Interview Discussion - October 22, 2018 CS Career Questions |
- Interview Discussion - October 22, 2018
- Daily Chat Thread - October 22, 2018
- Should I give up on C++ and learn another language to increase chances of getting hired?
- Graduated with a CS Degree 6 Years Ago and NEVER Applied for a Software Developer Position...Until Now. I am Freaking Out :'( Words of Encouragement / Advice is all I Need
- Getting ready to quit software; almost all options are failing (internships)
- *Rant* Does anyone else hate robot indeed phone screens?
- How much time is reasonable to ask for after receiving an offer to make a decision?
- What do companies get out of Software Engineering internships?
- Failure as a new grad
- Moving into a Java developer position from a Python one. How should I prepare myself?
- "For security reasons once you accepts, you cannot decline later" how enforceable is that?
- Deciding between two internship offers: unicorn (think Lyft, Airbnb) vs Flatiron Health
- What are everyone's thoughts on going into consulting straight out of college?
- Security Clearance Question
- Snagging my associate degree and starting career now?
- arrived back home (toronto, canada) after working in europe for the past 2 years. should i wait till the new year before i start applying for jobs?
- Hiring manager who turned me down said he'd love to hire me in the future, is it too soon to email asking about it after 4 months?
- JP Morgan vs Capital One
- JP Morgan
- Programming Market in Canada? (Toronto Specifically)
- Traits of a successful engineering team?
- Two years out of college, jobless, and quite a bit lost
- I want to go into project management, any advice?
- Feeling spread thin due to context switching?
- United HealthGroup/Optum's TDP Full-Time?
- Just got fired from my BI job 5 months after starting. What do?
| Interview Discussion - October 22, 2018 Posted: 22 Oct 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 - October 22, 2018 Posted: 22 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]  |
| Should I give up on C++ and learn another language to increase chances of getting hired? Posted: 22 Oct 2018 06:11 AM PDT I might be in a minority but I love C++. I've been studying it for 3+ years and all of my personal projects are written in it as well. But I'm seeing a lot of people are saying that there aren't many fresh grads who get jobs working with C++. Would I have a higher equity if I continued to broaden my knowledge of C++ and became somewhat of an expert in it (I know this is actually impossible), or would I have a higher equity if I dove into learning the advanced concepts of another language like python? (I know the basics of python but no where near the knowledge I have of C++) Which would be more benefical in helping me get a job? I'm a junior in college. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 22 Oct 2018 07:18 PM PDT Background :I majored in CS back in 2007 and graduated in 2012. My performance in university was not the best. Struggling with major depression and anxiety not only destroyed my grades but destroyed my confidence. Never obtained an internship because I believed my low GPA (2.7) was a deterrent. I graduated and pretty much gave up ... So what the hell have I been up to? :... I'm not dead, so that's good right? I have worked as a freelance software tester for a bunch of small startups for about 4 years now. Primarily manual testing. I have been avoiding coding in my professional life for 6 years, guys. But get this...I code in my personal time. I've made a chrome extension. I've made an android application. I've play around in Java and JavaScript, messed around with mySQL databases. Helped other college students with their homework. The client I am working for now...I am trying to teach myself Selenium to automate my manual testing (please, don't tell!). I am still coding! I must be crazy right? I've been terrified to do this in a professional setting because I feel like an imposter :( I look at all the new technologies the new kids are using (Java 8 lambdas, Git, Continuous Integration Tools etc) and I feel behind. It all seems overwhelming. So now what?As much as I love my routine manual testing work...I am bored. I'm not finding the work challenging enough. In addition, the role is not supporting me financially these days. I think it is time for me to apply for a proper Software Dev job. I don't actually dislike programming...I am simply terrified I am going to fuck up and break shit once I get hired =S I understand my code very well, but I see other people's code and I get scared haha This may sound ridiculous, but I just need words of encouragement at this point. Maybe some advice for those who have already held the title of Jr Software Developer - for a few days, a few weeks, months, etc? Suggestions? What to expect during the first few days / weeks on the job? Text-based courage? [link] [comments]  |
| Getting ready to quit software; almost all options are failing (internships) Posted: 22 Oct 2018 02:41 PM PDT Ive posted on here before to get resume advice. Ive gotten all sorts of advice and heeded very well to it. Come november I will be in the job/internship search process for roughly 3 months (started August ). To date I have applied to 260 internship positions at roughly 75 companies (From big N to mom/pop shops) Ive applied to another 220 positions as full time/entry level. To date Ive had one HR screen with Disney (biggest thing ever)- recruiter has told me to wait a few more weeks for response (its been 3 months and the internship is for winter) , one HR phone call from Boeing (after getting a personal referral, she said she would go try to see if the team is interested in my application) , and one AWS tech support quiz/screen (not selected). [ for a grand total of 3!]
Im a bit upset at this point. I have around 20 friends working at Big N. I feel ive put in the same effort as they have, Ive had my resume reviewed (https://imgur.com/DSNTOqI) , I have similar amounts of experience, and I lowered my standards way further than they did (Im applying to midwest'ish and south-east companies + Bay area and PNW companies as well when they went straight for Big N and got 2-3 interviews/10 companies they applied for) Im afraid the longer I stay in this process its going to hurt more as my education gap without experience will only grow. Im at loss what to do and Im starting to consider going back to medical school where atleast I have a chance of getting fairly employed even though I am more passionate about writing code. [link] [comments]  |
| *Rant* Does anyone else hate robot indeed phone screens? Posted: 22 Oct 2018 08:45 AM PDT I've been applying for mid management level positions and I find this so insulting when I get selected for a phone screen from a robot. Some went horrible because I would elaborate on an answer to then be asked it in the next question because, of course, a robot doesn't know I answered it already. Also, screens are two sided. For the ones I got asked to come in an interview I also get annoyed at because I didn't get to ask my questions. Interviews are a two way street! I want to know that I'm in the salary range and that the company aligns with what I'm looking for before I take hours off work and use up my "dr. Appointment visits". I had someone completely skip the phone screen and invited me in to interview I politely asked bc I didn't want to risk taking time off work if I wasn't even in range and she told me she was wide open and wanted to meet me. I said okay great here's what I make but I'm open and my availability to come in. Never heard from her again. Would it seriously kill companies to just say how much they are paying for a position instead of trying to low ball? If a company isn't going to post things like specific hours or compensation then don't stick a robot to screen people. It's so impersonal. I used to recruit and this would never be a way we'd determine someone's candidacy. I'm at the point where I don't want to even work for a company that doesn't care enough to be on the phone. Problem seems that recently, almost all the companies I've applied to is doing this method. How I talk to a robot is just different from how I talk to a person. [link] [comments]  |
| How much time is reasonable to ask for after receiving an offer to make a decision? Posted: 22 Oct 2018 08:17 AM PDT I could receive an offer soon but I have a couple of different irons in the fire and would like to give the other potential opportunities time to consider me after letting them know I've received an offer. Apologies if this could be worded better and thank you! [link] [comments]  |
| What do companies get out of Software Engineering internships? Posted: 22 Oct 2018 06:01 PM PDT Is it PR? Is it cheap labor? Just seems like hiring actual devs would be better. Thanks for the responses in advance [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 22 Oct 2018 04:07 PM PDT Hello everyone, I'm about to graduate in May 2019 from a no name university nowhere near a tech hub. I got super lucky in the summer and got an internship at a very well known company. This internship allowed me to interview with a ton of big Ns and lots of SV companies. It's been my dream to work for a big N and be in the valley. I failed every single onsite. I'm the most demotivated I've ever been in my life right now. I've been deeply depressed and I feel like I'm a garbage CS student. I've been thinking about what I could possibly do. Should I delay graduation by a year and see if I can try to apply to those places again? Should I try to go to grad school and try for more internships after that? I'm a constant lurker on this sub and I see how many people manage to make it, and now I've failed. Should I just get a job in my hometown as software engineer and hope to break into the valley after I have some experience? Is that even possible? All I read about is how you get into big Ns as a new grad. How much harder is it if I just have some random company that no one has heard of on my resume? I'm just looking for some guidance right now because I feel seriously lost. [link] [comments]  |
| Moving into a Java developer position from a Python one. How should I prepare myself? Posted: 22 Oct 2018 07:28 AM PDT I'm a full stack Python/Django developer moving over to a larger company which focuses mainly on Java and Java EE development. I've started looking into the Gradle and Maven build systems and I'm trying to acquaint myself with Eclipse. What else would you recommend I should focus on in order to be prepared when I start at the new company? [link] [comments]  |
| "For security reasons once you accepts, you cannot decline later" how enforceable is that? Posted: 22 Oct 2018 06:24 AM PDT When accepting an offer online for a company I am not 100% committed too I got this pop up asking for confirmation. The offer letter says it's at will so I'm wondering why it asked this and how enforceable it is. EDIT: Literally got an offer from a better company right after accepting this one. Emailed the recruiter to say I am no longer interested and everything seems fine. Thanks for all of your input! [link] [comments]  |
| Deciding between two internship offers: unicorn (think Lyft, Airbnb) vs Flatiron Health Posted: 22 Oct 2018 01:17 PM PDT I have two offers, one from Flatiron Health in NYC and one from a Unicorn. Both pay around 8k a month with a decent housing stipend. I'm tempted to take the unicorn because its pretty well known and is a good name to have on a resume. However, I find the work that Flatiron is doing really interesting but I'm unsure about their reputation. Is Flatiron health well known? Do they have a good reputation in the tech industry? Would having their name on my resume benefit me more than just some other random company? Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| What are everyone's thoughts on going into consulting straight out of college? Posted: 22 Oct 2018 10:16 AM PDT I'm considering going into consulting when I graduate here in December. Most of the places I've interviewed have been consulting firms (I would say fairly high tier) and I've had pretty positive experiences. I just was curious as to what everyone thought of doing this, and if anyone had experience starting out in consulting, what they had to say about it? All input is greatly appreciated. Thank you. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 22 Oct 2018 03:00 PM PDT Hey guys, so I might have an opportunity for a SE position but it requires a secret security clearance. Back in HS i used recreational drugs quite often. I am a grad student now and I have definitely grown out of that scene and have a different focus on life ~3 years no illegal drugs. My question is should I write down all of my experiences? Most of HS was in a foreign country with no way for them to check if it actually happened or not or should I just write down my experiences during college in the US ~5 years? I was really reckless (IMO) back then and I dont want to lose this opportunity since it does look back. I am concerned they might do a polygraph test and then Ill reveal all of the times I did it in HS and they would see that like I omitted the complete truth. Any advice? [link] [comments]  |
| Snagging my associate degree and starting career now? Posted: 22 Oct 2018 06:26 PM PDT I have 2 more years of school left to finish my bs in Computer Science. My college also offers an associate in Computer Technology that I am only a few credits away from. I just returned from an internship at IBM this summer that looks good on my resume. Would I be gimping my career if I grabbed the associate degree instead and tried to start my career now? I am very interested in just getting to work. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 22 Oct 2018 06:23 PM PDT like the title says. i was working in london, england for the past 2 years doing front end development. i just returned back to canada (toronto) and was wondering whether or not i should wait till the new year before i start applying for jobs again because im not sure if companies still do any hiring at the end of the year. also anyone have any recommendations for companies in toronto i should be looking into for someone who has 2 years as a front end dev? thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 22 Oct 2018 11:59 AM PDT Company only had one opening at the time and I barely missed out. Hiring manager said that he'd love to hire me if I'm still looking for a job next time they need someone. Also said that they are continuously expanding and need more devs every couple months. It's been 4 months. Am I ok to email him asking about possible vacancies? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 22 Oct 2018 12:58 PM PDT So I'm trying to figure out my career path and I have two summer internship offers one from C1 in McLean for Data Engineering and one from JP Morgan in NYC. I interned with JPM last summer and actually enjoyed the team I was on/the experience, but in terms of name and exit opportunities I'm not sure whether C1 or JPM would be the better move. I really want to be in NYC which is why I'm leaning towards it, but I'm also waiting to hear back from a couple other companies and JPM's deadline is really soon/wouldn't want to renege. Any advice would be appreciated! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 22 Oct 2018 08:59 AM PDT Can someone state the salaries for JP Morgan new grad software engineer? I saw it was 98k in Dallas?? [link] [comments]  |
| Programming Market in Canada? (Toronto Specifically) Posted: 22 Oct 2018 10:29 AM PDT So I am a US resident and for a lot of reasons I am thinking about starting the process of moving to Canada (I promise it's not for the weed lol). I'm finishing up my CS degree in the next few years and I've done 2 internships so far and plan for 2 more. I was just wondering if any of you Canadians out there can offer some insight on the market for software engineering there. [link] [comments]  |
| Traits of a successful engineering team? Posted: 22 Oct 2018 01:56 PM PDT I was lurking this sub a lot before I moved to my latest position, and I saw several times people referencing some kind of guidelines of concrete things a successful software team does (ex: keeps code in version control, but there were a lot of other ones) I can't find it now. All the posts I find when I google are super vague/blog spam. Does anybody know what I am talking about? [link] [comments]  |
| Two years out of college, jobless, and quite a bit lost Posted: 22 Oct 2018 10:08 AM PDT Hi there, First some chronological background. I graduated in the august of 2016 with a Computer Engineering Degree and took a little time off to soul search after a few months, went back into job searching and couldn't find much of anything. Feeling desperate I worked at a liquor store near my apartment to have an income and a purpose. Eventually after a year got fed up with how poorly the store was run and getting back into programming that I wanted to try searching for jobs again. That was back in may and now we are in October and my situation has barely changed. I have sent out over 50+ resumes but have only gotten three bites. I have even tried searching the entry level IT market just to broaden the search and still no luck. Initially I had some hesitancy getting back into the job market from college. I had a bad experience at a co-op where I horribly wore myself down and berated myself and couldn't then keep pace with normal requirements. I've gotten better but also have been trying to apply to places with more integrated management and less giant corporation structures; However, even when I vary that requirement I still don't really get any takers. Bringing it back to the present. I've been scouring threads here and people seem to say that usually it's the resume at fault in these situations, and if it's possible any comments or critiques would be welcome. I've sent it around a bit and had reviews done but not by many CS professionals. Furthermore am I doing something wrong? I know the two year gap is by no means favorable but I know CS work is needed now more than ever before. The one thing is I know I don't have enough pet coding projects going on, but ideally I'd rather have the job I can devote the brunt of my time to first, rather then spend extra time sitting on chair coding and not being paid for it. I've also even thought about trying to apply for internships but those are also hard to get into as well. What do you guys think? I'm more than a bit lost. Thank you PS Resume: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8av6844mc12ohiv/resume.pdf?dl=0 sorry I included the references in there in the pdf and had to cut that out [link] [comments]  |
| I want to go into project management, any advice? Posted: 22 Oct 2018 09:10 AM PDT I love computer science and programming and want to compete my undergrad in I figured the best advice would be get project management internships, which I intend to do. I want to take the rotc route and go army after to get management and leadership experience as well. Any advice? Edit: typo [link] [comments]  |
| Feeling spread thin due to context switching? Posted: 22 Oct 2018 09:59 AM PDT I'm a Java developer at an IT software company. We have a huge codebase and several plugins and integrations based on customer needs. I'm on a team that tackles support and maintenance 75% of the time and new feature support 25% of the time on any one of our components. I'm on a new component / code area almost every story. Because of the lack of focus, I feel like I have very shallow knowledge at a lot of things, and it takes me awhile to get back in the swing of whatever area I'm working in because it's just been so long and I have to re-learn how to use it. For example, I helped design and build out one of our components, but I've almost entirely forgotten how to use it 3 years later when I'm going back to fix a bug that recently popped up. I feel like I have a good overview of a lot of components, but not a ton of deep expertise. Is this normal? Am I being too hard on myself or do I just need to take better notes? [link] [comments]  |
| United HealthGroup/Optum's TDP Full-Time? Posted: 22 Oct 2018 03:56 PM PDT I have an interview coming up with UHG/Optum for the Technology Development Program (full-time) with a hiring manager at the Phoenix, AZ location. I was wondering how working with United is in general and have looked at some previous posts on the subreddit, although most of them are asking about the internship. Seems that the general questions they ask are mostly behavioral. Does anyone have any other insight on what I could do to prepare or have any other information about the program itself? [link] [comments]  |
| Just got fired from my BI job 5 months after starting. What do? Posted: 21 Oct 2018 08:49 PM PDT Will keep this short. Fired from first IT job for not being able to write a 500 line SQL program. Started as entry level 5 months ago. Feel incompetent and like an idiot. Thinking about going back to bartending to support my family. Is it normal to crash and burn this quick? [link] [comments]  |
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