I spoke with Leeearlier this monthafter his story went viral on social media.
Lee is, or was, a sophomore at Columbia who had an eye towards graduating in 2026.
He just needed to pass the technical interview.
Roy Lee at his computer for his technical interview with Amazon.© Roy Lee via YouTube.
The technical interview usually involves problems the programmer will never face on the job.
To hear Lee tell it, practicing for the tests broke him.
He said it worked and he got offers from multiple tech companies.
Then someone tattled to Columbia.
Lee shared a copy of the letter that the University shared with him.
I leaked the letter, and it went super viral on X.
That single moment probably protected me more than anything else, Lee said on LinkedIn.
When I spoke with him earlier this month, his disciplinary hearing was days away.
He shrugged it off, saying he wouldnt be in the country and was planning to leave the university.
According to his LinkedIn post, he appeared in some capacity.
(It cant.)
and put me on academic probation, scheduling another hearing for leaking all the documents, he said.
A week and a half later, and Im completely kicked out from school.
A copy of the complaint Lee shared with me earlier this month came from Columbia.
It had a big watermark overlaid on it that said Not Distribute.
He had posted this picture on social media as well.
Lee also shared copies of notes from his disciplinary hearing on LinkedIn and X. Lee is selling subs to the software that got him into so much trouble for $60 a month.
Every battle with Columbia raises his profile just a little more.
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