feranmi

✞ | cs @HowardU

[feranmi @_bumblebee7_]

hello everyone! i am feranmi.
rising sophomore @HowardU, studying cs and maths.
wanted to study medicine through hs but started coding last year & fell in love with it.
been coding nonstop since then.
won 2 hackathons @BrownUniversity & @MIT.
been flown to @JaneStreetGroup , @Apple & @jpmorgan for programs and hackathons.
interning at Cloudforce for summer 26
will be at @ycombinator startup school in sf in July.
i post a lot here on X. learnings, projects, random thoughts & all
follow along if you’re interested.

[feranmi @_bumblebee7_]

seeing this trend of folks introducing themselves on X.
lemme hop on in a bit

[feranmi @_bumblebee7_]

the algorithm bringing this to my TL after my rant. fairs.
become impossible to ignore. 😭
i’ll start building mini-projects for every startup i apply to then🥲

[Nichole Wischoff @NWischoff]

Received over 500 applications for the associate role I was hiring for earlier this year. The person I hired mostly hired himself. Here is what he did for those trying to land an Associate role in VC:

-He reached out to several mutual contacts to make sure I even saw his application and took a call / made it impossible to ignore
-Came prepared with an airtable of deals I might like that fit the thesis that were actively raising
-Was prepared with examples of deals he sourced, how he manages companies from a CRM perspective, memos written, etc.
-Thoroughly researched most of my portfolio and had tangible questions on each
-Had his own opinions on market opportunities and some investments that were probably terrible/great ideas
-When I mentioned that I didn't have payroll setup he offered to set it up entirely before even being hired (as well as a better CRM)

tldr: Act like you already have the job and outwork everyone

[feranmi @_bumblebee7_]

https://t.co/P1Hip5K8z6

[feranmi @_bumblebee7_]

AI writes your code, but can you explain it? 😅
I built CodeSensei to turn any GitHub repo into a custom learning module. Test yourself with live coding challenges and prove you know your codebase.
https://t.co/BmmBUUjr8i

#CodeSensei #AI #coding #softwareengineering

[feranmi @_bumblebee7_]

@xcjohnmark nah, it’s in-person

[feranmi @_bumblebee7_]

might lowkey have to run today’s hackathon solo 🥲.

[feranmi @_bumblebee7_]

never give up.

[feranmi @_bumblebee7_]

@cursor_ai lowkey cooked with composer 2.5 mehn. i finished my api limit for external models earlier this month so i’ve lowkey been stuck with it but it’s done a great job. super fast and does the tasks well without a lot of steering.
can’t wait to see the new models they release with their new partnership with @SpaceX

[feranmi @_bumblebee7_]

@KlausCodes someone said they are just more autistic 😭

[feranmi @_bumblebee7_]

@patrickaigbogun rookie doings.
been sleeping 3am for the past week or so😤. the worst part is waking up by 8-9😭

[feranmi @_bumblebee7_]

never underestimate the power of naps in making one feel refreshed.
took a short nap and feel much better physically & emotionally.
back to work.

[feranmi @_bumblebee7_]

@adebbieposi amen & thank you 🫶

[feranmi @_bumblebee7_]

very long & exerting week with lots of things going badly.

~sunday : woke up to a rejection from smth i applied to.
~monday: internship offer for this summer rescinded due to timeline disparities. back in the hunt for smth that took my life already.
~tuesday: cold applied to a bunch of other startup internships. dead-end. got rejected from BCG’s 2027 consulting internship because i am not even qualified to apply🥲. idk how i actually applied.
~wednesday & thursday: cold applied to other startup internships & binge watched a series. i don’t watch movies unless i feel really bad. depression was lowkey kicking in. got rejected from another program i applied to.
~friday: rejection from a startup internship.
~ saturday: mixed up the date of an hackathon & spent almost 2 hours walking the streets of new york. got back home drained physically & emotionally.

i think it’s easy to post the wins & the good ones. but that doesn’t do a good job of telling the full story. posted smth last week and had a couple of “you’re so good”
comments. i hope i didn’t contribute to anyone feeling down about themselves & what they’ve done. there’s always going to be more of background attempts & failures than visible successes, esp when you’re just starting out. but as someone said, “imagine you knew the number of failures you had to have before your success, then each failure becomes a stepping stone”. that’s the mindset to have about rejections & failure.
i’ll just take a nap and get back to work. i have a long way to go but i’ll def keep showing up.

[feranmi @_bumblebee7_]

half of my feed today is people posting “top 10%” @ycombinator s26 rejection letter.
pretty neat trick by yc to convince promising applications to reapply.

[feranmi @_bumblebee7_]

@zakariaornot @overshootai hello @zakariaornot i sent you an email yesterday about the call for summer internship.
email i used was [email protected].
just wanted to know if i’ll hear back soon.

[feranmi @_bumblebee7_]

@willy_wonka_28 @zakariaornot thanks so much 🤞🥹

[feranmi @_bumblebee7_]

tmr i have my first in-person hackathon in almost 3 months.
no team yet, no idea either, just vibes.

[feranmi @_bumblebee7_]

@willy_wonka_28 any hackathon where you get a prize is counted. most hackathons give to the top 3 and there are also a ton of sponsor tracks as well. winning any of those counts as winning

[feranmi @_bumblebee7_]

@sin4ch from your mouth to God’s ears 👂 🙏