and the guy who…
- Apple PM: The Secret Playbook to Get Hired in 2026! · 1 h 23 min · Épisode 21Nina had an MIT CS degree, a growing online presence, and still called her job hunt the most stressful time of her life. In this episode she breaks down consulting burnout, back…
- The Quant Historian: Quant Is Dying! This Is What’s Next · 1 h 16 min · Épisode 20Most people have never heard of him. But he's built something that trades 24/7, got backed by YC and PG Angel, and walked away from one of the most secretive industries on earth…
- Tesla AI Recruiter Exposes Why Most Engineers Will Fail the AI Pivot · 58 min · Épisode 19Today I sit down with Ben Chen: a former Tesla AI recruiter who helped build the Optimus robotics team and has seen thousands of engineering applications from the inside. We…
- AI Agents Expert: How Every Software Engineer Can Make $20k/Month Passively! · 1 h 0 min · Épisode 18Today I sit down with Ritesh: a former Capital One engineer who made $180K from side hustles as a CS student—more than his six-figure salary. We break down how he built…
- Oracle Senior Software Engineer: The US Job Market is F*cked! · 1 h 13 min · Épisode 17Today I sit down with Shreyas Kulkarni: a Senior Software Engineer at Oracle who came from India and turned his US Master's into a $10K profit instead of debt. We break down how…
- Meta Software Engineer: “Didn't Study CS, Still Made $500k/Year!” · 1 h 8 min · Épisode 16Today I sit down with Ray: a former Meta software engineer who went from pre-med with a failing AP Comp Sci score to making $500K a year. We break down how he landed tech…
- #15: Networking Expert: "F*ck College, Do Internships Instead!" · 1 h 9 min · Épisode 15Today I sit down with Morgan: a networking strategist who landed six internships, saved over $100K before graduating, and built her entire college trajectory around efficiency…
