Interviewing, Journey: Piyush (Part I): College to Industry | Embedded systems podcast, in Pyjama

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Piyush explains his journey from college to industry. We start from his college days and conclude on how he got his first job at Intel. In the next video, we will continue the journey from that first job to getting into Google.

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀:
00:00 Disclaimer and coming up...
00:43 Introduction
02:20 Companies Piyush interviewed for and had an offer from
04:11 College years - 2009 to 2013 and screwing up entrance exams
09:36 Getting rejected at TCS and landing the first job
13:40 Thinking about the future - Master's Degree and GATE
19:25 Is a master's degree required?
23:01 GATE, Same score, Hopelessness, and SOIS (Manipal), and why Embedded Systems?
27:20 Embedded Systems, Zero coding experience, and the course work
34:33 Intel and Internship placements interview
41:25 The interview
47:11 Reflecting on - Do the IITs, and NITs tag matter?
48:54 Life during Internship and the struggle to get a job.
53:05 Intel Board design team, Hiring Freeze and offer rollback
58:20 Intel internal mass hiring drive, failure, and Screwing up Mathworks interview
01:05:10 The Bluetooth team at Intel
01:13:00 Rajat summarizes Piyush's journey...

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