Resume Advice Thread - January 13, 2018 CS Career Questions |
- Resume Advice Thread - January 13, 2018
- Daily Chat Thread - January 13, 2018
- Leetcode Question Answers In a Step by Step Fashion
- As a Software Engineer, how do i lead a team of software engineers much brighter and experienced than myself?
- I took a semester of C++, trying to create a game using Unreal Engine 4. I spend most time going through the library searching for classes & objects rather than writing actual code. Is this how the real word works?
- citadel or quora or snap internship?
- Did you work for a company where the bus factor of your department is one (you)? How long did you last?
- Is Leetcode Premium worth it?
- Is transferring from an unranked CS school to a top 15 program worth the extra 20k?
- Started an internship, already feel like it’s bad, any advice?
- How do I switch to Linux from Windows for most of my programming work?
- Cannot stay in CS major - drop out for job?
- Non-HFT proprietary trading firms
- Rutgers vs a more expensive school ?
- What else should I be doing outside of University to further my skills, lost as to where to start?
- Why does this professor want to PAY me for undergrad research?
- Should I make the move?
- What exactly is the definition of a 'Significant/Big Project'?
- Company with poor Glassdoor reviews for my office but that might not apply to me
- UT Dallas vs WPI vs CWRU vs URochester for Undergraduate CS
- Current PM, want to be a developer (in the UK)
- 30 yr old sysadmin looking to switch, starting in the summer/fall with 0 credits. WGU or UMUC
- not finishing coding challenge?
- Relevant major at top school vs CS major at mediocre school
- E-mailed and Called recruiter but no response?
- Any experience with Tech Talent South or Project Shift?
| Resume Advice Thread - January 13, 2018 Posted: 12 Jan 2018 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. [link] [comments]  |
| Daily Chat Thread - January 13, 2018 Posted: 12 Jan 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]  |
| Leetcode Question Answers In a Step by Step Fashion Posted: 13 Jan 2018 07:40 AM PST Hey Everyone, I recently created a course on Udemy where I basically go through 12 LeetCode problems, start with the naive solution (Usually something like O(n!)/O(n4)) and explain it, then I slowly optimize on that solution one step at a time ( O(n2 logn) then O(n2) ) until I reach the optimum solution (Something like O(n)/O(nlogn)). Basically the same thing you would be expected to do in a coding interview. I found this Sub-reddit super helpful during my preparation for the interview, so as a thank you to the community, here is a free coupon code to my course, hope its useful in your preparation: https://www.udemy.com/data-structures-and-algorithms-cplusplus-for-interviews/?couponCode=REDDITCSQ EDIT: Wow! Didn't expect this to blow up. The coupons are almost done! I made a new one with a thousand more: https://www.udemy.com/data-structures-and-algorithms-cplusplus-for-interviews/?couponCode=REDDITCSQ2 EDIT2: Thank you very much to whoever sent gold, I honestly didn't expect this will get a quarter of the attention it got. The first Coupon code REDDITCSQ (250 codes) is already finished, the second one REDDITCSQ2 (1000 codes) is almost done, which I absolutely did not expect!, so I have made a new one REDDITCSQULTIMATE which has (10000, yes that is a 1 with 4 zeros, hopefully this one will never run out!) Feel free to to review the course on Udemy, every review helps :) [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 13 Jan 2018 03:47 PM PST I'm a Senior Android Engineer (SAE) for a very large company. I have lead 3 teams in my career so far in my career and on each team I have been the most experienced out of the group. Now, I have hired 2 engineers who are very skilled and experienced. I'm excited to learn from them but am insecure about being "outshined" by them. I know I'm team lead, so we aren't really "competing" but this is my first time leading really, really smart engineers and I'm not sure how to approach it. I want to make sure that I'm not "replaced" or lose the perception from the company's higher ups and staff on other teams that I'm best fit to lead this team. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 13 Jan 2018 04:18 PM PST I've been spending alot of time reading the unreal engine manual to learn more about their coding standards and also spending alot of time going through the UE4 library to find the right classes and object to make something work. I barely wrote any code and UE4 pre-populates for me often. Is this how it works in the professional environment even outside of game development? [link] [comments]  |
| citadel or quora or snap internship? Posted: 13 Jan 2018 12:38 PM PST I've been really fortunate to receive offers from all three places for a software engineering internship, but I'm really unsure of which offer to go with as each has it's pros and cons. I'm really just looking for a place where I would be happy working and learn a lot, pay doesn't really matter to me in this sense. citadel: -I'm really scared that I would have a horrible time working there, I would be on an infrastructure related team, but i've heard of horrible things all around and during my onsite I also did find that the office was quiet and people seemed unapproachable. I struggle with mental health so this is probably the biggest con for me -Housing is provided and it's apparently really nice -I had 8 interviews with them but only 1 leetcode style question was ever asked which makes me doubt their technical strengths? Everything else was behavioral/weird knowledge based questions -being in a new city in chicago which is nice! -may help with similar types of companies in the future? Not sure if I even want to go into trading/hedge fund kind of field in the future though. Quora: -interviews were the hardest, but I really enjoyed talking to everyone at the office that I encountered -housing is provided but it's dorm style, or a 2k housing stipend -I would be in the bay area again which I'm not too excited about -learning opportunities seem to abundant and mentorship is something they're really serious about, I think I would have a good time here Snap: -concerned about company culture, I've heard bad things about how bro-ey they are but from my interviewers both were really nice -No housing provided but 1.8k stipend -new city! -I find the team they put me on really interesting and different from everything I've done in the past So right now I'm leaning towards snap/quora but if you guys have any insight that would be great to hear! [link] [comments]  |
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| Posted: 13 Jan 2018 03:43 PM PST I have the Google EP phone screen coming up soon and would like to access the Google problems section in Leetcode. Is it worth it to pay for the premium membership? Are there any free resources that would compare? [link] [comments]  |
| Is transferring from an unranked CS school to a top 15 program worth the extra 20k? Posted: 13 Jan 2018 10:09 AM PST So my scenario: I currently go to an unranked, lightly recruited university (some mediocre tech companies come), and while I have found early success as a sophomore by landing 2 internships (1 big mediocre tech company, 1 national lab), I begin to doubt whether or not I would be able to use this momentum to get noticed by more prestigious companies (BigN). This is because many people from my school who have been in the same context as me, have had no luck getting any "juicy, circlejerked" offers in terms of internships/new grad offers even though they were "stacked on paper." So while I do not doubt I will ever be able to reach that level EVENTUALLY, I do doubt my ability to attain those internships/new grad offers. I am pretty likely to get into this top 15 school form the looks of statistical data, anecdotes, and given my academic history. However, like my title suggests, it would cost about an extra 20k-30k from tuition and housing. Regardless of whether I transfer or not, I will not have any debt due to financial aid, part-time jobs, and saved up money from internships. So, is 20k-30k worth transferring to an extremely better school if I already have some success at my unranked school or would it be redundant? Would the opportunity cost of transferring to the school eventually be paid off by the better job opportunities? EDIT: Would it still be worth if I had to take an extra semester in the worst case that some classes don't transfer? [link] [comments]  |
| Started an internship, already feel like it’s bad, any advice? Posted: 13 Jan 2018 07:14 PM PST Started an internship on the 8th, had my first "task" yesterday which didn't involve any code instead it was information about products the company dealt with/worked on, spread out through 4 excel sheets. My job was to look for duplicate information/ wrong inputs and while it may seem simple it was all so confusing and there was so much information that I didn't understand. I asked my manager numerous questions and had him explain multiple times but I just couldn't grasp it I managed to find some errors before the day ended but it wasn't a lot at all. Towards the end of my day my manager said he would take over and finish the rest. I felt like I did really poor on this task. Whats freaking me out is about an hour after my shift had ended, I got a notification on LinkedIn saying my manager had viewed my profile. Then I woke up this morning to another notification from LinkedIn saying I appeared in x amount of searches today from the company I'm interning at, these searches came from HR. Anyone have any idea as to why he would look at my LinkedIn profile? Was he checking on my skills? Is this imposter syndrome? Do interns/co ops get fired? Am I crazy/overreacting/overthinking? [link] [comments]  |
| How do I switch to Linux from Windows for most of my programming work? Posted: 13 Jan 2018 05:57 AM PST I've been a Windows user my entire life, and I have briefly used Linux in my college courses. It's slightly frustrating for me because I find it a lot more annoying to get coding in Windows as compared to Linux or even iOS. For example, I tried downloading TensorFlow for Python, and it's a mess on Windows. On Linux, it's one simple console command. It's just small hindrances like this that add up and are very frustrating. I'm planning on completely switching away from Windows. Now, I love Windows otherwise and I just hate using Macbooks. I don't like iOS either. I would just get a Linux computer but many of my Steam games are not compatible with Linux. So I still need to have Windows. So the only option I have is to dual boot my Windows computer with Ubuntu Linux, right? It's annoying to split my resources between both operating systems but I don't see anything else. I don't want to have a VM because I have had experiences with that and I've been told a dual boot is just better. Any advice? Thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| Cannot stay in CS major - drop out for job? Posted: 13 Jan 2018 05:26 PM PST TL;DR: got big 4 internship, can't keep taking CS classes at my school. What should I do? I'm in a unique situation with my degree. I totally fucked around in college, did nothing, dropped out to work a shit job full time for a couple years. Discovered programming, came back for a CS degree. The catch: I didn't get into the CS program, so I came in as an Engineering Technology major (weird easy Electrical Engineering) and planned to do a minor in CS to get an internal transfer. After completing my minor over last summer and fall, I got a big 4 co-op for this spring. Incredible opportunity that really validated my excellent grades since returning to school. Despite this, my internal transfer failed, so I cannot enter CS in my current school. I am considering trying to drop out and go full time with my big 4 employer, as I cannot return to my school for a CS degree. My two other options are transferring (difficult with my academic record), or remaining at school for my current major, which is like Electrical Engineering lite. Very little programming.
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| Non-HFT proprietary trading firms Posted: 13 Jan 2018 05:16 PM PST I'm aware that this is a cs subreddit but I've seen lots of people discuss prop firms here too. So now to my question, I'd like to learn more about prop trading firms based in the US specifically where Non-HFT (high frequency trading)/manual/discretionary trading is done. Basically the kind of trading where you have to be really good at mental math. I've done some research and have ranked some firms below, I'd appreciate it if anyone could add to this list based on things like interview difficulty, culture, reputation, compensation etc. I've heard there are some scam prop firms out there so I've added another tier. Also anything anyone would like to say about these firms or the industry in general is welcome.
Edit: By Non-HFT I mean prop shops which have "trader" roles where you have to be good at mental math. For example Tower Research, Jump Trading have no such roles, and here is a job description for an Optiver trader which specifies "Fast decision making skills under pressure" and I've heard that they test you on mental math too. [link] [comments]  |
| Rutgers vs a more expensive school ? Posted: 13 Jan 2018 04:05 PM PST Would I be giving anything up by going to Rutgers for instate tuition as opposed to a more expensive school/ higher ranked school such as Urochester or WPI? Rutgers would be around 25k and WPI would be ~55k per year. [link] [comments]  |
| What else should I be doing outside of University to further my skills, lost as to where to start? Posted: 13 Jan 2018 12:03 PM PST Hi guys, I just finished my first semester as a CS major. For a little background, I always had interest in the engineering/programming field but was unfortunately pushed to pursue a career in medicine. When it came time to apply to universities, I decided to pursue CS as I felt it was the right choice. Upon entering university, I was quickly overwhelmed by how little I knew in comparison to my classmates. I had no previous experience with any of the programming languages. It seemed as though everyone had taken courses and already had experience. I completed the semester with a 3.65 and completed my first CS course, which was C language. I would like to further my knowledge in graphic design and app development although I am unsure where to start. I have accounts with codeacademy, khanacademy, etc but I never really know what the best starting point is. How do I begin with creating my own projects? After my first course, I feel I understand the concepts of the language but would be unable to code something abstract or somewhat complicated on my own. Anyone been in a similar position and care to offer some advice? [link] [comments]  |
| Why does this professor want to PAY me for undergrad research? Posted: 13 Jan 2018 05:11 PM PST I asked a professor I didn't really know for research, because I was interested in the subject he was researching. I decided to enroll in a special course in which i'll get credit under his supervision. He also told me that if I wanted to put in work during the winter break or in the future, that he would pay me, despite me telling him that it is unnecessary. Just yesterday, he told me to let him know any hours I put in so that he can get the office (university) to pay me. I believe the pay is around $20-$30/hr. I'm curious as to why he would want to pay me for research, especially since I have no significant experience in his field or any research experience. What does he get out of working with me and paying me? It did seem like he was really insistent on paying me after hearing about my internships at FB/Google (and how much they pay me). Another guess is that he has a specific "undergraduate research" fund that he hasn't been using in a while. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 13 Jan 2018 11:09 AM PST I am currently 28 years old living in Sacramento, CA with 3-4 years experience which is a fairly low COL area in CA making $65000 working as a consultant for the public sector working on the Microsoft stack. I just received an offer at a health care company for a level 2 position at $93000 in Phoenix, AZ which apparently is even lower COL than Sacramento. This is the second company I've interviewed with, the first company passed. I am also just starting to interview with a 3rd company in Sacramento doing the same public sector consulting work I do now with a posted salary range of $85000 - $100000, I also have a referral from someone that works there but I think it might be too late to be able to play them against each other. I currently work on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform which I have a hate/love relationship with and on ASP.Net websites so it's all C# and JavaScript/Jquery business code. I feel underpaid and not challenged anymore at my current firm. I also am not a big fan of public sector work but it definitely is not terrible. The new offer with the health care company is not the most exciting tech wise my prospective role would shift to doing 50% SSIS ETL work and 50% working on application code like Dynamics CRM. There is a promise on training me to work with a wide variety of tools like SiteCore, Tableau, and in general getting exposure to big data by using things like data lakes with Dynamics CRM. My long term goal is actually to shift away from Enterprise platforms and start working on more modern tech stacks on web apps or similar but I feel like I would need to take about 3 to 6 months off to really hit the books and practice algorithms, learn things like React, and what have you. I have about $25k stashed for this purpose. I could really use some input and advice, I have been feeling extremely down the past few months trying to figure out what to do. [link] [comments]  |
| What exactly is the definition of a 'Significant/Big Project'? Posted: 13 Jan 2018 05:05 PM PST The amount of generalization that goes into defining this is way too high. Some define a personal project's length in terms of TIME. Some define it in terms of length of code! Some define it as.. the impact it had! Other people say 'Anything that you do outside of your job but related to the same job domain' can be called a project (it doesn't matter if it is big or small! The reason I'm in this dilemma is.. I study Masters in Data Science (I'm sure very few of you have heard of it! It's weird having a degree for it). The Data Science projects that I've done don't take very long if you know what you're doing! For example; Machine Learning projects have some common step. (Data Loading -> Pre-processing, -> scikit-learn). If you know what you're doing, this can be done in under a day! So in other words, literally all the projects I've done are done in under a day! So when you're applying to Data Science or Machine Learning roles.. What type of projects are considered significant? You can of course use this as a general discussion to define length of projects in other domains too! But I hope to get my dilemma resolved. [link] [comments]  |
| Company with poor Glassdoor reviews for my office but that might not apply to me Posted: 13 Jan 2018 12:54 PM PST I just got an amazing job offer: In the city I want; salary is 20% higher than the next-best offer; emphasize work-life balance; working on a product I use and enjoy; in a software/security roll rather than pure software. That said, the Glassdoor reviews for the office are very critical. Mostly from software engineers or designers, but they almost all complain about the culture and office politics. I've had 2 internships in the past, but I can't say I have any experience with office politics and kinda have a hard time wrapping my head around what it means. Further, my role is a new one. Doing a little code, but for the most part I'll be doing security stuff. So I'm not entirely sure the issues other people had (which, to be fair, all sound like rants derived from a bad experience) would apply to me, since I can't see myself designing too much. Even if they do apply to me, I imagine it will be a pain in the ass every so often instead of a constant dread I have, which I can probably deal with and is worth it for the other aspects of the job. So I guess my question is: how much does office politics actually affect your job enjoyment? Is it something that could make you dread your job? If so, does that depend on your role? Or are other aspects, like work-life balance and how interesting the work is, more important to job enjoyment? [link] [comments]  |
| UT Dallas vs WPI vs CWRU vs URochester for Undergraduate CS Posted: 13 Jan 2018 06:56 AM PST CWRU and University of Rochester have higher US News ranking and their cs are solid, UT Dallas has the highest cs ranking in csrankings.org. Which one is the best choice here? [link] [comments]  |
| Current PM, want to be a developer (in the UK) Posted: 13 Jan 2018 12:38 PM PST I'm currently in a project management-type role and I'd like to move towards being a developer (I'm aware that most people move in the opposite direction but I just don't find PMing very interesting). I'm trying to figure out the best route to take now. I don't have any formal training or education in CS but I've self-taught Python to an intermediate level and I've really enjoyed this. I'm frankly tired of my job and would like to do something else as soon as I reasonably can. I've scoured Reddit threads on this topic but wondered if anyone could provide insight on my particular situation. From what I can see I have a couple of options:
Questions: 1) Am I crazy for wanting to move from PM to developer considering most people move the other way? Would having prior work experience in tech help when job hunting? 2) Does anyone have experience of the London job market for entry level developers - how competitive is it and how would my job prospects look after doing a bootcamp or getting a CS MSc? What kind of starting salary could I be looking at realistically? I currently work in fintech - are there benefits to staying in this field or should I be looking for jobs more generally? 3) It seems much more common/doable to teach myself to be a web developer than software engineering languages like Java/C# - is it even possible to become a self-taught software engineer? Is there a big difference between the two in terms of job satisfaction or does it come down to what I would prefer? [link] [comments]  |
| 30 yr old sysadmin looking to switch, starting in the summer/fall with 0 credits. WGU or UMUC Posted: 13 Jan 2018 04:10 PM PST Like the title says. I'm a sysadmin(6 yrs exp) who is getting tired of the job. I know a few software engineers and their QoL is much better than mine. I will be looking to start in the summer/fall. My only real options are WGU or UMUC as I only have a GED. I'll have 4 certs by the time i start, Sec+, CEH, CCNA Cyber ope, and should have CISSP. The main reason I want to make the change is because of job availability. I'm tired of my current position and I see a shit ton of dev positions. If I do WGU, while I can graduate quicker, their Software Dev degree looks like less than I want. The Comp Sci program at UMUC looks more challenging, with heavier math which while math is a big weakness of mine, I really want to get into it, maybe even minor in it. A third option, which is less appealing, is to attend Coding Dojo. Just looking for other infrastructure guys or guys starting at an older age to give me some input. I can answer any questions I missed. Ask away. [link] [comments]  |
| not finishing coding challenge? Posted: 13 Jan 2018 03:04 PM PST for internships: is it possible to get a phone interview even if you dont finish the coding challenge? what kind of score generally disqualifies you as a candidate? [link] [comments]  |
| Relevant major at top school vs CS major at mediocre school Posted: 13 Jan 2018 02:31 PM PST I got into math at University of Toronto (there's a small albeit existent chance I might get the CS major), but I also got into University of Alberta for CS. I'm trying to decide if it's worth it to just be a somewhat relevant major at a top school over going to a school where I can study CS. Also, I have a decent chance of getting into math at University of Waterloo. Costs are all roughly equal because I will be living on campus either way. So does going to a "better" school justify not having the CS major? [link] [comments]  |
| E-mailed and Called recruiter but no response? Posted: 13 Jan 2018 02:28 PM PST Got an internship offer back in the fall I emailed my recruiter an updated copy of my re.sume (corrected and updated some info), but the recruiter didn't reply. therefore, I decided to call the recruiter to make sure we were on the same page but the recruiter did not answer and I could not leave a voicemail because mailbox was full. What should I do? I corrected some stuff like work/volunteer exp and updated my GPA. If that makes a difference [link] [comments]  |
| Any experience with Tech Talent South or Project Shift? Posted: 13 Jan 2018 02:17 PM PST I am thinking about making a life change and moving to Raleigh NC. I am interested in taking a programming bootcamp. Does anyone have experience with Tech Talent South or Project Shift? I feel like Project Shifts website is good at explaining what they do and it seems they have a solid course. Tech Talent South has great reviews online however i'm hesitant to believe I can learn enough to get a full time coding job from just 8 weeks of mon-thur 8am-11am. I would like to best prepare myself to land a good job. [link] [comments]  |
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