Big 4 Discussion - July 11, 2018 CS Career Questions |
- Big 4 Discussion - July 11, 2018
- Daily Chat Thread - July 11, 2018
- Is it dumb for me to consider leaving my field and going back to school for a BS in Computer Science in my mid 30s? [US]
- I am able to do my job each day but I do not fundamentally understand how most things work. How far can I get in my career like this?
- What happens after you graduate college [Serious]?
- How to Quit a job that you started just weeks ago
- Graduated 1 year ago and feeling stuck
- Update: Returning intern negotiating first full time salary. The final stretch...
- Burning out after switching to management
- I have anxiety that I won't be able to find a well-paying job once I finish school. Am I overthinking?
- Huge gap in SDE employment - 3 years - but also CMU grad and ex-Amazon employee. Help?
- Are companies that hire H1Bs not allowed to hire candidates without a specific degree?
- It seems like "cloud" is a buzzword on a lot of job listings. What does it actually mean?
- Practice LeetCode questions in a Terminal
- Salary intern vs full-time
- Receiving the opportunity of a lifetime at my job, this is a no brainer right?
- How do you get the most out of conferences?
- When is it the best time to apply for SWE New Grads for 2019?
- Does this count as professional experience or projects?
- Stressed About Situation - Current Internship, Overwhelmed, Job Search. Details inside.
- "Associate" Release and Build Engineer
- How to you handle getting thrown into the deep end when starting a new job?
- Hi security people of Reddit, asking for a career here.
- Software Engineer with over 15 years, question about freelancing
- Don't know if I'm incompetent or my supervisor is..
- Starting first job in 4 days. Freaking out
| Big 4 Discussion - July 11, 2018 Posted: 11 Jul 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 - July 11, 2018 Posted: 11 Jul 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: 11 Jul 2018 10:06 AM PDT Hi. Thanks for reading. I currently work in the sciences with a B.S. and like my job but it has no growth potential and I've always regretted not studying computer science instead. With around 7 years of experience in the biotech field, I'm thinking of going back to school at a local univerity's online program for a B.S. in computer science. I live in West Coast US. Am I making a mistake wanting to spend 30K for another B.S. in another field when I'm in my mid 30s already? I also really don't want to live in the Bay Area, but anywhere around it would be fine. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2018 03:42 PM PDT Just started working full time as a SWE two months ago and I'm quickly realizing I'm nowhere near as brilliant as a lot of my coworkers appear to be. Most of the time, I have to pretend I know what they're talking about and I honestly feel like an idiot around them. I don't know what it is but I just don't understand what I'm doing as deeply as other people do and it's not just because I'm new, I've always been this way. Personally, I'm ok with it as long as I'm getting my work done which I have been so far but is there any hope for someone like me long term or will this eventually catch up with me? [link] [comments]  |
| What happens after you graduate college [Serious]? Posted: 11 Jul 2018 08:22 AM PDT I have a very limited view of computer science and programming in general. For work, I'm a restaurant server which doesn't require any practical skills other than being able to multitask efficiently. For school, I'm approaching my senior year of computer science (1.5 years left) but truth be told, I have no idea what I'm actually doing. My programming knowledge consists of some class projects with Java and basic knowledge of programming in C within the terminal. I'm just going through the motions of my classes and trying my best not to fail them. So my question is..what happens when I graduate? Am I going to get slammed with the realization that I haven't prepared well enough for a job and that I'm not qualified to apply anywhere? Right now, my current goal is to just finish my degree and then what? I might just work at the restaurant full time to maximize my income while I figure out if I'm qualified for a CS job. But I don't actually believe I'll be qualified to get a job at the current rate of material I'm learning in my classes so far. Sorry for the rambling post. I'm not expecting pity comments or anything. I know if I want to be hirable, I'll have to work for it. [link] [comments]  |
| How to Quit a job that you started just weeks ago Posted: 11 Jul 2018 10:30 AM PDT I took a job with a start up about 2 weeks ago and then got an offer from Airbnb. Now I want to quit but I sort of liked the startup as well. Its only been 2 weeks I am here and not sure how to go about doing this. Any suggestions would be nice [link] [comments]  |
| Graduated 1 year ago and feeling stuck Posted: 11 Jul 2018 01:11 PM PDT I'm about ready to give up. For some context, I graduated in January of 2017 then immediately left for Asia and traveled on my own for a few months. It was an unforgettable experience, I met tons of new friends along the way and came back to the US with a different mindset. I knew this would set me back at least a few months in the job search but to me it was worth it. I returned to San Francisco in June and began searching for work and took on some contract positions to get some more experience to put on my resume. I also hadn't touched a computer for months at this point so I started studying up on leetcode, CTCI, etc. In September I started a 4 month contract at a pre-funded startup for extremely low pay ($500/week) and put the job search on hold for a bit as I was totally burned out from the leetcode grind and wanted to get into some actual software development. As it was just me and the founder, I didn't get help from any kind of mentorship and was left to pretty much do all the dev work + other responsibilities for this startup at $500/week. I knew this wasn't a good deal, but it was a job where I got to do something other than leetcode all day. During my time at this startup a dev friend of mine referred me to well known startup in downtown LA and I was flown down for an Onsite. I was asked pretty easy, basic whiteboard questions like traversing a tree, and quickly discussed and wrote up solutions for each one. I meshed well with all the interviewers and nailed all the technical questions so I felt that I had a pretty good chance at getting an offer. The day after the onsite they got back to me and said I don't have enough experience and wouldn't be moving forward. I was a bit surprised, as I was asked pretty basic questions so it didn't seem like they were looking for a non entry-level dev. I replied asking for some feedback and they told me "it is hard to tell", then linked me to CTCI on Amazon. I continued my position at the pre-funded startup until the end of December 2017 and started the job search again in February 2018. I went to a few meetups and dev conferences here in San Francisco to network a bit. I made two connections and both helped me get my foot in the door at their startups in SF. One of them I didn't get past a take-home code challenge, the other I was turned down after the onsite for lack of experience. A friend of mine working at a semi well-known startup in SF referred me to his company twice over the span of 5 months trying to get me an interview. His hiring manager told him that while I definitely qualified for an entry-level position, they are currently only looking to hire women so they wouldn't be moving forward with my application. This got me wondering if I had been turned down elsewhere because of my gender - I felt down about this for a while. In March 2018, I started interviewing with a startup in Seattle and and an ad agency in Fort Worth. I went through 5 interviews with the startup in Seattle, an onsite, then a take-home code challenge, then another interview to go over the take-home assignment. I was told that they had to pass on my candidacy due to a lack of experience in SQL(this isn't anywhere on my resume and wasn't brought up until the last interview). The agency in Fort Worth emailed me a week ago saying they were excited to move forward and are putting together an offer and will get it to me this week. Today, they emailed me:
On top of all this, I've done assignments such as this one for startups only to never hear back. I've sent out ~800 applications and interviewed with ~40 different companies. I recently started using Pramp and I can feel myself getting better at technical interviews which has generally been a weak point so far in this process. But then I come across posts like this on /r/cscq about how there are plenty of companies that don't ask these kinds of leetcode questions...or how there are senior engineers that can't pass fizzbuzz. How can this be if I can blow through simple fizzbuzz questions and there are employed devs that can't pass these? Has anyone else gone through something like this? I feel that I am ready for my first dev position and am excited to finally break in and get started on my career, but this job search is really starting to eat away at my mental health and am worried that I am going to simply breakdown soon. A semi-anonymized resume just in case. Thanks for any advice or similar experiences you may be able to share. [link] [comments]  |
| Update: Returning intern negotiating first full time salary. The final stretch... Posted: 11 Jul 2018 05:04 PM PDT This post is an update on my two previous posts: here and here TLDR for them:
I received the offer today in writing for $50k. I told them that this is a major decision for me as it's my first full position as an SE and that I'll have to consider all of my options before I sign. They were very understanding about that and told me it was no problem. I told them I'll have a response by Friday and let them know my decision. Honestly, I don't know what to do. I've done research over and over for what the average salary for an SE is in my region and have only come across numbers ranging from $60k-75k. I almost feel like I'm going crazy trying to find any sort of numbers to justify how they could give me such a low offer. I'm a contributing member of the team, not a new hire, and I'm being offered less than a newly hired entry level SE. I get along fantastically with my co-workers and I've invested a large amount of work and time into this company over the past year and they have done the same for me whether that be in a security clearance or just generally teaching me how to improve as an engineer. At the current moment, I feel like I should let them know I can't possibly go less than $60k and that is truly a hard limit for myself. However, I enjoy my job and would hate to stop working with the company. I've grown up poor(mid to high lower class) and am the first person in my family to get a college degree let alone be offered this much money for a position. Am I being greedy? One side of me thinks that I might be, while the other side feels like if I settle this young into my career I'm setting a precedent that might set me and any future family I might have up for a much lower quality life than we would deserve. Any advice on how I should go about finishing this saga would be greatly appreciated. I can't imagine any thing more cs career related than a question about how I should go about truly starting my career... I'll make sure to provide an update on how this all plays out. Hopefully my posts can be a resource for anyone who finds themselves in my situation in the future. Best. [link] [comments]  |
| Burning out after switching to management Posted: 11 Jul 2018 06:22 PM PDT Hi everyone I've been a software developer at a major company for a few years and have enjoyed my time. I've always been interested in the "business" side and an opportunity came up to switch to more of a project management role (but an extremely technical one). I took the opportunity about 3 months ago. It's been an interesting ride so far, and I think I made the right decision as far. My managers and developers have told me I'm doing a great job, especially because I'm familiar with the tech stack already. However, I feel like I'm quickly burning out. The company continues to grow quickly and we're saddled with an incredible amount of projects and initiatives that it's tough to keep track of everything. Soo many initiatives are reactive or poorly thought out from upper management, and led by non tech people, and I'd estimate at least 25% of my meetings is (politely) telling people their idea won't work based on our tech our suggesting complete alternatives. The other 75% of my meetings are as I expect, working with stakeholders for various projects and things, or working with my devs. Overall I feel like I've been fortunate because I've worked hard to tune my vernacular so as to be insightful and not insulting, and I was fairly popular and known as a dev in the past, so my meetings and generally productive and non-combative (a departure from my predecessors). Also, I'm familiar with the tech stack as I developed or worked with large chunks of it so it makes it easy to not talk out of my ass. Still, I feel like I'm overwhelmed with the amount of work on my plate. There's so much to keep track of, so many meetings (especially those damn back to back to backs). I feel like the weight of the team (which is a pretty important team in a major company) is on my shoulders. I've been fortunate enough to not be chewed out by upper management yet for anything, but I'm constantly concerned because it has happened to all the managers around me. Meetings at stupid times (fuck 9am meetings) mess up my sleep and gym schedule. I think the biggest struggle I've faced is just the change in daily pace. Instead of sitting cooly at a desk with a cup of coffee, listening to music and coding at my own pace, I'm now in constant meetings, both in person and over the phone, and it's just exhausting. I come home completely mentally dead, unable to do anything except watch Kitchen Nightmare videos on YouTube. There was an adjustment period here when I switched from student to full time developer, but eventually I got the hang of it and could work on my personal goals after work. Now, it seems like this adjustment will be 50x harder. Does anyone who has gone though something similar have any advice? Feel like I should start meditating or something lol but it never seems to do anything for me. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2018 07:46 PM PDT Back in May, I finished my undergrad. Got a Bachelor's of Science, double majored in Computer Science and Mathematics. I had the opportunity to do grad school with a GA position for the next two years and I took it, I'll finish my undergrad and grad degrees debt free. I start grad school in August and I'll be pursuing a Master's in Engineering and Technology Management focusing in Computer Information Systems and Analytics. It all sounds nice and great but for some reason I feel like I'm not gonna get a job in my wanted field or for little pay. I'm not expecting a six-figure salary starting off in any way. I'd be happy with 40k-50k+, maybe even that is too high I'm not sure. I'm also not looking for some manager position out of college, I know better than that. I'm looking at going into a software engineering job and working my way to a manager position with my Master's degree. I can also do management in IT with the Master's but I don't know how I would start. Just answering phones like tech support? It just bothers me if I go 6 years of college just to answer phones. Any thoughts? [link] [comments]  |
| Huge gap in SDE employment - 3 years - but also CMU grad and ex-Amazon employee. Help? Posted: 11 Jul 2018 02:17 PM PDT I had a really stressful job at Amazon, and ended up taking time off due to mental health problems - I got involved in a really bad car accident and had to have major surgery. My manager wasn't very understanding, and after it showed up on a performance review it just killed my morale and affected my ability to work for a long time. A year and a half after I left, I got involved in grassroots political organizing. Right now I'm interviewing for software dev positions, but I am getting rejected outright from a lot of places because of the huge gap. A lot of times, recruiters will reach out to me assuming that my resume is out of date, and then stop responding as soon as I explain that I haven't done real software engineering work in three years. Ironically, I do actually think the political organizing taught me a lot of soft skills that make me a way better engineer - learning how to delegate/follow up, being better at taking criticism and asking for help, and better organizational/time management skills. I've had exactly one interview where I mentioned these things, but I didn't get a second interview from this company. Should I take some more time to work on some side projects or take classes? Ideally I would like to brush up on my skills, because I don't really feel prepared for a full time SDE role, but I'm worried about making this gap in my career even bigger. I'm interviewing with a big-4 company and I got the impression that they don't really treat side projects or online classes as real experience, and honestly I agree. Do these types of things actually make a difference when interviewing? I'm not really sure how to explain this when talking to recruiters. I'm in a weird place where I think I'm getting ignored by less competitive companies because they assume I'll leave as soon as I find a better job due to my education/experience, and more competitive companies don't want to talk because of the gap. EDIT: Something else I've been looking into is freelancing, which might be a viable way to make money and get my feet wet before jumping into a full-time role. [link] [comments]  |
| Are companies that hire H1Bs not allowed to hire candidates without a specific degree? Posted: 11 Jul 2018 07:01 PM PDT Sorry for the throwaway, but I don't want anyone to be able to tie my main account to this question since it's about a job search and I'm currently employed. Just a had long, and what I thought was a good phone interview, however, after all the personality/technical screening questions totaling close to an hour, the interviewer told me that because they hire H1Bs, they can only hire someone with a specific degree like CS or similar, which I don't have. He said the government audits them to make sure they are "giving Americans a fair chance too", or something along those lines. I have been working as an BI analyst/programmer for 5 years at two different companies, and I'm confident that despite not having a degree, my knowledge comes across as equal to or greater than anyone with a degree, but this is the first time someone gave me this specific reason for me not being eligible for a role. The interviewer then asked me if I would be interested in a different role without the degree requirement. He said he had no info on it, because it wasn't official, but that it just involved "support as opposed to engineering" for their service, which my gut tells me is a much lesser job than what I applied for. Anyway, I know this is huge red flag, because he either didn't read my resume which clearly states what my degree is in, or set out from the start to see if I'd be interested in something other than what I applied for, which is dishonest and wasteful of my time. But my real question is: Is this true? Does anyone know if this is a real requirement for companies that hire H1Bs? I need to know, so I can decide whether or not to pursue a degree in CS or not and gauge if it really is holding me back or not, since I always suspected that I'm beyond the point of needing it now. Thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| It seems like "cloud" is a buzzword on a lot of job listings. What does it actually mean? Posted: 11 Jul 2018 09:24 AM PDT I see it on many job listings. It seems like a very broad term though. What do they mean? Working with Azure? WebServices in general? Just wondering if I'd have a lot of gaps in my knowledge after working a .NET job for a few years. [link] [comments]  |
| Practice LeetCode questions in a Terminal Posted: 11 Jul 2018 08:14 PM PDT I like Terminal, so I wrote a UNIX-flavor CLI for LeetCode. https://github.com/chenpengcheng/cli It keeps track of the progress in multiple sessions. It can generate HTML reports with code highlighting. You can view problems by tag or search by keyword, such as palindrome and google (LeetCode subscription required), and also view the best solutions from other users (type "cheat <N>" to show N best solutions). No longer need to move your hands away from the keyboard! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2018 02:10 PM PDT If a company does not pay well to its interns(relative to other companies in the region), does that mean that it will also not pay well to its full-time employees. [link] [comments]  |
| Receiving the opportunity of a lifetime at my job, this is a no brainer right? Posted: 11 Jul 2018 07:39 PM PDT Hey guys so I'm on mobile so I'll keep it short and sweet. Basically I am a new employee at my company working on a machine learning POC application. The Senior Director of AI/Ml at my company flew in from the main office to tell us about this opportunity. He is starting a program to really really learn AI/ML through courses, mentorship, and projects outside of work over a one year span in order to get us to become true and valuable AI/ML developers. The first step is two 6 month Udacity courses. The first being one for Data Science and the second being one for Machine Learning engineering, which the company will pay for and sponsor. The only caveat is that we are paying with our time and will be completing the coursework (which is project driven) outside of work. His philosophy is that if we are given the education, given actual problems to solve utilizing that education, and giving valuable mentorship throughout the way, the 5 of us will become very skilled and will spark the beginning of a steep upclimb of our abilities over the years (especially since we are new grads with no real experience in this). This is a no brainer to take advantage of right? I'm so excited for the opportunity, it's amazing luck I think [link] [comments]  |
| How do you get the most out of conferences? Posted: 11 Jul 2018 07:09 PM PDT Going to Google Next for work. It's my second conference ever. Felt like I did not get much out of the first one because I was too inexperienced. [link] [comments]  |
| When is it the best time to apply for SWE New Grads for 2019? Posted: 11 Jul 2018 06:26 PM PDT The title explains this post. More specifically, what is the best time to apply for:
Thank you for all inputs! EDIT: Another thing is what is usually the time to get return offer? I read some comments is to apply now. But I feel I'm not ready. Is it too late to apply in Sep/Oct? >_< Feeling stressful... [link] [comments]  |
| Does this count as professional experience or projects? Posted: 11 Jul 2018 06:07 PM PDT In 2010, I graduated from a Canadian University with a CS degree and a 2.7 GPA. I couldn't find work in my area, so while I was looking I decided to build an Android app that ended up making around $1,000 from initial downloads and ads. Due to personal family issues, I had to go to Moscow which ended up giving me a lot of free time to myself. I got the motivation to build a game while I was in Moscow, doing everything myself except for the art. The game turned out to be a surprising hit on Steam, so I made it into a trilogy of games that ended up making enough for me to live off of in Russia (due to the lower CoL) for the last several years. I've done some small things here and there, like building Wordpress websites, web applications, bots, scrapers, etc for clients off of r/forhire and Upwork, but the game trilogy and Android application are by far my biggest projects that have made me the most money. Now that I'm considering moving back home to Canada, would the things I've been doing these last eight years be considered projects or professional experience? I never created an LLC, but I'm unsure of that matters. [link] [comments]  |
| Stressed About Situation - Current Internship, Overwhelmed, Job Search. Details inside. Posted: 11 Jul 2018 02:33 PM PDT So I just recently graduated with a degree in Software Engineering and have an internship where my title is 'DevOps Engieer'. However, it is discouraging as I only got this internship because I had a connection, I must've applied for 50+ internships and this is the only one I got an offer from, again I had a connection. However I moved past that and was grateful that I at least landed something. 1) At this internship I have been introduced to many different tools -> kubernetes, ansible, terraform, etc...however, I am feeling very overwhelmed and way over my head. Configuration and all these tools being used at a large scale just isn't making any sense to me. What should I do in this situation? I have been watching youtube tutorials, reading documentaion, trying to set things up myself, yada yada. My managers will answer questions if I ask them and are nice, I like them, however they are clearly very busy and have much more important things to do (more to come on this later), so I try to limit the questions I ask. Should I just continue to try and teach myself as much as possible and keep trying to understand their infrastructure? Or is their another path I should take. 2) This internship will last until the beginning of September, per the offer letter, which is relevant considering I am done with school and will need to have a job to pay the bills. As a result, I have been applying for jobs since the beginning of June, hoping to have one lined up at the end of this internship, but I have had no success. I have been applying for everything: Software Engineer, Software Developer, DevOps Engineer, Data Analyst, you name it. And I have had countless phone interviews and inquires but nothing too serious. Combine this with the little luck I had applying for internships, it is very discouraging continuing to get rejection emails everyday. It is also becoming more stressful as September approaches. Are there any tips for job searching? I do not consider myself to be a super awkward and shy person in the phone conversations. 3) Lastly, my internship has offered for me to fly out with them to their headquarters located in a different state, and spend 2 and a half weeks with them as they complete a big project (this is why my managers have been so busy). I feel like this is a great opportunity, but it is also 2 and a half weeks where I will not be able to job search. Thoughts on this? [link] [comments]  |
| "Associate" Release and Build Engineer Posted: 11 Jul 2018 04:40 PM PDT Hi all, I'm going into the phone-screen portion of applying for an associate build and release engineer position with a company in San Jose, CA. I was wondering if any of you might have a hard list of things you do each day, the languages you work in, and the projects that you are a part of. I am researching the role heavily, but only find generic descriptions of the role. I am trying to receive as detailed a point of view as possible. I am also wondering what I should ask for with regards to starting salary. The "associate" part of the title has generally lead to lower salaries in my experience. To give some context: I have no hard experience in the industry yet (College grad, almost one month out), but have had an internship as a financial advising intern. Lastly, what things might I be asked about during the behavioral and technical interviews? Feel free to throw as much or as little info as you see fit! Anything helps! Thanks guys! EDIT: More info: Backend Stack: C, C++, Java, Python, SQL OS: Linux Techstack: Jira, Jenkins Skills: Software Development, Shell Scripting Responsibilities: 1.) Automate release processes to eliminate manual work and human error 2.) Deliver tools and features to core operations and development teams 3.) Work on CI tools to improve engineering efficiency 4.) Eliminate manual steps wherever you see them 5.) Proactively identify and mitigate risks and remove obstacles 6.) Champion Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery process 7.) Drive the release planning process and define and manage a release calendar, release schedules and milestones 8.) Manage Releases [link] [comments]  |
| How to you handle getting thrown into the deep end when starting a new job? Posted: 11 Jul 2018 09:36 AM PDT I'm pretty stressed at a new job (large software company, working on a massive consumer facing system). I don't know if it is my inexperience, skill level, or person coping mechanism that makes it so stressful. How do you handle it? Some background on me: The system I am working on is very large distributed system using a framework I haven't used. There is a lot of complexity and moving parts. Less then a month in I have to implement a very abstract feature without a lot of guidance. I'm creating a design spec now that I'm going to go over with my tech lead - but then I have to get it peer reviewed by my team (mind you that date will mark my 1 month mark). Does this seem quick or am I being a baby? [link] [comments]  |
| Hi security people of Reddit, asking for a career here. Posted: 11 Jul 2018 07:29 AM PDT To you cyber people, I want to know how hard is it to find a job in cyber security field in foreign countries? I am studying cyber security in my country that some people might say not into cyber tech yet.. So I most likely will go abroad for job in this field.. I know medical field people / engineers are being looked for around the world no matter where you come from.. but in cyber security field, I still dont have any clue.. *I am looking towards Canada/US/Scandinavian/UK/Japan* BUT PLEASE I still want to know about other countries, I heard people have their eyes on Israel for cyber security. [link] [comments]  |
| Software Engineer with over 15 years, question about freelancing Posted: 11 Jul 2018 05:52 AM PDT Hello, I'm a software engineering veteran, and I have been in the tech field for over 15 years. At least 10 of my 15 years have been as a software engineer. My focus most of my career has been deep in the backend of things. So most of my programming has revolved around Message Queues, Databases, Caching, and web services. With that said, I've grown tired of being a corporate programmer, and for the last few years I've been thinking of getting into more side projects. I hate having to depend on my corporate job for income, and I would at least would like to do some freelancing on the side. My question is, are backend developers viable for freelancing? Whenever I tell someone that I'm a software engineer, people always give me their cards and tell me about some mobile app or web page they want someone to work on for them. For me, I don't particularly enjoy front end development. I've done a little Javascript and Angular here and there, but it's not where my area of expertise is. I certainly don't feel I have the right to charge people for it. I find that large corporations or very mature startups really focus on their backend. But they typically want full time developers and not freelancers. Plus backend doesn't seem to lend itself well to freelancing since it's not a front end you can toss up somewhere, and move about your business. I have noticed that lately a few startups have taken a lot of interest in my extensive cloud experience. And while the typical mom and pop stores don't care. I have been asked to be co-founder at startups, and plan out a company's cloud architecture. Would cloud consulting be a viable side hustle? [link] [comments]  |
| Don't know if I'm incompetent or my supervisor is.. Posted: 11 Jul 2018 12:49 PM PDT I'm have almost 1.5 years of total experience. First and second jobs both in the public sector. I was at my first job for a year, and got promoted to another section a few months back. My first job had it's ups and downs, but I finished with good momentum. I started getting along with my co-workers, started understanding the processes, etc. But I got offered a promotion at another section and couldn't say no ($57k to $88k). I came in very excited and ready to kick ass at my new job. But I hate it more and more every day. I'm really bummed out on my new job because of many reasons, mainly my supervisor. I was told I would be working with C# and Java, but this whole time I've just been touching VB applications and UNIX scripts. At my last job, I was able to design/maintain my own application, which I definitely took for granted. I was placed in a section where the manager just retired. So it's literally just me and my supervisor, and he is busy (or lazy) a lot of the time. First few weeks was spent reading through textbooks and VB.NET source code without an IDE to run it on. The biggest problem I have is that my supervisor's communication skills are horrible. I know communication is a two way street, but it wasn't this bad at my last job at all. Everytime I ask a question, I just get even more confused by his answer. He has broken English that makes it hard to understand things. When I finally "get" what he's explaining, I realize he explained it in the most confusing way possible. What I don't get is why his English is so bad, but he said he only speaks English. For example: I received a high-priority marked e-mail that said "Start processing file Y", which seems like a task for me. In person, I asked him how to run it, etc. which he answered. But it turns out hours later, it was just a poorly phrased auto-email that runs when someone else runs the application. So it should say something like "Application X has started processing file Y. This is an automated e-mail" or something. He didn't even question why I was trying to run it the whole time.. This is just one example. Often times he's gone from his desk or busy with meetings, so I send him detailed e-mails when I need help - full of details and screenshots. I don't want to be annoying, so I try my best to fix it myself. But when I get stuck, I give him what I tried, the steps I took, possible answers, etc. But he straight up ignores these e-mails most of the time. More than once, I tell him about problems I emailed him about, and it becomes obvious he just ignores my e-mails completely. When I try to communicate with him more, everything gets more confusing, and it seems like he gets annoyed. Any experienced devs have some advice for me? I'm honestly just searching for another job because of all of this. I feel like I don't belong in the public sector. I also don't know if I'm the incompetent one or my supervisor. My whiteboarding skills have never been great, and it's hard to study while working full-time/commuting 1-hour each way. Plus I've only been here for like 3 months and I'm sure it will look bad (though it's technically the same company as my 1 year job). It's a shitty situation and I just feel like breaking down sometimes. [link] [comments]  |
| Starting first job in 4 days. Freaking out Posted: 11 Jul 2018 06:37 PM PDT I graduated in may with a bachelors in management information systems. Landed an internship at a large consulting firm. Received and accepted a full time offer. It's a developer position in a "code farm" environment. I absolutely dread programming despite passing the few programming courses I had with A's. I accepted the offer because everyone is constantly reassuring me how good it would be to have the company name on my resume and how much I'll learn. I start on Monday. No idea what I'll be doing but I'm getting panic attacks just thinking about staring at code from 9 to 5 (more than likely 9 to 7+). Is there anything I can do to prepare? Should I just stick it out for at least a year regardless of how daunting the work may be (common suggestion)? How soon until I can voice my desire for a more client facing role? Again, I'm a fresh graduate - I don't know how much leverage I have (thinking 0). Thanks. [link] [comments]  |
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