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Computer science students, new graduates, and software engineers...want to land your dream software engineering job/internship? Click here 👉 https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_campaign=Sajjaad_TechInfluencer&video=nccemvR4-RE Most CS students think the market is cooked. @SajjaadKhader got an Amazon internship his freshman year before he'd even taken data structures and algorithms. In this episode, Aman sits down with @SajjaadKhader, Georgia Tech BS + MS graduate by age 20, former Amazon and Splunk engineer, and the guy who interviewed Satya Nadella and Reid Hoffman, to break down exactly what it takes to break into top tech in 2026, from building experience from zero to the LinkedIn strategy that gets recruiters chasing you. 🚀 Get my free Software Engineering Crash Course – https://www.amanmanazir.com/7dayengineer 🎧 Listen to all episodes of the Software Engineering Accelerator Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/swe-accelerator-podcast/id1742843726?i=1000759049417 https://open.spotify.com/episode/44HzysA40XFXRKJYWTdKt6?si=ca2e17b5c09441b9 Listen to our new podcast, @TheEntropyShow: https://youtu.be/MDJQXbXPngg?si=vQqITmNzy3fhfcV1 I’m Aman Manazir, a career coach and software engineer. I interned at companies like Amazon, Shopify, and HP in college, and the day I graduated I landed a $168,000/year* full-time software engineering job. I help you make it as a computer science student & software engineer and get your dream job offer. 📄 Get my free resume template - https://www.amanmanazir.com/resume 💌 Free weekly productivity insights/advice - https://www.amanmanazir.com/newsletter 📕 Get all my free Notion templates discussed here - https://www.amanmanazir.com/notion 📝 Sign up for Notion - https://affiliate.notion.so/2nh3pjr6l5l6 📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amanmanazir/ 🐦 Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/amanmanazir 👉 Sajjaad's YouTube: https://youtube.com/@SajjaadKhader?si=LDGGahtZatodYJM6 👉 Sajjaad's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sajjaad.khader?igsh=MTJyOHY0bGhtd21iZA== 👉 Sajjaad's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sajjaad-khader?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios 00:00 Introduction 01:55 Getting Amazon Before Taking DSA 03:29 Can Freshmen Get Internships Today? 04:45 How To Position Yourself To Get Hired 05:58 Find Problems, Solve Them, Post Online 07:50 The Degree Equals Job Lie Is Dead 09:25 The Reapplying Hack That Actually Works 10:05 How Amazon Set Everything Else Up 12:08 Finishing A BS And MS By Age 20 14:25 Should You Delay Graduation For Experience? 18:50 Masters vs Grinding LeetCode Full Time 21:00 The TA Strategy That Pays For Your Masters 25:50 Leading MSA And PSA At Georgia Tech 26:34 Software Engineering Accelerator 27:27 How To Actually Crush Your Internship 29:10 How To Ask Smart Questions Without Annoying People 31:55 The Playbook For Getting A Return Offer 33:58 The LinkedIn Networking Strategy That Gets Referrals 37:30 Why LinkedIn Is Non-Negotiable For CS Students 40:22 What Projects Actually Get You Hired 42:47 Hackathons vs Startups vs Generic Projects 44:30 Software Engineers Are Becoming Software Managers 49:05 Free Resource for Software Engineers 49:35 Should You Build AI Or Just Use It? 50:40 How Sajjad Interviewed Satya Nadella 54:20 What Reid Hoffman Said About Young Engineers 56:03 Is San Francisco Actually Worth It? 59:17 Are CS Students Cooked In 2026? 1:01:10 Is Computer Science Still Worth It? 1:03:57 How To Learn To Code From Scratch 1:06:11 How To Actually Learn DSA 1:07:30 Is LeetCode Dead? What Comes Next? 1:09:18 Why Companies Still Use LeetCode 1:10:27 The Future Of Software Engineering Interviews