DEAR PROFESSIONAL COMPUTER TOUCHERS -- FRIDAY RANT THREAD FOR April 20, 2018 CS Career Questions |
- DEAR PROFESSIONAL COMPUTER TOUCHERS -- FRIDAY RANT THREAD FOR April 20, 2018
- Daily Chat Thread - April 20, 2018
- Has anyone else seen what they do negatively effect people?
- Got a rejection letter and it made me happy.
- How does your website portfolio look like?
- Is it time to quit? Passed on promotion again...
- Is California out of my league?
- Is QA Automation a bad career?
- Where to look for summer internships?
- Graduating without a job offer... unsure of what my next steps should be
- Possible to get AAS degree in programming without being good/knowing how?
- Multiple red flags? Should I stay or start looking for new job asap?
- is it all over for this summer?
- If you're a masters student, should you continue to look for internships or for junior level positions while going to school?
- Is it a bad idea to delay graduation to take two internships?
- Anyone here struggle with speaking up in meetings? And if so, how do you force yourself to?
- Is this legit?
- Using an offer I declined a month ago to negotiate current offer?
- Never Received Official Offer For Internship?
- Managers here: would using two weeks of vacation and then putting in two weeks notice the day I got back put me on your shit list?
- Burn out?
- Hiring managers of Reddit, would you seriously consider a candidate who has a STEM degree and a post bacc degree in computer science from an online University?
- Automation - bad?
- Has anyone here started their own company? How did it go?
- How should I ask my manager what are your expectations?
- Internship questions from a college sophomore.
| DEAR PROFESSIONAL COMPUTER TOUCHERS -- FRIDAY RANT THREAD FOR April 20, 2018 Posted: 20 Apr 2018 12:08 AM PDT AND NOW FOR SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT. THE BUILDS I LOVE, THE SCRIPTS I DROP, TO BE PART OF, THE APP, CAN'T STOP THIS IS THE RANT THREAD. IT IS FOR RANTS. CAPS LOCK ON, DOWNVOTES OFF, FEEL FREE TO BREAK RULE 2 IF SOMEONE LIKES SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T BUT IF YOU POST SOME RACIST/HOMOPHOBIC/SEXIST BULLSHIT IT'LL BE GONE FASTER THAN A NEW MESSAGING APP AT GOOGLE. (RANTING BEGINS AT MIDNIGHT EVERY FRIDAY, BEST COAST TIME. PREVIOUS FRIDAY RANT THREADS CAN BE FOUND HERE.) [link] [comments]  |
| Daily Chat Thread - April 20, 2018 Posted: 20 Apr 2018 12:08 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]  |
| Has anyone else seen what they do negatively effect people? Posted: 20 Apr 2018 10:26 AM PDT In November I started an internship at a fairly large tech company. The department I worked in dealt with security cameras. My team specifically worked on the "smart" security ceras that would generate statistics based on counting people entering and leaving the store, seeing how much employees engage with people, and stuff like that. When I first started, we had just installed cameras at a large department store chain. My dad just so happened to work at one of the branches near by. I told him the company I worked for and he saw the name on the cameras. I thought it was pretty cool at the time that my dad could see the stuff I actually worked on. Fast forward to Easter when we get dinner together. He likes to talk about stuff that happens at work, especially the like layoffs and such. He starts talking about how they are trying to cut hours on everyone. They were trying to get as many people below 36 hours as they could so they would lose their benefits. He then starts describing the analytics they used to determine when and where to cut hours. He said that they were counting people entering and leaving the store and they were able to see how much employees engage with people. Well, those types of analytics sounded very familiar. So, it seems that they are using our system to figure out ways to schedule people less frequently, to make all their employees loose benefits. Now I understand that is kind of the point of the analytics, to save the company money. But like, it's now effecting my dad's job negatively. I thought it was interesting to see how something I do impacts other people's jobs directly. Has anyone else had similar experiences? [link] [comments]  |
| Got a rejection letter and it made me happy. Posted: 20 Apr 2018 07:22 PM PDT Well not entirely happy because who likes rejections? But happy in the sense that damn, at least for once it feels like my application isn't going into a black hole. I've sent out a lot of applications and i haven't heard back from any. At least tell me no! I at least want to know that at some point I'm getting considered. [link] [comments]  |
| How does your website portfolio look like? Posted: 20 Apr 2018 03:03 AM PDT Currently learning html, css and will be learning javascript soon, just to make my portfolio website. I'm lacking a bit of inspiration however. Mind if you post how your portfolio looks like? [link] [comments]  |
| Is it time to quit? Passed on promotion again... Posted: 20 Apr 2018 10:56 AM PDT Sitting here depressed as hell right now. I dont even feel like working. Background: I was hired 4 years ago at BigCompanyA as a Systems Engineer II.. I've been working for about 6-7 years previously. My first year, I busted my ass off learning everything I needed to learn and just getting the flow of things. No promotion of course, i mean its the first year. My original manager came and left. Second year, I was given the opportunity to work in infrastructure since the sole guy (who worked on Puppet) left the company. So I took over the project and puppetized environments by myself. New manager. Then came review.. I got a high contributor rating but still no promotion, as Im only in my second year after all. Third year, my skills in puppet allowed me to move to the Cloud team under a new manager to do Infrastructure as code to build out environments in AWS (DevOps). I quickly learned all that I can and was a high contributer yet again at the end of the year. My manager said that he would work on a promotion for me... the next year So now during the forth year, I take on more and more projects - completing a lot of them - getting high marks from engineers across the entire company and multiple divisions (Im #2 in most recognized achievements in the whole department) and the entire year, my manager says hes working on my promotion and its in the works Then came review for fourth year... high contributor again --- and my manager gives me the dreaded "I'll work on your promotion for sure this year, maybe give you more responsibility - I know your title doesnt currently reflect your work" So I am absolutely crushed. 4 years later. No raise, on promotion - still a Systems Engineer II In the 4 years, Ive seen everyone that was hired with me, everyone I met in the departments, people I refered to join the company -- ALL have received at least one promotion. EVERYONE they hired to my team come in as a Senior level (III) even though they don't know jack and up and quit few months later. My manager alone receieved TWO promotions within the last year and a half. Im at a loss right now and just don't know what to do. I love my coworkers, I love the work that I do with AWS, the location of the place is great, work-life balance is superb AND I just had my first child. Whats the best course of action? Quit? Or stick it out for another year? [link] [comments]  |
| Is California out of my league? Posted: 20 Apr 2018 06:51 PM PDT I went to the University of Arizona and live in Tucson. I graduated in December and have been applying to mostly Arizona, Colorado, and California but I've applied to places all over the country. Recently a recruiter called me from California and asked me where I went to school he told me it wasn't good enough for California companies because I'm competing with UC grads. How true is this? I am not a "rockstar coder" by any means but I was good enough to pass my classes and have passed every coding challenge I've done for companies. I always get passed over in the onsite interviews. [link] [comments]  |
| Is QA Automation a bad career? Posted: 20 Apr 2018 09:44 AM PDT I graduated last August, and got full time at the place of my internship. But my job now is qa engineer, and not software dev. I have offers from other companies (mainly defense contractors) to work as a dev, but I have major imposter syndrome. I love my company, and there is opportunity to switch to dev here, but it sounds like they put in 50 hours a week, which I definitely don't want to do. If I stay in QA and lose my job, I'm worried I wont be able to be happy at any other company doing QA. Would software development be the better option for the future? Is it high stress working as a dev? [link] [comments]  |
| Where to look for summer internships? Posted: 20 Apr 2018 07:50 PM PDT I think it's too late for summer internships but if it there are still any, how can I find them? Any particular sites for finding them around me? [link] [comments]  |
| Graduating without a job offer... unsure of what my next steps should be Posted: 20 Apr 2018 07:50 PM PDT I am not sure if I am violating posting guidelines, so if I am, feel free to take this post off, moderators. Now that that is out of the way, I wanted to come here to ask a series of questions because right now I feel lost. The situation I am in is basically what the title says. I basically spent most of my last year of undergrad job searching and going on interviews and falling short every single time. I finished my last exam of my undergraduate career yesterday, and will graduate in June. I found out today I did not get an offer from the company I did an internship at last summer. I feel like all hope is lost and this job search is going nowhere as companies tend to stop hiring during the summer and pick up hiring again in September and October and November. But being the unhealthily-optimistic-person I am, I am trying to come up with a plan. This is where I need to ask for your help. I think there are probably plenty of reasons why I didn't get a job offer, maybe I started too late, maybe someone else just was a better candidate than me, but I think my biggest thing my resume is a bit all over the place, but I mean, what do they expect from a fresh grad who goes to hackathons and have had 1 internship so far? But anyways, here is my plan. My goal: I want to get more comfortable with Javascript and popular web frameworks as web development is something I want to pursue right now before I consider a graduate degree in something like data analytics or business administration.
This is where I ask you, Reddit. I think at this point my job search is over, and I think the best thing to do is to hone my skills, and present a better portfolio in the next big hiring rush in the fall. Here is the big question. How do I do that? What resources should I use? Should I do projects over taking a udemy course? Is my approach to this right? What would you recommend I do? I would ideally love a job I can start in the summer right away, but that does not seem to be an option right now. I just can't help feel but lost and frustrated. I would greatly appreciate your advice. Thank you for your time if you got this far. [link] [comments]  |
| Possible to get AAS degree in programming without being good/knowing how? Posted: 20 Apr 2018 05:33 PM PDT Hi everyone, I am currently in community college and I am considering changing my degree plan from criminal justice to an AAS degree in computer programming with an emphasis in application development. People I have talked to tell me a few things that really worry me about this program. First, they tell me that a lot of people don't graduate from the program and end up going with another field of study once they start. Secondly, a lot of people tell me that lots of people fail out of the classes. I have a few questions. How hard is this degree likely to be compared to other community college degrees? Like on a scale of 1-10, 10 being hardest, where would it fall? Also, what are the odds of being able to get through this degree program without being good/knowing how to program? Is this degree going to open more doors than a criminal justice degree? Finally, will employers care if I have this degree compared to no degree at all? The classes on the degree plan are as follows: Intro C++ Advanced C++ Programming Logic and Design Intro VB .NET Programming Web Page Development Java Programming Mobile App Development Intro C# Programming Advanced C# Programming Then they have a bunch of random IT classes like networking, operating systems, database, etc plus math/science/english. [link] [comments]  |
| Multiple red flags? Should I stay or start looking for new job asap? Posted: 20 Apr 2018 08:13 AM PDT Summary: I started my first development position in California last September for a app dev agency and think these red flags or possible issues should be something that would make any logical person leave. This is a small team of 15.
Pros: 1. Im learning something new everyday and am building up my skills. 2. I get to work from home. 3. Hours are flexible. 4. Co-workers are great. I understand most of you might think, what the hell? Get out now! BUT, this is my first developer position, I do not have a traditional CS background, am self taught, and have only just started studying data structures, algorithms, etc for interviews. I feel like I may need time before I can secure a new job. I feel that my co-workers are getting fed up with late payments but are sticking around because this is their only option as of now. My questions are: should I ask for higher pay when the time comes to re-new contracts this coming week? If so, what would be most effective? Should I stay until I feel more confident to go out and interview? Or just apply anyways? What would you do in my position? Thanks for reading and providing suggestions. [link] [comments]  |
| is it all over for this summer? Posted: 20 Apr 2018 01:53 PM PDT just finished a phone interview which I completely messed up and from what I can tell was my last chance to get an internship in university... Is it even worth it to spend time applying so late now? I have exams that I could probably use that time on if theres no point in applying at this point... [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 20 Apr 2018 06:51 PM PDT I've heard that once you receive your bachelors, it's time to stop applying for internships and instead look for junior positions. How does this advice apply to those going for a masters after their undergraduate degree? [link] [comments]  |
| Is it a bad idea to delay graduation to take two internships? Posted: 20 Apr 2018 04:02 PM PDT I am in a CS Masters program graduating in December 2018. I currently have internship offers from two companies. Obviously I can only choose one for the summer. However, one of them might let me start in October. So I was thinking, would it make sense to take one for the summer and then do the other in the fall and graduate in Spring 2019 instead? I'm coming from a liberal arts background and have very little CS-related experience, so would it be worth doing that to boost my resume? [link] [comments]  |
| Anyone here struggle with speaking up in meetings? And if so, how do you force yourself to? Posted: 20 Apr 2018 02:28 PM PDT I recently started a new job (a little less than 2 months in) and my team is about 8 people. When it comes to meetings I feel like I really struggle with speaking up-part of it is still getting used to half the team being remote and another part is trying to get more comfortable. The main part is being an introvert and that sometimes other people talk first and then not necessarily knowing what to say. And in general, even with friends, I do best in smaller groups (maybe up to 3-4) and tend to be quiet in big groups. I tried to give myself little goals like "speak once this meetings" and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. So curious if anyone here has had similar struggles and was able to overcome it and what they did! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 20 Apr 2018 12:20 PM PDT A few days ago an old acquaintance contacted me about a possible summer job. I've been working at Home Depot for the past few summers so I was eager to meet with him. The meeting started off interesting. He spoke about the company he worked for and the projects he was working on. But near the end he started discussing something called the "agile manifesto" and he claimed that I would be a "scrum master". He was very pushy about recruiting some of my friends to work with me. I researched these terms and found many differing opinions. Some called it a pyramid scheme while others had no issue with it. What do you guys think about it? [link] [comments]  |
| Using an offer I declined a month ago to negotiate current offer? Posted: 20 Apr 2018 06:30 AM PDT Hi everyone, I received a job offer at a company last month, while also interviewing at other companies. While the offer was good, I turned them down because they did not want to wait while I interviewed for another job I really wanted. The new job offers about 10k less than the previous one (in the same CoL area). Could I use that offer to negotiate still? How should I phrase it? Something along the lines of another company (is/was) offering me X amount? Also for future reference, would it be burning a bridge to negotiate an offer and still decline it even if they give you what you want? Thanks. EDIT: Thanks for all the insights so far! Coming out of my first job (and its been a few years) so this is all new to me! [link] [comments]  |
| Never Received Official Offer For Internship? Posted: 20 Apr 2018 03:38 PM PDT So about two weeks ago I had an interview at a smaller company. The interview went great and from then on we have been going back and forth in email discussing the pay, hours, when I am done with my semester, etc. I have never really received an official offer from them and I am not sure if they are just assuming that I am interning there over the summer or not. Should I still be looking for other internships? Should I ask for an official offer? [link] [comments]  |
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| Posted: 20 Apr 2018 07:11 PM PDT hey! I am a freelancer developer. I really like programming. learning new stuffs but creating boring things makes me.. tired.. How can I overcome this feelings? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 20 Apr 2018 07:09 PM PDT I have a chemical engineering degree and am looking into the post bacc computer science degree from Oregan State University. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 20 Apr 2018 11:08 AM PDT so ive primarily done work related to automating things but unfortunately most are related to tests and have not required much effort. should i pass on a internship centered on automation in favor of a dev intern at a smaller company if i want to do dev and not test/automation? its intel [link] [comments]  |
| Has anyone here started their own company? How did it go? Posted: 20 Apr 2018 09:43 AM PDT I'm thinking of releasing a webapp that, if initial research goes well, could end up being my primary source of income. Have you started a company? How did it go? [link] [comments]  |
| How should I ask my manager what are your expectations? Posted: 20 Apr 2018 06:17 PM PDT How should I nicely ask my manager what are your expectations? Should I shoot an email before 1on1? I have been 6 months into the job. I am a developer using spring boot and nodejs. Thanks [link] [comments]  |
| Internship questions from a college sophomore. Posted: 20 Apr 2018 02:20 PM PDT I am a sophomore CS major with a minor in applied mathematics studying in New Jersey. I have what I believe is a decent resume (not the greatest for sure), and have been applying for internships with no luck. I applied to over 50+ places and always either receive an email saying Thank You for your application or no response. I know allot of people who are working for large companies as interns but for some reason I just can't get my foot in the door. If anyone of you can please pm me and i can send my resume over and we can talk details I would really appreciate it. Thank You [link] [comments]  |
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