Big N Discussion - April 14, 2019 CS Career Questions |
- Big N Discussion - April 14, 2019
- Daily Chat Thread - April 14, 2019
- Update: weird experience getting offer
- What are the best methods for applying to many positions all at once?
- How I got rejected by 35+ startups before landing a "dream" job
- Is it wrong to do MOOC(s) or project based tutorials and use them as a part of your portfolio?
- Best way to study for an AWS Certification
- Someone give me a reality check, please.
- Likely to be unemployable future cs grad, would like to turn that around
- How difficult is it to get a job as a software engineer after being a software engineer in test?
- I accepted an opportunity that I feel like I’m not qualified for. What do I do to make sure I’m not chewed up and spit out?
- Do companies pay for your ticket/arrange travel for your summer internship? how do I approach my recruiter about it?
- Can't seem to learn anything unless its required for school or I use it professionally. Anyone else the same?
- Motorsports career?
- People who have left development or left a corporate job to start their own company, what do you do now?
- Which CS job is most likely to have perks like flex-hours and flex-days?
- Quant firm culture question
- How to handle the following work situation where the executive director is trying to go after people she simply does not like?
- Any one interning at DigitalOcean?
- Is it better to move around or stay at one place?
- What types of projects should I work on in my github if I am looking for ML internships?
- Career Paths
- Ghosted
- With work exp in image processing, what higher-paying jobs do I have a realistic chance at?
- How do you find information about how sophisticated or professional a company is?
- How do you stay motivated to do side projects
| Big N Discussion - April 14, 2019 Posted: 14 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 14, 2019 Posted: 14 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]  |
| Update: weird experience getting offer Posted: 14 Apr 2019 09:09 AM PDT Original post here https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/bbu1o9/weird_experience_with_getting_offer So at the end of the conversation I specified in my last post, we'd agreed that they would make me an offer in a week and I'd take a couple of days to think about it. Then as I'm relaxing on a Saturday morning, they call me to say 'we found another candidate who has your exact profile, but we prefer you over them and want to extend you the offer first. So we need to move fast. Here's the offer. You have until Monday to think about it." This totally blindsided me because I have a couple of more interviews coming up with other places, AND THEY KNOW ABOUT IT. Plus, who makes an offer over the fucking weekend? While talking about benefits, I had a few specific questions, and they committed a privacy violation by specifying which employees were undergoing what medical procedures (employees who had interviewed me). Even if the employees go around telling everyone, no one else has the right to talk about their issues, especially not their boss! Anyway, I ran this offer by my mentors and they think this is shitty behavior. The people in question are not young and they are pretty experienced in senior positions, so there's no excuse for their behavior. And they had concerns about the role itself and what it might do to my career. So I'm leaning more towards no, though a part of me just wants to be done with this whole job hunting garbage. One of my mentors is a startup founder herself and she was appalled they are trying these tactics to pressure me into accepting. She said I'm probably a better candidate than they usually get and instead of acknowledging it, they are playing negging games to keep me interested rather than just come out and say "you're a valuable candidate and we'd really like you to work for us. This is what we can offer, but we're happy to work with you to make this a welcome place for you." Anyway, I thought I'll share it on here because while people have shared a lot of shitty stories, this is a totally new kind of shitty. [link] [comments]  |
| What are the best methods for applying to many positions all at once? Posted: 14 Apr 2019 10:52 AM PDT It seems that one of the best strategies for entry level job seekers is applying to many positions and expecting an inordinate rejection ratio. It also seems like a good idea to apply for them all around the same time, so that it might be possible to have multiple job offers at once. I'm wondering, what are some of the best methods for applying for many jobs in a short period of time? Is it a matter of going to all the individual companies' websites and submitting individual resumes, cover letters, and git-hub portfolios? Are there some job-posting websites that are superior to others? Are there some which are a waste of time? [link] [comments]  |
| How I got rejected by 35+ startups before landing a "dream" job Posted: 13 Apr 2019 10:52 PM PDT Hello fellows. I recently went through a job change and would like to post my experience. Would love to compare my experiences with yours. TL;DR: Lot of companies do not focus on good engineering. The algorithm rounds were a hit-and-miss. Negotiate. Some facts: * I resigned and decided to take a 2 month break to completely focus on the job-hunting * Interviewed (i.e. at least 1 online round) with 35+ companies. Mostly startups (seed to series A). * Mostly in India. ~10 in EU, Japan, and other overseas through stack overflow careers. I don't think my then 8k SO reputation helped out. * I linked to my medium profile in my CV and in 3 or 4 interviews (after initial screening rounds), we talked about my (somewhat controversial) blog Can't hack your way to the top Now for the experiences: In the initial calls, some of the startups insisted on not following best engineering practices "We are a 10 developer team, we don't need tests or CI". I declined to interview further with those companies. A surprising thing happened; since I emphasised the importance of good engineering, companies with similar beliefs were "so glad I said that". This shortlisting led me to the 35+ number mentioned above. A word of advice I followed Interview with easier companies (and companies you aren't particularly interested) first. It was very important for me to get into groove for interviewing and shake the irrational fear. After a month or so of interviews I was in the zen of confidence and temperament. I gave the interviews to my favourite companies without any fear. Initial rounds were almost always algorithm questions. I had practiced a fair amount (including strings, DP, trees). But still, sometimes the answer didn't strike me at that time. Not sure why. Would love to know your thoughts on this one. Also, the questions were quite similar across companies and geographies. Some were even exactly the same. Next rounds were high level system design, and sometimes low-level (object oriented) design. I liked these rounds, and most interesting discussions happened here. The managerial/project round were fine as well. I spoke confidently about my past projects, went deep into explanations about not only "how" but also of "why". I felt a gave a convincing reason to leave my current company and join this one. By this round I had done enough homework on the company. I asked a lot of questions; specifically on the tech team structure and engineering practices. It became quite a stressful and overloaded 1.5 months. I had a lot of interviews lined up. I had to manage my time on google calendar. Somehow, I liked this level of stress. At one time, I was scheduling interviews up to 7 days later. HRs were quite surprised. My sleep cycle got messed up. I gave a 3-4 rounds just after waking-up with lesser sleep. Bad idea. I didn't clear any of them. Then, I started keeping couple of red bulls. I took 1 before any such interview (online or in-person). Surprisingly, it actually helped. A lot of companies (especially the foreign ones with only online rounds) just ghosted me after an initial round and/or small project. Sad, but it happens. Even I led a few companies on while I was awaiting other interviews/offers. No point in taking the moral high ground here. After 1.5 months of full time interviewing, most companies rejected me, and I rejected a few. A lot of rejections were because of a huge gap in salary expectations. I learnt this well in advance to talk about expected salary in the initial calls. No point in going through 1-2 weeks of interview only to reject the company since they are offering less than half your expected (I learnt that the hard way). Negotiation is important for job satisfaction. I got multiple good offers to have the leverage to negotiate. I entered the negotiation phase with like 4 companies. It was a tough choice and even tougher to hold out and give other interviews while you have offers in hand. The companies differed across geographies, size (of team and company), industries, engineering practices, etc. I spoke to a lot of friends, trying to get hold of people working in the companies I was seriously considering. In conclusion, I moved to Singapore to join Grab. [link] [comments]  |
| Is it wrong to do MOOC(s) or project based tutorials and use them as a part of your portfolio? Posted: 14 Apr 2019 10:35 AM PDT Like the title asks. Is it wrong to use tutorials with minor changes as portfolio pieces? Or is it perceived as bad and makes you look like a fraud? I am going through the job search, like many out here, while freelancing and trying to keep up with the trends in technologies to become more "appealing" to employers. Doing tutorials and/or MOOC(s) helps me keep up with the overall ecosystem. Finding time to develop a full application may not always be feasible, outside a personal website, small programs, or some open source contributions via Github. Given my experiences interviewing I've mostly been asked heavy data structures or algorithm questions when applying to x >= mid size(+500) tech companies out there. Is it worth even doing a unique portfolio pieces to showcase ability to work with the tech stack. If it is why can't a tutorial project, modified a little, be used to showcase your ability work with the tech stack? How do you fit working on unique portfolio projects while applying or have other priorities? If a company on their job description described example projects. Does that mean that they are indeed looking for projects that have been developed to look at or is it just a frame of reference to what type of work the hired candidate will look for? Resources: [link] [comments]  |
| Best way to study for an AWS Certification Posted: 14 Apr 2019 12:04 PM PDT Hi. Title says it all. My company currently offers to pay for my AWS Certification test, and I was wondering what the best way to study for it. Also, should I go for the Solutions Associate Certificate, or the Developer Solutions Certificate? [link] [comments]  |
| Someone give me a reality check, please. Posted: 14 Apr 2019 10:41 AM PDT I've been teaching myself HTML/CSS for about a month now, it's going well. I've mastered the basics and can read other's code, but some of the advanced stuff I don't know yet and I've barely begun learning JavaScript. The instant feedback aspect is great and I love learning this stuff. I'm doing this primarily to give myself and my wife options in the future. We live far away (~2000 mi) from family because of work and it sucks. My hometown (and hers) currently have tons of developer jobs, we'd be happy in either place. So I have this idea in my head that programming is learnable and someday I'll get a low-stress, great atmosphere job that pays well and everything will be perfect and we can live anywhere we want. Probably because I seem to find these kinds of stories all over the internet. So I'm looking for someone to set me straight. Is this dream of mine a reality? What should I actually be expecting in terms of learning languages and job prospects? [link] [comments]  |
| Likely to be unemployable future cs grad, would like to turn that around Posted: 14 Apr 2019 02:39 PM PDT I'm a junior cs major at an average state university about to head to into my senior year without having any internships under my belt. I don't have any notable side projects to show off or any clubs or organizations or a nice github account that's impressive enough to show off. My GPA is somewhat mediocre at 3.65. I have some work experience teaching math and computer science and working in a warehouse, but that's the extent of it. I sent out over 150 applications for internships out last fall and this spring but did not get a single response so far. I realize that when I graduate next fall, I will likely be unemployable, and this is my fault for not taking this seriously enough. My question is what can I do to turn this around? Specifically, what would you do in my situation? I realize that I need a direct plan of action, and I've formulated what I think can be a workable one:
Edit: If you would be willing to provide feedback on my resume, send me a PM and I'd be more than happy to send you a copy [link] [comments]  |
| How difficult is it to get a job as a software engineer after being a software engineer in test? Posted: 14 Apr 2019 07:49 PM PDT I have been a software engineer in test for 1 year. It is my first job right out of college. I am looking for a new job as a software engineer because I no longer enjoy working at my current company. How difficult is it to get a job as a software engineer if I have only been a software engineer in test? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2019 07:39 PM PDT I recently received a job offer for a senior engineer role after 5 interviews over the course of a few weeks. I feel like I'm not qualified for it, but the whole package was too good to give up. There are so many tools I have to learn that I either don't know or haven't touched for over a few years (previous job used different tech). I will need to know a bit of everything (front end, back end, cloud, data science etc). I'm really excited because I'm working with some cool tech. I want to hit the ground running. What advice would you give? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2019 06:30 PM PDT Hi, I'll be in Texas for the summer for an internship and was wondering if companies typically pay for the ticket to get there? I leave late May and didn't know oif I should ask or wait. They paid for my onsite interview travel. If I want to ask my recruiter, how should I phrase the email? Thank you! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2019 03:31 PM PDT I wanted to see if others experience the same thing as me. I use Angular professionally so I learned it and have a good grasp of it. I've been trying to move into backend and tried multiple times to learn Java Spring on my own but failed miserably in the sense that I forget everything quickly and forget concepts because I never use it in my day to day. Anyone else experience the same thing? Sometimes I wonder how these self taught developer do it, my mind isn't wired to learn unless I'm forced to apply it practically. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2019 07:29 PM PDT I LOVE racing. I used to race karts when I was younger and now I'm about to graduate with a BS in CS. Any idea on how to get into racing on the CS side? I see jobs on motorsport.com but most are in the UK. I was wondering if anyone in here is in that field and how they got in? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2019 02:31 PM PDT People who have left development, what do you do now? Or even thinking about leaving, what are you going to do after? I'm considering another career. I've done this as a career for about 2 years after graduating and thinking that as a job I don't enjoy it. Otherwise I do like programming, but as a job I feel like it's making me hate something I used to love doing. I'm also thinking if starting my own start up will help. Maybe if I'm building something I want with being the main developer will help. I think that I'm starting to have enough experience to be able to do that well. Problem above is I don't even know what to 'start up'. [link] [comments]  |
| Which CS job is most likely to have perks like flex-hours and flex-days? Posted: 14 Apr 2019 09:58 AM PDT Hello all. I had a bunch of stuff typed out as to my experience but deleted it. Is there any CS career more likely to have Flex-Hours and Flex-Days than others? SysAdmin, Programmer, DBA, Infrastructure, DevOps, [other_here]? The old stereotype was that Programmers can come in late, dress in Hawaiian shirts, etc. What about other CS careers like that. Is that stereotype still true at all? Flex-hours are important, mostly I don't want to get up and be there super early. I put in dresscode in the stereotype, but it's not at important. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2019 05:51 PM PDT Hi, I got an offer from a top Quant firm (two Sigma, Jane street, DE shaw) and I am wondering what the culture is typically like at these firms. Do people actually take PTO? Is working remotely a thing? Can people still work from home or is that generally frowned upon? I come from a software background, so I have no prior knowledge about culture at Quant firms. I currently commute 3 hours a day for my job, and a big part of my decision moving to quant/NYC is that commuting multiple hours a day isn't the norm outside of the bay area. However, I realize that's kind of a moot point if firms expect you to work all hours of the day (although my interview ended around 6pm and most people had left the office, a surprisingly good sign!) [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2019 01:13 PM PDT Has anyone ever experienced a situation where an executive maliciously uses "performance improvement plans" to remove people they don't like? I work at a big company and, in our department, we have an executive and she has done exactly this to multiple people in our department and now she is doing it to me. She also bad mouths us to the rest of the department to try to create a narrative on us. Incidentally, all of the people she has done it to our women and we feel she simply doesn't like us for non-work related reasons. I think all of our performance is fin. There are of course some things to improve on, but I do not believe any of us need a "performance improvement plan." I think the executive is using this to kind of force us to leave because we would be blacklisted in the company and we do not want this. Two of my co-workers voluntarily resigned so now I am alone. What can I do? Am I just at her mercy? Or is there some HR or legal thing I can do? [link] [comments]  |
| Any one interning at DigitalOcean? Posted: 14 Apr 2019 08:28 PM PDT Hi, [link] [comments]  |
| Is it better to move around or stay at one place? Posted: 14 Apr 2019 08:04 PM PDT I know this question depends a lot on current position and all that, but in general, would you say you have better chances of getting paid more by staying at the same place for a long time, or jumping around to new companies every few years? My experience now is that I just graduated college in 2018 and I live in a low-medium COL area and started at a salary I'm very happy with. I was looking at salaries on Glassdoor for my company to see what to expect as I gain more experience and it seems like I'd be better off leaving after a few years. I love my job and have no intentions of leaving, but I'm just curious, for those of you making a lot more money (outside of the Big N shops), did you guys attain that by jumping around a lot or staying put and just banking on the annual raises and whatnot? I'm not necessarily looking for anyone to tell me what to do but more to share your experiences with your own career or maybe even someone you know. [link] [comments]  |
| What types of projects should I work on in my github if I am looking for ML internships? Posted: 14 Apr 2019 07:42 PM PDT Please see my github https://github.com/ak9250, open to any suggestions to improve I am a masters cs student currently looking for ML/DL internships [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2019 07:37 PM PDT Im sure this has been asked a thousand times, and im sorry! Im 41, disabled and also a hobby programmer. What paths are up and coming in the C# development world?? ex. business software, games? Thank you [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2019 07:00 PM PDT Hey guys, Recently I went ahead and emailed several local companies about possible part time technical work/internship opportunity. I got a response and I went in for an interview and it went pretty well and they said they would get back with me. Unfortunately, this was four weeks ago and I've received no response. After two weeks I sent a follow up email asking if I was still being considered but still received no response. I'm confused because this wasn't an "open-competitive" position, I was the only person interviewed. It was me going into a local software place just asking for work and they said they'd be able to start me under one of their programmers as a sort of helper. Based off the end of the interview, the owner made it seem as if it was a sure thing that I'd be getting hired. Has anyone ever experienced something similar? Should I send a second follow up email or just let it go? [link] [comments]  |
| With work exp in image processing, what higher-paying jobs do I have a realistic chance at? Posted: 14 Apr 2019 10:48 AM PDT I have an MS, have worked in image processing for the past 1.5 years, and have worked on deep learning for a couple months also. Prior to this, I worked as a freelancer in machine learning for a couple months and did some Kaggle projects. But the main issue with my resume is I have alot of gaps of unemployment I make $100k/yr and work from home but didn't get a raise, so I was wondering if I had any realistic shot at jobs in SWE, ML, or image processing that would offer a decent pay increase. I like working on most tasks in those fields, so can anyone recommend what jobs I have a shot at? Whether it be Data Analyst roles at FAANG/other "prestigious" companies, Data Scientist/Deep Learning scientist roles at large corporations/"mid-tier" startups, image processing/deep learning at another company, etc? [link] [comments]  |
| How do you find information about how sophisticated or professional a company is? Posted: 14 Apr 2019 05:28 PM PDT As someone trying to move into a more corporate environment, I'm trying to avoid applying to small companies with 5 developers, and I'd rather find this out without having to go through a phone screening. [link] [comments]  |
| How do you stay motivated to do side projects Posted: 14 Apr 2019 05:26 PM PDT Hello everyone! I just recently started working fulltime after graduating. I am very happy with my current situation, and enjoy my job. One thing that scratch my mind is that I went from an overworking student, doing side projects over side projects, either to fix the problems I would encounter or just learn new things. To someone who is thinking of removing linux of its main machine because I don't code anymore on it. Since I started working and doing programming I enjoy for a good part of the day, I don't have the drive to discover new things and work on my little use{full,less} side project for the fun of it. Do you still find any motivation to work on your things on the side ? Did you give up and simply do the work you have to do at work and nothing for you when you're done ? [link] [comments]  |
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