Ashutosh Ukey’s Post

Hello everyone, On March 9th, I received an offer from Coinbase for a Backend Software Engineer Role. Since then, I was mainly deciding between this offer and an offer of a CS PhD at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. After considering several factors, I had chosen to join Coinbase over pursuing a PhD. Unfortunately, I just got an email today saying my offer had been rescinded (as well as those of many other people) due to a massive hiring plan change by Coinbase (https://lnkd.in/gCva9xtB). This was devastating to me as I was going to start on a STEM OPT VISA and I am only allowed a certain number of days on unemployment. I had even rejected three PhD offers and declined to interview at other companies since I had accepted Coinbase's offer in mid-March. All of these other options are no longer available to me. After having planned so much of the next stage of my life, seeing it fall apart so quickly was heartbreaking. If anyone knows openings for entry-level Software Engineering roles (that can sponsor F1 students), your help would be very much appreciated in these trying times. Update: thanks everyone for your immense support. I will be going through everyone's DMs/comments/invitations asap (sorry if I take a while to respond). I will make sure to post an update once my plans have been finalized. Update 2 (list of people affected by Coinbase hiring plan change): https://lnkd.in/gRXPTyuF