Alex Zhang enjoyed working on GPU Mode projects during the period between college and his PhD.

“of like can we get llms to automate gpu kernel code and i think that was like uh it was a very very fun time it was like between college and my phd and yeah i had a really pleasant time doing stuff with gpu mode now i kind of just help with the lectures sometimes i'm not as involved and i think in general like we don't have as many competitions as we used to but um yeah i still keep in touch a lot with with everyone there”