rob

ml infra @nvidia (2x), prev @slackhq & @figma, cs @ ut austin ‘27

love learning & all views are my own

[rob @robdecoded]

there are two phases to every internship:

1. eating all of the protein snacks in the office
2. stomach problems

[rob @robdecoded]

@AdamSmielewski 😹

[rob @robdecoded]

is this a safe place?

i think leetcode is fun

[rob @robdecoded]

one of the core things that helped me better understand dynamic programming is that it’s an optimization on top of recursion

what i used to think was a misunderstanding of DP was really a lack of understanding of recursion

[divyansh @divyansh_1729]

if u wanna learn dp from first principles, i'd say start with cses dp + atcoder dp contest..
once you're done, move to leetcode hard dp and non-standard codeforces dp problems.
that's how you'll actually start thinking better instead of just memorizing patterns.

[rob @robdecoded]

@savinduwim yoo what’s up man!

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larp larp larp

[Alexandr Wang @alexandr_wang]

got the HRT gang back together!

[rob @robdecoded]

@vegashasvega 🤘🏾🤘🏾

[rob @robdecoded]

one of my favorite parts of learning with llms is that it shortens the feedback loop.

instead of having to go to a prof’s office, painfully wait in line at TA help hours, or work on a team in a particular domain, all you need to do to learn is just ask an llm.

for me personally, it’s made hills out of mountains for digesting & understanding textbooks & articles, and has made it much easier to ‘see the forest through the trees’ in various domains and applications of software.

the best teaching assistant in the world is accessible from your pocket. how will you use it today?

[rob @robdecoded]

ofc this becomes my most liked post

disclaimer i did not intern at hrt i did a 3 day ‘discovery’ program 3 years ago lol

[rob @robdecoded]

@abdimoalim_ flip flops!

clocks are used to provide sequential logical state, without them we’d be stuck with combinational logic

[rob @robdecoded]

i can’t speak for everyones situation, but tech recruiting is a lot like dating apps. top N% get all the matches

all that matters (for the most part) is that you’re in the top N

[shafu @shafu0x]

juniors are fucked

[rob @robdecoded]

sometimes you just need to go a layer below to get the layers above

i was struggling w/ the patterson & hennessy book once logic circuits came into play, so i spent the last week or so solidifying my mental model around logic design (took me longer to appreciate the problem flip flops solve than i’d like to admit).

now im back to the processor chapters and its reading smooth as butter!

[rob @robdecoded]

digital logic notes coming soon

computers are fascinating

[rob @robdecoded]

imo, this is similar to saying ‘if one can obtain and improve the skills you’re evaluating for, you should evaluate your hiring process’ which seems a bit coarse since all interviews evaluate *something* and one could say that obtaining the skills required to succeed in the role is considered ‘prep’

but i agree with the sentiment that one’s interview process should determine whether or not a candidate is a good fit for the actual role rather than the proxies of it often used for evaluation in interviews today

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@davidchung29 goat david

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@profleonn @onarchbtw i have notes on https://t.co/8PoUVGbvOY if you’re interested

[rob @robdecoded]

@daradoescode modal 🤔

[rob @robdecoded]

@daradoescode those who say they can and they can’t are both correct

[rob @robdecoded]

chatgpt is my main gmail interface nowadays..

[rob @robdecoded]

today, we are announcing robert tezock

it is here: https://t.co/WiaMoYfMpU

[rob @robdecoded]

@pixperk curious as to the reasoning behind that opinion on books

i concede that most aren’t worth reading, but the ones that are, are amazing