Meta Software Engineer: I Made $500k/Year Without a CS Degree!

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I sat down with Rui, a former Meta software engineer who went from pre-med with a 3 on his AP Comp Sci exam to making $500K a year at one of the biggest tech companies in the world.

Rui had zero CS experience before college and was fully committed to becoming a doctor — until he made a last-minute pivot that changed everything. He landed internships at Nordstrom, got offers from Google, Amazon, Uber, and a $10K/month quant trading role — all without originally starting as a computer science major.

We break down how he landed tech offers without knowing how to code, why referrals beat perfect resumes, his LeetCode system, and how he went from $52 to a $40K signing bonus overnight. Then the controversial part: why he walked away from $500K for startups and content creation, his immigrant parents' reaction, and his blueprint for escaping the 9-to-5 in your 20s.

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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.

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00:00 Introduction
02:15 From Pre-Med to Computer Science
05:51 Landing Nordstrom Without CS Background
07:23 Exploring Different Career Paths
10:59 Getting Quant Trading Internship Offers
12:00 Microsoft Rejection to Multiple Offers
14:35 Learning from the Microsoft Failure
16:16 How to Get Interviews at Top Companies
20:12 You Don't Need Full Software Skills
21:37 The Power of Stubborn Problem Solving
23:27 My LeetCode System and Strategy
24:37 Is LeetCode Dying with AI
25:18 LeetCode as IQ Test for Engineers
28:56 System Design Matters More Than LeetCode
29:51 What Recruiters See in Six Seconds
32:00 Choosing Meta Over Google and Lyft
33:55 Starting Salary at Meta
36:17 $52 to $40K in My Bank Account
37:04 When Facebook Became Meta
40:05 Daily Life Inside Meta
42:31 Why Tech Companies Give These Benefits
45:14 Free Asset to 10x your Engineering Journey
45:42 Meeting Mark Zuckerberg as Intern
46:42 How to Get Promoted at Meta
50:33 Fast Promotions vs Stuck Engineers
51:45 Watching Layoffs Happen Around Me
52:50 Seeing AI Used in Interviews
56:01 Will There Be Fewer Engineers
57:09 Staying Relevant in AI Era
59:05 Meta Stock Going to the Moon
59:48 Why I Left $500K at Meta
1:05:00 The Next Chapter: Startup and Content
1:06:40 Where to Find Rui
1:07:50 Outro