Meet 19 yr old Building Devin!! (AI Software Developer)

Mokshit was 17 when he DMed Cognition's CEO Scott Wu on Twitter. No interview, no degree, no MacBook when he started. Today he's one of the first 10 engineers at the company building Devin, on an O-1 visa, after turning down IIT prep, Imperial, UCLA, and Caltech. Follow him at : https://x.com/Mokshit06 Follow my builder journey - https://x.com/iHarnoorSingh 📕 Only book Software Developers need for Interviews: https://geni.us/EJHuJ 🤝 My Socials & Gear & Recommendations: https://singhinusa.com 💰 Sponsor Me: https://singhinusa.link E-mail for BUSINESS INQUIRY & HELP- hello@singhinusa.com 00:00 The kid who skipped college for Cognition 01:30 8th grade: learning to code for a Google t-shirt 04:20 Building an AR compression app on an iPad (no MacBook) 08:30 JEE prep vs going abroad: the family pressure 10:50 The fake school email and sneaking into Delhi hackathons 17:35 Cold DMing US founders on Twitter for internships 21:55 March 2024: Devin drops, and the DM to Scott Wu 24:40 Joining Cognition remotely from India as a teenager 25:30 Getting an O-1 visa at 18 26:30 SF vs India: where talking about tech is normal 28:25 Why he's still leaving for Caltech