Company Status How I got interview

Fitbit Got Offer Recruiter contacted me through LinkedIn

Foursquare
Yelp Got Offer Referral from Jonathan
Nest
Nextdoor Opted not to Continue - Phone Screen Referral from Sophie
Pinterest
Evernote
Capital One Labs Opted not to Continue - Onsite Referral from Alvin
Square Referral from Andy
KPCB fellows Rejected - No interview
Salesforce Referral from Brian
Redfin
Twitch Rejected - No interview
Microsoft Explorer
Facebook Rejected - Onsite Interview Referral from Sophie
Snapchat
Twitter Rejected - Phone Interview Recruiter from last year
MongoDB
Pebble
Robinhood Opted not to Continue - Final Round Career Fair
LinkedIn Web Dev Opted not to Continue - Phone Screen Referral from Dennis
LinkedIn SWE Opted not to Continue - Phone Screen Referral from Dennis
Companies to Cold Email:
Mixpanel
Birchbox
Homejoy
Leap Motion
Jawbone
Jelly.co
Lyft
IFTTT
Uber
Instacart
Venmo
BuzzFeed
Flexport
Etsy
ontacted me through LinkedIn

om last year

My name is Prashan Dharmasena and I'm a second year Computer Science major at UC

This summer, I was the sole Android developer at Lockitron (YC S09), a smart door-loc

I'm an engineer who loves building things and I put in hard work into my programmin
omputer Science major at UC Berkeley. I'm primarily an Android developer, though I have experience in backend API development a

on (YC S09), a smart door-lock company. I implemented all of their Bluetooth Low Energy communication between both their Andro

d work into my programming. Often times I find myself completely absorbed by my coding projects and I know I could go above and
 in backend API development as well.

ation between both their Android and iOS apps and the Lockitron device. I also led the development of a feature called "Sense" which

nd I know I could go above and beyond your standards. I think what you guys are doing at Nest is the next step in leveraging technol
f a feature called "Sense" which magically unlocks a user's door as they approach it from the outside without any user interaction at

next step in leveraging technology to augment our daily lives and I would love to be a part of it. Thank you in advance for your time.
without any user interaction at all. To accomplish this, I used a combination of geofencing technology and Bluetooth Low Energy sign

you in advance for your time.

and Bluetooth Low Energy signal strength.