Why I Rejected My NVIDIA Job Offer
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I didn't realize how terrible this camera angle looked until I had finished recording. For context, I filmed this video during my 'one video every day for 30 days', so after the 3 hours of scripting and 2 hours to sit down and actually record this video, I didn't have time to re-film it or I would end up missing my daily video deadline. I hadn't used this particular camera lens much before, so I ended up sitting way to close to the camera, and I also recorded the entire video out of focus. lol, oh well, just hide the video and listen to the audio portion if this fisheye closeup of my face annoys you too much :)
Please wear hat.
I could feel the cubicle pulling me into the liminal void
The "no thank you" phrase is my favorite English phrase. I use the "no thank you" phrase to maintain my sanity and avoid being pulled in to the liminal void
Same here.
This is my favorite sanity.
Great way to politely say “wtf get the f out with that sh”
"shortly after the internship, one of these interns killed himself"
damn bro wasn't ready for that
prob unrelated to the internship though, as Robert dosen't make it seem like the internship was that bad
interesting video, insane camera angle
Hahaha glad I’m not the only one who felt that way. I watched this on my phone from 3ft and still felt like it was too up close and personal. Very entertaining and informative video nonetheless!
on a side note: I never valued man pages until watching your channel
Robert I love these videos hearing about your time working for Nvidia and amazon, i'd love to hear more of your stories! It's also quite helpful as a canadian student looking for coop jobs soon... I'll try my best not to work for a thousand yard stare company. PS your linux command videos are coming in super handy now that all my courses focus on linux. Cheers!
That’s the USA for ya. When I was 15 I had a job as a telemarketer. I had to cross a literal expressway with a concrete wall in the middle on foot. I had to climb the wall and jump over.
actually really cool to hear about your time in the trenches!
sounds rather dystopian. My experience in tech was very different.
Mathias! TH-cam's algorithms are scary. How did we get the same feeds? You and I are from a different generation from Robert. Today's job market and workplaces are very dystopian. Getting a job these days is a lot more difficult with intense global competition.
This is my favorite Nvidia intern
The cubicle story almost sounds like a story from a prison sentence.
Your content helps me man. I really appreciate it.
6 rounds of interviews and only to be told they have no positions is crazy.... wow
I had 4 with AMD and got told the same
Awesome video, i'm still young and don't know how the work environment is in these corporations, this is good info and i would also have rejected the offer if i was in your place.
You have that same thousand yard stare in your photo with the nvidia boss.
Sir, what do you think about the xz compressor backdoor that almost affected entire GNU/Linux ecosystem these days? Thanks for your content!
It's a crazy story indeed. I'm not sure we have all the details yet on who is involved. If the maintainers of a repo can't be trusted, then all bets are off in terms of security. The exceptionally strange looking block of 'head -c 1024 > /dev/null' statements really should have raised a red flag, so not sure how someone allowed that to get past code review without at least a detailed comment explaining why you'd even want to add that to the project.
I hope this incident is not something done to deviate attention from another (and worse) possible attack inside xz project or some other related project in GNU/Linux and Open Source ecosystems. Some people on TH-cam are also taking about Social Engineering characteristics behind this backdoor and how it was built.
@@FryAndLeelaAndBender In the long-term, whatever software development model that will end up using, will eventually need to expect attacks like this and be robust against them. It's not just nation states. 1% of people are mentally ill, and 1% of that 1% are still sane enough to try and do strange things. Lots of people have suggested that this attack was insanely complicated, but I think it just looks that way because very few people understand build scripts. If you boil it down to "how many man hours would this take", it's not something that necessarily requires a nation state.
I've heard nothing but good things about the nVidia culture, I'm surprised you'd reject an offer! Can't wait to hear this :)
This is my favourite hidden gem
One of the things I like most about Robert Channel is this cinematic touch that makes you feel like you are watching a movie.
"RobertElderSoftware Channel is my favorite channel"
I like it, your confessions here. I am different, not was lucky have access in older days to get into IT in Australia.
Even as an coder also knew electronics, can make an rasberry pie before it got invented. If needed me to.
You know coding and electronics but cant produce a sentence in English that makes sense.
@@TheDa6781 Thank you, only coders can understand me.
@@vilijanac i mama tvoja
@@TheDa6781 Ahahaha!
$20k in NVidia stock in 2012 would be worth about $6.4M today.
Halfway through the video I started having an existential dread... Pretty good video as always!
I don’t know what’s worse, inviting ppl in to look at your “cool” stuff or affirming the psychosis by looking at them..
“I don’t like my job and I don’t think I’m gonna go anymore”
It would be great if you could do a video about how to get US internships as an international student and how that adds extra challenges.
I went to the University of Waterloo which has a very good co-op program, and I'd say that's the main secret. These companies recruit from these schools specifically because there is a concentration of talent there, and they can interview a bunch of people at once. The university admin are also very knowledgeable about the US visa process, so they were able to coach us through the process. So I'd say the #1 most important thing is to pick a school with a good co-op program.
You need to get a inner tube protector for your bike, that's how you protect from burs.
Hello sir
Can u please explore the new tools such as
1. Fluxion
2. Lynis
These 2 tools r very useful just make a tutorial on that particular tool.
Dude just stop being poor and pay for your internet connection
Imagine trying to hack wi-fi credentials in 2024 unironically
I ended up working under an American psychopath who knew nothing about IT but ran the department, that was fun. Consulting might suck but there's something to be said for starving with dignity.
I've worked at a large company in the UK with the "tailgating" policy. I understand they don't want unauthorised people in the building but it requires you to be rude. Which I dislike intensely due to growing up in a small town. So it drives my paranoia up through the roof.
If they hate tailgating so much, they should install turnstiles.
@@dmurvihill They did in the end. But they also have a similar policy on the internal doors.
Your channel is awesome Linux-Jesus!
big back log of linux vids to binge. subbed.
def not the video i shouldve watched before starting my internship in san jose
Chatting with colleagues is really that necessary in Software development? I mean, you cant have a little metting with a coworker for small questions?
legend
Ah yes the modern day american dream.😅
i think you are so close to the camera. Its kind a hard to watch for me.
Yeah, I've only used this lens a few times before and I'm not really used to it. I didn't notice how bad it looked until I finished recording, but at that point it's to late to go back and re-record it from scratch. I set the focus wrong too. My shirt is in focus, but my face is not. That's what you get when the deadline for releasing a video is midnight every day.
I thought it was a joke, like the red hat
@@RobertElderSoftware I personally am fine with this angle. It feels like having a one-on-one conversation.
I can only say I enjoyed the video and I didn't think about how close the camera was (who knows if another camera setup might have made it even more enjoyable, but I don't think it would have a big impact on me)
Off-topic. My dude, if agreeable to you, please drink more water and use some SPF 50+ creams. Unless you're going for the burnt victim look.
Given the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ you turned down over time and amazing opportunities, that decision was a crazy stupid decision. SMH.
I forget what the starting salary for NVIDIA was back then, but I think was only something like $65k starting salary. When you do the math on cost of housing and taxes down there, it doesn't really seem like such an amazing opportunity. The amount of money that I would have made on NVIDIA stock would have been on the order of 100x as much as what I would have made from my salary, so the winning move wasn't to work there, it was to buy the stock.
Wow, I'm almost first 😊
Was not expecting the intern plot twist 🫤
You give them the Linus Torvalds response? lol