Interview Discussion - March 28, 2019 CS Career Questions |
- Interview Discussion - March 28, 2019
- Daily Chat Thread - March 28, 2019
- One year ago, I thought about quitting CS and was told I would never fit in. Today, I finally received my first offer!
- FINALLY got an Internship!!!!
- Coders who went for a doctoral degree, why did you left the industry and how is life now?
- Have any software engineers here transitioned to High School teaching?
- What are the IPO paydays like for SWEs at Lyft/Uber/etc?
- Working abroad after graduation
- Computer Science Degree, Or Game Development.
- Anyone have experience applying to Japanese companies? Do I have a chance to work in Japan?
- Salary expectations when remote?
- Software vs. Hardware Jobs
- I want to eventually transition into freelance work, whats the best way to do this?
- What I need to start working in software engineering sphere?
- I don't know where to vent.
- Asking my company to give my father a project management position
- How do you handle getting two offers simultaneously?
- Career Options For Data Analyst?
- Tips for a new grad
- Need advice for my IT career (formerly self-employed -> bankruptcy -> new job -> certifications?)
- Full time work and part time college
- Manager's social awkwardness around me is getting in the way of my professional development.
- I've been job searching for a while and I've never felt so alone
- Got an incredibly high offer from capital one but I’m hesitant to accept because of the stack ranking. Doesn’t this just create toxicity?
- Calling yourself a "Software Engineer"
- Not able to land an internship
| Interview Discussion - March 28, 2019 Posted: 28 Mar 2019 12:05 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 - March 28, 2019 Posted: 28 Mar 2019 12:06 AM PDT Please use this thread to chat, have casual discussions, and ask casual questions. Moderation will be light, but don't be a jerk. This thread is posted every day at midnight PST. Previous Daily Chat Threads can be found here. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Mar 2019 01:37 PM PDT About a year ago, I posted a link about failing in my courses and how I wasn't able to fit in CS https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/85m095/i_have_failed_my_intro_to_programming_ii_second/ After reading many of the comments both encouraging and discouraging (but regardless informative), I took a lot of that to heart and decided to turn my life around. I began learning Python again over the Summer to learn the core concepts of programming and ever since, I have improved in my classes and started to work on the lab assignments independently with help from great sources such as YouTube and StackOverflow. I have befriended many CS students which led me to be an active member of my Computer Science club. They have taught me a lot of valuable information such as knowing how to approach whiteboard problems as well as helping me understand important algorithms and data structures more deeply. I now also work at my University as a tutor teaching students in Math and Computer Science courses. As for the internship search, it took me more than 100 applications with a lot of trial and error and 7 months to eventually find a company that would accept me. The search ultimately taught me how to act professional in both behavioral and technical matters. Overall, I wish to thank the amazing community here for bringing me where I am at today. If I never heard from y'all's criticism, I would stay at the same place I was a year ago. As for the ones still looking for an internship, don't give up, don't give in, and never surrender. With every rejection, you are much closer to your goal than you were previously. I believe in you. I still have a long way to go, and I with this internship, I hope to learn new and exciting things that will further peak my interest into programming! Thank you all for everything. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Mar 2019 04:43 PM PDT Hey all! I posted here maybe 6/8 months ago in a full blown melt down freaking out about not getting an internship. I got a lot of great advice from you guys, and read tons of tips throughout the months that I feel really helped me become more confident, motivated, and organized. Fast forward to about a month and a half ago, and I had posted here again asking for advice because I was about to go completely out of my comfort zone to attend a campus career fair. I attended said career fair, and to my amazement got an interview with Starbucks for the following afternoon! Fast forwarding to now I've officially been offered and accepted a 10 week summer internship with Starbucks as an iOS developer working on their employee facing technologies! It might not be a big N company, but I know they're one of the leaders in technology for their area of business. I'm being compensated pretty nicely, and am getting housing fully paid for, but most importantly I'm getting industry knowledge that six months ago I never thought I would get. Pretty much I'm writing this to say thank you for all of those who share your wealth of experience and knowledge on this sub! And to those of you who are where I was not that long ago, it will happen for you! This entire journey has really taught me to be a go getter, and to put myself out there in a face to face setting. [link] [comments]  |
| Coders who went for a doctoral degree, why did you left the industry and how is life now? Posted: 28 Mar 2019 03:13 AM PDT I am thinking to go for higher studies in the fields of data science or cognitive science, I have an experience of only 1 year in development which I know amounts to knowing nothing about the IT world. But before making the big decision, I really would love to have some insights. [link] [comments]  |
| Have any software engineers here transitioned to High School teaching? Posted: 28 Mar 2019 07:00 AM PDT Specifically , teaching computers or programming etc? Did you have to get certified? Or go back to school? [link] [comments]  |
| What are the IPO paydays like for SWEs at Lyft/Uber/etc? Posted: 28 Mar 2019 03:09 PM PDT With the Lyft IPO happening tomorrow, what are the expected payouts like for people who joined within the past year or earlier? As a new grad, I was a bit too early to jump on the pre-IPO train for these companies, but I'm wondering what it's like for people who got in early enough. [link] [comments]  |
| Working abroad after graduation Posted: 28 Mar 2019 07:09 AM PDT Is it possible to work aboard fresh out of college as entry level or do you really need more experience first. I've been interested in working aboard and would like any advice about it (especially those who've done it). Thank you in advance! [link] [comments]  |
| Computer Science Degree, Or Game Development. Posted: 28 Mar 2019 02:18 PM PDT HI there, so im almost finished with my first year on a games programming degree and I was thinking about changing it to a computer science course. Even though, in an ideal world, I would like to be a games programmer for one of my fav game companies, but sometimes, things dont work like that. Plus, im not really technically gifted like a lot of other people in the gaming industry are. I study quite a bit but i feel as if there is so much competition in the games industry even if i get this degree it wont mean ll that much. Thats why I was thinking about switching to a computer science degree. I feel as if I would get a lot more job propositions and branch into other technical fields such as security; which is something I also have a big interest in. I would think that since i am going into the programming sectar, that i should do so in a subject or field that I have a real passion for, which is games. However, im not too bothered about working in a sectar im not all that much passionate about. I feel as if it would be better to switch to the CS degree and learn game development on the side. But im not too sure about any of this? What do you guys think? is it worth switching or staying on my current course? [link] [comments]  |
| Anyone have experience applying to Japanese companies? Do I have a chance to work in Japan? Posted: 28 Mar 2019 03:42 AM PDT Background: EE masters student graduating this June, school experience in C/C++/Python/JS, does not speak Japanese Why: my GF got a job opportunity in Tokyo (she speaks fluent Japanese) I'm aware that my life could be miserable there. Low payment + long hours + no knowing the language. I do have backup plans and savings in case things don't work out. Even if I have to nope the f out, having overseas experience can't hurt, right? Right now my biggest concern is 95% of the job postings I've found require fluent Japanese. Google and Line has openings that don't require Japanese, but I think the chance of getting an offer is slim to none. I've heard it is possible to do IT related jobs without knowing Japanese, but I can't seem to find many positions available. [link] [comments]  |
| Salary expectations when remote? Posted: 28 Mar 2019 12:54 PM PDT I always see tons of people talking about their $200k+ packages in various big cities (NYC, redmond, Sunnyvale, etc..) on this subreddit. How does this translate to remote workers? I haven't yet found a site like Glassdoor that doesn't seem to assume you're local. Is it unreasonable as a remote worker in a potentially lower cost of living area to expect salaries comparable to locals if they work for the same company? How do you remote folks decide what a decent salary would be? Edit: In addition, if you live in a high cost of living area, do you dismiss job listings without salaries for companies in smaller areas (Midwest?). I always assumed the salary there would be less, and not adjusted for your personal cost of living. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Mar 2019 01:51 PM PDT Hey all, Today, my embedded systems professor said that more and more software jobs are being shipped to lower CoL countries (Mexico, India, and China to name a few) while hardware jobs are being retained or imported into higher CoL areas (USA, Canada, and the EU to name a few). Do you guys see this trend right now? He also stated that there's 50 or so web devs to every 1 hardware developer. That is very noticeable but I would like a confirmation on this statement as well. [link] [comments]  |
| I want to eventually transition into freelance work, whats the best way to do this? Posted: 28 Mar 2019 12:42 PM PDT I currently work for a large company and I don't mind working there. I'm coming up on a year working there. About 2 weeks ago I had a near fatal accident and Ive had to take some time off as it required surgery. In that time I started working on a portfolio site as a side project to keep me occupied and I've been really enjoying it and have started practicing graphic design with adobe illustrator. I've had the idea to work on WordPress themes built with reactjs next to sell on my portfolio site and theme forrest. I'm not going to quit my job soon as I feel only 1 years experience won't do me any favors on a CV if I was to move abroad or market myself as a freelancer but would like to eventually leave and be able to be in complete control of myself working from home and doing different jobs here and there as remote work. As well as building up a suite of reactjs WordPress themes over the next few months, is there anything else that could be done to help set me up for freelance work or a digital nomad lifestyle in the future? [link] [comments]  |
| What I need to start working in software engineering sphere? Posted: 28 Mar 2019 04:35 AM PDT Hey. After a couple of months I graduate from college, and I would like to know what I should do in order to be hired. Maybe I should look for some internship, so I can write it in the resume? Any of your advice will be very important to me. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Mar 2019 09:15 AM PDT I'm a QA Engineer. My job consists of sitting around for a week and a half until I have 8 hours worth of work to do. Some people would be thrilled to have a job like that. But what I find is that I feel useless. My job is fairly low impact on the overall scale, it's so mind numbing that I miss things sometimes because I can't stay focused due to how uninterested I am, so I end up making myself look incompetent in even the simplest role. At face value it's a good job. Unlimited PTO, friendly environment, decent compensation (but still not enough to live here) and decent benefits. In all honesty I've had worse jobs. And I know that's what it is - a job. And it won't be fun or entertaining all the time, it's supposed to do a task. What bothers me is just how menial and unimportant it is. But any time I try and vent about that with friends or family I get lectured on how good I have it. And honestly I'm not doubting ill get that same reaction - or any at all, from here. So many people enter this field for the money. Id be lying if I said it wasn't a major factor for me. But even though I'm earning more than I ever have, I need to live in a more expensive place yet still travel further to earn it. All the perks seem irrelevant when you don't have the time or money to take advantage of them [link] [comments]  |
| Asking my company to give my father a project management position Posted: 28 Mar 2019 03:27 PM PDT I'll try to keep this as short as I can, even though I could write forever about this situation. Would really appreciate some people's opinion on whether this is an awful idea, career suicide etc... My 60 year-old father has been dealt a very shitty hand the past few years. He was laid off from an respectable management position where he handled the companies operational efficiency. In my opinion, he probably made things so efficient to where he eliminated the importance of his role. The next two years was followed by unsuccessful job searching. He would invest months and get to nearly the end of a long hiring process and get passed over. This happened several times which widened the unemployment gap in his resume. I also personally believe his age worked against him, as he was always passed over for someone younger. I can't comprehend why he wasn't able to find a good job again, but I'll move on... He ended up taking a manual labor, night-shift job at a car factory out of desperation because money was running out and he felt like he needed to provide for his family (I have 3 younger siblings), and the job has good benefits. This job is great for people in their 20s and 30s, but not for him. His coworkers are mostly uneducated young people less than half his age. Within a few months of starting, he lost a scary amount of weight and went from slightly overweight (dad bod) to now unhealthy skinny. He barely eats, never has an appetite, spends his entire off-work life sleeping. He tries to hide his misery, but I can tell he despises going to this job and almost seems as if he is mentally somewhere else, and on autopilot as he is preparing to go. With his weird sleep schedule and lack of energy, he is going to have a tough time backing out of this and continuing searching for a job that is more fitting to his education and experience. My dad has spent his whole life sacrificing everything for his family. He set me up for the success I have today. Now I'm watching him lose his mental and physical health. He seems to have given up. I've been at my current company for 5 years as a Software Developer. In my time here, I've been very ambitious and gotten myself into a leadership position that is pretty important to the company, so I feel like I do have some weight here. I want to ask my company to hire my dad as a project manager. I know for a fact he would excel at this role as its the same type of concept that he has done his whole life. Improving efficiency, client communication, etc.. I am more than willing to lay my reputation on the line. Obviously I'd prefer to avoid the awkwardness of working with my father, and the awkwardness of asking this favor, but if I have the power to get him out of this situation, I'm going to try. At this point I feel like I'm watching him slowly die and I have to do something about it. Getting my dad out of this situation is more important than my job, or reputation or comfort, and I feel like I have to do it so I'm planning to bring this up to management next week. I'd like to know your thoughts on if its a really bad idea. This is a pretty emotional topic for me personally, and emotion usually leads to bad decisions, so while I do feel like I have to do this, some rational, level-headed input to think about would be really helpful. Thank you so much for reading. [link] [comments]  |
| How do you handle getting two offers simultaneously? Posted: 28 Mar 2019 12:14 PM PDT I got an offer from a really good company with a good salary today. I have a final interview stage with a slightly better company 5 working days from now. Ideally, I'd like to wait till I get a response from the 2nd company so I can negotiate my salary better and I get to choose whichever I prefer. What's the best approach here? Is it a good idea to tell the first company I'm waiting for another company to respond? Feels like a bad move. The first company did not give me a time frame to respond. Should I ask when they need me to respond by? I won't be starting untill at least 2-3 months from now anyway. [link] [comments]  |
| Career Options For Data Analyst? Posted: 28 Mar 2019 09:00 AM PDT Im almost two years out of college with a CS Degree and have fallen into Data Analyst Job. It is not really fulfilling and I'm wondering what this career path can let me transition into. In my two years I have learned a lot of SQL, created some applications with WinForms, ADO.Net and VB.Net, lots of Excel and VBA, and a little python on my own. I considered switching to SWE, but I am by no means a good programmer, although I enjoy some of the lighter scripting and application development. I also considered Data Science because it made since with my current job and my Business Minor, but I am really not good at Math or Stats. I also don't have much of a Portfolio, but I was looking at Data Quest to learn and add some stuff to my GitHub. What should I do? What are some reasonable options that also pay well? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Mar 2019 02:56 PM PDT Will be graduating soon and I know some languages (c++, java, c, python) but I do not know them with 100% confidence. Come to think of it, I dont think there is a language I know fully. I am wondering what advice you would recommend in this case. My goal is to know a language well enough that I know it at the level that is expected from companies if you put it on your resume. Not entirely sure what companies expect as well for new grads. Also, throughout university, I didnt really learn web development much. I plan on learning javascript, reactjs, etc. To those who were in a similar scenario once, was there any way that worked best for you in learning these languages? Any site you thought was helpful? [link] [comments]  |
| Need advice for my IT career (formerly self-employed -> bankruptcy -> new job -> certifications?) Posted: 28 Mar 2019 02:51 PM PDT TLDR: Working now as? 1st-Level-Support for a big company ($ 50.500 per year) - I am 32 years old. Your question? Which certificates would benefit me to increase my IT market value and getting out of the Help Desk? I am looking at MS Certificates (like https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/azure-exams.aspx ) I would like to work in a position where I have to work with server related stuff and some coding to automate common tasks. Current skill set: - Some experience with Python (also tools like git, PyCharm, Jira, virtual environments, etc.) - unix server (iptables, wget, dockers, MySQL, nginx, bash, etc.) - windows server (powershell, PuTTY, SSH, VPN, Dockers, etc.) - 10+ years of solving any hardware or software problem - basic reverse engineering with IDA Pro (not really needing in my job, just a personal experience) - fluent German Long Story about my situation: Hello, I had started an own IT business after my high school. It was in a very small town and worked many years from my parents basement. Mainly it was a hardware repairing service and 1st-Level-Support for very small firms or private persons. It was 'ok', could not make big jumps, but I could afford a small vacation each year and saved some money. I helped my parents around the house and payed rent. With 27 I saved around $ 25.000 and I had the dream to travel to a bigger city with much more customers and income. Well, I traveled 500 miles, got me a flat and tried to establish my new workplace there. And failed horrible in the next five years. Now I am 32, can not pay the rent for the month, a debt collector took my valuable assets some weeks ago and I still have $ 40.000 in current debts. To be honest, I was to ashamed to admit my failure and pushed the last years through just with credit cards, blind hope and budget-friendly pasta. I applied to some 1st-Level-Jobs - With some luck and speech skill one big company with 2.500 clients has hired me to work for them in the support department. (Had to do two interviews and had one workday with some tests) My salary is $ 50.500 per year. For the weekend I have another job and get around $ 300. I have not make any decisions about my debt yet. I have to do some math what is the best way to solve that (Pay it back monthly or apply bankruptcy, because the high interest rate is really adding up). But my mind was racing for weeks to just get any job to pay for food. I have $ 100 to live until my I get my first salary. I have informed my landlord about my ongoing situation and that I am very sorry about it. I told him I will pay every cent with interest back, but I still need another month to get my first salary. Well, the landlord has terminated the contract for the apartment right on the spot and I have to move out in two months. I guess he does not want to take any risks and wants me out asap - I can understand his point of view. I am sure I can get a new flat or any flat-sharing flat in time. However, which certificates would benefit me to increase my IT market value and getting out of the Help Desk? At the moment I have only years of experience in 1st-Level-Support and nothing more. I am looking into https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/azure-exams.aspx , because I am intrested with virtualization and have already working knowledge about it. I think some certifications from MS will benefit me a lot. Also I do not want to work as "the it guy who helps everyone with everything in the help desk" forever in my life - But I wanted some thoughts and input from more experienced IT guys on reddit. Thanks for your time and have a nice day. [link] [comments]  |
| Full time work and part time college Posted: 28 Mar 2019 05:46 AM PDT The company I'm currently working part time for while going to college full time has given me the opportunity to work full time and go to school part time. I've got about 40 hours (12 classes) left till I graduate so at full time I'd have 3 semesters left or 6 if I go part time. I'm having a hard time passing up the opportunity but I don't know if it's the right thing to do. Any thoughts would be appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Manager's social awkwardness around me is getting in the way of my professional development. Posted: 28 Mar 2019 04:28 PM PDT Not sure if I'm here for advice, or more just to rant. I'm not sure what the advice could be, but if anyone has any, I'd be more than open to it. My manager is incredibly awkward around me. He stutters, struggles to say my name, and is generally very obviously waiting for the interaction to end. At first, I thought it was just how my manager was as a person, and I thought that was fine. Some people are just awkward, you know? And that's fine. But then I overheard a 1:1 conversation he had with one of my teammates. He was warm and friendly; he made jokes and was just generally sweet to him. I realized that the awkward guy I see is not the person he's like when I'm not around. I'm the only woman, and I'm fresh out of college; the others on my team are men who have been on the team for years. I talked to one of my mentors about this, and she said he probably just feels awkward around me because I'm a "young, attractive woman," and he doesn't know how to manage that. I was okay with living like this for awhile, until yesterday he had to go home early, so we had our 1:1 over the phone, and wow. It was a world of a different experience. Maybe because he was distracted (I could hear him cooking), but it was just like the 1:1 I heard him have with my teammate that one time. He took his time explaining things to me, and gave me room and space to share how I felt without making me feel awkward about how awkward the interaction was. It was the most productive 1:1 we've ever had (after months of my being at the company). Now that I've seen what interactions could possibly be like, I'm sad that they're not like this all the time, when the other guys on my team get to have those nice interactions with him. I'm sad that mine have to be awkward and stilted and stressful simply because he doesn't know how to deal with who I am. It's not like he doesn't care about my career. He gives me opportunities to work on anything I ask for, he gives me impactful projects beyond what most would give to someone of my level, and he always lets me know about development events and brings stuff like conferences like Grace Hopper to my attention. When I negotiated for higher pay at the end of my internship (which he told me to do), the offer he gave me was even higher than what I asked for. I think he wanted it to be a teaching moment. It's not like he doesn't care or that he doesn't try. It's that he's just incredibly awkward around young women. Is this something I can do anything about? Or should I just learn to live with the way things are? [link] [comments]  |
| I've been job searching for a while and I've never felt so alone Posted: 28 Mar 2019 04:26 PM PDT This is going to be more of a rant so sorry for that. Job searching for a few years can totally drain your patience. I haven't worked 40 hours a week in over 4 years and it's wrecked my social visibility and reputation in the field. I don't want to hang out with my friends anymore. I think too much about finding work. It's distracting and occupying my mind too much. It's suggested that I do other activities to keep my mind off work. I also need a job so I can't take my mind off it for long. And yet I'm not interested in doing intermediate steps like going to the gym or public speaking meetups. I just want a direct beeline to the job offer. Not because I think this is at all feasible (I know it's ridiculous), but because I've lost all of my patience. This is probably what it feels like for an inexperienced person struggling to look for their first developer job for a long time. Even though I am experienced and I should have less of a problem doing so, I empathize with them. But if I'm not getting any offers, I'm going to assume the trade-in value of my skills and past experience is now worthless. The only kinds of jobs I've ever worked are low-priced contract temp jobs, many of them part-time. That's not much of a career. That's an experience from someone who doesn't know what they're doing professionally. I'm living like a broke college student. So I have no clue what to do to lift my morale. I just feel lonely and without support in this field. My parents certainly won't help because the one I live with has lost faith in me long time ago, the other is just hard to contact. They're blue collar people so don't really have much input to jobs here. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Mar 2019 08:02 PM PDT If you are being ranked against your peers then what's the point of working with your team to achieve something when it's in your benefit to throw anyone and everyone under the bus? This also makes people work extra long hours depending on the bar the other team members set. I'm hesitant to take the offer because of this reason. I don't want to work with people who are competing against you and I don't want to have to screw over my coworkers just to keep my job. Any advice? [link] [comments]  |
| Calling yourself a "Software Engineer" Posted: 28 Mar 2019 08:00 PM PDT I've recently gotten an intern position at a company working on a team of software engineers. Most people on my team have a background in Computer/Electrical Engineering and got their P.Eng even though their role is completely software related now. My major is CS so I won't be getting a P.Eng or a engineering degree however I have seen a lot of postings even within the company asking for engineers but listing "CS, Engineering or equivalent experience". Since everyone I work with calls themselves a Software Engineer I figure I would be a Software Engineer - Intern. However I don't want to misrepresent my qualifications or get in trouble with the licensing board. I'm in Ontario for reference. Can I use Engineer in my title as long as I don't use P.Eng? [link] [comments]  |
| Not able to land an internship Posted: 28 Mar 2019 08:00 PM PDT I'm really frustrated. I'm a grad student, and have been doing pretty decent in school. I even have a pretty decent resume. I have been applying almost everywhere but I'm getting frustrated with the rejections. I feel so inadequate. I chose to do grad school with pretty big dreams. And all these doors closing just feel like reinforcements as to why I shouldn't have come here. I would really appreciate some tips on what I could do right now to improve my chances for this summer. [link] [comments]  |
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