Big 4 Discussion - August 26, 2018 CS Career Questions |
- Big 4 Discussion - August 26, 2018
- Daily Chat Thread - August 26, 2018
- Forget pay. Which companies out there make 'you', the best 'you'.
- I think I'm about to get fired from my first dev job out of college
- What is your experience with recruitment sites like TripleByte or Hired?
- Following interesting papers or journals?
- How hard would it be to get an internship whilst attending an online degree?
- What kind of work do software engineers (non quant) do at prop trading firms that make it so competitive?
- What is your experience working on a failing or failed project?
- IOT Developers, what are the essential skillset for your job?
- What are the steps I should take if I want to be in the neuroscience-cs field?
- Basic, Universal Skills/Knowledge
- Why would it wouldn’t having IT certs help a CS major standout more for internships?
- Recent graduate not satisfied with non-technical B.S. degree, pursuing Coding BootCamp and seeking advice...
- Does Your Company Pay for Professional IDEs/Tools/etc Even if They're Not an Absolute Necessity?
- I have a Bachelor in Chemical Engineering, I want to live in NJ/NYC, do I need a BS in CS? Or can I get away with bootcamps?
- Studying random things can help get a job in USA?
- Is Ruby on Rails still widely used and in-demand as it used to be? If not, what's the latest "hot" framework these days?
- Engineering Managers, how did you decide that's what you wanted to pursue?
- What books fundamentally changed how you think about the field or transformed your mental models?
- Has any one ever filled out online questions that had nothing to do with SE CS or development in general?
- Would it be a good idea to forego getting a double major to take more useful classes?
- From no name state school but with "excellent" qualifications, am I qualified for top tier employment?
- Gearing up for my one year review, struggling with impostor syndrome (warning: anxious rant inside)
- Are there any companies that will help pay off your student loans if you decide to work for them?
- Cyber security class vs coding
- What do you think is the best country/city to get a job in IT/CS?
| Big 4 Discussion - August 26, 2018 Posted: 26 Aug 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 - August 26, 2018 Posted: 26 Aug 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]  |
| Forget pay. Which companies out there make 'you', the best 'you'. Posted: 26 Aug 2018 12:06 PM PDT So I am talking in terms of things like training, culture for furthering educations, etc. This applies to CS grads, but can also apply for other academic realms, I guess. Which companies excel, especially for new hires, in initial training for their technology, mentoring, in house schooling, lectures and speakers, keeping you overall competitive, having above average tuition re-reimbursement rates, asking for help isnt frowned upon, etc. So rather than critiquing on pay and benefits or boredom or cut-throat enviroment, I would like to know what you guys feel are the spots for becoming better. I am looking towards NYC atm, but also want to hear about companies nationally.RN, my impression is a company like bloomberg fits the mold, especially with how they take care of their interns, and get them going on things. Granted, I know self improvement is something only you can assure, and one shouldnt expect another company to baby sit you. But at the same time, I am not looking for company ping pong tables or nerf wars. I would definatley favor a company that does stuff for non profits, like walks or runs for cures, or in company fundraisers, though. or have volunteer initiatives. edit: one day, maybe in ten years, i want to move out west to a state like utah or montana, and being as competitive as i can in smaller markets can also help Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| I think I'm about to get fired from my first dev job out of college Posted: 26 Aug 2018 01:39 AM PDT I'm going on five months at my first dev job out of college at a super small startup. I am their first 'University Grad/Junior' hire. There was no on-boarding, training, bootcamp, etc. and so I came in with training wheels completely off starting day one. About one month ago, I had a chat with my boss and he expressed his concerns about my execution speed. He told me that I need to focus on working with other engineers to get stuff out the door and spend less time on my own with the tech. About a week after this meeting, he took me off the project that our entire company is feverishly working on and put me in the lap of another engineer to 'help out with whatever he is doing'. Fast-forward to this week: we just hired a Director of Engineering and during our first one-on-one, he told me about my boss' 'continued concern' regarding my execution speed and how he is afraid I'm falling too far behind - and I don't disagree. I feel totally lost and removed from anything that's going on. I feel like every day gets worse and I'm becoming more and more unproductive. Have any of you been in this situation before? It feels like I've been put on a PIP and will be let go soon. It's very apparent that this company is more focused on speed/getting stuff out the door than providing learning experiences for new employees and as a new grad, I don't feel that I can be productive and learn in this environment. I'm not sure what to do. [link] [comments]  |
| What is your experience with recruitment sites like TripleByte or Hired? Posted: 26 Aug 2018 01:27 PM PDT Are sites like TripleByte where you take a placement test effective? And are sites like Hired useful for non-major cities? What's your story with recruitment sites. [link] [comments]  |
| Following interesting papers or journals? Posted: 26 Aug 2018 03:53 PM PDT I'm interested in seeing the latest in CS research and would like to see a small selection of interesting papers or journals weekly. Is there anywhere that curates these? [link] [comments]  |
| How hard would it be to get an internship whilst attending an online degree? Posted: 26 Aug 2018 03:05 PM PDT For the sake of convenience and potentially quality, I'm looking at my options for doing my cs degree online. I'm finishing up my basics over at a community college. The few schools I'm looking into (ASU, WGU, FSU) are all regionally accredited, but with online programs you are looking at no networking or anything related to job placement. So, my question is, how hard/unlikely would it be to gain an internship on my own with an online degree? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2018 06:13 PM PDT I always hear people say that folks that work at Jane Street are the best and the brightest. What kind of work do they actually do that they require a ton of bright people? I'm sure I have no chance of getting in there but I'm curious as to what kind of work they do. [link] [comments]  |
| What is your experience working on a failing or failed project? Posted: 25 Aug 2018 09:54 PM PDT I am currently working as a developer on a project that absolutely won't hit the hard deadline and clients are extremely likely to pull out ($7 million contract). I completed 8 different projects in past 6 years and all of them were successful. Looking for a new job at the moment, but I am interested on what to expect. I just want to hear some insights and experience from people working on a failing project or failed project. And how to brace for impact. My situation:
This week, I am about to see in person what happens when we hand in a shitty half finished product to the client. I am 99% sure that they will reject it and that we will lose a $7 million contract. [link] [comments]  |
| IOT Developers, what are the essential skillset for your job? Posted: 26 Aug 2018 03:46 AM PDT Hi, I'm a JS Developer looking to make a gradual switch to IOT tech. Could someone working in the field of IOT as Developer share their experience/essential skillset required for the job? Thanks, [link] [comments]  |
| What are the steps I should take if I want to be in the neuroscience-cs field? Posted: 26 Aug 2018 10:56 AM PDT I have always wanted to take part in works related to neuroscience. You know like reconstruction of an image from the brain's signals.However, I couldn't seem to have a grasp on the steps I should take if I want to be in that field. I'm currently working on my skillset in computer vision, machine learning and data science. [link] [comments]  |
| Basic, Universal Skills/Knowledge Posted: 26 Aug 2018 08:07 PM PDT What would you all consider the basic universal skills and knowledge of a Quality Assurance Engineer? [link] [comments]  |
| Why would it wouldn’t having IT certs help a CS major standout more for internships? Posted: 26 Aug 2018 04:12 PM PDT Assuming he's going for a developer or entry level position in CS , not exactly IT though. He also finds it interesting. I'm not sure if it diversifies his skill set or if it's time that could be better spent improving in other areas. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2018 01:41 PM PDT So I just this year graduated from University with a Bachelor in Science degree. However, the degree doesn't exactly prepare me for what I want to do in life. I struggled to find my passion for quite some time and by the time I discovered it, it made more sense to complete my degree and then pursue further education. Basically, I love computers. I've always been extremely tech-savvy and recently built my first PC. I've done basic programming and only know what I do from personal research online, however it is something I can see myself doing. My plan is to complete the Flatiron Academy prep course online, and proceed to apply to various Coding BootCamps. Mainly looking for advice here: Does this seem like the best way to go about it? Pursuing a Masters degree in Computer Science means taking prerequisite courses before jumping into the program itself, which will take much more time. The BootCamp options seems to be more intensive but I would be able to get up to speed in a matter of months. Currently unemployed because I wasn't passionate for many positions I applied for, and I'm sure that came across in interviews, etc. Just trying to be qualified for a job in an industry I actually enjoy! Any tips for a newbie learning coding/programming? If you didn't graduate with a degree in the field, how did you end up getting hired in the industry? Thanks in advance, guys. Just wanted input before I commit myself to anything. [link] [comments]  |
| Does Your Company Pay for Professional IDEs/Tools/etc Even if They're Not an Absolute Necessity? Posted: 26 Aug 2018 03:25 PM PDT My job is not all Python, but I've spent the last 8 months working on an internal web tool for my job in Python, and I've absolutely fallen in love with PyCharm professional edition. I'm skating by on an old college email address, but that year is almost up and then I'll be back to the community version. I feel a bit silly asking my boss to pay for this, but there's no way I'm shelling out hundreds of dollars every year for something on the job. So I just wanted to fish out there and see what it's like for other developers. Of course it depends on the company, etc. But in general, regardless of the IDE - is your company willing to pay for professional tools that you don't really need, but make your job easier? Also - any tips on how I might bring this up to my boss would be great. They were willing to purchase a tool for me last year for something completely unrelated, but that had huge productivity increases while this one.. not so much. I just really love the features and don't want to let them go. :( [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2018 03:10 PM PDT So I've been working in a manufacturing setting for the past 5 years after school. Pay is decent (80K) but I do not like the industry environment and I feel neutral about the work. I'm deciding whether to just drop everything and go back to school for a BS in CS. The other cheaper option of course is to get a bootcamp certificate from Rutgers or related courses and roll the dice. Obviously there's never a guarantee on getting a job but with the outlook is it that bad? The alternate choice is to full time regular job and part time online CS degree / online bootcamp but it'll take much longer. [link] [comments]  |
| Studying random things can help get a job in USA? Posted: 26 Aug 2018 06:43 PM PDT My dream is to have a job in USA in California, Seattle, Chicago or New York. I have my bachelor degree in Computer Engineer and I am doing my master in Data Science. I am nowadays work as quant intern in my city. My university is the second best in my country and I have won some mathematics competition. Last year, I applied for Microsoft, Google and Facebook and I didn't get any offer. My friend that was in all these companies told me "It is not easy to enter there. Just doing algorithms and leetcode will not be enough. You have to know other stuffs of computer science". I have done like more than 550 exercises of leetcode and read all crack the code and he was right. In 2020, when I finish my master, I would like to apply again to all good companies in USA. Nowadays, I am learning random stuffs that I think it is cool in weekends, like functional programming, linux kernel, making CPU with VHDL. I have coded my own cryptocurrency. But I don't know if learning all random stuffs will help me, but I am really enjoying. Because just studying algorithms for one year was sometimes boring. [link] [comments]  |
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| Engineering Managers, how did you decide that's what you wanted to pursue? Posted: 26 Aug 2018 05:46 PM PDT Most big name tech companies split promotions tracks after a while to Architects who continue writing code and Engineering Managers who largely don't. Since Engineers don't normally work with people, how did you learn this was something you wanted to do [link] [comments]  |
| What books fundamentally changed how you think about the field or transformed your mental models? Posted: 26 Aug 2018 08:43 AM PDT The more specific the better. I'll go first. Networking - High Performance Browser Networking (Ilya Grigorik) [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2018 05:25 PM PDT couple weeks back I applied to a job and it was a smaller company like real small and I spoke to one of the few employees working there, pretty cool person to talk to. Though she gave me a indeed assessment that had pretty much no development questions on it, mostly grammar and very weird logic questions, some basic math logic questions? Kind of like those questions where it's like if you have red socks blue socks and green socks here is some weird ration what's the chance of you pulling out 2 different color socks. They used something called Indeed assessment, which in my opinion was awful. It kind of bummed me out, as it didn't really hit my strong point of well.. ya know programming... [link] [comments]  |
| Would it be a good idea to forego getting a double major to take more useful classes? Posted: 26 Aug 2018 05:16 PM PDT First off I want to say that I wasn't really sure where to post this, so I apologize if this is the wrong place. I am a Math major, but I plan on becoming a software engineer when I graduate. To that end, I had always intended to get a double major in CS. However, after looking it over pretty thoroughly I see that the requirements for a double major at my college are pretty extensive. A lot of the courses that are required focus on things that I almost certainly would never need to use, and many of them are essentially gen-eds that I can't double count. So, I've been considering just taking the CS classes that will help me the most, regardless of whether they will contribute to a double major or not. My dad works in the tech industry and has some experience interviewing people, and has told me that this is a bad idea. I couldn't really understand his reasoning, but it at least prompted me to seek a second opinion. That said, I'd really appreciate any advice you could give. And thanks in advance :) [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2018 04:39 PM PDT Hi, I am a senior from a no name state school and I want to push for either a big n/ top 10 tech (or quant) internship for summer 2019 and graduate fall 2019. I'm sure if the school on my resume read Stanford than I would be qualified for at least a big n internship, but my school has a millionth of the prestige of Stanford so i'm not confident with where I stand. Heres my resume if you would like a look: I'd like to mention that I am interning part time during this fall and spring so I will have 3 seasons of internship experience before summer 2019. edit: accidently put nodejs in the wrong category Quant is probably far fetched for me since they are mostly interested in recruiting masters/phds from top schools. Anyone similarly from a non-top tier tech school that found themselves with a top internship/employment then I would love to hear your thoughts especially. [link] [comments]  |
| Gearing up for my one year review, struggling with impostor syndrome (warning: anxious rant inside) Posted: 26 Aug 2018 08:50 AM PDT Hi all, I started my first job out of college about 1 year ago as a backend enterprise web developer. I previously posted something about my struggles with impostor syndrome and unfortunately, it's still a bit of an issue for me. At this stage in my career, my "official title" and salary are basically the same as when I started 1 year ago (title is the same, salary was bumped 6.5% after 6 months). While my "official title" still says I should be working under a senior/lead dev, contributing ideas, listening in on meetings, working under supervision, etc... The reality is I am effectively a lead dev. The project right now consists of me only. I have no supervisor, no seniors on the team, no architects, no devops, nothing... I need to ask for favors to get people to do my code reviews. On top of that, I was recently asked to help train someone far more senior than me who didn't have experience on the platform. Feedback has always been good. Client loves me, I talk to them every single day (also not really my job, there are accounts people/managers who are supposed to do that). I do all the requirements gathering, all the sprint planning, explain bugs/tech issues to the client... I manage the relationship with the hosting provider and fix server issues, I plan out and execute every deployment in the middle of the night (also not my job, but the devops guys mess it up so I learned how to do it so I could do it myself). My boss is awesome, my peers are awesome, they have nothing but good things to say about me. I was told I am irreplaceable, one of the best devs they have seen (I don't think from a technical standpoint, but rather the ability to figure shit out and work independently). When I mention bugs I've found/fixed to my peers I commonly hear "how the hell did you even figure that out?" Right now I am also running day to day operations for my client because of turnover on their side. This is definitely out of scope of my role but, goodwill goes a long way. I know there is more business to get from them, they are owned by a huge multi-national company with many divisions. But... Man the imposter syndrome is strong. Despite all this, I still feel like a fake. I feel like I've tricked everyone into thinking I'm good. I feel like on another project or in another company I would fail immediately. I have confidence in my ability to figure things out eventually, but I need time to do so. I feel like I'm so slow, always behind people. I don't know if that's true but it's how I feel. And the lack of confidence doesn't help, if anything it slows me down more because it makes me procrastinate. My one year review is coming up soon and I'm not sure what to do. On one end I feel I am very much underpaid, maybe ridiculously underpaid for all I do. The average salary for someone with 18 months experience using this platform (versus my 12 months) in my city is 56% higher than what I make currently, and this is for a pure dev role, none of the other bullshit I do. But on the other hand, I feel I am behind the curve from a pure dev standpoint, mainly because so much of my time goes to client related issues, figuring out devops/server management, fixing bad data, etc... A big chunk of my job is fixing bugs, but these bugs are almost always due to bad data instead of bad code. I want to develop as a coder, but instead I end up often having to analyze data issues, figure out complex db queries to find where things went wrong, and debug endlessly line by line to pinpoint where exactly the bad data is causing a problem. When it comes to actual development, I don't know how to do anything off the top of my head, I just know how to figure it out. In essence, I feel like I wouldn't cut it at these higher paid jobs. I feel like I am more valuable to my current company that I'd be elsewhere. But at the same time, I don't know how to leverage that. My confidence is too low to demand a big increase. And frankly, I don't want to leave because I do like the company and the flexibility they give me. I take time off anytime, paid, without question. If I ever did leave, it's not going to be to work on the same shit. It would be to work in gaming, which is what I like the most. It just pays shit, even worse than what I make now. I need to hear from people who have been through this too. How do you get out of this hole of feeling shitty? [link] [comments]  |
| Are there any companies that will help pay off your student loans if you decide to work for them? Posted: 26 Aug 2018 04:04 PM PDT My father was telling me I should try to look for companies that do so. Backstory: I decided to drop out after a semester of med school (didn't want go, but did so to give it a shot for my parents), and my tuition was 35K (yeah I know). I'll be heading back to school to complete my bachelors and masters, which should take about 3 years total, and will require me paying out of pocket/getting loans. My dad said that the Airforce and other US government branches possibly do such a thing, but I don't know where to start looking or who to connect to. If anyone has done something like this out of college, would you mind giving me your insight? I appreciate any and all help, and thank you for your time reading. [link] [comments]  |
| Cyber security class vs coding Posted: 26 Aug 2018 03:48 PM PDT So it might be possible that I can wave my intrusion detection class with a python coding class. I've taken a number of other cyber security classes like digital forensics. But I'm wondering if it might be worth dropping the cyber security class and taking the python class later if possible. What do you think? The following is my background www.linkedin.com/in/craigbennettii/ (on here I have a list of some of the classes I've taken. It isn't all of them, but it's the bulk of them across my degrees.) It should be noted if I have a choice between network engineering, cyber security, and coding. I think I highly prefer coding. While I haven't added to my github in a long while because I have 0 incentive to done so (keep in mind I've been taken things like project management level classes over the last bit). I feel coding is going to be the easiest for me to get a fully remote job in, and you're not having to constantly pay out of your own pocket to keep up very expensive certs. Other than that, I like cyber security but I don't really have any strong feelings for it, network engineering, sys admin, or anything else I've touched. I can more than less take or leave them and be happy in any of them. (believe it or not, I actually like support more since it's kinda fun for me. But that's because it's like a puzzle. When I was getting hands on training on network engineering or cyber security, that's what made it fun for me.) [link] [comments]  |
| What do you think is the best country/city to get a job in IT/CS? Posted: 26 Aug 2018 03:37 PM PDT I'm looking for internships at the moment and I'm quite interested in relocating for it and living in a different place for an extended period of time. I figure this broadens my chances of finding something. Anyway I thought it would be an interesting question to pose. [link] [comments]  |
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