I interned at OpenAI in San Francisco. Here's how I landed it, what it was like, and what I thought of Sam Altman.

A Canadian software-engineering student who moved to San Francisco to break into tech and landed an OpenAI internship.
The OpenAI stint fast-tracked his skills—shipping code quickly, learning to supercharge work with AI agents, and feeling the energy of a startup environment.
After visa hiccups he’s pivoting to his own agentic-AI projects, saying San Francisco’s dense talent and opportunities make the high cost worthwhile compared with Canada.