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The speaker considers themself fortunate to have worked at Princeton and later found their advisor Omar at MIT.

Alex Zhang · Academia is for Ambition — Alex Zhang, MIT · 2 Oct 2026

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“took like working at Princeton and then like later like finding my advisor like Omar at MIT like he's a fantastic advisor I will say though I I find that the most successful research from grad students or like in academia comes when people care about problems that maybe like”

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