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* The Long-Term Future Fund is closing down, and EA Funds is launching the Transformative AI Fund with a new full-time team.
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An other option: try to get a SWE internship now. Then, depending on how it goes, you might want to consider dropping out.
Some of my best swe colleagues dropped out because they had full-time jobs. It probably accelerated their career by 1 or 2 years.
I'm currently sitting at a desk at a SWE unpaid internship LOL.
I don't think I currently have the skills to start getting paid for SWE work sadly.
Nice!
Gotcha. Probably combining your studies with internships is the best option for now.