Big N Discussion - April 10, 2019 CS Career Questions |
- Big N Discussion - April 10, 2019
- Daily Chat Thread - April 10, 2019
- Is my age a major concern for companies?
- Is this normal?
- I told an employer I need 2 weeks to decide, but now, after 2 weeks, I need another week or 2, what should I do?
- About how many hours a day do programmers/coders typically work?
- Thoughts on the DC tech scene
- How do you find part time engineering jobs?
- Weird experience with getting offer
- Internship vs. full time salary at banks?
- Considering going into a DevOps role from Software Engineering
- Getting out there is tough
- What is my title and what should my salary be?
- Any older devs ever face discrimination?
- Currently 'have a job' working for a start up with no pay. When other companies ask why I'm leaving, what should I say?
- Vulnerability Researcher Job but Not Wanting to be a Cyber Security Dude
- How long can I expect to stay at a corporation?
- (Question) Regarding Infosys Hackerrank Online Test
- Did i just screw myself? (BOLC)
- I don't know which offer to take, help
- Would you move to a different country alone if it meant a DOUBLE in salary?
- Is knowledge of Atlas.ti a useful skill?
- Nervous for first real job out of school
- Should I decline the return offer from internship?
- Will my experience in app support Engineer be counted as relevant experience when i apply for developer jobs?
- Worried about my Career and Future...
- Which path you want to take with your career and why you love it ?
| Big N Discussion - April 10, 2019 Posted: 10 Apr 2019 12:06 AM PDT Please use this thread to have discussions about the Big N and questions related to the Big N, such as which one offers the best doggy benefits, or how many companies are in the Big N really? Posts focusing solely on Big N created outside of this thread will probably be removed. There is a top-level comment for each generally recognized Big N company; please post under the appropriate one. There's also an "Other" option for flexibility's sake, if you want to discuss a company here that you feel is sufficiently Big N-like (e.g. Uber, Airbnb, Dropbox, etc.). Abide by the rules, don't be a jerk. This thread is posted each Sunday and Wednesday at midnight PST. Previous Big N Discussion threads can be found here. [link] [comments]  |
| Daily Chat Thread - April 10, 2019 Posted: 10 Apr 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]  |
| Is my age a major concern for companies? Posted: 10 Apr 2019 09:59 AM PDT I am graduating next year at age 27, computer science will be my second degree. I really didn't think anything about it until today, I've thought my ability to perform and interview would be more important. I had a professor say in front of the entire class "you don't want to be like -my name, points at me- Companies only want to hire 21-22 year old people" Is he a douche or should I be concerned? EDIT: hey guys. Just wanted to update. It upset me so I went and asked him to clarify. He was super upset and is addressing it next class. He did not mean to take a dig at my age. He has plenty of students my age. Thanks for the kind words. I appreciate it. I will delete this post at the end of the day, as I feel it's a misunderstanding that's been resolved. Edit:edit: I think I'm going to leave this, the response from all of you guys feels important. I see a lot of people who are like me, and there is an overwhelming sense of community and support in the comments. Thanks, guys. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 10 Apr 2019 06:29 AM PDT Been at my current job five years, started out as a software engineer but for the last two years I've stepped into the engineering manager role and taken on countless new responsibilities; hiring staff, mentoring/on-boarding new hires, 1 on 1 meetings, scrum master responsibilities for two scrum teams, aws infrastructure oversight and backup, fighting emergencies/urgent fires, doing code reviews, etc. I genuinely enjoy these responsibilities/challenges, I've learned so much, but it has me always feeling like there is never enough time in the day and to top it off, the CEO seems to think I should be completing coding tasks as an individual contributor on top of everything else. This is really starting to stress me out and it is taking its toll on me. I've asked for a raise recently and was denied because "I ask too much" but was told I would get a raise later this year up to 100k(Context: I got a raise one year ago, so it has been a year success my last request). There were no dates committed to that 100k raise just a verbal commitment... Current salary 96k in Phoenix AZ. Is this normal or am I being taken advantage of? I've got a couple interviews lined up but I'm struggling with being able to make the time to study and job hunt with my current job's responsibilities/stress. I've got 6+ months expenses saved up already so I'm thinking it might be in my mental health's best interest to put in my notice soon and focus on studying/interviewing. What does Reddit think? Edit: Thanks for all the replies so far, I'm going to start going through and replying to them at lunch and after work! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 10 Apr 2019 05:33 PM PDT I applied to a bunch of internships. After some rejections, I had a really good interview. They sent me an offer the same day of the interview (good pay, interesting projects). However, at that time I was awaiting another response from a more interesting place with better pay (they rejected me eventually) plus I also had some more interviews planned. So I told the company that sent me the offer that I will answer them in 2 weeks. This happened 2 weeks ago. Thing is, I am again waiting for a response from a better company and I also have another interview (only HR for now, technical might be next week or not at all). Out of the 3, the company that sent me the offer is my least favourite. My question: Should I email them to ask for another week or 2 or it's ok to not tell them anything? When they sent me the email with the offer, they just said that if I decide to accept their offer, I should send a bunch of paperwork so they can prepare my contract, they didn't set any deadline for my response. The internship would start at the end of June, so there shouldn't be a hurry to get the contract ready. [link] [comments]  |
| About how many hours a day do programmers/coders typically work? Posted: 10 Apr 2019 05:15 PM PDT Is it just a typical 9-5 job? Because that's what I'm looking for. I'm a newb currently learning programming and I want a job that allows me to have a life outside of work. I've had (non programming) jobs where I worked 12-18 hour days 5 days a week and I couldn't handle the brutal hours. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 10 Apr 2019 05:47 AM PDT I'm a full-stack dev with 3 years of experience trying to transition my career into a software engineering. I'm highly mobile, but I've settled on the east coast as where I'd like to move to next. I have some friends in the DC area, and I've heard really good things about the tech scene out there. Does anyone here know what it's like? I'd be interested in things like, what languages are popular and that I should have on my resume. What are good companies to apply for, etc. [link] [comments]  |
| How do you find part time engineering jobs? Posted: 10 Apr 2019 06:35 PM PDT I have two years of full time experience at a pretty big company, and have worked on a variety of projects. I'm mostly comfortable with Java backend or Android development, but I've done full stack web as well as devops. As much as I love my current job (and the pay), due to some personal circumstances I cannot work full time anymore. But I have no idea how to even begin searching for a part time job in programming. Even finding something that's a 100% telecommuting seems to be hard, let alone part time. Where can I search for these kinds of positions? I don't mind doing "grunt" work or working with older technologies, as long as I have some source of income that beats working at a McDonald's. I just really don't want my experience to go to waste. Let me know if you know of any websites that would be ideal for searching for jobs like these. Any advice is greatly appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Weird experience with getting offer Posted: 10 Apr 2019 06:10 PM PDT So I interviewed at a small firm, and the experience was overall positive. I liked the team and the company. But I had a few more interviews lined up and I was very transparent about it and that I wanted to make a decision once I had all my ducks in a row. They said they didn't want to make an offer unless they were sure I'd accept. There have been no numbers talked about. So given that this stuff isn't concrete, I continued interviewing. They asked me to come by and just hang out, so I did. It then turned into this ambush where the hiring manager began pressing me about my other opportunities and to commit that I'll accept their offer. A few red flags:
Am I crazy or is this actually out of line? [link] [comments]  |
| Internship vs. full time salary at banks? Posted: 10 Apr 2019 07:37 PM PDT I was offered a technology summer analyst position at Citi. The salary is 90k prorated + 2k signing bonus. I know that Citi generally converts most interns to full time. Is the salary 90k, or higher? What is the general salary difference between interns and full timers at banks? Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Considering going into a DevOps role from Software Engineering Posted: 10 Apr 2019 06:42 PM PDT I'm a Software Engineer with 4 years experience. I've learned a lot and worked on several projects, but I'm unsure that pure Software Engineering is something I want to do for the rest of my career. I do enjoy writing code, but enjoy additional things like trying new technologies, making life easier for other devs via guides and tools, and getting to use my communication skills by working with a range of people. My scrum team is fairly limited in what we work on and it already feels stale. I'd also enjoy getting to work on some other tasks as opposed to working on feature work all the time, especially when I'm so far removed from the end user that I never hear feedback or if more than 2 people ever use it. For those of you who have experience in the DevOps space as an SRE or other title (I think I'd be a Systems Development Engineer at my company), has anyone else made this switch? How did you find it? I am concerned that I will lose a job level (and thus pay) for switching tracks. For those of who you went straight into a DevOps/SRE role, how would you describe your day-to-day? Thanks for your time. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 10 Apr 2019 06:07 PM PDT I failed a couple phone screens and received a noticed I failed my onsite today. Still churning at some other companies. I just feel so exhausted and unlucky. It's hard to focus on what to study for, my main focus is on Python web. After work, I just chug away at problems and studying. I've touched on SQL a couple of times and know basic queries with an ORM and then I get asked about stuff I've never done like ETL and pipelines. I practice LeetCode but then I get asked other idea-styled or skill-based questions. I practice other questions, then I get asked LeetCode. I'm a month and a half into studying LeetCode and CTCI and I still feel like I've barely progressed (~50-60 LC finished, on chapter 4 of CTCI). For example, one place I had to write recursive and iterative Fibonacci which is very easy and I was able to write recursively but I blanked out entirely during iterative since I was having a hard time thinking out loud while I spoke. Sometimes, I feel like by the time I get good at this stuff, I'm going to have to factor in system design questions as well. It's almost like I'll never have time to actually learn job skills rather than these skills. [link] [comments]  |
| What is my title and what should my salary be? Posted: 10 Apr 2019 07:15 AM PDT It was recommended that I post this here: Hi all! I'm a developer in San Antonio, TX. I'm self taught in HTML/CSS/JS. I'm very proud to share that after a year of studying I recently started working at a marketing company! The only thing is that I'm using WordPress to create websites (because that's how they prefer to operate). I'm having trouble knowing what my actual job description is because I feel like "web developer" isn't entirely accurate. I'm also wondering if I'm being fairly compensated. I've tried googling "Wordpress developer salary" but I feel like those are people creating themes and plugins. Any ideas are greatly appreciated, even if you google the same thing to solidify my research. I don't want to sway anyone's answers, so after I get a few replies I'll post my salary. Thanks in advance! *I'd like to thank everyone for their responses! I'm currently hourly at $18/hr ($37,440/yr). I feel like I'm at the lower end of a developer, but it's just my first year. I'm also getting great experience, which I'm grateful for. [link] [comments]  |
| Any older devs ever face discrimination? Posted: 10 Apr 2019 04:13 PM PDT I deleted my previous post because I wanted to rephrase my question. I am wondering if there is any older developers that have faced discrimination in interviews?, My dad was 45 and was told he was too old for the culture of the company. His friend who was a women dev was also told by another company that "We don't hire women" [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 10 Apr 2019 01:28 PM PDT So the title may be confusing, let me explain: Currently I'm working for/with a group of people as a full stack developer. They are hoping to eventually get investors, but for now no one is receiving any pay. I'm applying for other jobs, and during 2 interviews that I've had they ask me why I'm leaving this company. I am 100% leaving because I want money, but I don't think that's what recruiters want to hear. What should I say? [link] [comments]  |
| Vulnerability Researcher Job but Not Wanting to be a Cyber Security Dude Posted: 10 Apr 2019 08:21 PM PDT I have accepted a position as a Vulnerability Researcher for a government contractor. I am about to graduate from university with a computer science degree and I already have a clearance because of my past work. I am slightly worried because I am not sure I want to get sucked into a cyber security career pathway. I plan on making and maintaining websites as side projects so I do not lose my development side. Does anyone have any anecdotal experience switching from VR to any sort of development, be it systems or web? Any tips for staying attractive to dev companies after this current job? [link] [comments]  |
| How long can I expect to stay at a corporation? Posted: 10 Apr 2019 08:20 PM PDT I'm about to start a full time position, and I was wondering for you guys who have gone on to work at large corporations. Generally, if you want to continue working there indefinitely, how long can you expect them to reasonably keep you for? What are turnover rates usually like at bigger companies? [link] [comments]  |
| (Question) Regarding Infosys Hackerrank Online Test Posted: 10 Apr 2019 08:20 PM PDT Has anyone taken Infosys' Hackerrank aptitude test? What questions did they ask and how did you prepare? Was it difficult and what's the cutoff? I would greatly appreciate an answer. [link] [comments]  |
| Did i just screw myself? (BOLC) Posted: 10 Apr 2019 08:03 PM PDT Did I ruin my career short term wise? Context: CS undergrad graduating soon, in ROTC (Army) and decided to go Reserve (had decent oml, but did'n want active), getting commission later in the month. So, I decided to work for generic defense contractor as a Software engineer cause they are known to be military friendly and i knew full well that the modern reserve/guard is no longer just the 2 weeks in the summer and weekend a month BS, peps at my new post are easily pulling 6-8 mUTA drills. Anyway I start my software job a week after school ends...and I have BOLC in half a year I think, where I will be training with the Army for around 6 months on orders. I've interned here for 2 years and my manager knew that i had BOLC after college prior but this is the issue.... Since i will be starting before BOLC, I can take differential pay and that paperwork has been submitted(HR told me to do it). But my manager didn't seem to happy since i would be technically missing work for half a year and still be paid. He's been joking like "then why are you even working here?".....and its not like he was not aware of it before hand. I talked with my friends and they said that i might be on shaky ground cause my employer will prob hate this for obvious reasons. e.g. that he might not approve it or i might have a dead end career because i would literally not be working with them for half of the year and ruin advancement etc.. Now i know its illegal to fire reservists for military stuff but i know there are ways around it and it seems my boss and I have lost any good relations due to this. ....So what should i do? Is my career at this job toast? should i withdraw the differential pay request and start my job a year later after BOLC (but be jobless for half a year)? should i get a new manager? i don't want to lose my job or anything. I think i might be over reacting but if any others had similar experience could let me know what to do, am i being stupid for worrying about this? in hindsight i feel like i shouldn't have even done the differential pay, it was just hat the HR people emailed me about it and I decided to do it....but now idk... that extra dough seems to be causing such a headache.. thanks if you read this semi crap post, apologies if i wasted your time. edit: typos [link] [comments]  |
| I don't know which offer to take, help Posted: 10 Apr 2019 08:00 PM PDT I'm finishing up my junior year right now and I currently have two internship offers for this summer. One from Boeing and one from USAA. I'm kinda torn between the two at the moment, and I have to choose pretty soon. I definitely feel like Boeing would be a better name to have on my resume. But I feel like I'd have a higher chance of getting a return offer from USAA based on what I've heard. However the title at Boeing sounds more 'impressive' rather than the USAA one which is an IT intern. They both pay basically the same so that doesn't sway me one way or the other. However, USAA is in Texas which I think is much nicer than being in Arizona, which is where my Boeing offer is. USAA is offering around 2000 for relocation, and I won't know how much Boeing is offering until after I accept the offer :/ I guess another factor is that I currently have an internship in my home state, and I can keep this one if I want to and wouldn't have to deal with the hassle of relocating. But the pay and titles are a big upgrade if I decide to go with one of the offers. I also have some health issues that I've recently been dealing with, and I guess I'm kinda anxious about relocating due to that since I wouldn't be near my doctors. I really don't know what to do haha. I've already declined an offer earlier this week from another company out east due to their early response deadline. If anyone has any experience interning with either of these companies, I'd appreciate your input. Or if there are any other factors I haven't considered yet. [link] [comments]  |
| Would you move to a different country alone if it meant a DOUBLE in salary? Posted: 10 Apr 2019 07:57 PM PDT I'm trying to figure out what I want to do when I graduate. Let's pretend we have the opportunity to stay in your home country and city, with your family friends and pets for 90k compensation per year. But there's another opportunity for 180k compensation per year in another country and maybe more exciting things to work on (maybe), very far away from your home country, where you know almost no one at all. Do you take it? Personally, I would find it insanely hard to leave my home city. But also that's a huge jump in salary... [link] [comments]  |
| Is knowledge of Atlas.ti a useful skill? Posted: 10 Apr 2019 07:45 PM PDT I'm in an unrelated major looking to move into CS, I came upon an opportunity to learn and use atlas.ti to help a professor with their research. Problem is I'm not sure how useful it will be in terms of getting a job. What are your thoughts? [link] [comments]  |
| Nervous for first real job out of school Posted: 09 Apr 2019 10:49 PM PDT I'd like to start off by saying that I passed my first real job interview, for my dream company, and accepted an offer. But I'm a little nervous for the outcome of my background check. I don't have any criminal history nor do I have any history on poor financial decision; such as over drafting accounts or being late on payments. Since I'm still in university my parents have been gracious enough to help make sure my bills are paid on time. Currently I am working as a programmer for a very informal start up, they hired me without even interviewing me. I really enjoy working for them but I have worked for them on and off again because there's times I get busy with school, and for the most part they seem okay with it. The reason why I'm worried about what they'll say about me is because during the beginning of this semester we were planning on releasing this huge application for Windows and Mac that would help shape our users workflow. Unfortunately I am the only body that is working on said application and since I'm currently in school it has been delayed until now.. I really enjoy working for this employer and love what we do but they do seem a little annoyed with the delay because of my schooling. They've been respectful about it and acknowledge that they understand I'm busy with school but I can still feel this tension between all of us when I'm there. Basically I'm worried about the company I accepted an offer at contacting my current employer and my employer mentioning the delay in this project. I don't want to come off lazy because I've busted my arse off the entire time I was there but I can't help but feel a little helpless. Has anyone else been in a similar situation? What kind of questions do they ask my employer, or will they even bother contacting them? I feel like this is a little dumb to stress over but this is my first real job out of university and it's with a company that I've wanted to work at my whole life. [link] [comments]  |
| Should I decline the return offer from internship? Posted: 10 Apr 2019 07:32 PM PDT Hi everyone, So I have recei ved a return offer from my internship recently. I always treated it as plan b, but once I got it they gave me a short deadline to accept. The issue with this job is that it requires very long hours, none of the engineers ever take time off (despite 2 weeks PTO) and I know I'm offered way less than other people in the team and generally low for my location. Basically just the thought of going there full time makes me miserable. I don't have anything else lined up (and declined another offer recently) but I want to keep looking. What would be the best action for me? 1) Take the offer and decline later which will cause me to loose potentially good reference 2) Risk it and decline the offer and worry later? I still have 3 months till graduation and have had so far 3 onsite interviews in large companies with one offer. Has anyone been in this position? I would like to have a job that makes me happy, and something new in a new environment but there is a worry "what if I don't find anything and will regret declining it" Any advice will be appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 10 Apr 2019 07:23 PM PDT I got an offer for app support Engineer from a pretty good company. However, I want to work as developer. I have decided to accept this offer and continue looking for job while working. Since it's better to look for job while having some money source instead of just waiting for a perfect job while burning a hole in pocket. [link] [comments]  |
| Worried about my Career and Future... Posted: 10 Apr 2019 09:31 AM PDT I'll try to keep this as short as possible (no promises). I'll start off by saying that I failed to make it through CS when I was in school, and I ended up getting a garbage Mutli disciplinary degree plan in order to finish out University. I feel this is having an impact on me now. I landed a job and eventually transferred roles in my current company so that I could become a developer, but now I'm trying to find something better. In short, i've been a developer for 2 years. Even though my managers have acknowledged that I do good work, they refuse to pay me the base salary that the other devs start with. I'm literally the lowest paid dev with the company. With student loan payments kicking in and the expensive area of the country that I live in, I will not be able to sustain myself for much longer. So i'm looking for another job. The Problem: Our company uses some in-house GUI solution for development. So even though the logic and skills that we pick up are the same, I don't have much experience in any "REAL" language. So it's been hard to find another job. I've been at it for 2 months and I have not been able to land an interview. I've tried studying outside of work, but I don't have the time, since I have to work 2 jobs now in order to make sure all my bills and student loans are paid off. Question: Is it really crucial that i know a particular language rather than knowing how to problem solve and structure code? Should I stop trying to work as a developer? It seems like companies want the cream of the crop, and someone with 'some' dev experience and a non-CS degree must not be as appealing to most employers. [link] [comments]  |
| Which path you want to take with your career and why you love it ? Posted: 10 Apr 2019 07:12 PM PDT Which path you want to take with your career and why you love it ? Do you want to do programming ? system admin ? Cisco infrastructure stuffs ? Database ? 3d graphics like artist ? [link] [comments]  |
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