Lee didn't want their offers.
— Baptiste (@BaptisteVicini) April 4, 2025
His real mission? Expose how broken tech hiring really is.
So he uploaded the interview footage to YouTube, showing exactly how he fooled them all.
100,000 views later, Silicon Valley exploded... pic.twitter.com/dbEsGixbRA
Amazon executives lost their minds.
— Baptiste (@BaptisteVicini) April 4, 2025
They fired off a desperate email to Columbia about Lee's "disturbing" behavior.
Every offer for the corporate world got pulled instantly.
His response? https://t.co/Qo7Lfmh0ea
Meanwhile, Interview Coder grew 50% every week, and Lee made $170K in a single month.
— Baptiste (@BaptisteVicini) April 4, 2025
The tool exposing Big Tech's broken system? It was becoming a million-dollar empire.
But it wasn't without consequences.
First came a week-long suspension from Columbia.
— Baptiste (@BaptisteVicini) April 4, 2025
The university's disciplinary board found him "responsible for facilitating academic dishonesty."
But Lee didn't go quietly.
He shared recordings of his disciplinary hearings and posted photos of university staff online. pic.twitter.com/1RP8E2bbeT
Columbia's response? A year-long suspension.
— Baptiste (@BaptisteVicini) April 4, 2025
But it didn't even phase Lee.
His viral response? "Update: I got kicked out!"
He wasn't planning on going back to Columbia anyway...
To him, traditional paths were already irrelevant. https://t.co/FjAjZ0jXkV
Lee's logic was bulletproof:
— Baptiste (@BaptisteVicini) April 4, 2025
"Everyone programs nowadays with the help of AI. It doesn't make sense to have an interview format that assumes otherwise."
One week of coding exposed decades of outdated practices.
But this revolution was already brewing...
"I'm not worried about burning bridges," Lee says.
— Baptiste (@BaptisteVicini) April 4, 2025
He's already hired viral creators to help market Interview Coder.
He also has a mysterious new project in the works.
Lee's next stop? San Francisco.
At 21, he's choosing the entrepreneur's path over corporate America. https://t.co/Bb2ZY9rwGc
