I GOT INTO MARS

(specifically the stream where I described myself as a personality hire!)

(I did not apply to ERA)

@Conflux that's awesome! Congratulations!

@Conflux Nice one!

@Jasonb IS THIS INSIDER TRADING

i'm manifesting that it is

@Conflux 👀

Astra is a lost cause — there was a 5 hour coding portion to the application that was tonight, and I uhhh didn’t do it

@Conflux This is actually not quite true. I think I previously misinterpreted emails, and some streams are a lost cause, but I'm still eligible for field-building streams (which have a different test that I do anticipate doing tomorrow)

@Conflux I didn’t do that one either

Feeling newly bullish on MARS! I had an interview with Peter Barnett for a SECOND stream where I think I came off well?

tbh I can’t really think of anything I did wrong that interview!

I had my interview with Logan Smith & Thomas Dooms for their stream of MARS!

we laughed a lot.

y'all, if they accept me, I will be the personality hire

Updates:

• I advanced to stage 2 of the MARS application. I don't think this is a big deal? This stage is essentially just applying to research streams; it's not a fun coding task or interview or anything like that. I plan to investigate the streams thoroughly and present a good application.

• I hastily applied to ARENA on the day it was due.

• I "missed the deadline" for FIG (busy with life!) but they claim in the FAQ that you can submit up to a week late

I just took the CodeSignal test for MATS. I coded almost everything! 925 / 1000 points in 90 minutes. I don't know if that's "good" or not; I could imagine a hardcore CS person acing the whole thing in 30 mins. But I do think timed tests are a comparative advantage of mine?

I officially applied to MARS and MATS! For MATS, I applied to the Megastream and the AI Futures Project (listing my Manifold expertise lol)

My current mood is pessimistic / underqualified. If you think that is impostor syndrome feel free to bet YES…

Would you please tag this "Will I" or "Personal Question

"If I don't apply to any of these programs, I will resolve to my best-guess probability of what my chances would have been"

Can you indicate which programs you actually intend on applying for? I don't want to bet on what you think the probability would have been.

@StephenFowler28ac I think my chance of applying to each individual program is >50%. I have spent a bit more time thinking about MARS and MATS, so maybe those are your best ones to bet on?

@StephenFowler28ac I’ve now applied to MARS and MATS. It seems likely I’ll apply to all five

I ended up not applying to FIG actually…