Oct 18, 202656 min
He passed every Google interview round, then got the call. Years later, a secretive quant firm was paying him to do nothing. Mustafa breaks down quant non-competes, what quant really pays, and how to break in today...
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Aman Manazir is a software engineer who's worked at companies like Amazon and Shopify. In the Software Engineering Accelerator Podcast, he interviews successful engineers to break down strategies and tools they used to land their dream jobs. In addition, Aman focuses on helping listeners improve their lives through topics in entrepreneurship, self-improvement, and technology.
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What is SWE Accelerator Podcast about?
Aman Manazir is a software engineer who's worked at companies like Amazon and Shopify. In the Software Engineering Accelerator Podcast, he interviews successful engineers to break down strategies and tools they used to land their dream jobs. In addition, Aman focuses on helping listeners improve their lives through topics in entrepreneurship, self-improvement, and technology.
What has SWE Accelerator Podcast covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Quant Data Scientist: The Brutal Reality of Quant! (in 2026)" (18 October 2026, 56 minutes), "ex-Jane Street Quant: The Simple Formula to Make $800,000/Year at 22!" (15 October 2026, 67 minutes), and "ex-HRT Quant: Why 99% of People Fail in Quant" (4 September 2026, 77 minutes).
How often does SWE Accelerator Podcast publish?
SWE Accelerator Podcast publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 67 minutes across 32 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on SWE Accelerator Podcast?
Booking probability for SWE Accelerator Podcast is 39%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. SWE Accelerator Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. SWE Accelerator Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.
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The strongest fits for SWE Accelerator Podcast are IT Services & Software Development. SWE Accelerator Podcast has a business audience.
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Recent episodes
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- Oct 15, 20261h 7m
Lihong went from pre-law kid to Jane Street intern, IMC trader, and founder of Freeport Markets. He breaks down how he prepped for quant interviews, handled competing offers, and why he left a $350K+ role to build in...
- Sep 4, 20261h 17m
Ex-HRT quant Olivia breaks down why most people never crack quant trading, the resume bar candidates miss, and why smart isn't enough. From a perfect AMC 8 score to a $400K offer at 22 to getting fired within a year...
- Aug 7, 20261h 11m
She wanted to be an actress, now she's a software engineer at Meta making $200K/yr at 23 years old, with zero CS experience. Marilyn joins Aman to unpack her rejection, the layoffs she survived, and why she chose...
- Jul 13, 20261h 7m
Zen spent 4 years inside GitHub watching the AI revolution unfold and what he saw made him walk away from the best job he'd ever had. He breaks down why software engineering is broken, what AI is doing to hiring, and...
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- Jun 6, 202653 minS0
<p>He sent 500 applications junior year and heard back from almost nobody. No internship. Just rejection while his friends posted Meta and Amazon offers on LinkedIn.</p><p>One year later: DoorDash, Apple, final rounds...
- May 29, 20261h 4mS0
<p>Sourish walked away from a $250K TikTok ML job with no plan, self-studied AI, and landed at one of Silicon Valley's hottest AI labs. <br>Now he interviews candidates himself and he's exposing exactly what it takes to...
- May 22, 202650 minS0
<p>NeetCode just invested in the company trying to kill LeetCode. <br>Aman sits down with Rounds founder Fardeen Khimani to break down why tech hiring is broken, which companies are ditching LeetCode, what's replacing...
- May 8, 20261h 7mS0
<p>She made $1.2M at Google, then quit with 4 offers in the worst market ever.</p><p>Ex-Google Senior Engineer Maddy Zhang breaks down how she escaped golden handcuffs, landed offers at OpenAI, Meta and Databricks, and...
- Apr 22, 202655 minS0
<p>"Engineers are doing everything they can to look indispensable, because they're terrified." A Google senior engineer and top tech comedian breaks down what's really happening inside big tech right now. Nobody is...
- Apr 15, 202656 minS0
<p>From a village in Pakistan to Microsoft engineer and chapter one of the LinkedIn CEO's book, Ume's path broke every rule.<br>She dropped her CS degree, scored a 12% on an exam, and still landed 7 internships without...
- Apr 3, 20261h 14mS0
<p>He got an Amazon internship before he even took data structures. Here's how.<br><br></p><p>Sajjaad Khader — Georgia Tech BS + MS by age 20, former Amazon and Splunk engineer, and the guy who interviewed Satya Nadella...
- Mar 23, 20261h 24mS0
<p>Nina had an MIT CS degree, a growing online presence, and still called her job hunt the most stressful time of her life.</p><p>In this episode she breaks down consulting burnout, back to back rejections, and how she...
- Mar 15, 20261h 17mS0
<p>Most people have never heard of him. But he's built something that trades 24/7, got backed by YC and PG Angel, and walked away from one of the most secretive industries on earth to do it.</p><p>Annanay pulls back the...
- Feb 24, 202658 minS0
<p>Today I sit down with Ben Chen: a former Tesla AI recruiter who helped build the Optimus robotics team and has seen thousands of engineering applications from the inside.</p><p>We break down why the job market is...
- Feb 5, 20261h 1mS0
<p>Today I sit down with Ritesh: a former Capital One engineer who made $180K from side hustles as a CS student—more than his six-figure salary.</p><p>We break down how he built profitable AI agents, landed a $15K...
- Jan 21, 20261h 13mS0
<p>Today I sit down with Shreyas Kulkarni: a Senior Software Engineer at Oracle who came from India and turned his US Master's into a $10K profit instead of debt.</p><p>We break down how he paid just $12K total through...
- Jan 17, 20261h 9mS0
<p>Today I sit down with Ray: a former Meta software engineer who went from pre-med with a failing AP Comp Sci score to making $500K a year. We break down how he landed tech internships without a CS degree, used...
- Dec 10, 20251h 9mS0
<p>Today I sit down with Morgan: a networking strategist who landed six internships, saved over $100K before graduating, and built her entire college trajectory around efficiency, not prestige. We break down how she...
- Nov 27, 20251h 31mS0
<p>Today I sit down with Kevin Zhu — former Citadel quant and Palantir developer, to unpack how he built an unconventional, accelerated career in tech. We break down the systems he used to go from a struggling freshman...
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