Big 4 Discussion - March 25, 2018 CS Career Questions |
- Big 4 Discussion - March 25, 2018
- Daily Chat Thread - March 25, 2018
- How can a programmer like myself use my skills to help combat global challenges like climate change or poverty?
- What should I look forward to learn in a software based startup ?
- Wanting to become a lecturer at a local University or community college
- CS after the military
- Accepted job offer - found out afterwards I won an award and conference scholarship
- First developer job- need some perspective on my office environment
- Way too many withdraws on my transcript went to school for 6.5 years with a 3.0 GPA and not many projects can I still make it?
- Introverted engineers, how do you network at tech conferences?
- Want to quit new job, how bad will this look to other companies?
- Should I relocate again, after just getting here?
- Am I justifiably affronted ? (Senior engineer assigned 3 hr hackerrank)
- I need help. I have ADD. I love programming, but I just can't pass college. I dropped out of my comp sci program a couple years ago. I'm an intermediate level programmer through self learning. How can I get a job as a programmer?
- Does undergrad degree matter when you have a masters?
- To burn the bridge?
- Being laid off, study first then apply?
- Nursing to computer science
- Feeling discouraged..
- Do companies look at leetcode or hackerrank accounts?
- What do you make sure to do / wish you did in your first week on a new job?
- Haven't had any work for 4+ months now at first job as a consultant. How do I use my time wisely? Should I look for a new job so I can get more real-world experience?
- Bootcamp grad looking to get a Post-Bacc computer science degree - don't meet prereqs for math, looking for suggestions
- If you get multiple offers, but they "trickle in" along several weeks, rather than get them within a short range of time, how do you approach the companies with that?
- (deep learning) would I be more competitive entering the industry after focusing on applications; or by working on accelerating/improving existing models and algorithms, as well as devising new ones?
- What did you guys do at your last internship?
| Big 4 Discussion - March 25, 2018 Posted: 25 Mar 2018 12:07 AM PDT 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 - March 25, 2018 Posted: 25 Mar 2018 12:07 AM PDT 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: 25 Mar 2018 03:57 AM PDT I've been doing a lot of thinking lately. I'm currently a programmer working a very cruisey/stable corporate job and have realized I don't want to remain in corporate for the rest of my life. I'd like to move into more 'meaningful' work and so would like to know how I could use my skills as a coder to help combat global challenges like climate change or poverty. [link] [comments]  |
| What should I look forward to learn in a software based startup ? Posted: 25 Mar 2018 02:30 PM PDT I recently joined a startup of 8 members. They work on a variety of different projects based on different tech stacks. What are some habits and practices I should learn at such an early stage in my career ? [link] [comments]  |
| Wanting to become a lecturer at a local University or community college Posted: 25 Mar 2018 04:00 PM PDT I currently have an undergraduate degree in MIS (minors in CS and Mathematics) and work as a software engineer. I am gaining more and more experience. Teaching has been in my family and it is something that I enjoy doing. While I enjoy CS, I am thinking of obtaining an MBA. I am more business minded and think an MBA will help me advance and grow professionally than any other degree. That being said, will not having two technology bachelors and masters hinder my ability to obtain a lecturer position in programming or other tech classes? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Mar 2018 02:00 PM PDT Im currently in year 3 of a 6 year contract with the military. When I get out I would like to enroll in a big time CS program (like UW). A question I have though; are these big time programs less competitive to get into because of my service history? Im speaking for public school programs only, as if I went to a private school I'd have to pay out of pocket and Im not doing that. Another thing that contributes to where Ill relocate is the purchasing power Id have with MHA. Currently I am taking classes at a community college called Barton out here in Ft. Riley. Just wondering what I have to do to prepare myself beforehand.I don't wanna come first day of class and be so completely lost I drop the course, and to caveat more onto that, I don't want to be wasting my time right now knocking out Gen Ed. Classes/Math classes that I won't need. Currently I'm just taking some easy ass algebra course. Another question; would it be worth the time to re do my SAT? Thanks everyone. [link] [comments]  |
| Accepted job offer - found out afterwards I won an award and conference scholarship Posted: 25 Mar 2018 01:08 PM PDT I accepted a job offer on Friday - my first job as a web developer after a career change. They gave me two start date options - Second week in April or the last week of April. I chose the earlier start date. Found out yesterday that I won a "Future Coders" award I applied to in January for a conference scholarship that takes place the third week in April. I'm wondering what my best path is: turn down the award, ask to change my start date to the later date (after the conference), or see if I could get 3 days off work on my second week on the job? Thanks for any suggestions. [link] [comments]  |
| First developer job- need some perspective on my office environment Posted: 25 Mar 2018 04:45 PM PDT I just recently started my first job as a developer about a month ago and feel that I am in a really toxic work environment. I'm just trying to find out if some of this or most of it is normal for the industry or I'm really just in a bad office. For one, the senior developers and office manager frequently belittle and cuss at the less experienced developers. I feel that being cussed at is where I should draw the line and get out of here but I haven't yet. Also the project managers seem to know very little about coding but still make promises to customers on how soon work can be done and the developers are constantly given extremely unrealistic deadlines. In my office it seems like developers are the lowest of the low, constantly being bossed around by everyone else- qa, project managers, sales people, the office manager. I have been asked to work overtime several times without being paid (I am hourly). The people who are salary constantly work nights and weekends. Am I overrating about this stuff and likely to face the same things anywhere else or are developers actually treated better at most companies? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Mar 2018 01:19 PM PDT I'm kind of having a freak out right now. I'm no longer sure if I'm passionate about computer science and iv been an awful student with a transcript that has probably 10 withdraws, I apparently never knew how to drop a class properly and have been dealing with some depression issues. maybe im having impostors syndrome but really I feel like nobody would ever hire me right now. Should I change my career goals maybe I just need to do some career development building. Am I still going to be able to make it? [link] [comments]  |
| Introverted engineers, how do you network at tech conferences? Posted: 25 Mar 2018 07:50 AM PDT I just got back from my first tech conference in SF and the biggest thing I realized was that I need to improve my networking skills at these types of events. I am your typical introverted engineer. I am not that talkative at first but I can hold a conversation once it gets started. I managed to strike up a handful of conversations but I left the event feeling like I could have accomplished more. I could have talked to more people. I could have gone to more mixers. I could have put more effort into getting out of my comfort zone. Now, I want to jump into more of these types of events since I finally got my feet wet. Any advice and tips would be great. thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Want to quit new job, how bad will this look to other companies? Posted: 25 Mar 2018 07:24 PM PDT I've been working at a new job for almost 3 months now and want to look for employment elsewhere. My questions are: 1) How bad would this look for prospective employers? 2) How can I best frame this to prospective employers? For more background, I'm working as a data scientist, but it's only me and my boss on the data science team. The problem is my boss is not good at all, and I'm directed to provide really poor analysis. Any suggestions? Or should I just grind it out for a few more months? Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Should I relocate again, after just getting here? Posted: 25 Mar 2018 06:52 AM PDT Relocated to Austin for a job at my own expense, the company laid me off after 2 months. I'm not having much success with the job search. Should I pay the huge fee to break my apartment lease and try to find a job elsewhere? [link] [comments]  |
| Am I justifiably affronted ? (Senior engineer assigned 3 hr hackerrank) Posted: 25 Mar 2018 06:54 PM PDT I applied to a smaller Asian company in my home country, as I am thinking to relocate home. However, aside from them not comping as competitively, I was also assigned a 3hour hackerrank challenge with a buggy runtime. Am I justifiably frustrated to be affronted that they do not respect my time? Or am I just simply having an attitude of entitlement? Or is it a big red flag that I should not join their company? Edit to add: I am a senior engineer in SF and have worked at large Silicon Valley Giants [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Mar 2018 06:40 PM PDT I struggled with severe depression when I went to college cause I felt like a total failure. Nothing helped me. I want nothing more than to work as a programmer for a living. But I have no coding friends to make a project with, can't go back to college cause I'll fail and be depressed again. The ability and desire is there. I just don't know what to do. I practice programming everyday while my friends are out. What should I be doing. Please help, reddit! [link] [comments]  |
| Does undergrad degree matter when you have a masters? Posted: 25 Mar 2018 04:01 PM PDT Made a career change from bioengineering/med school to software. Software bootcamps are great for learning languages but I want some more time with data structures and architecture. Im planning on toughing out a 1.5 year masters program so I can also title myself as a cs grad. I assume it would also increase income a little? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Mar 2018 12:18 PM PDT I've been at company X for about 3 years. I've performed exceedingly well, but company X is not known for giving raises/promotions and so I'm essentially being paid the same as I was 3 years ago. I recently made an internal transfer to a new team, and the manager has worked hard to improve my situation (within the limitations of company X). I'm about to receive a promotion, and a paltry (imo) 10% raise. This manager really went to bat for me even though the raise is not great. I received an offer from another company for about a 30% raise. I'm tempted to take this offer, but feel bad about quitting the new team right after the manager did all that he could to improve my situation. I can't say that I would never want to work for company X again for the right pay/position, so I'm leery of burning a bridge here. The work is interesting and challenging at company X, and seems to be at the new company as well. What do? [link] [comments]  |
| Being laid off, study first then apply? Posted: 25 Mar 2018 02:56 PM PDT I recently was informed i was being let go due to performance. I'm currently two years out of college and have been mostly working with Java/Scala in my current role. I was given 2 months to find a new job. I see everyone is saying to apply asap but right I just feel i need to brush up extensively for the technical interviews. If I were to apply to companies now and I receive a response, I don't feel confident at all in doing well in the phone or onsite interviews. My plan is to study for 2-3 weeks then start applying. Money is not really an issue at the moment and there are alot of job oppertunities in my area (Northern Virginia, DC region) [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Mar 2018 08:49 AM PDT I am a nurse looking to make a career change into computer science. I am not interested in informatics as I don't solely want to work in healthcare. I feel computer science would be the more versatile and wise choice. I am looking at taking a few classes at community college then transferring to UMBC. It looks like it will take me 2.5 years. Before I do all that, Are there any masters programs that accept folks without a computer science background? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Mar 2018 02:36 PM PDT So far I've learned a decent amount of html and CSS. I'm in the middle of learning the fundamentals of JavaScript and honestly I look forward to and have fun learning web development. However when I was younger I made plenty of mistakes. My credit is shot and college is no longer an option. I also went through a divorce and moving isn't an option because of my son and the custody arrangements my ex and I have. every local listing for a front end or back end web developer in my area requires at least a bachelor's degree in computer science or years of experience. I know that people do work remotely but every listing I've seen requires similiar credentials. I really want to provide a great life for my son and I, but I'm a bit discouraged by all of this. Has anyone been in or is in a similar situation? Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Do companies look at leetcode or hackerrank accounts? Posted: 25 Mar 2018 11:23 AM PDT In order to track my progress and improve my programming abilities I plan to save my leetcode/hackerrank solved solutions into a github repo. I know companies will look at your github if you offer them the link, but do they care about leetcode or hackerrank accounts? Seems pointless for me to care about the points those websites offer after completing a challenge, unless prospective companies would want to look at it. [link] [comments]  |
| What do you make sure to do / wish you did in your first week on a new job? Posted: 25 Mar 2018 07:49 PM PDT Starting a new job tomorrow. Figured I'd see if anybody has pro tips on how to get settled in well, make a good impression, etc. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Mar 2018 07:30 AM PDT Long story short, I'm a junior dev at his first job. The first four months I learned Angular and worked on a project with other co-workers and learned a ton. Then two months after that I was contracted out to help fix up an ecommerce site with a lot of SASS design issues and sporadic JS for front end bugs. Now it's been 4+ months since I've had any projects or clients to work with. (I am salaried and still get paid regardless if I have a client or not.) During this freetime I've learned Node, Express, Mongo and built a MEAN stack project. Then I learned React and Redux and built a side project. Now I'm going to learn PHP + SQL or React Native. To some, this must be a dream, getting paid to learn and no stress BUT I AM STRESSING because I'm not getting any real world experience. I try to make my side projects tough and very complete, but I have a lot of fear it is not preparing me at all for my next job or project. I feel like I need to be getting real experience on teams, projects, etc. Any help for my situation? Should I look for a new job? Or should I just keep grinding out my learning since I'm basically getting paid to learn..? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Mar 2018 07:23 PM PDT Hey folks, long story short - bootcamp grad who currently has a software development job looking to get a post-bacc CS degree. I'm finding it difficult to find a different job due to the bias against bootcamps and preferences for CS degrees. Had a company cancel a scheduled interview since I didn't have a STEM degree. I currently have a BA with maybe a semester of math from college, but it wasn't calc, and it was over 10 years ago. Not really sure where to start since it's been so long since I took a math class. Looking for some guidance from anyone who might be or might have been in a similar situation. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Mar 2018 11:40 AM PDT I read a statement regarding another user and his situation on how he keeps getting into bad jobs: "It seems like [to escape a] bad situation you take the first offer you can get and end up [in a] bad situation again." I've been in that spot before, and I want to avoid being in that spot again. Usually I lose my job before getting another one lined up. That's the case here. So with no job I am wary if I want to take the first offer, rather than tell the company, if they can wait because I am waiting on other companies to give their decision. Getting multiple offers is preferred, and that's what I want to make happen, but it seems like you're not gonna get the ideal situation where they all give you offers within one or two days, but rather they will trickle in, in a span of days or weeks. If you can get multiple offers in a day that's really easy to plan your next step. But otherwise, I wouldn't know how to plan. Basically I do not know how to approach receiving multiple offers, whether all at once or staggered, when I have no job, because I have never faced such a situation. So how do you handle offers that "trickle in"? Do you tell company that gave the 1st offer, sounds great, but give me a week or so to think about it, or do you be up front and say you are waiting on responses from other companies? How do you avoid a situation where you renege an offer when a better one comes your way, but at the same time avoid testing the patience of companies telling them to just wait? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Mar 2018 06:38 PM PDT I'm pondering which set of associated skills and experiences will yield more opportunities in the upcoming years. It seems that most university research groups are focused on the former, though I'm more interested in the latter. [link] [comments]  |
| What did you guys do at your last internship? Posted: 25 Mar 2018 02:47 PM PDT What sort of languages/technologies did you work with. What kind of projects did you contribute to? [link] [comments]  |
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