Interview Discussion - February 25, 2019 CS Career Questions |
- Interview Discussion - February 25, 2019
- Daily Chat Thread - February 25, 2019
- People who have worked as Software Engineers for a long time (10+ years), what does your career look like?
- Hiring managers and recruiters: do you think the quality of the entry-level/intern applicant pool has gone up significantly in the past 5-8 years? If so, why?
- Is there a "guide to CS internships for dummies?" type of resource? I have no intern experience and feel lost.
- Got an offer converting from an internship. Negotiated successfully!
- We are expected to figure out everything without any guidance or specifications. Is this normal for a dev team or is it not a good learning environment?
- So does anyone else feel like their coworkers are WAY more into the work than they are?
- Holding a Security Clearance as new grad?
- Revature: For someone with no previous professional coding experience?
- I think my career is over. Now what?
- Thinking about quitting job in order to have more time to apply to other jobs
- A coworker of mine is slowly being phased out and my boss told me he could be let go in the near future. Should I warn him?
- Is front end development easier than other types of development? Are there any easy areas in this field?
- Entry level salary in SF
- for everyone in all developer/engineering positions, which java script frameworks do you think are most in demand?
- Older programmers, managers, what are some signs that someone should call it quits? (And that the Software industry is not for them)
- How can I edit Linkedin while pursuing a career change?
- Akamai vs Boston Dynamics
- Counteroffer not considered
- Is it time for me to move on?
- Got an offer for an internship not sure if I should take it
- Has anyone ever gone from a full time job into a software development internship as a way of switching careers?
- How difficult is it for an international student to find a job in the USA after graduation?
- Side projects to get a feel for high frequency trading?
- Whats the best type of code work job for a remote freelancer.
| Interview Discussion - February 25, 2019 Posted: 24 Feb 2019 11:07 PM PST 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 - February 25, 2019 Posted: 24 Feb 2019 11:07 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. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2019 10:39 AM PST Where did you start, how did you get better at your job, how did you deal with the rapidly changing industry, what was your progression like, and where do you see yourself going now? Edit: Would also be cool if we could see some salary progression :) [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2019 09:28 AM PST I saw in another thread how, in order to get an entry-level job these days, you pretty much need an internship. As someone who went on my first job search back in 2012-2013, that seems kinda crazy to me. I had a totally irrelevant major (history), took one CS class, and had 2-3 decent projects on my portfolio using angular and python. I job-searched in NYC (probably one of the most competitive job markets in the country), and I had no issues in getting interviews back then. Of course, passing them was a lot harder, but simply getting a call back seemed pretty easy. I also recall that back then, DevBootcamp (RIP), App Academy and Flatiron School had a pretty good track record in the NYC job market. Bootcamps seemed like an actual solution and companies weren't afraid to take a look at them. But seeing how students here with a CS degree can't even get internships, let alone full-time jobs, after 200 applications seems absurd. So to hiring managers and recruiters who have been in the game for the past 5-8 years. Do you think the overall quality of the applicant pool has gone up? If so, why do you think so? If not, do you think it's just a case of selection bias of people on this sub? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 24 Feb 2019 09:59 PM PST I have so many questions about internships and feel completely lost, I feel like there is a secret club of internship information that I never joined and learned from... I have never applied to one before. I just found this sub and feel a little behind compared to most of you. I see freshmen on here with multiple internships already which I did not even know was possible. Anyway, here are some of my questions...
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| Got an offer converting from an internship. Negotiated successfully! Posted: 25 Feb 2019 02:22 PM PST I've been working at my company for over a year as an intern. They made me a competitive offer of 85k base (in Denver). For a new grad, this is an enticing deal and I really wanted to say yes immediately. But, I stuck to my guns, and asked for 48 hours to consider. Then, I countered with 90k base, and they met me in the middle at 87.5k a year! Fresh out of a no name college, this is a huge deal! Big thanks to this subreddit for directing me on how to make the most out of an offer. REMEMBER: Always negotiate! Just do it respectfully, and have the reasoning for your number ready to go. I pointed to my mentorship of another intern, as well as my points contributed per sprint. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2019 05:33 PM PST I graduated Summer 2018 with a CS degree and no internship experience. I started looking for jobs Fall 2017 and struggled a lot until I finally got an offer with a big company. I was placed on a team where the manager was also playing the role of Principal Developer/Lead. Everyone on my team is junior-mid level. We have some projects that are being maintained and 2-3 new projects that were brought from the ground up by the team. I noticed that all of our code is very unorganized. There are no code reviews being done. I don't think anyone is checking anything, it's just being pushed out into production for some projects or there's a half assed job done with testing (we are technically all QA and devs on this agile team). We have unit tests that are calling to the database and other services and take a couple of minutes to run (I thought I read that they shouldn't have these dependencies and should be very quick to run, but I'm a junior so I may be wrong). Several people on the team don't know how to use git and I can also say that majority of people on the team don't bother even writing useful commit messages. The manager just wants the work done. She isn't in the office most of the time and she always seems to change the scope last minute. We end up playing this game of "i thought I told you to do this?". We are also responsible for creating our own issues for our given projects. I asked something about how we should structure our tickets during planning session and she replied "I shouldn't have to tell you these things, you know more about development than I do." then followed up by mentioning a Steve Jobs quote "We hire smart people so that they can tell US what to do." 95% of the issues created by the team members have either no description or ambiguity that results in ad hoc scope change, tickets carrying over, people getting credit for work they didn't do, or people getting credit for a full week of work that could've been done in a day. She does help us sometimes with the codebase but most of the time she says "Google it" or "Check the docs", which I know is something that is expected as a software developer. I know this is expected of any good software developer, but our team is a bunch of juniors/mid levels. She also jokes from time to time, "I don't know how to code, forgot it since I went into management." I'm getting paid well ($52k) for an entry level out of school in my area, but I'm concerned that this might not be the best place for me to grow. I have no clue how the business works on a granular scale and I'm barely into the start of my career, so I'm not sure if this is me just being incompetent. Anyone have some advice? [link] [comments]  |
| So does anyone else feel like their coworkers are WAY more into the work than they are? Posted: 25 Feb 2019 05:05 PM PST Not sure if I should just chock it up to being new to the field but it seems like my coworkers really enjoy the work, study the field on their free time, contribute to open source projects and can come back after an extended weekend remembering exactly where they left off. As for me it's a lot different. I understand the importance of the work and I care about finding good solutions and saving future me (or another dev) the hassle of fixing obvious problems. But I don't have any sort of passion for it. I went into the field for the paycheck. Now, hold on. Ungrasp those pearls. I know in a field where everyone says they're passionate about the craft because managers want *rockstars* and all that bullshit that not having fun is strange to hear, but it's true. I don't think that's a negative though, comparatively. I'm here for a paycheck. I know to keep getting that paycheck I must improve demonstrably, and I know to save myself the hassle in the future I must learn. I don't take the joy in it that some coworkers seem to though, especially in the corporate setting with very dry requirements and logistics. I yawn a lot at work, you guys get the idea. Is that normal though? Like am I a one-off or do some of you guys relate? Could it just be the field I'm in (corporate insurance) is just particularly mind-numbingly boring? [link] [comments]  |
| Holding a Security Clearance as new grad? Posted: 25 Feb 2019 05:00 PM PST Hey all! I'm currently a junior and I'm doing an internship this summer which has gotten me a TS/SCI clearance. I was wondering how much this would help on my resume when I start to apply for jobs later this year. I have a fairly average GPA and my resume is the regular java/c++/python with a few tools like Qt, AWS, CI, and Agile. Would it get me past automatic rejections at most defense contractors or is that still mostly up to my skills/experience? Thanks for reading! [link] [comments]  |
| Revature: For someone with no previous professional coding experience? Posted: 25 Feb 2019 06:13 PM PST I know there are a lot of questions regarding Revature on here, and I see mixed reviews all over the place. In all honestly, it doesn't seem like a bad fit for someone with no professional experience, as a self taught developer as myself. I graduated with a BA in sociology 2 years ago, but after finding out that my passion wasn't really in social work, I just decided to pursue my hobby as a web developer. I really started to be serious about a year ago, and I've taken numerous online classes/courses, etc. As someone who is a 25-year-old aspiring web developer with no professional relevant experience, and all self taught, how is the company Revature? I recently am seeing a bunch of job posting from them, and I am reading a lot of reviews out them. They don't seem like a bad idea for someone in the position I am. What are your guy's opinion on them? Thought? [link] [comments]  |
| I think my career is over. Now what? Posted: 25 Feb 2019 07:35 PM PST So, I've been a QA tester specializing in Selenium and Appium automation for over 15 years now. I have over the course of my career been injured on the job, which took me out of the workforce for a while, and more recently had a health scare which kept me out of work for the last 10 months. I'm trying to get back into the workforce, but have not been successful in my job search as I have been in the past. Today, I had a recruiter flat out tell me that their client will not review the resume of someone who is unemployed, nor will they hire anyone with gaps in their resume. This isn't the first recruiter I've heard this from, but it seems like every time I talk to a recruiter now that I'm trying to get back into the workforce, they immediately ask about the holes in my resume, and I never get contacted for a tech screen. I've been searching since September, and I can't even get past the initial phone call with a recruiter. Is my career over? If so, what do I do now? With my skillset, I can scrape a website, automate an Android app, and test software, but otherwise I have no other marketable skills. I've considered everything from truck driving school to pursuing a degree to be an actuary. My home market is the SF Bay Area, and am unable to commute further than, say, Sacramento. So, if you were in your mid 40s and shut out of the job market, what would you do to get your career back on track? [link] [comments]  |
| Thinking about quitting job in order to have more time to apply to other jobs Posted: 25 Feb 2019 05:15 PM PST I work at an OK company but not a top one, I'm in my early 20's with less than 3 years experience and live with my parents with low expenses (about 1k a month) and have about 50k in cash saved up. I'm feeling a lot of FOMO with the top companies everyone raves about since I never applied to one when I was in college, but I don't have a lot of free time to prepare or go on interviews. I'm thinking about quitting my job so I can dedicate 100% of my free time towards interviews and preparation. What I'm worried about is if this will make me look bad to prospective employers, or lead to a loss of leverage in negotiation. Of course I can still prepare while working full time, but it will be limited to weekends since I have a bad commute on top of my 9-5 and also need to fit in things like sleep and exercise. Just looking for some good advice on this. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2019 02:38 AM PST This is hard for me because I like working with this guy. He's 41 (I'm 31), he joined the company as a senior with a pretty high salary and was unable to catch up to the rhythm and tech standards/skills required. Because of his high salary and substandard production value (at least, that's how the owners see it), the company is now starting to phase him out. He was transferred to a less stable, more chaotic team and was given legacy projects to maintain. Now one of the owners strongly hinted that this is a transition phase for the guy, and if he doesn't change, he'll be out soon. My coworker knows he's not doing a great job but he doesn't know he's job is literally on the line here. I wanted to tell him so he could start looking for alternatives but I don't want to get myself into trouble. Being a small company, if he rats me out or the owners find out I warned him, I'll be in deep trouble. But, on the other hand, I don't like seeing him in this situation. What would you do in my place? Would you warn the guy or just let things be? EDIT: I'd also like to point out that my coworker sees many of the things currently happening in my company as a "class struggle", so to speak. We have two teams, a high productive one that's well lead (Team A), and a more chaotic, less productive one that's absorbing a lot of legacy work (Team B). He's been transferred to Team B, and each time I pass on something to his team by following my boss' instructions, he of takes it badly because he sees it as "us dumping the trash on them" and setting them up for failure. The thing is, it's not my fault those are my boss' instructions, but I'm already seeing a division between us and I'm not sure what can I do to explain this to him without jeopardizing my own job... [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2019 06:59 PM PST I'm six months into my first job and feel like I can't do it. I think I made a poor decision in taking this job as it feels like it is wrecking my confidence and I'm ready to give up altogether. I've decided to quit and try another company, but I want to be sure I don't end up in the same situation or worse, so I'm looking for something on the easier side until I get some confidence built up then I can move back into more challenging positions. Would front end be the easier place to go? Any other areas that are a bit easier than more traditional enterprise level desktop application development? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2019 06:50 PM PST Hi there, I'm planning to move to SF in early August for a tech sales job as a recent college grad thats roughly 120k (base+signing) salary. I don't have debt/loans, not taking a car car, planning to have roommates, and generally don't eat out often. Not sure about commission structure yet until I start but I think the package is decent for a new grad in the Bay Area Ideally I'd like to save at least half of the salary after taxes/401k savings but does anyone have any experience in doing this in the Bay Area? Or have a realistic budget breakdown? The goal for the savings is to eventually move out of SF and settle down in a suburban area with a lower COL. Is this realistic or am I being naive (considering I've actually never even been to the west coast lol) [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2019 06:48 PM PST i dont know any java script but starting tomorrow, just curios what your opinions are because i might gear my focus more towards them. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2019 10:30 AM PST I figure those with decades of experience might be better able to recognize the signs that a programmer just isn't cut out to be a programmer. For example, if they're not growing, if they're in the same junior position for years, or they're not passing phone screens, they're not an expert in a particular language, are those signs that they should just change careers? [link] [comments]  |
| How can I edit Linkedin while pursuing a career change? Posted: 25 Feb 2019 06:18 AM PST Hi All, I currently work in project coordination/management within medical devices. My interests have shifted and I'm looking to make a career change to CS. All of my previous work history has been in project management/coordination in various fields: medical devices, translation/localization. About 15% of my current role involves light APEX coding working with our company's Salesforce administrator to solve business problems and streamline day to day tasks, this is my only related experience. My undergraduate education is also irrelevant to the field, B.A. in Econ. How can I market my Linkedin during this time to mirror the job I want, not the one I currently have while simultaneously gaining CS experience? Thank You [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2019 03:04 PM PST Which company would you rather work for, career-wise? Akamai seems to have a better work life balance and is paying slightly more (about 10-15k more TC, base salary is way higher). Mostly python and potentially some ML. Boston Dynamics is more C++ and generalist software skills. The robots are awesome and I'd love to work there but I can't get over the total comp at akamai. What are you guys' general thoughts regarding Akamai and Boston Dynamics? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2019 05:13 PM PST I received a job offer and decided to counteroffer 18% higher, considering my skillset and cost of living, and market rate. The company responded and they did not even counter offer, their offer stayed the same. Should I try to counter offer again and counter at 10% this time? Or any other suggestions? I was willing and going to accept between 8-10% higher than the first offer. Any advice is helpful. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2019 07:41 PM PST I've been working my current job for 3 years now and have gotten to the point where I am no longer learning... I'm constantly bored and just haven't found anything to pass the time in the office. I will also note that my work gets down very efficiently and so I do carry my own weight. Question is have I hit a point where I should find a different job? My current job is stable, but it lacks any growth and the same tech and same project everyday is just mind numbing. Ideas? [link] [comments]  |
| Got an offer for an internship not sure if I should take it Posted: 25 Feb 2019 07:23 PM PST I'm searching for internships/working student positions rn and a friend offered me a position at the company he works in. It's DevOpsSec and container management. I'm supposed to look at existing security solutions, evaluate them and build demo cases. What I'm most interested in is actual software engineering, and this doesnt sound like too much programming, so not sure what to make of it. I'm also really not sure what my work would look like. What do u guys think? Should I keep searching for something more fitting, or u think this actually can be valuable for my resume? To be clear I didnt yet start applying for any positions since I'm still in my exam phase, this offer I only got by knowing this guy. So I'm not sure what positions I would find if I actually applied to some places. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2019 06:47 PM PST I'm looking to switch careers from consulting into software development. I have an iOS project I did for work which I think serves as a good project to talk about during interviews. Would it be worthwhile to look at summer internships as a means of "getting my foot in the door" for this field? I understand the risk that it will pay lower (I graduated college last year and still live with my folks, so luckily my expenses are minimal), and that there's no guarantee of a full time job afterwards. Has anyone done this route? Would love any advice! [link] [comments]  |
| How difficult is it for an international student to find a job in the USA after graduation? Posted: 25 Feb 2019 12:36 PM PST I am a sophomore international student how has externships with Accenture and Goldman and a QA internship this summer. From what I heard, you would need to be either at a FAANG or some big ass company (H1B) for them even to consider you. All things aside, if I have a decent GPA (3.5+) , CIS major, and some decent coding skills in java/python/C++/front end-banter, would I have trouble finding jobs? I really want to stay in the states as opposed to going back to Thailand working with shitty pay. [link] [comments]  |
| Side projects to get a feel for high frequency trading? Posted: 25 Feb 2019 06:25 PM PST Hi all, I'm currently a software engineering major with a minor in finance. I've completed two internships in full stack development, and want to land an internship in a HFT firm before I graduate. I was wondering what type of projects I should build/technologies I could familiarize myself with so I can get a feel for what development in a HFT firm is like. Thank you! [link] [comments]  |
| Whats the best type of code work job for a remote freelancer. Posted: 25 Feb 2019 06:16 PM PST What I mean is which types of jobs with coding can make good money, and are more available and in demand? Making apps? Website building? I want to make sure I'm learning the right stuff for a job I can jump into. EDIT: I like apps, but if building them will not make me a steady income then I don't wanna do it right now. [link] [comments]  |
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