Interview Discussion - September 27, 2018 CS Career Questions |
- Interview Discussion - September 27, 2018
- Daily Chat Thread - September 27, 2018
- I embarrassed myself today by thinking that Rubrik were the inventors/manufacturer's of the Rubik's Cube.
- Need advice - about to get fucked by a PIP
- Received underwhelming raise (2.5%) after 16 months on a project as the longest tenure developer, despite recently winning an extension for said project, and acquiring additional responsibilities from departing team member
- How valuable is one year of experience?
- Graduated with only a minor in CS – is a bootcamp the right path to a job for me?
- My portfolio is filled with games and computer graphics projects - does it look bad that I have no variety? I'm not looking to get into game dev
- Any Wisconsin Developers?
- The future of CS Jobs
- I'm in my second year of a Computer Science major and I'm discovering that I loathe programming. What are my options?
- Start up is constantly changing and the chaos is burning me out. Is this expected?
- How is Asp.Net and MVC used in the industry? What are its usual applications?
- Oracle?
- How do you full-time engineers avoid career limbo resulting from manager flux?
- Arrogant lead developer creating terrible code and generally difficult to work with.
- Received solid internship experience, came back to school and now feeling burned out. What to do?
- I asked my boss if I could move and work remotely. Need tips on what to say if he says no
- Is it time to move on?
- Feeling a little bummed out about my current school situation
- School a waste of time?
- Anyone work at DraftKings before?
- Getting an entry-level job without having the 3+ years of work experience everyone wants
- Going to get rejected tomorrow - how to turn around?
- What European roles offer more than 200K Euros total comp?
- Failing coding challenges
| Interview Discussion - September 27, 2018 Posted: 27 Sep 2018 12:07 AM PDT Please use this thread to have discussions about interviews, interviewing, and interview prep. Posts focusing solely on interviews created outside of this thread will probably be removed. Abide by the rules, don't be a jerk. This thread is posted each Monday and Thursday at midnight PST. Previous Interview Discussion threads can be found here. [link] [comments]  |
| Daily Chat Thread - September 27, 2018 Posted: 27 Sep 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: 27 Sep 2018 03:45 PM PDT Firstly, I am going to say that I am COMPLETELY to blame for this. I did not do enough research about the company before going into the interview and it ended up making things really awkward. So I had the most embarrassing interview of my life today. During my Rubrik interview I was asked "Why do you want to work for Rubrik?" My response was something along the lines of "I want to work for a company that will challenge me to solve complex problems, and what more fitting place than at the place that invented the Rubik's Cube?" I was laughed at for a good couple minutes before they explained that they were not the inventors of the Rubik's Cube. The interview didn't go the entire 1 hour, and I'm pretty sure I am not getting another interview. Moral of the story: Do at least a little research on the company prior to your interview. Edit: I knew they were a software company. I just thought they originated from, and continued to manufacture Rubik's cubes on the side. Edit 2: Just got the rejection email. I had the interview less than 5 hours ago. [link] [comments]  |
| Need advice - about to get fucked by a PIP Posted: 27 Sep 2018 10:14 AM PDT I'm not kidding when I write this that my jaw dropped to the floor when my manager told me she was putting a PIP on me. We've met over 50 times in face to face 1:1's this last year (I counted) and not once did she ever say my performance was going this route. I've tried to evaluate this with an open mind for a while but really do believe I'm getting fucked in the ass here. I ask her why and she points to one mistake I made which wasn't business critical, she is building a whole narrative around one instance where I should have acted differently (at the time she didn't even stress it, she only is now when she's discussing the PIP). To make matters even worse... she wants to have me in this PIP for a month. I realize I am about to get fired, but is there anything I can do? the most frustrating thing about this is that we had a really cordial and honest relationship, then she stuck the knife in my back. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Sep 2018 05:11 PM PDT Today, I got news of a very underwhelming raise (2.5% or about a hundred dollars extra bi-weekly) after I had asked for a 30% raise during my review cycle. My manager said I'm very solid technically and that I've proven myself to deliver high quality work, and other team members have echoed the same things about me. I'm the lead developer on two major applications of the project and have contributed to other areas as well. I am the longest tenure developer on this project, and we recently won a one year extension (a really big win for the company). One of our key team members is leaving, and I will be taking some of their roles and responsibilities. In addition, I will be stepping into a more senior leadership role (my manager's own words). This doesn't make sense to me, as I will be doing more work and assuming more responsibilities for roughly the same compensation rate. It doesn't take into account my growth as a professional over the last 16 months and the skills I have acquired in the areas of dev-ops, cloud computing, and networking. It doesn't take into account my domain knowledge on the project and the professional relationships I've built with the client. My managers reasoning was that you don't get raises like that without leaving the company (true), and that the company is in a bad spot financially and that my manager got the same raise percentage. I'm one of the more underpaid members of my team despite being equally as important. Is it even worth asking for an appeal of my compensation review? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| How valuable is one year of experience? Posted: 27 Sep 2018 08:42 AM PDT Been at my first job out of college for a few months and plan to leave after a year, possibly sooner (8-9 months). Will this full year help when finding new jobs or is 2 years xp considered minimum? Will waiting the full year be beneficial when applying to other companies? [link] [comments]  |
| Graduated with only a minor in CS – is a bootcamp the right path to a job for me? Posted: 27 Sep 2018 07:21 PM PDT Hey all, I hope this is the appropriate place for a question like this. I'm a recent grad with a BA in psychology and a minor in CS. I realised fairly late in my time at university I wanted to do CS, and I only had space to finish a minor. Because I was committed to working in my lab and finishing a thesis I don't have any experience or internships under my belt, just a small project built in my own time. I've been spending time post grad trying to shore up my skills by practicing problems on various sites and working on projects, and I'm considering attending a boot camp in the bay area. Would a bootcamp increase my chances of being hired? Would it give me skills I didn't have time to pick up in my minor, or would it just be a rehash of what I've learned and a waste of my money? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Sep 2018 02:58 AM PDT I'm a student, looking for an internship atm my resume is packed filled with various games I made in C++ /SFML, HTML5/Phaser and C#/Unity, one of my game is published in the android app store. I also have a bunch of Computer Graphics projects I wrote in C++/OpenGL. I seem to be getting no response back. I always thought game projects would look good on my resume since it requires a decent amount of programming and logic. Does it look bad if my resume is just filled with game dev projects when I'm not looking for game dev roles? I learned web development so I can build a simple CRUD app but I found it so god awfully boring to make that I couldn't get through it. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Sep 2018 05:32 PM PDT Is there any developers in Wisconsin? I'm currently a student, but having trouble finding entry level positions. How is the market in Wisconsin? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Sep 2018 06:52 AM PDT Hello guys, I am currently in the process of applying to new jobs. I look for jobs in the area of Software-Development (in europe) I have been to some interviews and one thing that I could filter out is that most of the companies where I applied are outsourcing (our already outsourced) their Development department to cost efficient countries like India, China, East-Europe or Middle East. I really love to work as an Software Developer, but honestly I started to worry about the future of the position in the area of development. What is your opinion? Do you think that in the near future most of the companies will outsource their development deparment to cheaper countries? And is it better to change to a more strategic position (IT-Consulting)? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Sep 2018 04:09 PM PDT I thought I'd enjoy it because I like computers and didn't know what else to go into (don't really have any passions), but this major has been a nightmare. The programming courses have been getting increasingly harder and the assignments are ridiculously difficult for me. Realistically, I'd never want to do this as a job even if I was better at it. What are my options if I want to go into a computer related field that doesn't involve writing much code? [link] [comments]  |
| Start up is constantly changing and the chaos is burning me out. Is this expected? Posted: 27 Sep 2018 07:30 AM PDT So I've been in the industry for about 13 years now and I'm on my first true "start up" (or at least they call themselves that). The company has about 120 people and it's been there around for 8 years (but still calls itself a startup). I've been there for 3 years. In that time period I have experience the following:
I've mostly been able to roll with the punches with stuff above. However, there is a constant stream of changes that go on every single week that I'm having trouble coping with. For an example, here are the changes that have happened in the last 2 months:
I've conditioned myself to think "all startups are like this" but now I'm wondering if this is true. At this point I'm just burned out and I would love for things to stay the same just for 3 months at a time. The constant chaos is weighing on me heavily. Is this really expected at a startup now? If I go to a big corporation like a bank or an insurance company will I be able to slow down and not worry about things changing every week? I just can't take this shit anymore. [link] [comments]  |
| How is Asp.Net and MVC used in the industry? What are its usual applications? Posted: 27 Sep 2018 05:46 AM PDT On job sites, I see a lot of demand for .Net developers. Usually, they want someone who knows Asp, MVC, JavaScript, etc. Which type of software is actually produced with .Net C#? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Sep 2018 07:19 PM PDT I'm in a huge dilemma and need some advice. I just received an offer for an Oracle Co-Op, however, I am graduating next semester and it would delay my graduation. Would you guys recommend delaying my graduation to pursue this Co-OP; would this be great for my career, even if I'm interested in graduate school? Any advice is greatly appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| How do you full-time engineers avoid career limbo resulting from manager flux? Posted: 27 Sep 2018 09:23 AM PDT I could use some helpful advice from engineers who have been on the job awhile. How do you advance your career when your manager constantly changes? Little bit of context about me. In 2012, I left the non-profit world. Joined a private company. After 10 months, my manager left and I got a new one. It looked like the company was going out of business, so I got a new job, lateral move. This is in later 2013 at this point. In 2013, I started under Manager A at this company. After 1 year and 1 great review saying my request for promotion should happen the next time round, the manager left the company right before next review cycle. It's 2015 at this point. I got Manager B to replace Manager A. Manager B had no clue about my discussion with Mgr A and basically reset my expectations saying because this happened, no promotion, we'll just have to see, etc. After six months, Manager B went on maternity leave, and while on maternity leave, was moved to a totally different department. Again right at review time. It's 2016 at this point. I had another review with my skip level who had no idea what I'd done all year because of all the flux, and just gave me another good review but no promotion. Also no goals, no record of what to do for the following year because he's too busy. Next, I went six months without a manager. Finally I got manager C. I told him I deserve to be promoted, made a good case, and he agreed, but basically said policy-blah-blah can't do anything until next review cycle now. So I quit that company because I was tired of being jerked around 3 years, and I gave myself my own "promotion" just by applying to the next level up elsewhere. At company #3, where I'm at now, after one year and one review here, manager leaves the company, right when I was making my case for a promotion/raise. I've been without a manager now for a number of months. They pulled out the answer, Sorry. You don't have a manager. We really will want whoever is going to be your new manager to be the one who can review all that stuff, talk with you about expectations, and how to move forward, etc, etc. And the time to do that will be at next review cycle. (pardon my french) But personally I am thinking, "Really, with this shit again?" From my experience so far, I just have no idea how anyone gets promoted from within. [link] [comments]  |
| Arrogant lead developer creating terrible code and generally difficult to work with. Posted: 27 Sep 2018 04:10 PM PDT I work for a very small start up and everyone there works very well together. Our lead developer was hired very early on by the non-technical owner. The software he has produced is terrible quality but was explained away because it was simply a hacked together a prototype but it never got any better. He fails to follow any form of architecture and as development continues each job is becoming larger and more complex due to a hacky code base with no real design pattern or structure. Each issue is dealt with blindly with no thought about the future ramifications. An example: A few months ago I had to rewrite the entire front end as it became impossible to do any form of redesign or add a new feature without dedicating a huge amount of time untangling the mess that is the code base. I've been with the company for a year and there has been no end in sight for the bad code base. I'm starting to feel like I'm going mad. I've been trying to push for an MVC pattern as an attempt to build some form of modularity and structure between the back and front end but the lead dev keeps pushing back claiming that "no one really uses MVC outside of school projects" and dismisses the need for any improvements. It's getting to the point where every code review I want to quit because I end up arguing with him about how he's not going to allow the code through because he thinks this new hack would be best and refuses to even consider a different way of thinking. On many occasions I've spoken to friends about his work, showing examples and various comments he's made and they've repeatedly suggested I quit because working having such an incompetent lead dev is an up hill battle. I don't want to leave because everything about the job is perfect yet he is so fundamental in my work. I honestly have no idea what to do. The man is difficult, arrogant, and generally a nightmare to work with. Thankfully he isn't in the office much so I only see him occasionally and I actively ignore him if possible because every discussion ends with him patronisingly explaining how his way is best and refusing to consider alternatives. [link] [comments]  |
| Received solid internship experience, came back to school and now feeling burned out. What to do? Posted: 27 Sep 2018 05:33 PM PDT I'm a junior pursuing a BS in Computer Science and last summer I got incredibly lucky to obtain an internship with IBM that looks great on my resume. I loved what I did over the summer and they seemed to really like me. Now that I'm back to university, I am feeling so terribly burned out. I just want to start working and get on with my career. Now that I have my internship on my resume, I keep entertaining the idea of starting my job hunt and working full time while going to school part time. About me - I am someone who doesn't have any great aspirations of working at Google or some other giant. I'm competent but not driven. I feel like I was just in the right place at the right time to receive my internship, although I did quite well while I was there. I interview well enough and am personable. Is it crazy to think about searching for a position now? How badly would this affect me in the long-term of my career? Would it hurt to send out applications and seek interviews? Should I just bite the bullet and get over my burnout phase? [link] [comments]  |
| I asked my boss if I could move and work remotely. Need tips on what to say if he says no Posted: 27 Sep 2018 06:49 AM PDT I've been at my current job about two years now. I'm on the east coast and I recently asked my boss if I could move to California and work remotely 100%. Moving to Cali has been a dream of mine for a while now so the reason behind the move is not to be closer to tech giants. I should note that my team consists of a couple of India-based contractors, a guy in Europe, a couple of guys at the office I'm at, and my boss in another state. This is the reason I didn't think it would be a big deal. My boss didn't say yes or no, but his initial reaction was mostly negative. He said me moving would put a strain on the team as a whole and that he needed to check with HR. If he says no I still plan to move within the next year. Any advice on what I should say if they come back with a "no"? Should I be honest about my intent to still move regardless? Or should I say something like "I'm not sure what's going to happen"? I don't want to sound threatening by saying something like: "you're going to have to replace me because I'm still moving " [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Sep 2018 11:21 AM PDT I work for a well-known fortune 50 company, but the IT side of things exists solely to facilitate other business operations. I was hired on as an intern in May 2017, received an offer for full time in July 2017, and received a promotion a couple of months ago. The work culture isn't bad, and have no qualms with my team or boss, but the work itself has grown somewhat stagnant. The application for which I develop will eventually be phased out (probably within a couple years) and the stack is mostly VB.Net with a bit of C# thrown in there. I feel like I've had next to nothing to do for a couple months, and the last assignment I had 2 weeks to finish amounted to 30 minutes and one line of code. My company has a strong "promote from within" culture, and I applied for a new team which uses some more current technologies along with others I'm interested in learning and improving. The thing is, my company is somewhat of a giant bureaucracy, and they have a rule that you cannot change positions until after a year in your current position. I need both my manager's and his manager's approval, and I think it's unlikely given that I've just been promoted despite being on my team for a year. In the event I'm not permitted to apply for this new position, would you recommend leaving the company? I don't mind working here, and I'd at least like to continue for another year until I finish my Masters, but it's incredibly boring going to work and having nothing to do. I should also say, I wouldn't just up and quit, I'd find a new job beforehand. [link] [comments]  |
| Feeling a little bummed out about my current school situation Posted: 27 Sep 2018 08:24 PM PDT Well, I guess I can explain short life. So I'm in my second year of college I picked Computer science as my major because ever since I was younger I was always using my computer looking all this info, at the age of 14 I had a super budget android phone that I changed the rom on to run the latest verion of jellybean which I thought was amazing for someone my age, I even joined NAF at my highschool for 4 years which pretty much means I was in it my entire highschool career, I learned html, javascript and css. Everyone is saying I'm going to be great at whatever I do. But look at me now I'm barely making is in college right, I know I know it's me to blame, I don't have any friends to push or motivate, so I guess my first year of college was a bust. I did okay in the first semester but at the moment in my 2nd year I have a 2.27 gpa and I don't know I just feel like I'm missing out on a lot of opportunities because of me not being motivated and working hard my first year. I'm kinda scared where I'll be going next year if I even graduate on time. I feel like enployers won't take me serious, and I'm kind of discouraged to apply for internships net year because I'm looking now and some of them say I must have at least a 3.84 gpa : (. I'm trying a little harder this year to work with the mess I have I guess, I know I probably won't be able to get into grad school at this point, but I am determined to land a good career as a software engineer, even though I suck super bad at math I'm willing to keep going. Any advice from anyone would be good right now. I'm feeling like a hopeless case of failure. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Sep 2018 08:24 PM PDT I'm currently a junior majoring in CS at Rutgers Camden and I feel like the time and effort I have spent at school are a waste. To start, I have actually learned pretty much nothing in my classes and had to learn everything on my own anyways. After attending a few hackathons and seeing how awesome it is to be able to construct and make amazing things, I have so many side projects and things I wish I could learn instead of studying for my Art History exam. With work and school I am pretty drained out for the day and as soon as i get home (usually around 9pm) I don't feel like doing shit. I watched a video on YouTube by Traversy Media, a person i respect a great deal, saying how school is bullshit and you learn more on your own about CS online anyways so it is just a complete waste of time. So after seeing the successes of people like Traversy Media I wonder what merit does a degree even have if I could be making some amazing projects with the time I would dedicate to instead of school? I feel like school is suppressing my creativity and has become a roadblock for my true goals, yet the general consensus is to get the degree. Does anyone else feel the same way? [link] [comments]  |
| Anyone work at DraftKings before? Posted: 27 Sep 2018 09:50 AM PDT I have the opportunity to come on full time as a developer at DraftKings but am curious about how it's perceived by other developers. Their Glassdoor looks fine and they don't seem to have too many bad reviews. Apparently there was some controversy with them a while back? I'm unfamiliar with them as I haven't heard of them before applying but I get the impression they're relatively well known for what they do so I thought I'd get this sub's opinion on them. [link] [comments]  |
| Getting an entry-level job without having the 3+ years of work experience everyone wants Posted: 26 Sep 2018 11:50 PM PDT Hi, I've been job searching for a fairly long time now but most JDs say an entry-level position requires 2-3 or 3+ years of industry experience. How am I supposed to trick hiring managers past this and make them see that taking a chance on a new grad is not going to be an end of the world situation for them? Sorry if this has been posted before. [link] [comments]  |
| Going to get rejected tomorrow - how to turn around? Posted: 27 Sep 2018 08:22 PM PDT Hi, I interviewed at a fairly large (but not Big4) company recently - i passed their tech screen but flubbed a call with the manager because i was sleep deprived and nervous. I have a call with the recruiter tomorrow, expecting to get rejected. But I realllyyy want to work there and am pretty positive i would fit well in their culture - i love the culture there, have read about it, know people who work there, it IS a great fit. Is there anything I can say here to the recruiter turn it around? I'm thinking of explaining that i was very nervous, and asking for a call with a different team. What do you think?? [link] [comments]  |
| What European roles offer more than 200K Euros total comp? Posted: 27 Sep 2018 08:18 PM PDT What experienced hire roles offer this level of comp in the EU? I am aware that the selection is probably more limited than the US, but I would like to know the options. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Sep 2018 08:16 PM PDT I am a junior looking for an internship, and i am failing every single one of coding challenges that companies send out. Does it mean that I am not fit for CS career? [link] [comments]  |
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