Comment by tomsanbear
6 hours ago
Always enjoyed his lecture series from CMU, hopefully those continue in a sponsored format from Clickhouse.
6 hours ago
Always enjoyed his lecture series from CMU, hopefully those continue in a sponsored format from Clickhouse.
They will continue. New seminar series starts next month (announcement coming this week).
I “audited” CMU 15-445 in April 2026, a few months ago. I then applied to Azure Hyperscale DB team, and as my pitch to get hired I cold DM’d the hiring manager whatever I finished in the assignments (BPM, Concurrent B-tree, Transaction support etc).
With that, I was able to get the interview although I ended up failing it. My lack of experience in C++ was probably one of the main reasons. Your course helped me stand my own during the interview and even though I had zero database experience apart from finishing the course, I felt adequately prepared.
Thank you for making the course open source. As a working professional, it was helpful to be able to do the course on my own time. Suffice to say, I am a big fan of your work and thank you for introducing me (and other fellow learners) to the interesting world of Databases!
Why did you think it was appropriate to nag the hiring manager while you finished a MOOC?
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Will you maintain a connection to CMU? If so, what will you continue doing and at what percent of effort?
Your DB course is phenomenal. Thank you very much for making it available to all of us!