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Unsloth's 5 challenges to get a job offer of $500K/year and equity

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This is cool, although I would hate to put 20 hours into solving this just to learn all the positions have been filled, or do a 15 minute interview with the company just for them to say I'm not a "culture" fit.

Neuralink sent me home with a 10 hour assignment writing 1000 lines of (reasonably math-heavy) code and they never even reviewed it. The HR lady kept saying the team was busy (reviewing other coding assignments), and after two weeks of pestering her she said they decided I didn't have enough experience. I know I probably sound salty (I am), but the code itself was impeccable.

It's time to start using AI or you will be always too late...

Presumably the only sensible approach for take home assignments is to permit AI assistance, but it should still be stated explicitly.

Some allow it even on live interview. There is no reason to be shy if everybody is 'cheating'.

I can see why companies might not want to tell you that you are lower on the list and they are waiting to see if they can get anyone better (perhaps even interviewing additional candidates), but it puts you in an unpleasant position because you feel (correctly) that they are stringing you along and not being straight with you.

No positions have yet been filled - I did write a follow up post where I'll compensate you fairly if we interviewed you, but don't end up hiring you - https://x.com/danielhanchen/status/1891609444343050514

Also I added bug bounties for all tasks in Task 4 :)

As tempting as it is on the surface, it would require one stay / move to the USA. Given the current direction that country is taking that seems like an overall poor career move. As it stands you literally could not pay me to join the USA.

> Given the current direction that country is taking that seems like an overall poor career move

Just wonder what is better? China, Europe, Canada, India.. all have their own problems

They sure do, every country does - problems are a thing life just goes hand in hand with, but the type and scale of the problem in the USA signals an imminent collapse. The USA is going through its nero watching rome burn moment. Saying all countries have problems in response to critique of the modern USA is like saying all ships take on water when one is actively sinking.

> scale of the problem in the USA signals an imminent collapse

In my reality so far so good. Finally something is done about national debt which is about $100,000 per citizen. Impressive. Dems kept throwing money left and right, trying to 'feed the world' and themselves on the way. Sock market is good. Bitcoin goes down as sign of likely Ponzi schema collapse or adjustment. Musk probably sold his $1B. Trump very unlikely will create government fund of bitcoins and other cripto-scum inspite of promises to supporters. They had and still have their chance to sell. He is a showman but not stupid. EU has bigger problems now and coming.

Your comment comes across as partisan, selectively optimistic, and includes some deflections like the Bitcoin or europe tangents. I wasn’t trying to provoke a reaction, just discussing the issues as I see them. If I have struck a nerve, please accept my appologies

RE: debt - pretty ignorant take. You can just look at https://www.thebalancemoney.com/us-deficit-by-year-3306306 and see who was in charge when. And also which big takes breaks for the very wealthy kicked in.

So you spend hours of your own time on a "challenge" to solve work problems, "4. Help solve Unsloth issues!", for their company, to potentially get a job offer?

And they get your work for free? What a scam.

This is worse than an unpaid internship, because at least you can put that on your resume.

I wrote a follow up Tweet a while back to address this - we'll compensate anyone fairly if we interview them but don't hire time. Also I added $100 to $1000 bug bounties for each task for Task 4 - https://x.com/danielhanchen/status/1891609444343050514

Nice concept, but I pity the guy that works for free for them in exchange of a "promise of a job".

Worst part is if you read the fine print you’re just working for an interview. There isn’t even a reasonable promise for a job, only a promise you get to speak to their HR briefly

You're right!

What a joke.

I wrote up a follow up Tweet - there are bug bounties worth $100 to $1000 per task.

For an interview, because we created a points system, it's entirely transparent, and we require all code to be Apache 2 licensed, so you can inspect all processes freely in the public.

I wrote a follow up tweet a while back - if we interview you, but don't think it'll work out, we'll compensate you! I also added individual bug bounties ranging from $100 to $1000 per task

https://x.com/danielhanchen/status/1891609444343050514

Also all tasks are not "free work" - they're already solved internally (albeit from task 4 for Github issues) But they haved bug bounties as well - if there's anyone you want me to improve, definitely please tell me - thanks!

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