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Ask HN: CMU or Berkeley – Co-founders and Startup Internships

#1

Post by wildboarcharlie » Fri, Apr 11, 2014, 2:52 PM UTC

I was admitted to the School of Computer Science and the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon, and the Letters and Science department at Berkeley which offers the Computer Science major. Which school would be the better school to look for co-founders (quality classmates), and startup internships (location?)? Here's my breakdown right now:

Berkeley: 1. San Francisco is the right place to find work at startups 2. Large, diverse student population

CMU: 1. A high quality student population (co-founders) 2. A high quality CS education

I know this is under the assumption that I'm competent enough, please leave constructive comments :-)

Re: Ask HN: CMU or Berkeley – Co-founders and Startup Internships

#2

Post by pskittle » Fri, Apr 11, 2014, 4:25 PM UTC

im not sure about berkley , but you could take a look at cie at CMU and get a feel of the entrepreneurial scene. but Pittsburgh has shitty weather

Re: Ask HN: CMU or Berkeley – Co-founders and Startup Internships

#3

Post by wildboarcharlie » Fri, Apr 11, 2014, 7:27 PM UTC

pskittle wrote: post #2

im not sure about berkley , but you could take a look at cie at CMU and get a feel of the entrepreneurial scene. but Pittsburgh has shitty weather

I agree about the weather. However, after a quick google search... there are papers that say shitty weather = more productivity. Were you at CMU? Did you participate in CIE?

Re: Ask HN: CMU or Berkeley – Co-founders and Startup Internships

#4

Post by pskittle » Fri, Apr 11, 2014, 7:33 PM UTC

wildboarcharlie wrote: post #3

pskittle wrote: post #2

im not sure about berkley , but you could take a look at cie at CMU and get a feel of the entrepreneurial scene. but Pittsburgh has shitty weather

I agree about the weather. However, after a quick google search... there are papers that say shitty weather = more productivity. Were you at CMU? Did you participate in CIE?

that is debatable .Yep , I did go to most of their events . You have a lot of cool people come in and talk , recruit , mentor. Are you going for undergrad?

Re: Ask HN: CMU or Berkeley – Co-founders and Startup Internships

#5

Post by wildboarcharlie » Fri, Apr 11, 2014, 8:18 PM UTC

pskittle wrote: post #4

wildboarcharlie wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree about the weather. However, after a quick google search... there are papers that say shitty weather = more productivity. Were you at CMU? Did you participate in CIE?

that is debatable .Yep , I did go to most of their events . You have a lot of cool people come in and talk , recruit , mentor. Are you going for undergrad?

Yes. Asked for advice from a couple of people but can't seem to decide yet... Good thing I have until April 30th.

Re: Ask HN: CMU or Berkeley – Co-founders and Startup Internships

#6

Post by pskittle » Sat, Apr 12, 2014, 5:56 AM UTC

wildboarcharlie wrote: post #5

pskittle wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

that is debatable .Yep , I did go to most of their events . You have a lot of cool people come in and talk , recruit , mentor. Are you going for undergrad?

Yes. Asked for advice from a couple of people but can't seem to decide yet... Good thing I have until April 30th.

cool! I have a friend who is doing her undergrad there , in CS and math. Lemme know if you have specific questions. Good Luck with the decisions