Just wanted to chime in to share that the original post is great but doesn't do enough justice to the talent. I've been working as an engineer in the Bay Area for 3+ years and found Manara about a year ago. During that time, I've closely mentored 6 engineers and mock interviewed several more. I think nearly every end-of-program mock interview I've given to Manara students are a "Hire" with questions of similar difficulty to those used at the big tech company I work for. Having gotten to know them very well now, it's clear to me that these really are a selection of the best engineers in the region (e.g. top performers in competitive programming competitions, hackers with more side projects than university projects, etc).

P.S. Also worth mentioning that this is some of the most exciting volunteer work I've done...it's a small part of what I do each week but it keeps me disproportionately energized even throughout the rest of my week!