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    Big N Discussion - January 30, 2019 CS Career Questions


    Big N Discussion - January 30, 2019

    Posted: 29 Jan 2019 11:06 PM PST

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    Daily Chat Thread - January 30, 2019

    Posted: 29 Jan 2019 11:06 PM PST

    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.

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    It's been almost 8 months since I graduated and it doesn't seem like I'm ever going to get a job, should I switch to a different career?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 11:24 AM PST

    [CA - SF Bay Area]

    I wasn't exactly a top student with 3-4 FAANG internships, but between my one internship at a big name company, my year-long capstone project, many applications, many resume improvements, a decent cover letter, and some referrals, you'd think that maybe I'd have had more than 1 or 2 interviews by now. That's simply not the case. I'm getting the feeling that there's nothing I can do to drum up interest in me so maybe I should think about doing something else. I feel like I just can't measure up to the competition in this job market in any way at all.

    Edit: Resume link. My Github is on there, rest assured, but I blocked out any personal info, including that account (might post it later once I fix some things). And yeah, what I have listed is the brunt of my experience, that's something I've really struggled with.

    Edit 2: Looks like I finally know the meaning of "RIP my inbox". Thanks to all who have responded. I basically need to start everything over because apparently I've been under a rock for the past 8 months. Yippee.

    Edit 3: Guys, you don't need to keep saying "no offense", I'm aware by now that my resume and knowledge need work and it would be silly if I got offended at that fact. I ask that you just get on with it and tell me what needs to be fixed in your eyes, please.

    Edit 4: My current draft has no mission statement

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    How do you know if you hate being a dev or if it's just your job?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 12:01 PM PST

    I've been an anxiety riddled mess (quarter life crisis type shit) since starting my new job almost a year ago. It's a pretty traditional office environment without a lot of modern goodies like WFH, above average pay, or more than 3 weeks PTO. It's chill otherwise though and my coworkers are fine. It's a "heads down, code" type place too. I don't socialize much (but am extroverted...).

    I'm trying to figure out if it's being a dev I don't like, or if it's just my job. Knowing this will change what I look for when I jump ship. Anyone been in the same boat?

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    I got temporarily placed in a team for my health and I don't want to move

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 05:56 AM PST

    Hi y'all, first post ever, so sorry if it isn't well-structured.

    I'm a 24 year old Full Stack medior currently working at a company with a lot of legacy code (VB6). The age gap between coworkers is huge, I typically work with people that are 20 years older than I am. I'm currently the only one under 30 in the whole IT sector. In the past years I have seen 3 managers in total, so there's currently a lot going on inside.

    Past

    About a year ago I was working in a team with unexperienced programmers. My job was to educate them and to be the Front End lead. This didn't go well. Our Product Owner was basically dictating us what to do. Because of my age, I had no respect from the other programmers whatsoever. This situation escalated multiple times and I was becoming burnt out. I quickly left the team knowing that.

    This is basically what every team looks like in this company. So it's not a surprise that in the next team my Scrum Master was a dictator that tried to bury my self-confidence into the ground. It was a new team and I tried very hard to make it work, but with two programmers that don't understand even the basics of HTML it was a task that was too hard for me.

    Present

    Because of my mental health deteriorating I made a deal with my manager to stay for 6 months in the only professional team at my company. I've been here for 2 months now, it was great so far but seeing that I only got 4 months left, my manager is starting to bug me about finding a new team.

    I don't want to leave this team. They are my family now and my health is doing so much better since I'm here. I finally feel able to become a better self, something that I didn't achieve when I was still in therapy in the other teams. I'm also really productive for them and they are glad to have me there.

    Future?

    But I'm afraid this will soon have to change and I feel like I can go two ways: accept to be in a shittier team again and hopefully create a mental barrier or stand my ground and risk getting fired. There's also the possibility of leaving the company, but I love their secundairy benefits and my mental health loves it especially.

    I really want advice on the best way to handle this, in the end I only want the best for myself and my recovery.

    I wish I could say "screw this company" but I'm afraid I won't be able to apply anywhere else with my current health.

    Thanks for reading <3 I hope it wasn't too much of a drag

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    What do you wish you knew before you started programming in a team setting?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 08:18 PM PST

    First large team ground-up programming project coming up, looking for gotchas and lessons learned.

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    Is it pretty much a given that if you're a remote employee you'll have a hard time being promoted?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 11:18 AM PST

    I've been working for a smallish company for nearly 4 years now remote (I'm a senior level dev who has been in the business for well over a decade). When we started there were only 2 devs on my team and the company was starting to grow exponentially. I had a huge hand in hiring out for the team and I even hired my boss.

    I've also been the go-to guy for countless projects and I have mentored multiple people and I give presentations to the entire company. I've always got good reviews and people on the team like me and tell me I should be a manager.

    However, I've been pushing for a promotion to lead (one step up) for 2+ years now. The first time I was passed over for it the position was given to a person that I hired, by my boss whom I also hired. Both my boss and this person are local to the home office.

    At first I thought it was me so I started interviewing. I got an offer to be a director at a small startup but passed on it because the pay was the same and I'd have to commute every day. So I know that it's not me as a person. I gotta say it's getting demoralizing to take orders from 2 people I interviewed, made the decision to hire, and got them more money in their starting salary while I can't even get moved up the chain.

    My question is, is it just a given that remote employees just aren't as likely to be promoted? I have literally asked me boss that and he said that's not the case but I'm not sure I believe him.

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    Whats the compensation package for new hires at Top Accounting (Delloitte, PwC etc) for technical positions?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 11:32 AM PST

    Please mention your city/state, title, compensation, benefits.

    Thanks!

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    40 yo stay-at-home-dad wants to get into CS. No degree. No work experience. What can I (realistically) expect? Am I on the right path?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 12:10 PM PST

    I'm a 40 yo stay-at-home-dad (in the Netherlands). In three years time my youngest will go to school and I want to get a job.

    Short bio (TL;DR: F*cked about in university, didn't get a degree, didn't get a proper job after, got depressed, married, became a stay-at-home-father):

    After my secondary education I went to university. Or rather universities. I didn't know what I wanted, did half a year this, half a year that, etc. (eg. film studies, sociology, biology, medieval history, etc).After a few years, I stopped studying altogether, and my part-time jobs in bars and restaurants started to become full-time jobs (barman, cook, bouncer, etc). Not long, maybe a year or two, three.Then I worked as a administrative employee for half a year and as a (linux) system administrator for half a year (I have always been well versed in CS'ey stuff, so getting myself prepped for the job wasn't a big effort).Then depression struck. Hard. I had to quit working and took a few years to recover (had some therapy, etc).Meanwhile I met this wonderful lady, we started moving in together, got children, etc.I stayed at home and raised the children, being a 'full time dad' for the last 8 years.

    So, as I said: Now I'm 40, I have no degree, no work experience and a soft 'deadline' to get myself 'armed' for a job in three years.

    Now, my situation is this: I have about 10 hours a week to spare.At the moment I'm doing a bachelor's degree in computer science at the Open University. I'm at about a third of the course, at this speed I'll be done in ~'22. The courses I did when studying biology (way back) is enough to grant me a minor in biology (genetics, biochem, etc).

    What would I like to do career wise?Now, I'd *love* to do something like bioinformatics, it's right up my alley (did some MOOCs on it, really liked it). Data science is also on my 'wish list'. I think those things suit me (statistical analysis has never been a weak point).But I'm not sure things like that are attainable.I'd also settle with 'just' becoming a developer (I'm versed in Java and Python) or something along those lines, but to be fair, that'd be plan B if the above isn't possible.

    But what are my *realistic* options in the field? This is the most important question to me.

    Also: Should I continue my studies and get a CS degree? Or am I better off putting my precious time in something else? Building a portfolio?Thank you for reading!

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    Working for a startup vs a non-startup

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 02:07 PM PST

    I'm wondering in terms of job and career path is working at a start up different from working at a non start up? If so what are the pros and cons of each? I'm wondering if working at a start up is worth?

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    Job Search, Burn Out, and Mental Health

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 11:48 AM PST

    [SF Bay Area, New Grad]

    Hi, I just want to talk and see if anyone else is having the same issues.

    I graduated in May with a masters and have been looking since then on and off. I graduated from an Ivy and have a 3.7 GPA, and before that I was in a different engineering field but my degree was from a top 3 school. I didn't do any internships while I was in the masters program because I was really sick. I have pretty standard projects. The school career center was no help.

    Recently I made it onsite to a unicorn and a smaller start up, and the process really took a tow on me mentally. I was getting a lot of questions about why I didn't do an internship and what I was doing the last eight months, and I couldn't be honest about the fact that I was struggling with major depression and I didn't have health insurance so my medication was really messed up. (Also, I can't believe everyone just assumed you are perfect and you go from school to job like it's no big deal.) I also know that people tend not to be sympathetic and I've gotten very negative responses from teachers and peers, and I've learned to keep a stiff upper lip about my mental status over the years. I'm currently living with my parents; my father also has major depression and is really abusive toward me. I don't know how to approach this impasse in my life and stay positive and keep working. I don't have the means to leave this abusive environment, and my mental health is very poor. On top of that I have to leetcode and work on a passion project. I have zero passion and all I want to do is be transported to Minnesota and lie down under the subzero snow. I'm reaching out to see if anyone else is dealing with the same problems so I don't feel alone.

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    Technically graduated 2.5 years ago (May 2016) but don't have a job still. What are my options?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 06:17 PM PST

    I did an extra year of courses after I graduated because I originally wanted to go into another field, but decided not to pursue it further. I don't have any internships, but I am currently working on a couple of personal projects, learning Android (Java) + React Native.

    There's a career fair at my alma mater within the next week that I'm going to. I don't have any internships so I don't know how much it will help, and I can't apply to internships or new grad positions because I'm not currently a student and graduated so long ago. I'm also going to a couple of local meetups in February.

    It feels so pointless because everybody else applying to jobs that I can apply to have more experience than I do.

    This all probably sounds very "woe is me," but I feel so hopeless right now.

    What are my options? Thanks for any help. I am located in Vancouver, Canada, if that matters.

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    Does new grad hiring really slow down around this time?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 10:14 AM PST

    I will actually finish my last course in July. I am wondering if most of the new grad hiring has wrapped up and I might have to wait for the next cycle in August if I can't land anything before graduation.

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    How to stay motivated after rescinded internship offer.

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 08:41 PM PST

    Hey ya'll I was wondering how you guys prevent burnout from the internship search. I have recently gotten my internship rescinded which has gotten me really down on myself. I know it's gotten really late on to the internship season and honestly I have been feeling really burnt out and depressed. I was wondering what gets you guys through these times and what I can do to maximize my chance at finding another internship.

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    Getting a job after work break because of health issues

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 08:34 PM PST

    tldr; Graduated college Spring 17, was in the hospital for a few months right after I graduated, finally am healthy enough to work again, working a part/full time job through tax season.

    What is the best plan of action going forward knowing that there is a year and a half span on my resume where I basically have nothing to show for it? How can I ensure that I am going to succeed when I start applying for jobs again?

    So here is my story, I graduated from a smallish local college in Pennsylvania with a degree in CS. Right after I graduated, I started getting weaker to the point where my body could no longer function because of how weak my muscles had gotten. I was in the hospital for a few months until they figured out what exactly was wrong and the best course of action to fix it. After that, it took me awhile to regain my strength and stamina to be able to function like a normal person.

    About 2 months ago, I got a job with a tax company just doing general office work through the end of tax season. I knew going into this that it would be a good opportunity for me to ensure that I would be able to handle full time work before moving away from home and then realizing that my body still sucks and by working 40 hours a week I can't do anything else, but so far It has been great. I honestly feel better now than I have since I got diagnosed.

    However, the area in which I am currently living there are very very very limited opportunities for any tech related jobs because there is well, basically nothing here.

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    Need help with programming related jobs.

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 04:43 PM PST

    Hey Reddit, I'm going to try and make this short and sweet. I graduated college last year and am currently working as a temp in Accounting for an insurance agency. For me, the pay is shit, the work is shit, and I'm slowly sinking into a depression as I have not been able to find a full time job so far. I have only worked 3 temp positions since graduating, the 3rd one being my current one. However, I am extremely determined to make a change in my life. I posted about a month or two ago in r/compsci about making an early career switch as I wanted to get into data analysis/IT/Computer Programming while I have a degree in Finance. For the past month or so I have been feverishly teaching myself Python, SQL, and VBA via UDemy courses. I am now at a point where I have finished the "zero to hero" courses and have a basic understanding of programming with these languages.

    My questions are: 1) How can I get a job related to programming without any official programming work experience? Part of my confusion right now is I want to get into "big data", but I don't know whether I should be a data analyst, back end developer, software developer, BI analyst, etc (that's up to me to figure out of course). The one thing I know is I LOVE programming and being a problem solver, I just need some direction. 2) What are some ways I can do minor projects where I can show I know how to use these languages, and it's not just me saying "yeah I know how to program"? 3) At what point should I actually start applying to programming related jobs? I'm thinking of taking a few more UDemy courses for example "Python for Data Analysis", "MySQL for Data Analysis and Business Intelligence" so I can be more familiar with programming and data analysis, because I know in an interview I'm certain to be asked technical questions and I really don't want to blank at that point. 4) Are there any consulting jobs in this field that require traveling? I'm young and single and wouldn't mind a job where I'm travelling and using programming to solve problems lol.

    Apologies if this post is long, thank you for hearing me out. Any advice/criticism is greatly appreciated.

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    Am I psyching myself out of applying to Dev positions, or are my worries justified?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 07:20 AM PST

    I graduated almost 2 months ago from a state college, around 3.5 gpa and 1 internship, no personal projects outside of coursework.

    I haven't even done anything since graduating except for travel a little and unwind at home. Reason I haven't been applying is because I'm scared. I'm sure it has a lot to do with just becoming an adult, but there's things about professional development that I'm possibly overthinking.

    Is work/life balance good or bad? It seems to me a lot of people work 45+ hours a week, sometimes on-call or putting out fires on Holidays and weekends.

    Hard interviews? Seems to me like you have to practice everyday just to pass the interviews. Other careers you just talk about your experience.

    Ageism? i've heard from a multitude of people that it gets harder to secure a job once you reach 35+ years.

    Burnout? I can almost feel this already, but probably just need a little break after college anyways. It seems to me that devs easily burnout, thus the reason they job hop every 2 years or so.

    Hard work with tight deadlines?

    Are these just stereotypes, or is there cause for concern?

    Can the average developer excel in a professional environment?

    Am I overreacting and full of unnecessary anxiety? Find out next time on dragon ball z

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    Discrimination from defense contractors for dev job openings?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 08:14 PM PST

    I'm a CS grad, currently enrolled in a masters program and have 3 years work experience. I've been looking for a new position and have been putting applications out. I'm American-born though with a foreign-sounding name. I'll get responses and interviews from top tech companies and other large corporations but all defense contractors reject me pretty much right after submission, even for junior positions where my skills match. I'm wondering if it could be due to the non-American sounding name on my resume. Are defense contractors known to be predominantly white and filter out those with an ethnic background? Has anyone else experienced something similar?

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    Job Trouble

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 08:06 AM PST

    Hello, I recently graduated with my bachelors in computer science and mathematics. I have applied to a couple places over the course of two months. A couple of people have replied to turn me down but most just never get back to me. However, I get loads of emails from recruiters. I have been hesitant to reply to the recruiters because either it sounds fishy or the job has nothing to do with my skill set. I am starting to get fairly discouraged. Should I worry, and should I reply to recruiters? Any suggestions of what I should do or focus on would be appreciated.

    Also, I am currently enrolled in a graduate program for my masters in computer science. I would like to do research in AI but I'm in limbo with if getting a masters is even worth it. Again any advice is appreciated. Thanks.

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    Is there a list of companies hiring with whiteboarding/coding challenges?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 05:40 AM PST

    A while ago this was posted on this group: https://github.com/poteto/hiring-without-whiteboards

    I'm interested in the opposite list of companies that are hiring with leetcode style questions. Is there a source?

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    Question About College Program (Please Help!)

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 07:40 PM PST

    I want to get the education I need to get hired as a Jr. Developer and I was wondering if the Diploma Program I'm planning on applying for covers everything I should know. I'll be going into it with a solid understand of the basics. I live in BC Canada if that helps give some context.

    Here is the program. It is offered by Douglas College which is a fully certified school with about 25,000 students.

    https://www.douglascollege.ca/programs-courses/catalogue/programs/DPCSTI

    If you guys could look through the "program requirements" I would really appreciate it!

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    Chemical Engineer Wanting to Intern in Software Engineering

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 07:40 PM PST

    TL;DR Hate chemical engineering and too late to switch majors, want to minor in CS and learn to code on my own.

    How should I go about applying for software engineering positions? Any resources for creating resumes and all that jazz? What about languages (for internships specifically)?

    I came into Chemical Engineering with a pressure that I need to do good and make money to make my parents proud and live a successful life. They're immigrants who came from nothing, started a life here, and worked there way up. Now I realize that my parents love me and they just want me to be happy.

    I've done research into it, but a lot of the posts I saw were from ChemE's and MechE's who had already gotten their degrees, and only switched years after. I know I need a portfolio and projects as well.

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    Graduating in December, internship this summer. How should I handle applying for full time positions?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 07:36 PM PST

    So I'm graduating this December but have an internship that I really think I'll like this summer. I know new December grads usually start applying for full time around the spring, but since I have a summer internship which told me I'd know if I had a full time offer before the end of the summer (and apparently almost all interns get offers), how should I handle applying for jobs?

    I want to have options (and mostly leverage to negotiate) but any offer I get in the spring will want me to make a decision most likely before I (hopefully) get my summer internship offer. How long are companies willing to wait before new grads give them their decision? Is it similar to the deadlines for internships (like 1-2 weeks)?

    Should I should either:

    A. Apply for jobs in the spring and ask/hope the deadline is after I get my summer internship offer

    or

    B. Do nothing until I know whether or not my internship is going to give me an offer and hope the deadline is long enough for me to apply to some other places to help with salary negotiations/give me other options. (I can't exactly start applying in the middle of the summer since any onsites would interfere with my workweek. I also assume this would rule out a decent amount of good companies that wrap up hiring in summer for december grads)

    or (longshot)

    C. Worst case scenario I could tell my summer internship that I want to start next June and need some more time to think about the offer. From there I could apply for new grad jobs the next spring and do nothing for the semester after I graduate.

    Has anyone been in this situation before or has any advice? Any advice/anecdotes are appreciated!

    tl;dr: internship this summer, graduate this December. How should I balance applying for full time positions and the possibility of getting an offer from my internship in the middle of summer?

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    I have applied for 45 internships and I'm freaking out

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 07:35 PM PST

    Hey y'all, I'm new to Reddit, so please go gentle :) I'm a student at UNC Chapel Hill, and I'm looking for internships in tech or banking. As most people, I've applied to dozens of companies, but now I feel like there's so much going on in parallel I can barely keep up.

    I never know which companies hire when (Microsoft is hired out by October but Google doesn't open applications until October). I either miss dates or think I miss dates (Microsoft's application is open until December but they do not often interview after October). I often forget where I applied and have a really hard time keeping track of all the information associated with recruiting.

    Am I the only one who has this problem?

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    CompSci at 34?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 07:30 AM PST

    Hi Folks,

    Could use some advice.

    I'm 34 and currently working at a cushy gig - pays six figures. Over the past few years, however, I have started to grow disinterested in it. It no longer challenges me mentally as it once did when I left college.

    I've always been fascinated with coding and building things - grew up on msdos, taught myself qbasic when I was 10 after seeing the 'computer system' in Jurassic Park etc..

    Fast forward to now - over the past 2.5 years, I've been going really deep into Python and love it. Built a sentiment analysis app that hooked into the twitter live stream, created an app for video chat using webrtc that integrates into a popular marketing automation platform, created a webservice for a motion activated security camera (text alerts via twilio etc...). I have a medium level understanding of python, mongo, sql, heroku, and s3. It's at the point where I literally can't wait for the day to end so I can start coding.

    tl;dr Current career pays really well, but I'm not happy. Have been building my chops in python and related technologies over the past 2.5 years - am relatively proficient now. Should I switch careers?

    Questions.

    1. What are your thoughts on leaving my current career? Would likely take a 33% pay cut. Rent is taken care of, but my wife and I are also trying to pay down debt / buy a house.
    2. Do I need to go back to school for CompSci or can I use the projects I've built to get my foot in the door?
    3. Are there remote degrees in CompSci? Do they actually carry any weight?

    Thank you all for your thoughts / suggestions!

    <edit>
    Couple additional details.

    1. I previously took CS up through systems and architecture as a minor. Didn't stick with it - had a very hard major that took up all my time.
    2. I wouldn't abandon my career just to go back to school. My thought is to take night/weekend classes to get a degree, and then begin applying afterwards.

    </edit>

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    I feel like I’m drowning in my new job

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 06:52 AM PST

    I'm a new grad and just started working, currently in my third week at this job. I'm working in a rotational program, and even though my degree is in Computer Science and I requested to be placed on a dev team, I got placed on an enterprise solution architecture team, something I'm really not familiar with.

    I understand that as a new grad I'm going to be lost and clueless, but it's getting to the end of the third week now and I still am pretty lost on what my position really entails and where our work fits into the organization (huge fortune 100). I ask questions, but usually the responses I get aren't clear are thorough enough.

    All I've done so far is attend meeting after meeting. My supervisor is basically booked (double or triple) all day bouncing around meetings and I attend them as well, but I get nothing out of them. I try to actively listen but without the context of what the meeting is on, what the acronyms and terms mean, and what issues are I get nothing out of them. I take some notes but so far only a little has started clicking in my head. I'm a very hands on learning person and was hoping for some hands on work, but it seems that in this role on this team 90% of the work is meetings and the other 10% is drawing diagrams for those meetings. I've asked to get involved in those diagrams but nothing has come yet.

    What's worse, my whole team telecommutes. I've only seen my supervisor in person a couple times. I only know one other person on my team and she's located 1500 miles away. I was really looking to work as a team together at my office but so far I've just been sitting as random desks (open seating, no assigned desk) listening to these online meetings and sending messages to my supervisor or that team member.

    I've been wanting to schedule a 1:1 with either my supervisor or my rotational manager but they have so many meetings that it's hard for me to know when it's appropriate. These constant meetings also affect me asking questions, as I don't want to bombard them with questions while they're trying to meet, and when I do the responses I get are short and not clear. I was hoping that I'd be able to basically shadow my supervisor or team member but since they telecommute that's not an option.

    TLDR and Main Points:

    I realize that work is not like school, I need to take initiative and do learning on my own. I need to be assertive and speak my mind, and not be afraid to come forward to my manager or supervisor. Can I get advice on how best to get time with either my supervisor or rotational manager, and how to explain to them that I'm struggling? Does anyone have tips or advice on how to actively listen in meetings? What's the best way for me to navigate learning about a huge organization and all it's pieces? Personally I think it's odd that they would put a new grad employee into an architect role when I have no context or knowledge of the systems and platforms in place that we're architecting solutions for.

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