This is a list of what I have tried during my journey. It is a running list of my failures during my journey. The idea is inspired by Prof. Johannes Haushoferi. I was trying to summarize all of them, but some may have eluded my memory. I will keep maintaining this list, so future failures will be recorded and updated. You are welcome to come back and check my latest failures.
Working Experiences
| Time | Case |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Akuna Capital , Chicago, IL, U.S.A. Quantitative Developer Declined the offer |
| 2017 | Bloomberg L.P. , New York, NY, U.S.A. Software Developer Declined the offer |
| 2017 | Two Sigma , New York, NY, U.S.A. Quantitative Developer Rejected after final round interview |
| 2017 | Google , Mountain View, CA, U.S.A. Quantitative Analysist Rejected after phone interview |
| 2016 | Akuna Capital , Chicago, IL, U.S.A. Trader Intern Rejected after final round interview |
| 2016 | Jane Street , Hong Kong, China Quantitative Trader Intern Rejected after first phone interview |
| 2016 | The D.E.Shaw Group , New York, NY, U.S.A. Quantitative Trader Intern Rejected after on-site interview |
| 2016 | Susquehanna International Group , Bala Cynwyd, PA, U.S.A. Quantitative Researcher Intern Rejected after first phone interview |
| 2016 | Rejected with no interview, List: Betterment , Software Engineer Intern, New York, NY, U.S.A. Two Sigma, Quantitative Researcher Intern, New York, NY, U.S.A. Google , Software Engineer Intern / Quantitative Analysist Intern, Mountain View, CA, U.S.A. Jane Street , Quantitative Researcher Intern / Software Deveoloper Intern, New York, NY, U.S.A. |
| 2015 | Bloomberg L.P. , New York, NY, U.S.A. Software Developer Intern Rejected after the on-site interview |
| 2015 | Google, Mountain View, CA, U.S.A. Data Science Intern Silently Rejected with no further decisions after get contacted by recruiter |
| 2015 | Rejected with no interview, List: Facebook/Oculus , Oculus Developer Intern, Seattle, WA, U.S.A. Two Sigma, Quantitative Researcher Intern, New York, NY, U.S.A. Quora , Data Science Intern, Mountain View, CA, U.S.A. |
Education
| Time | Case |
|---|---|
| 2013 | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, U.S.A. Ph.D. Neuroscience Declined the offer |
| 2013 | New York University, New York, NY, U.S.A. Ph.D. Center for Neural Science Rejected after two interviews, because vacant positions were full |
| 2013 | Oxford University, Oxford, England Ph.D. Neuroscience Rejected with no interview for Ph.D. program. Rejected after an interview for Master program |
| 2013 | Yale University, New Haven, CT, U.S.A. Ph.D. Biological and Biomedical Sciences Rejected with no interview. |
| 2013 | Vanderbilt University , Nashville, TN, U.S.A. Ph.D. Psychology Rejected after I accepted offers from JHU. |
| 2013 | University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. Ph.D. Psychology Rejected with no interview. |
| 2011 | CVR Vision Science Summer School York Universiy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Rejected by the program |
| 2011 | Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Program in Vision Science Rochester University, Rochester, NY, U.S.A. Rejected by the program |
Grants & Publication
| Time | Case |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Yang, F., & Flombaum, J. I., Visual Pattern Recognition as Algebra within a Coordinate Representation Rejected By PNAS |
| 2020 | Yang, F., & Flombaum, J. I., Visual Pattern Recognition as Algebra within a Coordinate Representation Rejected By Nature Human Behaviour |
| 2016 | Yang, F., & Flombaum, J. I., Stream of Unconsciousness: Statistical Learning without Conscious Awareness Rejected By Nature Neuroscience |
| 2015 | Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Research Fellowship Failed to meet the internal application |