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    December 30, 2017

    Resume Advice Thread - December 30, 2017 CS Career Questions

    Resume Advice Thread - December 30, 2017

    Posted: 29 Dec 2017 11:06 PM PST

    Please use this thread to ask for resume advice and critiques. You should read our Resume FAQ and implement any changes from that before you ask for more advice.

    Abide by the rules, don't be a jerk.

    This thread is posted each Tuesday and Saturday at midnight PST. Previous Resume Advice Threads can be found here.

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    If you've applied x-hundred times, please read this before you make a post.

    Posted: 30 Dec 2017 08:27 AM PST

    Every day there have to be at least 5 of these posts about applying hundreds of times and getting no calls. It's your resume, folks. If you're somewhat qualified and are able to market yourself, you will get at the very least a phone call out of hundreds of applications. So before you make another shitpost, please take this advice!

    Your Resume:

    Your resume is the issue. It's likely bland, drones on about insignificant things, and doesn't wow the employer within the first 2 seconds of reading it. Here are some steps you can take to improve:
    * Post your resume here on Tuesdays or Saturdays for peer review (less effective)
    * If you're in college or have access to a career center, have them review it (more effective)
    * Stop using the same damned template as everybody else, take a look at LaTeX websites or make your own. One that I use is ShareLaTeX. Use a template as is, or for inspiration for your own less-shitty resume. (more effective)
    * Use action phrases and be pithy (most effective)
    * Convey career-related details. Even if you're a student, you can pull some numbers out of your ass that will make your calculator project sound more impressive than it is. Talk about efficiency improvements if at all possible: time, lines of code, or money saved. (most effective)

    Market Yourself:

    I was fortunate to be in a marketing organization all throughout high school, so I was at the very least exposed to the thought process behind making yourself presentable and, more relevant to the resume step, selling yourself. You must realize that if you've submitted hundreds of applications, you're either unqualified or suck at selling yourself. Here's how you can improve:
    * If you're in college, attend the relevant career fairs and prepare a damn elevator pitch. Read Cracking the Coding Interview, specifically the sections on behavioral questions. Write your elevator pitch with some of those answers in mind. (more effective)
    * Carefully assess the design of your resume. I know we're mostly engineers in this sub, but some of the resumes I see here are literally walls of text. Use white space to help you, font and font size, and carefully thought out sections and headings to draw the readers eyes to your most important work. (more effective)
    * If you don't have a website with some of your work, or at least a personalized email address, you should very much consider it. It comes off as professional and a lot of employers will, subconsciously or not, prefer that to no website or a gmail. (less effective)
    * Contact people. For the love of god, the age of human interaction is not dead yet! You can, and should, reach out to potential employers. Whether it be a career fair, a contact button at the bottom of any website, or a friend of a friend, you should be getting in touch with employers. I've gotten every job I've ever had through contact: Best Buy, I walked in once a week and reminded them I'd applied online and would appreciate an interview; Codecademy, I clicked the link at the bottom of the site (who'd have thought they actually look at that!); Vanguard, I read a book and name dropped like crazy at a career fair. I disagree strongly with the mindset that it can be harmful to contact employers about an interview, so long as you do it tastefully. If you can contact employers in any way, you're absolutely in a smaller pool of people just for doing so. (most effective)

    Target Your Applications:

    If you've applied to anything near 100 jobs, it's likely that you don't know what you want to do. That's fine! But you should, by the time you're ready to apply for jobs, have some inclination of the field you'd prefer. For me, I chose back end work and preferably in the finance field. So I read some books relevant to my field of interest that I knew could be talking points in the future. John Bogle's "Little Book of Common Sense Investing" taught me absolutely nothing about programming, but it got me my first internship because I was able to name drop and talk intelligently about the field, as much as you can without being in finance anyway. Here's how you can improve:
    * Read some damn books! This won't help on your resume, but it absolutely will help. For us, the hallmark books of the coding craft are listed in the side bar. Books like Clean Code, even, will give you some talking points, or some idea of how to craft your resume. (more effective)
    * You don't positively have to narrow your search when applying, but if you've submitted hundreds, you probably should. Take an afternoon to look into what you've done in the past and what professionals in fields like cyber-security, finance, Web, and others, are working on. Then compile a list of companies, their websites (specifically the about us sections), and links to their resumes. Put all this stuff into an Excel sheet and take the time to rank them in order of desirability. Then make minor changes to your resume to point out that you're their keyword hero, as much as you realistically can. For example, I changed my "Experience" header to "Development Experience" for some, "Engineering Experience" for others, and "Web Experience" for fewer. I promise the keywords will make a difference. (more effective)

    Conclusion:

    Thanks for reading, please go fix your shitty resume! The most important changes I've made to my resume and job search have been:
    * Using LaTeX for a more custom, marketable look,
    * Reading about my field of interest so I can talk to employers about it,
    * And contacting employers through the means available - in person preferably.

    Best of luck!

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    [Resource] Popular top firm salary analysis blog went down, made a mirror

    Posted: 30 Dec 2017 12:51 PM PST

    tldr at bottom

    Step's blog is a great resource for salaries at top firms. Big 4 and similar. Very useful stuff like this: https://i.imgur.com/cBUz2OG.png

    As far as I can tell, they turned off the site functions this week? I was looking at their data just a few days ago. Here's the page on their website announcing they're closing the website.

    Their most popular blog post is the one I saved. Here's the dead link Unfortunately, if you check the wayback machine, it didn't save any of the images. Thankfully the Google cache still had a copy.

    But that cache will likely expire shortly, so I took a full page screen capture of the google cache, here - best mobile link, and I made an archive of the imgur page,

    TL;DR: Website with useful crowd sourced salaries at top firms went down, mirror link here
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    After nearly 4 years of heroin addiction following a breakdown when my best friend and love of my life was murdered, I'm finally celebrating a year clean and want to get back in the swing of things. What have I missed?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2017 04:39 AM PST

    I'd rather not expand on my dark period, but I'm finally stable and sober. Unfortunately, My last career job was in 2013, and while I've spent the past year working on short term contracts and making a handful of web-based apps to support myself, I want to get back into career development. What trends should I be aware of from the past five years, and what has fallen out of fashion and what bleeding-edge new technologies should I brush up on? A big hole in my resume is gonna be tough enough to explain, but I'm hoping my individual projects in my portfolio and my github projects from the past year I've spent focusing on my sobriety will help a bit. I'm hoping to finally respond to some of the recruiter emails I've gotten, but am worried I might seem a bit out of date. What should I brush up on for the next month or so to get myself up on the times I missed out on when SQL Injections weren't the injections I was worried about.

    edit: Specific subsectors I'd like to get into are: GIS (Geography Information Systems) which makes me happy to hear postgresql is bigger since there's a library extension called postgis that I've been playing with specifically for storing spacial data (particularly vector but also raster), Bioinformatics since I almost switched to premed, Text Analytics as my undergrad "thesis" was on machine learning on scholarly articles, Anything about self-organizing decentralized wireless mesh networks although the technology isn't quite there yet but I've been playing around with the idea, and data science in general although particularly bioinformatics since I want to help people and text analytics since I've experience with it.

    I'd like to particlarly work for nonprofits, pro-F/LOSS companies/organizations, and companies where I feel like my work is creating a net positive in the world as opposed to making shitty online stores for shitty people to buy shitty things from shitty companies (job that sucked my soul the most was when I was building a store for a dog costume boutique that sold clothing more expensive than my clothing)

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    How is Embedded system development like in real world?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2017 05:14 AM PST

    What kind of work do embedded designers mainly do in industries? I'm graduating soon as an EE and Embedded stuff is one of the many things I enjoy doing. Also, what differentiates embedded software designers from embedded hardware designers?

    Edit: what languages are mainly used? C I believe?

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    Comparison: GitHub vs Personal Blog?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2017 04:40 PM PST

    Hello. I am trying to improve my linkedin profile and resume. A lot of people link their GitHub profiles on their linkedin page (or resume) to display their projects and "clean codes", but there are some people who use personal blogs to showcase their work. My question is the following: Which one can potentially become an advantage?

    My opinion is that having a personal blog gives an individual more freedom in terms of expressing their ideas in plain language. For example, the blog owners explain their codes in detail and I can understand their logical steps faster, and the first impression I get from reading their blog posts is: "Wow, they are experts..." It makes me want to create a blog too.

    For GitHub, I see repositories but I have hard time following their logical steps. So I spend more time than I expect... which is just increasing opportunity cost. But there are certainly advantages, but I am not aware of them yet...

    I know choosing one option over another depends on personal preference, but from your experiences (either you are an employer in software/tech industry or an employee), which attracts your attention more; GitHub with projects or Personal Blog with projects?

    Thank you in advance.

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    I am taking quite many Computer Science classes for my minor requirement. May employers consider me for a software engineering position?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2017 05:23 PM PST

    Hi everyone, as in the title, I am a Computer Science minor. My major is Applied Math, concentration in Statistics. Ideally, I want to pursue a career in data analytics, machine learning. The Computer Science department at my university does not offer many classes that satisfy my interest (data management at best), unlike the Statistics department (most of the classes have data analysis projects), so I decide to become a Stat major instead.

    However, since I am fairly good at programming (by some mobile development experience) and want to open more doors for myself, I use the CS minor to prepare for software engineering job. Here is the list of CS courses I have and plan to take:

    • Introduction to Programming

    • Introduction to Computer System (Assembly language)

    • Introduction to Data Structure

    • Advanced Data Structure and Algorithms

    • Advanced Python Programming (project's topic relates to Data Science)

    • Object-oriented Design

    • Database Management System I and II

    Most of those classes have capstone project and some professors who know me personally are happy to give me recommendations. I actually would love to take classes such as Software Engineering, Programming Paradigm, Formal Languages, etc., but not having enrollment priority as a minor (they reserve for major and there are a lot of them), it is very difficult for me to get in those classes. I wonder if my background above would help me get interviews and qualify for software engineering positions. Certainly, I do understand I am responsible for learning outside of class as well. Please give me some thoughts, feedback or comments if you can. I strongly appreciate all inputs. Thank you so much!

    NOTE and EDIT: I feel I may have exaggerated when I said "quite many" in the title. Please excuse me for that.

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    How do you think the field be looking about five years from now?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2017 10:09 AM PST

    You can skip straight to the questions if you don't want to read all of this stereotypical worrying.

    Computer science is my planned major, but I'm not sure how good of an idea this is as a high school senior graduating in 2018. I'm already accepted into UW-Madison, but I'm somewhat anxious about going to college because of how much debt it will likely put me in. Therefore, I want to pick a field that will reward me for working very hard in college so that I can get a high paying and enjoyable career shortly after graduation.

    Now I know that this is what literally every college student is looking for, and this is why I'm a little worried about majoring in CS. I would think that by now this field is crazy saturated with undergraduates, many of whom being very competent and intelligent. I've seen people back in 2014 talking about how it's getting oversaturated and harder to get work- I can only imagine what the field will be like 5 years from now if I get a degree in it.

    So that's my first question-

    1. Do you think the field will still outgrow the enormous amount of people who are studying this in college? It's always been the go-to 'make money after college' major, so I feel like it will be hard to stand out from everyone and get internships/work.

    My next question concerns how important my university choice is for this. Like I said, I'll be getting a ton of debt from a four year college plan, so I need to know just how important the name of my college is after graduation, or if bigger colleges are going to offer bigger opportunities in terms of networking and internships and all of that. UW-Madison is more expensive than other state schools I've been accepted to, like UW-Eau Claire, but perhaps more companies are going to higher straight from UW-Madison, or the name is going to mean way more to bigger companies.

    1. How important is my choice of school for my post-college success? Specifically, will choosing UW-Madison over some other Wisconsin school make a huge difference in your eyes provided I'm equally involved and successful in both?

    My final question concerns stuff about engineering. Based purely off feel, it seems like an engineering degree, whether or not it involves computers, would make more sense now for finding a job. It would certainly appear that with how many people are gunning for CS degrees, there are going to be would-be engineers who go to this new and growing field and there will be a strong need for majors in computer engineering, chemical engineering, etc. So is a worry like this just anxious speculation, or is there some truth to this? I have to ask because right now I'm accepted in the College of Letters and Science at UW-Madison, and to switch to the College of Engineering would be difficult at this point.

    1. Will engineering become way more in demand with how many people are attracted to the CS bachelors degree? CS is probably a better fit for me, but with how many people are going into it I can't help but feel like engineering of some kind might be a smarter path.

    Finally- is a four year degree super super important for finding a good job in this field? I have to ask because I often see videos from people like ENGINEERED TRUTH or random youtubers saying you should follow in the footsteps of many greats who didn't get a college degree, and that by getting a college degree you're putting yourself behind for many, many years by taking on way too much debt just so you can get into an uncertain job market that might even be hiring people without degrees. Sounds like bullshit to me, and most of these youtubers are making a career off of making scary videos about college advertising their life help lessons or codeacademy or something, I have to ask because some of the scary parts are working.

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    How can I make sure this is what I want to do before I do it?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2017 06:12 PM PST

    I got interested in computer science started got interested in making an app but didn't want to pay anybody to code it for me. I thought "why not just go to school and learn and get a degree because I'm still 19." Before I spend money on college, how can I test out coding and make sure it is something I want to do? Thanks in advance.

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    How related is a Data Science/Analytics MS to a Computer Science MS?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2017 03:53 PM PST

    I'm expected to graduate with a Computer Science B.S. next Spring, but I feel my interests go beyond that. I'm interested in business, but the business department in my undergrad isn't very good, so I have been taking classes from our top ranked Applied Math department and have found math and statistics to be something of interest. I originally enrolled with the intention of double majoring in Applied Math, however, a couple of screwups during my undergrad have set me back a bit, and I'm pretty sure that it will take at least an extra semester to graduate if I continue pursuing my double major. I still will continue taking any relevant Applied Math courses, but I wouldn't have the double major and basically my major already fulfills the minor for that without taking any extra classes.

    I have been applying to internships, so far without much luck, but I have become very interested in databases, and will be taking a class on it next semester. However, I have noticed the Data Scientist positions and have heard about Data Science, but I feel like my undergrad education hasn't prepared me very well to be qualified for these roles. As such, I am seriously considering getting my Masters in Data Science to better prepare me for such roles. I have also heard of Analytics and have also considered going down that path.

    I am just wondering how related they are to the Computer Science degree that I am pursuing now. So far, I am considering the following programs: - USC - Ohio State (MS CS with grad. minor in Statistics/Data Analysis) - Michigan - Minnesota - Purdue - Rutgers - Georgia Tech - Northeastern

    Any other recommendations? If you know any other great programs, feel free to post them below too

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    Does "Previous Employment" include jobs I had on campus?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2017 03:42 PM PST

    Hi, this might be a dumb question, apology in advance. But I couldn't find a clear answer by googling... So when I apply for internships online, it usually asks about "previous employment: company time/job title ..." I have a job on campus and i am wondering whether I should put that as my previous employment or not? Thank you.

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    Where are all the entry level Junior/Associate Product Manager roles that don't require previous product management experience?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2017 05:46 PM PST

    The only Junior/Associate Product Manager roles I've seen that don't require previous product manager experience is Google and Facebook's APM roles offered to freshly graduated college students. For context, I'm 2 years out of undergrad. I spent 1.5 years doing software dev and then moved into a solutions/sales engineering role, which is what I've been doing for then past year. I want to transition into product management for the long term after this role.

    Literally every single JR PM role I've seen say "requires 1-3 experience of previous PM experience". How the fuck can I even get experience if every company wants prior experience for a JR role?

    At least for software dev, back when I applied, there seemed to be a decent amount of JR roles that didn't require actual prior job experience in software.

    It seems the most viable option is to transition within my company to a PM role, which I am more than eager to pursue, but I feel somewhat trapped into this option. It'd be ideal to explore PM roles in and outside of my company.

    Are there any companies known to hire JR/Associate PMs without previous PM experience? Thanks.

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    Program Manager at Unicorn?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2017 03:24 PM PST

    Anyone know what program manager internship interviews are like? A friend of mine has one at a well known unicorn but isn't sure what to expect, especially since my friend's background is in management consulting.

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    Casual websites/people tell me CS is the industry with most job opportunities, this sub and other people who have actually studied CS make it seem like there are no jobs, help please.

    Posted: 30 Dec 2017 12:55 AM PST

    Hello everyone, I am currently a university student in Toronto, Canada, if that might help my chances. My current field of study is not related to CS, but I am applying to change programs into the CS program at U of T, which has a global reputation and prestige, especially in STEM. In fact I have heard that CS at U of T is ranked top 20 in the world(this could be misinformation). I have all the requirements and will most likely(almost definitely) be accepted into the program. Obviously, I know that getting in is the easiest part, and actually finishing the degree is what is difficult. And, based on some people on this sub, it seems getting a job after graduation is even more difficult. Is this true?

    With a degree in CS/Computer Eng from University of Toronto, with a good GPA, some co op/intern experience, will I still be f*cked when looking for a job, or is there a chance that I will be able to get a decent job right out of university? Which has better job opportunities/money right out of university, CS or Comp Eng?

    Half of what I read claims I will easilly make $80k+ the second I graduate, and the other half claims that the industry has become oversaturated and it will take me years of unemployment and personal side projects to find a job.

    I'm sure it's somewhere in the middle of those two extremes, but based on my circumstances, what do you guys think? I would prefer to live in Toronto, tbh, even at the expense of lower pay, but if it's impossible to find jobs I'm willing to relocate.

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    Do i have a chance?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2017 08:23 PM PST

    I just took the hacker rank test for this company. i failed all test cases but they said to write comments and as much code as i can to gain points so i did. do i have a shot getting to the next round? another thing to note is that there were 5 multiple choice question which i feel i did much better in.

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    I’m very interested in compression algorithms. I’m studying CPSC at university. What career options are there for that topic?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2017 08:15 PM PST

    After about 4 and a half months of work, I have finally landed an internship at a dream company! Thank you to everyone here, and know that you can do this too!

    Posted: 30 Dec 2017 08:12 PM PST

    Hey all! I'm sure some of you recognize me as I have been on this subreddit a lot in the past 4-5 months, asking and answering lots of questions. Basically, this post is a thank you, as I have just achieved a goal I never thought to be possible: I just received an offer from Amazon for Summer 2018!

    I mean this wholeheartedly, I would not have been able to do this without CSCQ and all the community members and moderators who contribute to it. This past summer, I hadn't even thought of the idea to apply to places like Google or Amazon. Hell I didn't even know what Leetcode or HackerRank was! And now I've practiced on Leetcode, HackerRank, Firecode, I've read CTCI, and I've commented over 500 times on CSCQ. All of that work led to interviews with 6 great companies, trips to two cities for in-person interviews, and 2 amazing offers.

    So, again, thank you all so much for your advice, help, and encouragement to keep going! It has been quite the rollercoaster with a lot of tough times, but ultimately leading to my dream goal.

    If anyone has any questions about anything, please feel free to comment them and I'll be sure to get back to you!

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    A career in AI

    Posted: 30 Dec 2017 03:11 AM PST

    Hi All,

    I'm currently finishing up a Masters in Computing, I have an undergrad in Web Development. My University didn't really cover any of the hard science of Computer Science, nor the Mathematics side, it was more about writing code that works rather than the run time, computational side or any of the theory.

    I'm currently in a job with somewhat generous work hours, and I've decided to take a second Bachelors in Mathematics at the Open University.

    I'm thinking of taking the following course: http://www.open.ac.uk/courses/qualifications/q36

    I know I'll need a firm understanding of Mathematics for AI, also I would just like to understand Computer Science on a deeper level and all of its Mathematical notation, currently I'm at a loss with a lot of it since I haven't touched Maths since 16.

    Would going down the Applied Mathematics route be most suited? also a quick question in addition is going for a hybrid course which also delves into statistics is a good route, rather than going into a more generic Mathematics degree? I do like Physics however I think I could always pick up a few books on Pure Mathematics after my second undergrad as a hobby if I wish, since I'd have the foundation of knowledge at that point.

    I'm just wondering on your guys input on what you feel would be the best option for me, I think Mathematics would really give me a strong grounding.

    Do you have any recommendations of literature also?

    I'm perhaps going to take a Research role soon working in Data Science which again might help me apply the knowledge I accrue in mathematics.

    Posting here to get all of your inputs as I realise reddit has a vast knowledge and experience base.

    Much appreciated and a happy new year to you all, may 2018 be a productive one.

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    How do I withdraw for an internal position I applied for?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2017 01:05 PM PST

    I've been at my company 2 years and am seen as a high performing and valuable employee.

    I've been wanting more responsibility and missed out on one promotion. Recently I put my name in the hat for a different role that would report directly to the CTO, and im in the running for it.

    I have done one round of interviews for it, they are looking at me doing a presentation and are also looking at other internal/external candidates.

    I'm viewed as a strong contender for this role but over the past week I've really had a change of heart. I dont think this is the role that I actually want or will take my career into the direction that i want.

    I do want more responsibility and to grow but not within the capacity of this role.

    I'm not super deep into the interviewing process but I am in it... my question is how to withdraw? Is it going to look bad? Or am i over thinking it?

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    Can criminals get a job in CS?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2017 02:47 PM PST

    Hi,

    I was convicted for criminal speeding just over 1 year ago, and just about to finish my BS degree in CS.

    I had one internship before the conviction but since then haven't had much luck.

    It seems like because I'm a convict I am labeled as a bad person, even though I never ran (not a felony) and have no other charges. You can probably figure out who I am because there arent a lot of states that give you a criminal record for speeding and there arent a lot of people who stop at 150mph+. So I made this throwaway, idc if you figure it out.

    What type of jobs have I barred myself from? What companies will definitely say no? I assume Big N has locked me out for good.

    I specialize in backend, but interned for full stack for a mid-tier company.

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    Is there a limit to the amount of information you can fit in your brain?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2017 02:14 PM PST

    This is an honest question.

    For the last three years, I have stripped all distractions out of my life. I don't have a social circle, I don't spend money, I don't learn anything else except technology.

    It has basically put my career into overdrive. I've moved rapidly through the ranks, starting at helldesk, now a Senior Devops Engineer. I can learn new technologies overnight and without any effort. My brain seems like an endless chasm that never seems to fill up. And I'm on track to retire very young.

    As it serves my ultimate goals (retire and work for myself doing something meaningful), I have no regrets. But I'm not getting younger, and life is pretty boring and lonely. I'm tempted to at least try and add some stuff back into it before I retire. I want to learn music, foreign languages, actually take some vacation time for once and go travelling, maybe make some friends again.

    From here, it really seems like my strategy has paid off. But I don't have any context on the other way of doing things, except looking at my coworkers. They hate what they do (and aren't very good at it), have constant distractions from their families, are permanently broke, and have no long term vision. Anyone else had to make a similar decision? Did distractions slow you down? Is it a mistake to lose sight of the goal? Or is it a mistake to not experience life while I'm young?

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    does SAP care about GPA when hiring software interns?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2017 05:53 PM PST

    I want to have a chance to work at SAP, but I heard that SAP heavily considers student's GPA when they hire software interns. Should I consider applying to somewhere else if I don't have high GPA? Thanks! :)

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    After I was hired, I was asked to "take a look" at the codebase before actually coming to work

    Posted: 30 Dec 2017 11:38 AM PST

    The more I think about, the more I wonder if it is ethical and what does the company expect from me.

    I was hired on 14th of December, with first day of work being January 2nd. But I was given access to one of their (many) repos, and told to look over the code in holidays. I did, and learned a bit of how the code works and the app, but I hope some dev at the office will help me further once I actually come to work.

    But is it ethical? Or is it common practice? Can I expect the company will shovel all the learning on me without guidance and expect to put many hours on my free time into learning their workflow? even if they did, I would do it, because it is my first job and I want to keep it for a while and get experience, but how do you feel about such practices?

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    What editions of the C and C++ standards are most widely used in Embedded Software Development?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2017 05:20 PM PST

    Is it problematic to only know one language?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2017 12:23 PM PST

    I'm a first year student and will be applying to internships in the coming weeks. The only language I have ever used and know is Java. I know it's easy to learn more languages once you master one but still, my resume looks really blank right now with just the one language. I'm aiming for junior developer positions.

    I go to Waterloo btw.

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