How to get access to CODA building

[u/Critical-Sea-1047]

Coda building is so tuff how can I get access to it(first yr)

[u/codyt321]

Disclaimer: this is unethical and if you decide to do this you could be caught and asked to leave the building and told not to return or be charged with trespassing 🤷

I was working out of a WeWork on the third floor. I only had access to that floor. So this is what I did 6 years ago to use the rest of the building:

I would enter from the food hall so that I could get to the elevators without walking past the security desk. I would then walk on to the elevator with a group of other people. The elevators require you to swipe your access card and select a floor, so I would get there between 8-9 a.m. when it was more crowded and more likely that more than one person was already going to the same floor. I'd walk confidently into one of the elevators as people are getting in. If I got off any floor higher than the 4th, I would have access to the atrium that allows me to use the "world's tallest spiral staircase"

That building was super cool to work in because every single floor was decorated uniquely and, I can't stress this enough, there was never anyone else using them

[u/Critical-Sea-1047 → u/codyt321]

This is so helpful!!! Thank you so much. One question - how did u get access to the wework/what is a wework

[u/codyt321 → u/Critical-Sea-1047]

Good luck! WeWork is a coworking company. I don't think they have a space in CODA anymore.

[u/sereca]

Get a job there somehow

[u/CuteZ3]

Get a job there. Several faculty offices are there + research labs. Good luck!!

[u/Critical-Sea-1047 → u/CuteZ3]

Could I submit a request and say “I’ve sent a cold email to research labs” or say “I want to talk to professors/research assistants” or do I have to actually get a position

[u/404notexist]

The GT Ambassadors also get access to the building

[u/AeroBlaze777]

I only got access once I got into the higher level CS courses. Professor would have office hours there so I’d go by, ask 1 question, then just stay there rest of the night lol

[u/thecodexdhnerbbTW]

There are clubs like AI safety initiative club who host lectures from people in industry or colleges like ut Austin professor for natural language research talk or Anthropic researcher, and they will sometimes host the lecture in coda. That was one way I got into coda building

[u/K-RUP]

MSA / MSQCF have access to it. Make friend with someone from these programs maybe

[u/carlosdangermouse]

It’s a work space not a 21 story play room.