Divya Saini

I realised I never shared my full story on X, so here it goes:

> was born in a small village in India
> homeschooled until 6th grade
> graduated high school at age 12
> wanted to be a doctor but couldn't get college admission (min age was 17)
> spent a year trying to get an exception but failed
> pivoted to computer science, got into NIT at age 14
> fell in love with building and problem-solving
> graduated college at age 18
> got into Amazon as a software engineer at age 19
> I was settled atleast as my family said
> but nothing felt settling about it, my heart wanted more..

Full story beautifully covered by @madeitdesi :

moving out of SF for the 3rd time in last 18 months 😭

grateful for the people i met so far but leaving this city always hurts

got 7 more days before i leave, who should i meet?

At female founder conference @ycombinator today listening to women founders including @jesslivingston, cofounder of Y Combinator!!!!

If you’re also here, come say hi 👋

can I get an invite please? 👀

I got a life update -

After an insane 9-year run at Amazon, I’ve joined @usecardboard as founding engineer to build the best agentic video editor alongside the best team.

Six months ago I moved to SF looking for an early-stage team where the product is still being shaped, the problems are hard, and the people are cracked.

I posted exactly that on this platform. The post blew up and it led me to Cardboard. Crazy how putting what you want out into the universe sometimes just works.

Grateful to be here. Now its time to build and ship.