Big 4 Discussion - December 27, 2017 CS Career Questions |
- Big 4 Discussion - December 27, 2017
- Daily Chat Thread - December 27, 2017
- CS Student, lack of motivation to self learn new language or work on a project - How do you motivate yourself?
- What's the most ridiculous delusion that you've seen at a company?
- Fresh grads struggling to find work: where are you based from?
- Best way to get a job in a different state for a fresh graduate?
- Company canceling a paid holiday
- Are side projects still important for future internships/full time jobs after your first internship?
- Asking HR what the pay for a position is if not Listed?
- update on getting the director of engineering position instead of DBA one
- Need to respond to an offer by tomorrow, but I still haven't received the paperwork...
- Getting a new job, 2 "levels" up front current job. Advice?
- Is it worth taking on college debt for a Masters in CS?
- Applying to recent grad jobs, when I graduated 6 months ago?
- Are there careers in CS that don't involve sitting at a desk all day?
- How do you keep your spirits up when the industry seems to throw you aside? (Connections vs. Work Ethic)
- GM Software Engineer Salary?
- Under Armour summer league
- Want to leave my job -- wait for promotion or leave?
- Have I taken on the wrong, negative, attitude at work?
- Hours vs benefits vs money!?
- Is it possible to be blacklisted on Linkedin?
- Received an offer from expedia, thoughts on career growth?
- How difficult is to land a development position without much experience?
- How should I transition into an embedded software role?
- CS Undergrad working in QA wants to get a dev job, needs advice.
| Big 4 Discussion - December 27, 2017 Posted: 26 Dec 2017 11:07 PM PST Please use this thread to have discussions about the Big 4 and questions related to the Big 4, such as which one offers the best doggy benefits, or how many companies are in the Big 4 really? Posts focusing solely on Big 4 created outside of this thread will probably be removed. Abide by the rules, don't be a jerk. This thread is posted each Sunday and Wednesday at midnight PST. Previous Big 4 Discussion threads can be found here. [link] [comments]  |
| Daily Chat Thread - December 27, 2017 Posted: 26 Dec 2017 11:07 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]  |
| Posted: 27 Dec 2017 03:26 PM PST So its winter break. I told myself I'm gonna spend hours working on a new project or even picking up a new language that interest me. So far, I haven't done any programming related. I know its a 'break' and I should just relax and enjoy it, but I do like to spend some time related to CS - whether it be learning or working on a project. How do you guys motivate yourself? I'm not particular passionate about CS and do it mainly because I was a Computer Science concentration student during HS and find that I'm somewhat good at it. [link] [comments]  |
| What's the most ridiculous delusion that you've seen at a company? Posted: 27 Dec 2017 11:30 AM PST Common delusions are "we're the next Google", "our people are best", "our code isn't garbage", "our code is secure", "our junior engineers are so good that they would be VPs of Engineering at other companies", "we're the best company in our VC's portfolio", "it'll be easy to convert jQuery to React", "we work smart", "young people are smarter". But these are ordinary, common delusions. But some companies elevate delusion to high art. What's the most insane, ridiculous, obvious delusion that you've seen? Or, feel free to rage about the delusions above or at your current employer. ("My employer is so dumb that they think ...") [link] [comments]  |
| Fresh grads struggling to find work: where are you based from? Posted: 27 Dec 2017 02:43 PM PST There's a lot of horror stories on this subreddit about people struggling to find jobs, even after months of searching & hundreds of applications. As someone that's planning on graduating fairly soon, this is somewhat daunting to hear. However, as unfortunate as it is, your personal background plays a key role in finding a job. Of those who have been struggling for months without any luck finding a job, or even those who now have a job but also struggled initially, what are your backgrounds? More specifically: Are you located in the US, looking for work in the US? Are you originally from the US (or at least have lived here for the majority of your life)? I'm mainly interested in learning if the struggle of job searching is equally daunting across the spectrum, or if it's mainly centered around foreign students wanting to enter the US work force. [link] [comments]  |
| Best way to get a job in a different state for a fresh graduate? Posted: 27 Dec 2017 09:57 AM PST I live in Virginia and graduated with from a reputable state university with two internships but a horrid GPA. I really want to move somewhere else like Seattle/Cali/Florida but I never hear back from those companies. I usually apply through sites like Indeed/Glassdoor. Do companies usually shy away from candidates from different states or is it just my resume? I know its not allowed but here is my resume and I would REALLY appreciate any criticism. [link] [comments]  |
| Company canceling a paid holiday Posted: 27 Dec 2017 06:54 AM PST A company my friend works for does not have unlimited PTO. Originally, they announced that three days this week would be paid holidays and that everyone should use PTO for the remaining two work days of the week. Last week, they announced that there was an HR mistake and that there were actually only two paid holidays this week. Everyone is expected to use three PTO days. In compensation, an additional paid holiday will be given out to be used whenever, but it won't be available until 2018. From the employers perspective, what's the point of taking away the paid holiday if they're just giving one back anyways? Does it have to do with the fiscal year? [link] [comments]  |
| Are side projects still important for future internships/full time jobs after your first internship? Posted: 27 Dec 2017 02:55 PM PST I definitely feel like side projects were what got me my first internship, however will I still need to work on them for future internships and full time jobs once I actually complete my internship? [link] [comments]  |
| Asking HR what the pay for a position is if not Listed? Posted: 27 Dec 2017 10:59 AM PST From time to time, I'll see job listings with no salary. Some will ask me for salary expectations. I know there are companies that will legitimately negotiate with you but there may be others that already have a range in mind and want to weed out those who are over that range. If I am being interviewed by one of the later companies, should I just go to HR and ask them what the salary is for the job? [link] [comments]  |
| update on getting the director of engineering position instead of DBA one Posted: 27 Dec 2017 07:23 PM PST here is the link to the old post: https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/7kt7mu/was_given_incorrect_assessment_but_did_it_anyways/ I bring some good and bad news: the good: they said they'll be very interested and gave me tickets to fly me out to nyc from des moines plus 1 night at the westin in times square and a $150 allowance to travel around manhattan and see some things during the day on saturday. then I came in at 6 pm, interviewed and they asked me several round of various technical and math questions -- but nothing like the leetcode challeng e. then that transitioned in to some management and people skills questions, but turned in mainly things about my experience and my stories over the 47 years ive worked. that went on for a total of 2 hours, then we went to a fancy restaurant for a late dinner and then the manager and a lead engineer and i talked even more. that was on friday. we wished each happy christmas and new years and i left feeling very good. i flew back on saturday. the bad news: the recruiter called me today and told me that i got the job but unfortunately the salary range was 'mistated' and it is really 60k to 75k, instead of the 180k-200k base salary they said before, and they will be more than happy to give me 75k. i said whatwas the $180-200k range that was communicated by both him and the manager during the interview and discussionsprior? he said, "Soo, sorry, Mr. SG, that was a clerical error. Heh. My deepest apologies, Mr. SG. Sorry for the inconvenience. Heh. I'm going to email you the docusign-" i said no thanks and then he said, "I can ask mymanager if he can do eigh-" to which I said, "no thank you, im not interested", wished them the best of luck, said goodbye and hung up. he called back 15 minutes later but i didn't pick up. i dont know what to think :( thanks for listening and the great advice anyways. i appreciatei t. also i want to give thanks to the very nice person who gilded me. Thank you [link] [comments]  |
| Need to respond to an offer by tomorrow, but I still haven't received the paperwork... Posted: 27 Dec 2017 12:54 PM PST Recruiter reached out to me last week, on Monday or Tuesday, informing me that I was going to receive an offer for an internship and I would receive the paperwork on Friday. Friday came and I didn't receive it and I got call from recruiter explaining that there was a few more things that needed be done on their end, and she would send the paperwork the day after Christmas. She also called me to inform me about the contents of my offer and when I would need to respond by (which is tomorrow). Yesterday, at the end of the work day, I sent her an email, asking about any updates, no response. I'm waiting today, and the workday is almost over, and I don't feel good about not receiving the offer paperwork the day before the deadline for my response. What should I do? Send another email? Edit: Just gonna copy and paste my comment below as an update: I just sent an email saying this exact thing just minutes ago, and the recruiter called me immediately after. They told me the team manager is out of town and is waiting for their response before sending an official offer to me. The recruiter guarantees it will come before the deadline, but they're willing to extend it. [link] [comments]  |
| Getting a new job, 2 "levels" up front current job. Advice? Posted: 27 Dec 2017 11:23 AM PST Hello /r/cscareerquestions, I am in a very fortunate situation where I was offered a job from a competing company today. The position I was offered is equivalent to getting 2 promotions / titles increases at my current company. E.g Senior dev currently, to potentially managing an entire dev org (50+ people). Pay would almost double and it's competing company, so it's a space I'm very familiar with and love. Has any one dealt with increasing the scope of their job so quickly before? And what advice do you have to give? Should I wait and progress my career more naturally, or should I give it a shot with the new job? [link] [comments]  |
| Is it worth taking on college debt for a Masters in CS? Posted: 27 Dec 2017 03:33 PM PST I'm about to graduate in May with a Bachelors, and have applied to master's programs. I have about 30K of debt from undergrad, and I will most likely add about 70K in debt if a pursue the master's program at any of the universities I chose. Is it worth taking on this much debt? [link] [comments]  |
| Applying to recent grad jobs, when I graduated 6 months ago? Posted: 27 Dec 2017 10:09 AM PST I wanted to finish up a side project before I started applying to jobs; I'm afraid it took a little longer than anticipated. Is it still appropriate to apply for these recent grad jobs (i.e. this one), or am I screwed? [link] [comments]  |
| Are there careers in CS that don't involve sitting at a desk all day? Posted: 27 Dec 2017 06:57 AM PST I guess I never really thought about this when I first started my CS degree. But now that I'm nearly graduated and getting to looking for careers, I'm realizing now that I'll probably hate sitting at a desk all day. I've been working a part-time desk job for about a year now and I can already tell sitting around all day is going to take a toll on my health. Tack on staring at a screen for 8 hours and we've got a terrible combo. When I worked at McDonald's a few years ago, the work sucked and my feet were kind of sore but at least I was physically active all day since I was on my feet for 8 hours. With this job I feel the exact opposite and I hate it. The job itself is good and I'm fine with the work, but just the aspect of sitting for 8 hours really sucks to me. I don't know if I could work a desk job for more than a few years. I know there is also standing desks, but at least at my workplace they usually don't give those out unless someone has a doctor's note. Unless I worked at a big company, I also doubt many other companies would have the money to just give a standing desk to everyone. Edit: thank you for all the advice on standing desks & stretching everyone. That being said, I still am curious if there are any CS jobs that require you to be on your feet for a lot of the day. Just to see what options are out there. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Dec 2017 07:56 PM PST As for some background info, I'm a junior at Cal Poly SLO and I'm a majoring in computer science. I'm from a small town in Wyoming, and I'd always heard that degrees in CS were great opportunities. Computer science was clearly what I wanted to do with my life. 2.5 years into my degree, I've learned a lot. I've taken initiative and gone to every career fair Cal Poly has held, and applied to internships starting my first year. I have 5-6 diverse independent projects, and I've applied to almost 70 internships as of this post, as well as projects with professors outside of class. Despite my comfort talking to recruiters, my diligence with follow-ups, and my studying of technical interview textbooks, I have only had a couple companies ask for more information. And those companies never even followed up after I held their request. I have no intentions of losing hope. I know that this process should never be reliant on motivation. I'm working hard to get where I want to be, but it's really hard to ignore the types of people that have zero independent projects and little work ethic score big internships just because they have family/friends in the valley. I loved growing up in Wyoming, but it is starting to seem like a curse. Connections seem like the only way to a first internship, but I don't know anyone in California. The industry clearly doesn't want to take the risk with me and after almost three years of hard work, I feel worse than ever about my future in this business. Are my concerns relevant to my future? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Dec 2017 07:49 PM PST Hi all, I was wondering if any of you knew about the salary situation for General Motors software engineers. I recently got an offer at about $65k (I feel like this is a little low), but they stated in the offer that there are raises twice a year for the first three years. How much are theses raises exactly? I didn't want to ask any of the recruiters because I felt it was an inappropriate question to ask them. [link] [comments]  |
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| Want to leave my job -- wait for promotion or leave? Posted: 27 Dec 2017 07:15 PM PST 25/m, I'm working a city govt job in LA as a Jr. Dev, nine months in. This is my first job out of college. I'm getting paid ~$27/hour, about $57k/year. This is low for a CS major, especially for LA, but to be fair I went to a state school and got a 2.9 GPA. I was hired mostly because I knew Java, and they're under major conversion projects (PB, ColdFusion into Java). My team had 10 people, and 2 of them retired since I've been here. Everyone else is in their 50's, except my supervisor who is nearly there. I can tell my manager needs me. He's been pushing me to take the promotion exam (govt process) and has gone out of his way to get me promoted. I finally got an invitation to the exam, which will be next month. I'm guessing I'll be promoted in the next ~2-3 months. The salary range is $65k - $130k (lol). I'm pretty sure I will be getting the minimum at $65k, or maybe slightly above. If I stay for 4 more months, I also get a small salary increase, about 2%, and 2 weeks of vacation. I don't know if I like it here though. I'm pretty lazy, so the low stress atmosphere is great sometimes. But I hate always being paranoid about slacking. I mean, I do my work when I'm given work. But when there's not much to do, I feel like I always have to play a charade like I'm working, and I hate it. I feel like this job is making my work ethic slowly die, as well as my interest in programming. 2 hours of commuting a day is also killer. Since school, I've only been in govt jobs, but I've always wanted to be in the game dev industry, which is almost the polar opposite culture. Any advice is appreciated. Should I just start looking around right now? Or should I just deal with it for a few more months to get my promotion and raise my salary, have a full year of experience, use my vacation time, and to also brush up on CTCI? The latter sounds better to me, but I'm going to be put on-call in the next month, so I want to leave ASAP. [link] [comments]  |
| Have I taken on the wrong, negative, attitude at work? Posted: 27 Dec 2017 07:13 PM PST Hi all, Sorry for the long post, but I am reaching out here in the hopes that I can get some unbiased opinions on my job, and my outlook. First: Some background. I graduated from college this past Spring, and I am not formally trained in computer science; I have a degree in physics from a Top 10 University with ~3.5 GPA. I received an offer this year to work at a well-respected financial firm where I am paid ~100k base. (Bonus amount is discretionary and unknown). I work as an "analyst" at the firm but in reality I am a programmer there. It's not the most glamorous job, but given that I was a new grad without formal computer science training and the visibility my work receives, I was grateful for the job. However, the hours are absolutely brutal. I am expected to be at my desk and coding at least 12.5 hours everyday. This is just mentally exhausting, and leaves no room for social life either. My boss isn't a programmer, meaning I do not have things like peer coding or even a code review process, I am just expected to submit my code after I feel like it's been tested enough. On one hand, this is good, because I've been told they trust me with my work, but on the other hand, I feel like I am not learning all that much, and falling into traps that no one calls me out on. The major problem, however, is the lack of "projects"; instead it's just being given 24 hour deadlines to automate things, meaning I write awful code just to get it working, and never actually write anything clean or scalable. I feel like this is just making me a worse programmer. Anyway, I could use some advice. Is it too early/dangerous to ask for reduced hours? Maybe something like 8-7? Everyone on my team pulls long hours but I am the only coder, other roles are more traditional analyst roles. And to also maybe ask for more project oriented work, rather than scripting things up as quickly as possible? How dangerous is it to bring up such requests? Does it hurt how you are portrayed at the company? I'm in a position of no financial debt, and I have really lost all motivation for the jobs. It's extremely stressful with the tight deadlines, and the stress never ends, given the long hours. I have no time to unwind. Can someone offer their honest input? Is it worth moving on / asking for a change? I also feel a bit guilty given the good pay I receive and the chance I was given. Is this just one of those suck it up and stop complaining situations? Thanks [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Dec 2017 06:35 PM PST I've been at my current job for about two years. I feel I am paid fairly for what I do as the work although challenging, is not hard and I am good at it. However, I am able to complete the job in less time than I'm scheduled to work so sometimes feel like I'm wasting my time just waiting for the day to pass if I'm not busy.. no way anyone wants to feel. I'd rather be busy and productive. Since two years have passed I have not received a raise (non for profit so I knew raises were not guaranteed). I am contemplating either asking for a raise or for more vacation time or a combination. I have been doing very good work and everyone is very clear they are very happy with my work so I know my asking for something like this will not come out of left field. I'm just not sure what is appropriate to ask for and what is reasonable. I currently make 60k per year. Should I ask for a raise of 5-10% based on cost of living increase and performance and also an extra week of vacation? Is this too much after only two years? If so, would it be ridiculous to ask to decrease my hours (and perhaps a one time bonus) and be paid the same? [link] [comments]  |
| Is it possible to be blacklisted on Linkedin? Posted: 27 Dec 2017 08:13 AM PST Hi CSCQ, I was getting a ton of calls/emails from recruiters from Linkedin 1.5 months back when I started applying, and was in talks with about 8 recruiters all from different companies, and now I'm not getting any contacts whatsoever. I'm continuing with 2 recruiters whose roles I liked but other than that I declined/got ghosted by the others after talking to them. Ever since I declined the last one, (it's been 3 weeks since then) I've never gotten contacted by a recruiter from linkedin. Is there a way for recruiters to blacklist me, as in "Do not contact this individual" flag on my account that other recruiters from different companies can see? [link] [comments]  |
| Received an offer from expedia, thoughts on career growth? Posted: 27 Dec 2017 06:09 PM PST Hi guys i recently received an offer from expedia, what are your guys thoughts on how good expedia is and what is the culture like working there? How does career growth look at expedia compared to the big 4's? [link] [comments]  |
| How difficult is to land a development position without much experience? Posted: 27 Dec 2017 05:26 PM PST This is my situation:
However, I am sure that I do not want to work in Product Support for the rest of my life. I enjoy my work, but I do not feel it, you know? Will I be able to land a decent job as a developer with this little experience in development? Should I quit my internship now and try a development one in some smaller company? Some friends keep telling me that the fact that I was an intern at SAP would be a great deal in getting a job later, but I am not sure if a Support internship will be of any value. I am afraid that I am going down a path that I will not be able to get out of. [link] [comments]  |
| How should I transition into an embedded software role? Posted: 27 Dec 2017 07:59 PM PST Hi Reddit, I've decided that I want to make a career change into an embedded engineering role and could use your insight since it is a bit overwhelming. I have a BSEE and several years of experience as a hardware engineer at a semiconductor company and software company. I've spent most of my career on the analog side of things, putting together system schematics and layouts. I have a good understanding of digital components (WiFi/Bluetooth SoCs, Processors, MCUs) on a systems level, but my extent of programming knowledge is debugging example code. As a hobby, I've made a handful of automation and robotics projects using RasPi (Python), and Arduino, but always found that I'm gluing together and modifying existing code found on the web. I can understand C and C++ programs, but can't write them from scratch. My goal is to reach a level of understanding that will allow me to write embedded software and firmware for a living. Preferably with a focus on IoT hardware - both on the sensor and gateway side. I came up with a list of skills needed for embedded roles based on job postings: Questions for you:
Thanks for your help! [link] [comments]  |
| CS Undergrad working in QA wants to get a dev job, needs advice. Posted: 27 Dec 2017 06:46 PM PST I've been working at a tech company for a couple of years now as a QA Tester and although I'm learning a lot about the specific field of work I'm in, I often feel like I want to begin looking for jobs. My title doesn't mean much as I've done many different things while working at the company. I don't feel like I'm making enough for the amount of work I put into this job. What's holding me back mostly is that I feel very rusty despite having developed/contributed to a few pieces of software at work. I feel like most of the stuff I learned getting my degree 2 years ago has left me already and I feel stuck at this job. I'm hoping things will get better in the future but I'm not sure if I should really be waiting for that. I've been suggested to go through CTCI to get better at interview questions but I'm unsure if I should be working through that or doing some kind of side project. Should I be going through algorithm books? I guess I'm just looking to see if someone has a magical curriculum I can follow to actually feel/become hire-able. [link] [comments]  |
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