SWE Accelerator Podcast
Episodes
#1 Tech Influencer Exposes the Brutal Truth About the 2026 Job Market
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
He got an Amazon internship before he even took data structures. Here's how.Sajjaad Khader — Georgia Tech BS + MS by age 20, former Amazon and Splun...
Apple PM: The Secret Playbook to Get Hired in 2026!
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Nina had an MIT CS degree, a growing online presence, and still called her job hunt the most stressful time of her life.In this episode she breaks dow...
The Quant Historian: Quant Is Dying! This Is What’s Next
15 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 se...
Tesla AI Recruiter: The New Rules of Tech Hiring in 2026!
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 applicati...
AI Agents Expert: How Every Software Engineer Can Make $20k/Month Passively!
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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.We brea...
Oracle Senior Software Engineer: The US Job Market is F*cked!
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Meta Software Engineer: “Didn't Study CS, Still Made $500k/Year!”
17 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 dow...
#15: Networking Expert: "F*ck College, Do Internships Instead!"
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today I sit down with Morgan: a networking strategist who landed six internships, saved over $100K before graduating, and built her entire college tra...
#14: ex-Citadel Quant: The Exact Blueprint To Make $750,000/Year! (in 2026)
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today I sit down with Kevin Zhu — former Citadel quant and Palantir developer, to unpack how he built an unconventional, accelerated career in tech....
#13: BCG Consultant: How Software Engineers Can Outsmart the Tech Recession
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, I talk with Kelly — a former BCG Project Leader who worked at Goldman Sachs and BCG before walking away at 25 after managing teams most peopl...
#12: How She Got a Six-Figure LinkedIn Offer (When Everyone Else Was Rejected)
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, I talk with Angel — a LinkedIn engineer who landed a $100K+ offer when almost everyone else was getting rejected. We dive into the five strat...
#11: How This 24-Year-Old Made $900K+ in Quant (After Meta Layoff)
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Helen, a 24-year-old quant who’s earned over $900K and is here to reveal what life is really like inside the quant world. We dive into how she ...
#10: I Asked a Principle Engineer at Amazon How to Get Hired (ft. @ALifeEngineered)
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, I talk with Steve from A Life Engineered ( @ALifeEngineered ) — a software engineering YouTuber with over 170,000+ subscribers who quit his j...
#9: NeetCode - How I Would Master LeetCode (If I Could Start Over)
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Computer science students, new graduates, and bootcamp grads…want to land your dream software engineering job or internship? Click here 👉 https:/...
#8: How She Got a 4.0 at the World’s Most Competitive University (ft. Amy Wang)
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, I talk with Amy Wang ( @wamyy5 ) a Caltech graduate with a degree in arguably the hardest major, Chemical Engineering. Learn how she got a 4...
#7: Why My 21-Year-Old Brother Quit His $600,000 Quant Job
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, I talk with my brother Aadil who landed a $600,000 quant offer and decided to turn it down. We talk about why he made that decision, what got...
#6: Answering Uncomfortable Questions With My Best Friend
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, I talk to my best friend from college, Vithi Peters. We talk about how to make friends in college, red flags in friendships, and if Vithi secr...
#5: How She Makes $1.9M/Year at Age 28 on AirBnB
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, I talk to Karen Bello. We discuss how she started as a personal assistant making minimum wage to starting her own Air BnB empire with millions ...
#4: How This 22-Year-Old Got a $250,000/Year Job at TikTok (AI Engineer)
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 4 of Lift Off with Aman Manazir, I talk to Sourish Kundu. We discuss how he landed a machine learning systems engineer job at TikTok, what ...
#2: Why a 22-Year-Old Math Genius Turned Down a $500,000/Year Quant Research Job
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Access the BeamJobs FREE AI resume checker here - https://www.beamjobs.com/resume-checker?via=aman In episode 2 of Lift Off with Aman Manazir, I talk...
#1: How My 20-Year-Old Brother Made $550,000/Year in Quant Trading
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sponsored by BeamJobs — visit https://www.beamjobs.com/resume-checker?via=aman to access the free AI resume checker and take your resume to the nex...