Interview Discussion - October 15, 2018 CS Career Questions |
- Interview Discussion - October 15, 2018
- Daily Chat Thread - October 15, 2018
- Company terminates you immediately upon giving your 2 weeks if you're going to a competitor
- Canadians that have moved to the USA, was it worth it?
- Anyone else fed up with how early tech companies finish their hiring cycle?
- I feel burnt out trying to find a job as a dev. Now what.
- Nauseated by this "leet ninja" culture
- What are the pros and cons of moving into management?
- Want to quit my PhD
- Share your success story
- Disney Web Developer Intern
- DAE think that salaries will decline sometime soon?
- 48 hours to accept internship offer?
- Just completed a bootcamp. Any advice on what's next?
- How many rejections is normal?
- Save money and intern in-state or intern in NYC?
- Reneging might get me blacklisted from career services
- GPA at Banks/GOVT/Defense companies after graduating
- Am I qualified for a TN Visa?
- What's the best way to get a job as a UX designer?
- Yet Another "Can I get a job with what I know?" Question - Fighting Preemptive Impostor Syndrome.
- As a greenhorn getting ready to start the application grind for entry level and junior positions, in 2018 is having a Linkedin mandatory?
- How to Know Ahead of Time if Companies Drug Test?
- How salvageable is salary negotiation if quitting without another job lined up?
- Waiting to apply?
- How can I make myself attractive to employers as a self-taught front end developer?
| Interview Discussion - October 15, 2018 Posted: 15 Oct 2018 12:08 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 - October 15, 2018 Posted: 15 Oct 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]  |
| Company terminates you immediately upon giving your 2 weeks if you're going to a competitor Posted: 15 Oct 2018 05:34 AM PDT Hey Everyone, Sorry for formatting, on mobile. My company has been terminating people immediately if they give their 2 weeks and it is deemed they are going to a competitor(a pretty loose definition from what I've seen). Is this a standard industry practice? I'm on the outs myself, I'm under no obligation to tell my current company where I am going, am I? [link] [comments]  |
| Canadians that have moved to the USA, was it worth it? Posted: 15 Oct 2018 02:54 PM PDT Money and career wise? How long did you look for a job here before heading south of the border? What was the biggest motivator for your move? [link] [comments]  |
| Anyone else fed up with how early tech companies finish their hiring cycle? Posted: 15 Oct 2018 09:27 AM PDT It is ridiculous how most top companies wrap up their hiring by Christmas break, for new grads specifically. Most of us are taking tough courses in our final year and still have a whole semester to go. What if I cannot secure an offer before December? Do top companies still hire into next semester? Can we apply for non-new grad entry-level roles as new grads? It just seems ridiculous that if I miss out on this small window of hiring cycle between Sept-Nov, I will have next to no chance to land an entry-level role at a top company. [link] [comments]  |
| I feel burnt out trying to find a job as a dev. Now what. Posted: 15 Oct 2018 03:00 PM PDT I'm tired of spending so much time and energy getting nowhere. My motivation for applying, tirelessly networking, interviewing, getting rejected, ect. I don't want to do it anymore, but then I don't really have a job. Has anyone else been in a similar situation? [link] [comments]  |
| Nauseated by this "leet ninja" culture Posted: 15 Oct 2018 12:37 AM PDT Does anyone else feel like 90% of the people they meet in this industry (well, 90% of young people) are arrogant turds? Coming from a pure math background, I'm astounded at how people seem to think they're so amazing and wonderful because they've made money on their iPhone apps, or whatever. My studies have filled me with a sense of humility, and the feeling that I could spend my life acquiring knowledge, and it would still be a drop in an ocean. Other math students (physics as well) have told me that they share this sentiment, but it doesn't seem common among software developers. I've interviewed at several "desirable" companies recently, and this sort of culture has made me feel sick at each of them. I think it is a symptom of the same sickness that is making people obsess over getting jobs at certain select companies. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Perhaps someone could share their experiences at companies that are either very bad with this arrogance issue, or where people tend to be a bit more realistic. [link] [comments]  |
| What are the pros and cons of moving into management? Posted: 15 Oct 2018 11:42 AM PDT Pros: - more pay
Cons: - your technical skills not away
One thing I've always wondered. How are interviews like when you are applying for manager position? I know for tech interviews it's the standard phone + onsite. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 15 Oct 2018 07:58 PM PDT I am one year into my PhD but I am really not enjoying it and have no motivation for it. I want to find a job and pack the PhD up, I have no desire to ever work in research. I went straight into the PhD after my bachelors degree, I have done two internships at blue-chip companies and have a small portfolio of work and am confident I will find a dev job. Am I a failure, will I regret the decision, will it hold me back and what will recruiters think when they see my CV with 1 year of a PhD? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 15 Oct 2018 01:40 PM PDT I am already feeling down and depressed since I got rejected by few companies like Etsy,Github,Morgan Stanley and I am afraid to get more. I have worked a lot to step up skills in programming and I even started contributing to open source on github I am not sure if that matters but I would love to hear some stories to motivate and share experiences where you were rejected by every company you applied to and how you really felt and how did you managed to get away with rejection [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 15 Oct 2018 12:53 PM PDT Has anyone worked for Disney as an intern? How was your experience, what responsibilities did you have and what was your salary range? Also, how do you go about asking the recruiter what the pay is? [link] [comments]  |
| DAE think that salaries will decline sometime soon? Posted: 15 Oct 2018 05:34 PM PDT At least for the new grad market. Companies could pay less than they do now and still have a glut of people willing to work for them. The hiring bar could be lowered and still select qualified people it seems like. [link] [comments]  |
| 48 hours to accept internship offer? Posted: 15 Oct 2018 07:42 PM PDT So after many interviews, this morning I received an offer for a program that would require me to intern with one of the largest defense contractors in the US for my last two summers of college. I know that its a good opportunity to get more into security, which is what I am interested in, but the fact that they gave me 48 hours to decide what I'll be doing for the rest of my time in college is kind of stressing me out. Is this kind of deadline normal? [link] [comments]  |
| Just completed a bootcamp. Any advice on what's next? Posted: 15 Oct 2018 07:37 PM PDT I just graduated from a fullstack (MERN) dev bootcamp and was hoping I could pick some brains on how to get into the field. My resume consists of construction/service/repair jobs because thats all I've ever been in. I have a portfolio site that I submit with my resume but I feel like I'm getting tossed aside because of my background. How do I break into the programming industry to get my feet wet? [link] [comments]  |
| How many rejections is normal? Posted: 15 Oct 2018 11:56 AM PDT Have had about 7 interviews for Full-time software engineering roles. 3 onsites and 4 phone screens. These are from a few Big N and some unicorns. I've been rejected from all of them at varying stages, but I feel like I'm gaining more experience and improving at problem solving abilities while under pressure. However, I want to know if anyone has been in a similar situation and what to do going forward? Do I just stop applying for the rest of the fall and keep prepping leetcode? Or is it simply a numbers game? Trying to figure out if I'm on the right path and should keep at it or if I need to take a step back and change something. Getting really discouraged and borderline depressed. [link] [comments]  |
| Save money and intern in-state or intern in NYC? Posted: 15 Oct 2018 12:49 PM PDT I was offered an internship with American Express and I can go to their NYC or PHX office. If I were to go to the PHX office, I would commute and save a ton of money since I'm living with family. But if I went to NYC I'd obviously be paying a ton of expenses like rent, food, life in general, etc. I'm pretty conflicted because I'm a pretty frugal person, as I want to graduate college and not worry about money as I'm transitioning into adult life at first. I saved almost all of my money from my last internship, most money I make from work, and will have no college debt. But at the same time, I'm a sophomore and I've never lived alone so I'm not sure how to factor those two in. Also, one other minor consideration is that their tech hub is in PHX, with NY being more of a financial hub. If I go to NY, I run a higher chance of getting onto a team I wouldn't enjoy, but I'm not sure how blown out of proportion this is. Just a note, I am paid relocation either way, so I can pocket the relocation if I commute too. I know this isn't a traditional "how do I get into a big4" thread we get here, I just wanted to hear everyone's perspective on this kind of life decision. Money vs experiences, things you wish you did if you had the opportunity, etc. tl;dr is paying and moving to a whole different city for a summer internship worth the massive financial cost compared to the money I'd be saving if I commuted from home to the same company but to a different office? [link] [comments]  |
| Reneging might get me blacklisted from career services Posted: 15 Oct 2018 04:20 PM PDT So I have a pretty decent offer from company A, but I also received an offer from Google. My school has a co-op program where I will be able to intern during my second semester. However, if I renege company A and they complain then my school will blacklist me from career services and cancel my co-op. This means if I still want to work for Google I will have to temporarily renounce my student status and re-enroll next year. I've never faced a situation like this and obviously I can't go to my career advisor about this since I would be banned. Can anyone weight in on the downsides of having to do this and whether or not I should just stick it out with company A or choose Google? I'm worried that being black listed by career services will have a severe negative impact on getting future call backs since a lot of good companies recruit through my university. I'm also worried that denouncing my student status will have some consequences that I am overlooking. [link] [comments]  |
| GPA at Banks/GOVT/Defense companies after graduating Posted: 15 Oct 2018 06:23 PM PDT I have seen that many government jobs like the NSA/FBI/DOD and many banks like Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase have a hard 3.0 or higher cutoff. After I graduate and work a year or two, will my GPA still be an issue at these companies? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 15 Oct 2018 03:49 PM PDT I am a Canadian citizen, I have a 2 year college diploma in Computer Programming and 6 months of experience. If I get an offer from an employer in the United States, am I qualified for a TN Visa? [link] [comments]  |
| What's the best way to get a job as a UX designer? Posted: 15 Oct 2018 02:57 PM PDT I have a degree in a psychology-adjacent field with some tech background. Should I do a boot camp, an online course, a certification from a traditional college, or just apply for jobs? What are the pros and cons? [link] [comments]  |
| Yet Another "Can I get a job with what I know?" Question - Fighting Preemptive Impostor Syndrome. Posted: 15 Oct 2018 11:25 AM PDT First, I am older. I have been dinking with computers since 1976. I worked for 12 years as a network manager and independent computer consultant. Never want to do that again. After lots of fits and starts, I finally finished my Bachelor's in CS last fall. Actually, it is a combined degree in Education and Computer Science. I did that combination because I invented a data standard for educational content (www.demml.net), though I haven't had the time or skills to finish that yet. I graduated with a 4.0 in my major and a 3.65 overall. I'm a pretty tolerable programmer for homework level stuff. I can even tutor people in lots of the fundamentals. I don't know any frameworks and I cannot recite how a red-black tree works from memory, but I could look at my notes and build one pretty quickly. This year I have been trying to work on a Master's in CS through an all online program at CSU. Let's just say that is not working out for me. I recently calculated that I would not, in fact, be able to finish the degree on the financial aid I have available, and I don't feel I am learning enough from the program for what I am forced to put into it. I have gotten A's so far, but I feel as if I am about to hit a brick wall. So, I am planning to quit that program and work on advancing my learning on my own. I work almost exclusively in Java, and I do prefer it. (We can save the language religion arguments for a different subreddit.) I have done some Swing (a Java GUI library) but not for a while, so I wouldn't say I can do any GUI stuff at all right now, but could quickly get up to speed if necessary. I really think JavaFX could be a thing. I prefer desktop development. I think I am pretty good at crafting custom data structures to solve a problem. I do not know web development. JavaScript gives me fits. But I realize I am going to have to learn it in order to do some of the things I want to accomplish, long term. My son is actually a professional software developer. He says I know more than most of the programmers he has worked with (except him, of course). He says I am suffering from "Preemptive Impostor syndrome." So, I have a solid grounding in the fundamentals. I am willing to work and live anywhere. I am willing to do freelance jobs. I don't need to make lots of money. Just enough to live on while I advance my own learning. What advice or encouragement can you give me? Thanks Edit: Thank you, everyone. I feel much better now. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 15 Oct 2018 08:40 AM PDT I searched this question and didn't see it answered already. What do you think? [link] [comments]  |
| How to Know Ahead of Time if Companies Drug Test? Posted: 15 Oct 2018 07:39 PM PDT I have some interviews coming up for some Silicon Valley tech companies. Is there a way to know ahead of time if they drug test? Would it look bad if I ask the recruiter? I'm only concerned about weed. [link] [comments]  |
| How salvageable is salary negotiation if quitting without another job lined up? Posted: 15 Oct 2018 07:35 PM PDT Senior remote dev here. MS student in the background. I have been with my current employer nearly 6 years and am burned out to the point of no return. Solid background, but my mental well-being is worn down too deep from this place (sparing reddit the story). I can survive comfortably for 4 months without the gig. I obviously do not want to be unemployed for too long and have been making efforts to apply and go to career fairs, but would like to focus on this more rather than burn energy being miserable at work. If I leave soon on good terms without anything lined up to focus solely on a portfolio and job searching, how severely will my ability to negotiate salary be impacted? I would be content with receiving not too much over my current salary -- to give a hint of how desperate I am to leave. If anyone could share any thoughts or experiences, that would be helpful. Thank you! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 15 Oct 2018 12:01 PM PDT Hi! I am a senior CS major and I noticed that there is a lot of pressure to apply in the fall if I want a job when I graduate. I already feel really behind. I really would rather wait to apply a little longer and spend more time preparing. How bad would it be to wait and apply either (1) in the spring, or (2) after I graduate and spend a couple of months off traveling and spending time with my family. If I were to start applying in the spring/summer would people not even look at my application? Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| How can I make myself attractive to employers as a self-taught front end developer? Posted: 15 Oct 2018 08:09 AM PDT I'm an entirely self-taught front end developer (or, trying to be). I have a degree but it's entirely unrelated to CS. Is there anything I can do to actually get my resume looked at and invited for an interview? Specific types of projects that demonstrate skills that would make me hireable? [link] [comments]  |
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