Vivek Pothineni

Took a semester off to work at Palantir. Plenty of autonomy from day one to build products that solved pressing real world problems. Grateful to have met amazing people. Taught Alex Karp how to dap someone up. Accepted Full Time.

First time working in a large bureaucratic corporation at the world's largest credit union (not-for-profit financial institution). Got freedom to build and learned a lot about industry standards, nuances of frontend, and what I do & don't want. Tons of respect for what they do, but I never felt fulfilled.

Built the website starting from user interviewing to a finished React.js site. My first intro to web dev while learning about frontend, UI/UX, and PM principles.