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Saranya Kolanu liked thisSaranya Kolanu liked thisBox is now available in Muse, from Meta! Your personal AI agent can now find information buried in documents, manage contracts, and work with clients and partners, all with governed enterprise content from Box, with permissions and governance intact throughout. Small businesses don't need more AI tools. They need one secure place where people, content, AI, and workflows work together. That's what Box brings to Muse. Whether you are reviewing a contract, tracking down a client file, or pulling together materials for a customer meeting, Box gives Muse the business context it needs to get the job done. Connect Box in Muse today.
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Saranya Kolanu liked thisSaranya Kolanu liked thisAfter 16 years in the tech industry, Monday was my last day of work and my first day of retirement. Or at least, Retirement Trial #1. Anyone who knows me knows that 50/50 I’ll get bored in a few months... Ian and I have been planning this for over a year, and we feel incredibly privileged to be able to make this leap at this stage of our lives. The plan is to spend time with our kiddo, travel, dive into the 1000 hobbies I didn't have enough time for, and just enjoy life (if time allows). Before looking too far ahead, Monday's layoffs at Oracle impacted some incredibly talented people. If you are a leader hiring right now, reach out and I would be more than happy to connect you with or recommend some fantastic folks, whether they were affected this week or are simply looking for their next move. Looking back on my career, I feel extremely lucky. I’ve gotten to work with people who are much smarter than me and who also happen to be genuinely great human beings. A few specific thank-yous: • JD Dollon: Thank you for showing me that integrity and empathy aren't weaknesses for a leader, but incredibly powerful tools for building highly effective teams (and happier people). Working under you fundamentally changed who I am as a person and a leader. • Sudha Raghavan: Thank you for being an amazing mentor and role model. Your insights and guidance have always given me exactly the perspective I needed. • Abhishek Mishra: Thank you for believing in me and giving me my first shot—both as an intern and right out of college when I knew absolutely nothing (honestly, I don't think I would have hired myself then). • Ziying Zheng: Thank you for being an awesome first manager and mentor who showed me how fun the tech industry could be. You told me I would have hated being a PM and to stick with engineering. You were absolutely right. • Peter Ramensky and Amit Gupta: Even though our time working together was short, I really valued your leadership and learned so much from you both in the last year. • Christopher Currie and Brad Siemssen for shaping me as an engineer during our time at Usermind. There are too many talented people who's influenced who I am to tag here, but you know who you are. Whether you were my peer, a mentee, or part of my org, I learned from so many of you and feel privileged to have worked with each one of you and call some of you friends. It was a tough decision to step away from the industry right at such a massive turning point with AI. I believe this shift is a good thing. History is driven by evolution, and while this one is large and a little scary, if we keep our minds engaged (please don’t turn off your brains just because "AI can do it"), I'm sure we will navigate our way to the next big leap for mankind. I’m actually looking forward to having the time to tinker with these new technologies on my own terms. Large changes are scary, but it's always better to embrace them. Here is to whatever comes next! Keep in touch!
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Saranya Kolanu liked thisSaranya Kolanu liked this🚀 Hiring a Senior SWE for Identity & Security at Box https://lnkd.in/gcqgwHr3 Looking for a backend engineer who: • Loves distributed systems and complex problem solving • Wants to go deep on identity, auth, and security • Thrives building high-reliability, security-critical infrastructure �� What you'll work on: ✓ OAuth/OIDC and federated identity at scale ✓ Authentication systems on every critical path ✓ Cutting-edge: AI agent identity and auth patterns Strong backend fundamentals required. Experience with authentication protocols or identity platforms is a big plus.
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Saranya Kolanu liked thisSaranya Kolanu liked thisAfter more than 7.5 incredible and fun years at Box, it’s time for me to turn the page and begin a new chapter. Box has been way more than yet another workplace. It's been a community defined by a culture that genuinely lived its values every day. That foundation shaped not only the amazing work I got to do with the sharpest of minds, but how people showed up for each other with the biggest of hearts. Work was so much fun, and time flew! I’m deeply grateful to all the current and ex-Boxers who touched my journey and made it so meaningful and fun: the managers who bet on and believed in me, the leaders who invested in me, the mentors who guided me, and the colleagues and teammates who were in the trenches beside me as we solved really interesting GTM challenges together, learning a ton along the way while not taking ourselves too seriously. I’m especially thankful for the opportunity to lead an extraordinary core product marketing team. I learned more from you than I ever hoped to pay forward, and you played a huge role in shaping me into a more grounded and thoughtful leader. Leaving with immense gratitude, lasting friendships, and countless fond (did I already mention fun?!) memories. THANK YOU Box and Boxers! You'll always have a special place in my heart. I will miss you! V
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Saranya Kolanu reacted on thisSaranya Kolanu reacted on thisFollowing up on my earlier post - we’re still hiring! 🚀 My team at Box has an opening for: Software Engineer III – https://lnkd.in/g_9JUw8i You’ll be working on the Identity & Security Foundations platform that powers authentication and secure access across Box. A great fit for engineers who enjoy backend systems, platform engineering, and building infrastructure with broad impact. 📍 Redwood City, CA (hybrid) #Hiring #SoftwareEngineering #BackendSystems #DistributedSystemsSoftware Engineer III, Identity & Security FoundationSoftware Engineer III, Identity & Security Foundation
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Saranya Kolanu reacted on thisSaranya Kolanu reacted on this𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗼𝘅! My team is growing, and we have two open roles for the 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆 & 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 team in Redwood City, CA Software Engineer III - https://lnkd.in/g_9JUw8i Software Engineer II - https://lnkd.in/gdVJd2kp As Box evolves into an AI-first content platform, identity is becoming even more central. We’re extending these foundations to support secure interactions between users, applications, and AI-driven workflows - creating infrastructure that enables innovation while maintaining enterprise trust. This is a strong fit for engineers who enjoy backend and platform engineering, distributed systems, and building software with broad, lasting impact. Feel free to reach out if you’re curious or know someone who should take a look. 📍 Redwood City, CA (hybrid) #Hiring #SoftwareEngineering #PlatformEngineering #BackendSystems #DistributedSystems
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Saranya Kolanu reacted on thisSaranya Kolanu reacted on thisBig day — we’re starting to rollout freeway driving for public riders in Phoenix, LA, and the Bay Area. We’re also connecting SF to San Jose, and adding curbside access to SJC Airport. A true testament to the generalizability of the Waymo Driver. Excited to bring its proven safety record to freeways and unlock new opportunities for our riders! https://lnkd.in/g9Gx8x7a
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Saranya Kolanu liked thisSaranya Kolanu liked thisThink feeding AI more data always improves results? Not so fast. Context rot is the silent problem where giving AI too much information can actually make it less accurate. In enterprise settings—contracts, financial reports, or massive datasets—this can quietly erode trust in AI outputs. In our latest Box AI Explainer episode, Box CTO, Ben Kus, and Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Meena Ganesh, break down what context rot is, why it happens, and how to prevent it. They share practical strategies for keeping AI accurate, even when handling large volumes of content. If your teams are relying on AI agents to surface insights, extract critical information, or power workflows, understanding context rot is essential. Watch the full episode and learn how to keep your AI sharp, reliable, and ready to help your business make smarter decisions. 👉 https://bit.ly/3WHVYit
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Analysis of Algorithms
CSCI570
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Applied Machine Learning for Games
CSCI599
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Applied Natural Language Processing
CSCI544
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Computer Networks
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Computer Organisation and Architecture
CSE210
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Computer Programming
CSE100
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Data Structures
CSE230
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Database Management Systems
CSE340
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Design and Analysis of Algorithms
CSE330
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Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
CSCI561
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Introduction to Digital Signal Processing
ECE300
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Introduction to Embedded Systems
ECE212
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Machine Learning
CSCI567
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Object Oriented Programming in C++
CSE220
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Operating Systems
CSE300
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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
CSE221
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Web Technologies
CSCI571
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Part of Speech Tagging
- Developed Hidden Markov Model for Part of Speech tagging on Italian, Japanese and Urdu using Viterbi Algorithm
- Using Python STL, obtained an accuracy of 93% and implemented a Deep Learning Network also for the same, in TensorFlow, using bidirectional LSTM and tuned hyperparameters for an accuracy >95% -
Hotel Reviews Sentiment Analysis
- Analyzed Hotel Reviews, learned different models - Naïve Bayes and Perceptron Classification for >95% accuracy
- Maximized the F1 Score with Stop Words, Stemming techniques, N-Gram analysis. Implemented models in Python STL alone and also with TensorFlow to observe differences and learn a model for better understanding
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Weather Application
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See projectDeveloped the web application using Angular7 and Node.js which lists temperature and various other weather-related details retrieved from Google GeoCode API, and Darksky API - Hosted on GCP
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Weather Application - PHP
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See projectDeveloped the web application using JavaScript, PHP, HTML, and CSS which lists temperature and various other weather-related details retrieved from Google GeoCode API - Hosted on GCP
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Neural Network for Digit Recognition
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- Implemented a Neural Network to classify MNIST database of handwritten digits (0-9)
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Live Safe
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- Built an Android Application using IBM Watson and Twilio to detect anomalous activity when a person uses their phone, so as to have a safer community with preemptive action
- Using the application, a user’s voice and text is monitored using Java to trigger a call or text during any emergency
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Homeless Applicants AI Assignee Agent
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Police - Scooter Program
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- Devised multiple strategies to find optimal police locations to maximize the number of scooters monitored
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Safest Route in Google Maps
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- Created an Android Application that uses Google Maps Directions API and Firebase Database
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Agar.io Game Engine
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- Collaborated with a team of 3 to design and implement game platform in Python for Agar.io which includes ‘Game-Engine’ and ‘Engine-Bot’ interface with inputs as Bot Processes - stored as JSON object
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Connect Four
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Designed a classic game for 2 users using a 2D array in Java. Swing Framework was used to represent the game visually
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Entertainment System
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Implemened a User Interface Java Program for Entertainment System using SQL Queries, Oracle Database, PHP and HTML. Features include channel details, schedules and customer details that are saved for future use in case of future updating. The database consists of all sorts of information ranging from time, movies, type of customer etc.
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Store Management System
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Devised a Management System in C++ to record transactions of provisions in a store. Provisions are tracked and updated with an ID initially assigned during creation
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TOEFL
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GRE
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English
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Tamil
Elementary proficiency
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Bryan Lee
The FAANG → startup gap is widening. When I was at Uber, we could still reliably hire great engineers out of FAANG. The velocity difference existed, but it was bridgeable. Now? For a seed or Series A team, the ramp is often too steep: ambiguity everywhere no guardrails shipping is the strategy “ownership” means end-to-end, not a slice Here’s what I think happens next as big tech layoffs continue: If you’re hiring: expect more noise. A larger pool of “available” talent won’t automatically translate to startup-ready talent. Your filter gets harder: slope > pedigree. If you’re a FAANG engineer: if you want risk, speed, and real ownership, jump earlier. After ~3+ years in a highly structured environment, the pivot gets meaningfully harder. Not because you’re not capable, but because the operating system is different. And I’m seeing a pattern: A lot of FAANG engineers want to move faster… But many early-stage startups aren’t prioritizing candidates who’ve spent 5+ years in big tech. Not a knock. Just a market reality. Curious if others are seeing the same thing: What’s your “threshold” where the FAANG → seed jump gets tough? 2 years? 4 years? More?
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Hima Bindhu Busireddy
🇺🇸 Understanding H-1B Grace Period After a Layoff: What Really Happens Behind the Scenes One of the most confusing times for professionals on an H-1B visa is right after a layoff — especially when trying to understand when the 60-day grace period actually begins. Let’s break it down clearly 👇 💡 What Is the H-1B Grace Period? When your employment on an H-1B ends unexpectedly (layoff, termination, etc.), U.S. immigration law grants a 60-day grace period (or until your I-94 expiry, whichever is sooner). During this window, you can: Find a new employer willing to file an H-1B transfer, or File a change of status (to B-1/B-2, F-1, dependent, etc.), or Make arrangements to leave the U.S. gracefully. 🕒 When Does the 60 Days Actually Start? This is where most confusion happens — and it’s not always the same as your last working day. Here are the possible scenarios: If you’re still on payroll (notice period): Your grace period does not start until your last day on payroll — i.e., when your salary officially stops. ➤ Example: If your company gives you a 2-week notice or pays you for that duration, your 60 days begin after that period ends. If you receive severance pay (lump sum or continued): USCIS generally looks at the actual last date of employment, not the severance period — unless the employer reports otherwise. ➤ So, if you’re on paid administrative leave, your clock might not start yet. But if severance is just compensation after employment ends, your clock has already started. If the employer updates USCIS early: Once the employer withdraws your H-1B petition, USCIS treats that as the end of employment. ➤ But remember — it’s often the last date you were paid that counts most, especially if the employer maintains payroll compliance until that date. ⚠️ The Most Common Confusion People often think: “My company gave me a month of notice, so my 60 days start later.” ✅ True if you’re still being paid. “My severance counts as employment.” ❌ Not necessarily. “My last working day and grace period start date are the same.” ⚠️ Only if your employer ends payroll that day. 🧭 Key Takeaways for H-1B Employees Always confirm your last paycheck date with HR or payroll. Keep proof of pay stubs or HR email confirming your end date. Use this 60-day window wisely: line up interviews, request transfers, or explore alternate visa options. Don’t panic — but don’t delay either. Immigration timelines are firm, not flexible. 🎯 Career Coach’s Note: If you’ve recently been impacted by a layoff, take this time to plan wisely. I offer a free 30-minute discovery call to help you strategize your next move — both career-wise and immigration-wise. You’re not alone — clarity is the first step toward stability. 💪 #Layoff #H1B #GracePeriod #Termination #NoticePeriod #LastDayAtWork #Severance #NonImmigrant #JobHunt #Strategy #VisaTimelines #BounceBack
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Pallapati Abhinairaj
After my last post , many people are messaging me about the Intuit interview process for the role Software developer backend , I thought I’d share what I can. I can’t disclose exact questions, but here’s a clear overview of my experience. 🔹 Coding Challenge (OA) Mostly medium-level problem solving. Structure: • 1 DSA question • 1 SQL question • 1 Bash scripting task After completing the coding challenge, the next round was available for scheduling on the portal within a few hours. For me it was 1 hr. 🔹 1:1 Recruiter Round Biggest advice: Know your resume inside out. Also, be clear about how you use AI in your daily workflow. Some discussion areas were: • What makes you passionate about technology? • A time when you had to learn quickly • Your top strengths • Solving problems in unconventional ways • Defining success in your career • Projects where you used AI • How you use AI coding assistants effectively • Staying updated with latest technologies • Joining availability & work authorization It was more conversational than stressful. Within 1–2 days, the next stage (Build Challenge) was available to schedule. For me , it took a day. 🔹 Build Challenge You’re given a Git repository and asked to complete a small project within a limited time. It typically involves: • Backend logic • API calls • Small functional implementation • Clean structure and submission via Git After submission, the next round is scheduled. 🔹 1:1 Technical Round This round focuses heavily on: • Your submitted project • Edge cases • Unit testing • Design decisions • Live coding (sometimes) • Resume-based technical discussion 🔹 Final Interview The final round includes: • Resume-based discussion • DSA • System design • Overall experience discussion Sometimes this round is virtual, sometimes in person and it depends on the interviewer. This all rounds are taken by Uptime Crew but the final round will be taken by intuit team. There are roles for both USA and India, and the overall process is quite similar. Overall, the process felt structured, practical, and well-designed. Since many are searching for this ,there was a small Telegram discussion group where candidates can connect and discuss the process and there were more than 400 people in the group so it will be helpful : " https://t.me/intuitdiscuss " Also, there are multiple discussion threads on Reddit, Inc. where candidates have shared their experiences. It’s worth exploring those to understand different perspectives and preparation strategies. Every round is eliminatory round and if any one have any issues regaring, they can use this mail id " recruiting@uptimecrew.com " Hope this helps everyone who reached out. I may not be able to reply to each message individually, but wishing you all the best in your preparation #InterviewExperience #SoftwareEngineering #DSA #SystemDesign #CareerJourney
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