Resume Advice Thread - December 18, 2018 CS Career Questions |
- Resume Advice Thread - December 18, 2018
- Daily Chat Thread - December 18, 2018
- If you haven't found an internship or job, don't underestimate professors as a resource.
- How do I improve my testing skills
- Is it okay to reach out to a current employee at a company on linkedin?
- Using CTCI and LC "correctly"
- Depressed
- What does it take to land an internship?
- When to throw in the towel and take some job at a consulting company?
- I find it very difficult to speak up in meetings and to senior people and I'm worried I'm going to be let go because of it.
- Vancouver, just finished a computer programming diploma program, questions inside.
- What jobs will you be able to get after taking CS in college?
- Is it a good move to go for a Second Masters ?
- Transitioning from full stack to UI/UX design
- Best online course for winter break
- FE Developer looking for recommendations on UI courses
- For new grads who settled for their first job, how long did it take for you to find a job that you liked?
- Last second offer after I accepted another position
- Fired from 2 coding jobs in 6 months. Want to give up programming.
- How to learn how to think fast and pick up a technology quickly? I struggle with this a lot.
- Recontacted for job I already accepted and then un-accepted
- Non technical lead thinks agile means no plan?
- Looking for deleted jomatech youtube videos
- Rural & micro area developers : How do you meet other people in your area // what works and what doesn't?
- Engineers working in the Netherlands or in Japan, tell me about your experience
- Is there any comprehensive guide out there that helps map out a plan to become a data engineer?
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| Daily Chat Thread - December 18, 2018 Posted: 17 Dec 2018 11:06 PM PST Please use this thread to chat, have casual discussions, and ask casual questions. Moderation will be light, but don't be a jerk. This thread is posted every day at midnight PST. Previous Daily Chat Threads can be found here. [link] [comments] |
| If you haven't found an internship or job, don't underestimate professors as a resource. Posted: 18 Dec 2018 11:58 AM PST After turning in my final, I asked my professor if he'd be willing to meet with me outside of class to provide me with some career advice. We met a few days later and had a good conversation that I wish I would have had much earlier. At the end he said, "If you're looking for a position at the end of the next semester, there's always an opening for you as a summer intern at my company that could easily lead to a full-time position." No phone screen, no technical interview. Your professors, especially those who work in some capacity in industry, are amazing resources who already know your capabilities and are high enough up in organizations that their recommendation will carry serious weight. I am still exploring my options, at his encouragement, but the knowledge that I've got something in my back pocket has taken off a lot of the pressure. I don't post often so I'm sorry in advance if I broke a rule or come off as a humble bragging ass. [link] [comments] |
| How do I improve my testing skills Posted: 18 Dec 2018 05:13 AM PST I have been told twice already by different bosses that I need to improve the results of my code and that quality is very high but results are lackluster due to poor testing skills, is there any way I can improve this? I find testing difficult because it's tedious and my mind slips away, I want to finish fast and then my code is prone to failure. How do I fix this? [link] [comments] |
| Is it okay to reach out to a current employee at a company on linkedin? Posted: 18 Dec 2018 03:44 PM PST I have an interview with his company and I've actually been connected to this person on linkedin for a while because he was in one of my classes at university, but we're not like friends or anything, I've barely talked to him. Is it okay if I reach out to him and ask him for some tips before an interview at his company or would this be frowned upon by the company? I'm just worried the hiring manager finds out and looks down on it or something. If it's okay, what's the best way to ask this person for tips or pointers? EDIT: I actually ended up reaching out, and he ended up giving me some good tips and even saying he'll throw in a good word for me! So if you're contemplating and bit shy like me, just do it!! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Dec 2018 08:17 AM PST To those of you who have gotten your multiple offers at the big guys... how did you do it? Especially those who don't go to target schools and stuff, what type of study plan did you set for yourself to do well on those dreaded technical interviews? Everyone always says that you need to use CTCI and LC "correctly" or else you are wasting your time, but no one says what is the "correct" way to do it. As the winter break approaches, I want to know how to best use my time to prepare for the next recruiting cycle. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Dec 2018 06:53 PM PST I'm 4 years out of school, work at MS, and hate my life. Salary: 130, bonus this year 15, bonus stock this year 45. I feel like I've chased after those numbers even in my choice to pursue CS as a major. But now my life is: go to work, sit in a team room with people I don't like all day who are negative, toxic, stressed, and have poor mental health, then go home and be tired as shit and just vedge at screens. I had girlfriends throughout college, I was a musician in high school, but now absolutely nothing outside of work interests me and I feel so alone. I've grown apart with friends I had in high school/college and I only have few and only have few hangouts. The people I work with have families and spend most of their time...working...if they're not working at work they're working on side projects. I'm already just so sick of doing this. I feel like I experience a wide range of emotions when people at work are just so fixated on being cutthroat and getting higher salaries or they feel like they're not "smart enough" and are vocally stressed about losing their positions. It's like there's no color in life and I feel like it's just in the atmosphere. This is my second team at MS, I don't know if it's just common here or my personality type doesn't fit CS very well, but why can't people just be chill, relaxed, happy, and actually just simply enjoy the work they do? How can you make it to 45 years old just working a job where you stress out and push and push and push all of the time? I don't get it. I want a more balanced life, but I don't know where to go. I also have that 45K + 10K signing stock vesting over 3 years...just makes it harder to leave..I feel like if I do leave I have to go to a place that pays as well or else I'm giving up a great opportunity. 40K left in student debt. [link] [comments] |
| What does it take to land an internship? Posted: 18 Dec 2018 08:02 PM PST Hey guys, I have been trying to get an internship for the last couple of years. I am currently a Junior in undergrad and I've taken some pretty involved CS courses. I've had my software basics, and this past semester I took a systems and network programming course. I have good grades, I've been involved in student organizations in the past and last spring I even did some research with a professor. This past fall I applied to a ton of internships for both the spring and summer and all of them declined me in the application phase. I've reviewed my resume several times with a college career advisor and I've shown a passion for what it is that I want to do. I'm not picky about where I intern at either , I just want some experience. Because I know a lot of very big time internships require other internship experience, but other than that I am not seeing what I am lacking. Can anyone give me some advice on what companies are looking for in intern positions that I don't have? I know a lot of big companies are competitive, but what are the real factors that I'm not keying in on well enough? [link] [comments] |
| When to throw in the towel and take some job at a consulting company? Posted: 18 Dec 2018 06:03 PM PST I know some people who work for consulting companies and make like 55k and relocate. I did not want to do this because I truly felt that I was able to land better. Plus, people in this sub constantly push against these places. However, I am approaching job application 800 and am coming to an impasse. I had a contract job with a big company (almost Big N) for them to not salary me. Then, I was in a training program with another company for them to tell us that their client closed the job and that's that. Now, I was being scheduled for a final interview for another company, to be notified that they made a mistake and had a lot of miscommunication on their end and that the position is either filled or closed (they aren't sure!). I interviewed for another technical interview for a different position, same company and was told that they really liked me, but I am too "junior" for the position. I did not know that this was going to be a technical interview- I thought that this was going to be the Skype interview (in-lieu of in-person). I asked what happened to the Skype interview and they explained that the in-person interview is just to get to know you and give you your offer, but then they explained what was happening. I was essentially screwed out of a 95k job- something that I so desperately wanted. Now, I have no options and am back to the start. Should I just give up and roll with Wipro or TCS? Also, here is my resume: EDIT: Here is my new resume: https://i.imgur.com/4spqCeB.png [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Dec 2018 12:49 PM PST I just graduated college and I started my first job as a software developer a few months ago. I find it very hard to ask questions or speak up in group meetings, I get anxious and nervous. Because of my nerves I find it so hard to communicate my ideas. I find it very difficult to speak to senior people, I end up stuttering and sounding really stupid. People at my own experience level or age I can talk to no problem. I had a feeling people were getting annoyed at how quiet I am and that was confirmed today when I spotted the two main guys I work with going into a room, then one came out to pull my manager in. It was really obvious they were talking about me. Then a few minutes later my manager called me into a room alone which confirmed my suspicions and basically told me in a roundabout, non direct way that I need to ask more questions and speak up more. The fact I know people were talking about me makes me feel more nervous, awful and uncomfortable. I'm now very worried that I will be let go in the new year. I work in a large corporation where everything is about meetings and communication. Any people in the tech industry have this issue? How did you get over it or manage it? [link] [comments] |
| Vancouver, just finished a computer programming diploma program, questions inside. Posted: 18 Dec 2018 03:34 PM PST Everything's all a bit up in the air for me at the moment so I wondered if I could get a little guidance here. I just graduated from the software development program at BCIT here in Vancouver and I'm about to apply for jobs. I'm interested (and have minor experience) in Python, C, C++, and how these technologies work with Data Science, Machine Learning, and A.I. I'm also interested in perhaps working in another city / country. The barrier for entry regarding ML and AI jobs seems quite high. I'm wondering if anyone has path, pipeline, online course, or technology recommendations with regards to the above? General advice is welcome too. Over the next few weeks I plan to get a portfolio website going, take a course or two / practice for interviews, and maybe work on an interesting side-project related to Tensor Flow. [link] [comments] |
| What jobs will you be able to get after taking CS in college? Posted: 18 Dec 2018 05:44 AM PST Currently on my last year in high school and thinking of taking computer science in college. I am interested in the course but I am kind of confused what jobs I might be able to apply for after college. And will I need to learn anything on the side such as programming? Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| Is it a good move to go for a Second Masters ? Posted: 18 Dec 2018 08:01 PM PST Hello, I have a masters in Data Science and fairly good job 120$K but I have an interest in computer Vision and I do feel that an online masters in Imaging Science from RIT might add some more heft to my resume?Also, some of the machine learning stuff I do, I think it will help me in computer vision. Would like to know others opinion. Thanks [link] [comments] |
| Transitioning from full stack to UI/UX design Posted: 18 Dec 2018 06:44 AM PST Hi all, I'll preface this by saying I do enjoy programming (both back and front end) but I've noticed my real passions lie in design. While working the last couple years after finishing school, I've realized I don't want to keep programming forever. I'm much more personally interested in the design aspect, deciding how things look and function, user testing, etc. Basically I would like to transition to more of a UI/UX designer/researcher. I wouldn't mind doing front end work as it seems a lot of UI/UX designers are required these days, but I definitely want to be making more of the design decisions. At least in the roles I've had since graduating, we almost always have a designer creating what I will eventually build. This feels kind of empty to me personally, as I feel like I'm just painting by numbers, it gets kind of monotonous imo. I guess I'm just wondering if anyone has made a similar transition, and how they went about it, any advice they might have etc. I've found it VERY hard (i.e. impossible) to get design jobs with only my programming experience - I do have design experience but most of it was in college. I personally think I have a good eye for design and know I would do a good job, the problem is convincing someone else of that, and getting past HR filters into interviews. I'm planning to get a masters in the next couple years, which has led me to consider two routes:
I think I would be happier going with route 2, I'm just concerned I may be shooting myself in the foot financially. Do good UI/UX designers these days pull in near what programmers can make? I don't mind making less, I just really don't want to do a masters and end up making half of what I'm making now. I feel like, if I marketed myself right, it should almost be an advantage, having a strong CS background coming into designing. A lot of designers I've worked with have no clue how complex things can be to implement, how engineers think, etc. edit: forgot to mention I work for a university, and my masters will be incredibly cheap, so there's no reason not to do one. [link] [comments] |
| Best online course for winter break Posted: 18 Dec 2018 06:37 PM PST Hi folks, Looking for recommendations for an online course to do over winter break. I'm particularly interested in a non-field dependent course (iOS, web, android, machine learning) but rather a course that can impact you from multiple directions (learning how to learn, financial independence). [link] [comments] |
| FE Developer looking for recommendations on UI courses Posted: 18 Dec 2018 06:16 PM PST Hello r/cscareerquestions! I'm a front end developer who has spent a lot of time doing more coding than design. Recently my company has gone through a bit of a re-org. We're a small get up and previously we just had a business person tell us what they needed and the devs would work together to build it. Now we are shifting to more of a structured process and I have been asked to start creating mock ups / UI designs for business to review before we build. I've been using balsamiq and justinmind lately to get a feel for this but It's been awhile since I graduated so I feel a bit out of touch with modern UI design patterns. I looked at Udemy and CodeAcademy but it's hard to choose. Thought I would ask here in case anyone else has gone through a similar role change, or if there are any UI gurus whose tutorials you would recommend. Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Dec 2018 07:38 AM PST I'm graduating this year, and don't get me wrong, I am grateful to have a job offer. It just isn't a place where I see myself staying at for long. I would say that I am settling because I am not interested in their tech stack and the job is located in my hometown. I do get to save on rent, but unfortunately I have to move back in with my parents. So I was wondering if anyone has been in a position where they settled for their first job and how long it took them to find a job that they liked more. [link] [comments] |
| Last second offer after I accepted another position Posted: 18 Dec 2018 06:48 AM PST So I accepted an offer in October with a company. however, yesterday I given an offer for more money and better benefits with a company I interned for on a team i know, and enjoyed working with. Is it bad to go and decline the offer I already accepted for this objectively better one? I dont want to burn any bridges but I really want to work for this other compang. [link] [comments] |
| Fired from 2 coding jobs in 6 months. Want to give up programming. Posted: 18 Dec 2018 02:37 PM PST Graduated from Software Engineering a few years ago. Worked two years at a big company but was coasting and wanted more of a challenge/exciting environment ( 1 year java 1 year React). Was told at the end by manager that my performance was declining so I jumped ship. Went to do web dev at a startup and was let go on last day of probation. Same thing happened in a devops role at a slightly larger startup right after. Didn't investigate all the alerts that came in, but enjoyed the Go Scripting side of it. Same problem every time where I get frustrated and dislike what I am doing and sort of last minute put together some botchy code. it's how I got through school and didn't love it. Did really like coding in first year when it was simple but the novelty fell off. I still like to maybe tinker with things on the side, but I can't keep up with the pace in the professional world. I never felt like I got better or that I really wanted to get better. I am not sure if it's for me, as I am super social and outgoing and would prefer a role with more person interaction. Looking into going into Teaching CS in a high school or middle school level as I really enjoyed TA'ing first year classes in school. any thoughts? [link] [comments] |
| How to learn how to think fast and pick up a technology quickly? I struggle with this a lot. Posted: 18 Dec 2018 08:32 AM PST I tend to bash my head against the wall until something sticks. For example, I recently had to learn react and it's not going well because I'm not used to JavaScript. If I start from the basics, then it will take me time to build up the skills required to do a good job. I've always liked taking my time when learning a language so I can understand how it works. Unfortunately, I am expected to learn new tech fairly quick at my new job. The problem is I end up knowing the basics about one language but I never move past that because there's so much stuff to learn. [link] [comments] |
| Recontacted for job I already accepted and then un-accepted Posted: 18 Dec 2018 04:36 PM PST Earlier this year I was contacted by an external recruiter. I ended up accepting an offer with the company, but my current employer countered and I stayed where I am. Now I've been contacted on linked in by an internal recruiter (whom I know and had worked with during the previous negotiations) from that company. I think these requests are automated, but I'm still thinking I should respond. This is one of only a handful of companies that can make really good use of my skills, so I'd like to avoid burning as many bridges as I can. Any ideas on how to phrase this? I don't want to accidentally insult the recruiter's probable mistake. I was planning on making a joke about not being blackballed, but I doubt that's a good idea. [link] [comments] |
| Non technical lead thinks agile means no plan? Posted: 18 Dec 2018 08:05 PM PST Had a meeting where my lead said he though the purpose of agile was so we could quickly pivot and not have plans. I get that agile should be flexible but agile is NOT an excuse to build whatever however and hope it all works in the end. We don't even have an initial plan or guidelines besides vague requirements and now it's fallen onto the developers to fix this guys shitty mess because he just said "screw it, we're agile". Dude makes the worst decisions and keeps dipping his toes in technical design and I'm tired of explaining to him how things actually work and fixing the BS he creates. Everyone on our team follows him because he's the lead and we have to, but in reality I'm making technical decisions because I'm fixing all the mess ups he creates. How do people like this become software leads, of all things? [link] [comments] |
| Looking for deleted jomatech youtube videos Posted: 18 Dec 2018 07:59 PM PST title A Day In The Life Of A Facebook Engineer original link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDdimFoqQ3s chanel: https://www.youtube.com/c/jomaoppa [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Dec 2018 07:58 AM PST Hi peeps, tl;dr -- trying to organize a pretty spread out group. Looking for ideas on bringing the community together outside of slack. I'm in a pretty rural area in the US and met with some other developers yesterday. We had a planning meeting in an effort to put together some events to help the local workforce, put together a local healthcare hackathon, as well as to talk about what roles are in the area . What are some ways you bring people together? A centralized meetup with multiple stacks? What about small scale hackathons and what has worked for you? What has bombed? [link] [comments] |
| Engineers working in the Netherlands or in Japan, tell me about your experience Posted: 17 Dec 2018 09:07 PM PST Especially interested in expats, bonus points if you're webdev., extra bonus cash point if you made the move as a junior.
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| Is there any comprehensive guide out there that helps map out a plan to become a data engineer? Posted: 18 Dec 2018 03:53 PM PST Is there a guide that will help someone see what it takes to become a data engineer in terms of programming language to become familiar with and technologies to learn [link] [comments] |
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