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Justifying Time to Do Things Right /u/Ptrfamily CSCQ protests reddit

Justifying Time to Do Things Right /u/Ptrfamily CSCQ protests reddit

Hello!

Keeping context short: Working at non-tech company. Boss isn’t a programmer.

Recently rushed to create a project and now it’s a dumpster fire of code. Work constantly shifting onto to new projects and tight deadlines w/ little time to refactor bad code or design properly/create tests/write clean code to begin with.

I love the rush of the fast pace, but I feel like I’m not building software correctly.

I want to learn and get experience with how to do things right before I do things fast, but my boss and company seems to value speed/productivity more than quality.

Anyone else navigate similar situations? How did you slow down to do the process correctly?

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​r/cscareerquestions Hello! Keeping context short: Working at non-tech company. Boss isn’t a programmer. Recently rushed to create a project and now it’s a dumpster fire of code. Work constantly shifting onto to new projects and tight deadlines w/ little time to refactor bad code or design properly/create tests/write clean code to begin with. I love the rush of the fast pace, but I feel like I’m not building software correctly. I want to learn and get experience with how to do things right before I do things fast, but my boss and company seems to value speed/productivity more than quality. Anyone else navigate similar situations? How did you slow down to do the process correctly? submitted by /u/Ptrfamily [link] [comments] 

Hello!

Keeping context short: Working at non-tech company. Boss isn’t a programmer.

Recently rushed to create a project and now it’s a dumpster fire of code. Work constantly shifting onto to new projects and tight deadlines w/ little time to refactor bad code or design properly/create tests/write clean code to begin with.

I love the rush of the fast pace, but I feel like I’m not building software correctly.

I want to learn and get experience with how to do things right before I do things fast, but my boss and company seems to value speed/productivity more than quality.

Anyone else navigate similar situations? How did you slow down to do the process correctly?

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[link] [comments]  Hello! Keeping context short: Working at non-tech company. Boss isn’t a programmer. Recently rushed to create a project and now it’s a dumpster fire of code. Work constantly shifting onto to new projects and tight deadlines w/ little time to refactor bad code or design properly/create tests/write clean code to begin with. I love the rush of the fast pace, but I feel like I’m not building software correctly. I want to learn and get experience with how to do things right before I do things fast, but my boss and company seems to value speed/productivity more than quality. Anyone else navigate similar situations? How did you slow down to do the process correctly? submitted by /u/Ptrfamily [link] [comments]

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Want to do CS coming from an unrelated bachelors /u/himomimfailing CSCQ protests reddit

Want to do CS coming from an unrelated bachelors /u/himomimfailing CSCQ protests reddit

My bachelors degree was in a completely unrelated field, and I graduated with an embarrassingly low GPA. I was in too far to change my major so I stuck with it.

I have 5 years of Help Desk experience and got promoted to work for a short while to a business/sort of web dev position in the same company. I got to use SQL and HTML and CSS for rudimentary designing and reporting. I’m learning Javascript right now and trying figure out what I want to try building for a personal project.

I know I love tech, and I want to try software engineering. I want to go to community college and take some prerequisites and then do a fully online masters in CS. Is this a bad idea as opposed to doing a full bachelors in Computer Science? I’m only 24 but I don’t have a ton of money and the thought of being in school for 6 more years sounds not that great.

The Georgia Tech OMSCS program looks awesome but I don’t think I can get in without showing that I already took some CS classes and did very well. On that note, does it matter if you get your online masters from a no-name university?

Any advice for me, or has anyone been in a similar situation? How’d it work out for you?

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​r/cscareerquestions My bachelors degree was in a completely unrelated field, and I graduated with an embarrassingly low GPA. I was in too far to change my major so I stuck with it. I have 5 years of Help Desk experience and got promoted to work for a short while to a business/sort of web dev position in the same company. I got to use SQL and HTML and CSS for rudimentary designing and reporting. I’m learning Javascript right now and trying figure out what I want to try building for a personal project. I know I love tech, and I want to try software engineering. I want to go to community college and take some prerequisites and then do a fully online masters in CS. Is this a bad idea as opposed to doing a full bachelors in Computer Science? I’m only 24 but I don’t have a ton of money and the thought of being in school for 6 more years sounds not that great. The Georgia Tech OMSCS program looks awesome but I don’t think I can get in without showing that I already took some CS classes and did very well. On that note, does it matter if you get your online masters from a no-name university? Any advice for me, or has anyone been in a similar situation? How’d it work out for you? submitted by /u/himomimfailing [link] [comments] 

My bachelors degree was in a completely unrelated field, and I graduated with an embarrassingly low GPA. I was in too far to change my major so I stuck with it.

I have 5 years of Help Desk experience and got promoted to work for a short while to a business/sort of web dev position in the same company. I got to use SQL and HTML and CSS for rudimentary designing and reporting. I’m learning Javascript right now and trying figure out what I want to try building for a personal project.

I know I love tech, and I want to try software engineering. I want to go to community college and take some prerequisites and then do a fully online masters in CS. Is this a bad idea as opposed to doing a full bachelors in Computer Science? I’m only 24 but I don’t have a ton of money and the thought of being in school for 6 more years sounds not that great.

The Georgia Tech OMSCS program looks awesome but I don’t think I can get in without showing that I already took some CS classes and did very well. On that note, does it matter if you get your online masters from a no-name university?

Any advice for me, or has anyone been in a similar situation? How’d it work out for you?

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[link] [comments]  My bachelors degree was in a completely unrelated field, and I graduated with an embarrassingly low GPA. I was in too far to change my major so I stuck with it. I have 5 years of Help Desk experience and got promoted to work for a short while to a business/sort of web dev position in the same company. I got to use SQL and HTML and CSS for rudimentary designing and reporting. I’m learning Javascript right now and trying figure out what I want to try building for a personal project. I know I love tech, and I want to try software engineering. I want to go to community college and take some prerequisites and then do a fully online masters in CS. Is this a bad idea as opposed to doing a full bachelors in Computer Science? I’m only 24 but I don’t have a ton of money and the thought of being in school for 6 more years sounds not that great. The Georgia Tech OMSCS program looks awesome but I don’t think I can get in without showing that I already took some CS classes and did very well. On that note, does it matter if you get your online masters from a no-name university? Any advice for me, or has anyone been in a similar situation? How’d it work out for you? submitted by /u/himomimfailing [link] [comments]

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Currently working as a TPgM, thinking about trying to pivot to development, thoughts? /u/ZPro15 CSCQ protests reddit

Currently working as a TPgM, thinking about trying to pivot to development, thoughts? /u/ZPro15 CSCQ protests reddit

I graduated college with my CS degree right before Covid hit and wasn’t really having any luck getting any positions in my area, not a huge amount of need for entry level developers at the time. I ended up working as a “technical specialist” adjacent to IT sales for a little while (1 year) before getting into an Associate TPM role which was pretty neat and I enjoyed a lot, focused mainly on making an IoT device and associated mobile app. Got to work very closely with engineers and designers and did a lot of great things. This company wasn’t a really a tech company and “had” to make some cuts so the Technology stuff was the first to go and I was unemployed. Got a new job after a few months and now have been working as a TPM 2 an HR software company, which has been a lot different than company one. Further away from engineering, consulted less on what is happening and primarily focused on product delivery more on the marketing/organizational side than the technical side. I do a good job and it pays the bills, but its not really ringing my bell and I’m getting a little tired of not having any chance to flex my engineering brain.

I’ve been having thoughts for maybe 2 years now about trying to pivot back into development work, I do for fun work making video games that probably won’t see the light of day but still pretty simple college level stuff, never really got out and worked at a company doing real software development/engineering. I’ve always come back to the conclusion that its probably not worth it, I’d set my career backwards, Id be working with 22 year olds or whatever and kinda stopped short of just applying to jobs. Is it worth it to put in some effort? Maybe learn a little but more and see what I can do, or am I better off just sticking to the daily grind.

Interested from hearing from developers/engineers who have opinions on Project/Program Manager types, or anyone that has made this transition. It seems to me its a lot more common to do this transition in reverse so I haven’t seen much.

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​r/cscareerquestions I graduated college with my CS degree right before Covid hit and wasn’t really having any luck getting any positions in my area, not a huge amount of need for entry level developers at the time. I ended up working as a “technical specialist” adjacent to IT sales for a little while (1 year) before getting into an Associate TPM role which was pretty neat and I enjoyed a lot, focused mainly on making an IoT device and associated mobile app. Got to work very closely with engineers and designers and did a lot of great things. This company wasn’t a really a tech company and “had” to make some cuts so the Technology stuff was the first to go and I was unemployed. Got a new job after a few months and now have been working as a TPM 2 an HR software company, which has been a lot different than company one. Further away from engineering, consulted less on what is happening and primarily focused on product delivery more on the marketing/organizational side than the technical side. I do a good job and it pays the bills, but its not really ringing my bell and I’m getting a little tired of not having any chance to flex my engineering brain. I’ve been having thoughts for maybe 2 years now about trying to pivot back into development work, I do for fun work making video games that probably won’t see the light of day but still pretty simple college level stuff, never really got out and worked at a company doing real software development/engineering. I’ve always come back to the conclusion that its probably not worth it, I’d set my career backwards, Id be working with 22 year olds or whatever and kinda stopped short of just applying to jobs. Is it worth it to put in some effort? Maybe learn a little but more and see what I can do, or am I better off just sticking to the daily grind. Interested from hearing from developers/engineers who have opinions on Project/Program Manager types, or anyone that has made this transition. It seems to me its a lot more common to do this transition in reverse so I haven’t seen much. submitted by /u/ZPro15 [link] [comments] 

I graduated college with my CS degree right before Covid hit and wasn’t really having any luck getting any positions in my area, not a huge amount of need for entry level developers at the time. I ended up working as a “technical specialist” adjacent to IT sales for a little while (1 year) before getting into an Associate TPM role which was pretty neat and I enjoyed a lot, focused mainly on making an IoT device and associated mobile app. Got to work very closely with engineers and designers and did a lot of great things. This company wasn’t a really a tech company and “had” to make some cuts so the Technology stuff was the first to go and I was unemployed. Got a new job after a few months and now have been working as a TPM 2 an HR software company, which has been a lot different than company one. Further away from engineering, consulted less on what is happening and primarily focused on product delivery more on the marketing/organizational side than the technical side. I do a good job and it pays the bills, but its not really ringing my bell and I’m getting a little tired of not having any chance to flex my engineering brain.

I’ve been having thoughts for maybe 2 years now about trying to pivot back into development work, I do for fun work making video games that probably won’t see the light of day but still pretty simple college level stuff, never really got out and worked at a company doing real software development/engineering. I’ve always come back to the conclusion that its probably not worth it, I’d set my career backwards, Id be working with 22 year olds or whatever and kinda stopped short of just applying to jobs. Is it worth it to put in some effort? Maybe learn a little but more and see what I can do, or am I better off just sticking to the daily grind.

Interested from hearing from developers/engineers who have opinions on Project/Program Manager types, or anyone that has made this transition. It seems to me its a lot more common to do this transition in reverse so I haven’t seen much.

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[link] [comments]  I graduated college with my CS degree right before Covid hit and wasn’t really having any luck getting any positions in my area, not a huge amount of need for entry level developers at the time. I ended up working as a “technical specialist” adjacent to IT sales for a little while (1 year) before getting into an Associate TPM role which was pretty neat and I enjoyed a lot, focused mainly on making an IoT device and associated mobile app. Got to work very closely with engineers and designers and did a lot of great things. This company wasn’t a really a tech company and “had” to make some cuts so the Technology stuff was the first to go and I was unemployed. Got a new job after a few months and now have been working as a TPM 2 an HR software company, which has been a lot different than company one. Further away from engineering, consulted less on what is happening and primarily focused on product delivery more on the marketing/organizational side than the technical side. I do a good job and it pays the bills, but its not really ringing my bell and I’m getting a little tired of not having any chance to flex my engineering brain. I’ve been having thoughts for maybe 2 years now about trying to pivot back into development work, I do for fun work making video games that probably won’t see the light of day but still pretty simple college level stuff, never really got out and worked at a company doing real software development/engineering. I’ve always come back to the conclusion that its probably not worth it, I’d set my career backwards, Id be working with 22 year olds or whatever and kinda stopped short of just applying to jobs. Is it worth it to put in some effort? Maybe learn a little but more and see what I can do, or am I better off just sticking to the daily grind. Interested from hearing from developers/engineers who have opinions on Project/Program Manager types, or anyone that has made this transition. It seems to me its a lot more common to do this transition in reverse so I haven’t seen much. submitted by /u/ZPro15 [link] [comments]

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Offer rescinded due to budget /u/JSensei CSCQ protests reddit

Offer rescinded due to budget /u/JSensei CSCQ protests reddit

Hello Everyone,

I was SO close to landing a SE role. I got a verbal offer, but my recruiter emailed me saying they’ll have to rescind my offer for now because of budget. The manager said once they have the budget in a couple of months they’ll contact and hire me. Has anyone here had this happen to them, and if so did you still get an offer? It’s definitely a punch in the gut and I have to continue looking for a job.

EDIT: I should add that the recruiter is from an agency. Not sure how much it changes things though

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​r/cscareerquestions Hello Everyone, I was SO close to landing a SE role. I got a verbal offer, but my recruiter emailed me saying they’ll have to rescind my offer for now because of budget. The manager said once they have the budget in a couple of months they’ll contact and hire me. Has anyone here had this happen to them, and if so did you still get an offer? It’s definitely a punch in the gut and I have to continue looking for a job. EDIT: I should add that the recruiter is from an agency. Not sure how much it changes things though submitted by /u/JSensei [link] [comments] 

Hello Everyone,

I was SO close to landing a SE role. I got a verbal offer, but my recruiter emailed me saying they’ll have to rescind my offer for now because of budget. The manager said once they have the budget in a couple of months they’ll contact and hire me. Has anyone here had this happen to them, and if so did you still get an offer? It’s definitely a punch in the gut and I have to continue looking for a job.

EDIT: I should add that the recruiter is from an agency. Not sure how much it changes things though

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[link] [comments]  Hello Everyone, I was SO close to landing a SE role. I got a verbal offer, but my recruiter emailed me saying they’ll have to rescind my offer for now because of budget. The manager said once they have the budget in a couple of months they’ll contact and hire me. Has anyone here had this happen to them, and if so did you still get an offer? It’s definitely a punch in the gut and I have to continue looking for a job. EDIT: I should add that the recruiter is from an agency. Not sure how much it changes things though submitted by /u/JSensei [link] [comments]

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Daily Chat Thread – December 20, 2024 /u/CSCQMods CSCQ protests reddit

Daily Chat Thread – December 20, 2024 /u/CSCQMods CSCQ protests reddit

Please use this thread to chat, have casual discussions, and ask casual questions. Moderation will be light, but don’t be a jerk.

This thread is posted every day at midnight PST. Previous Daily Chat Threads can be found here.

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​r/cscareerquestions 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. submitted by /u/CSCQMods [link] [comments] 

Please use this thread to chat, have casual discussions, and ask casual questions. Moderation will be light, but don’t be a jerk.

This thread is posted every day at midnight PST. Previous Daily Chat Threads can be found here.

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DEAR PROFESSIONAL COMPUTER TOUCHERS — FRIDAY RANT THREAD FOR December 20, 2024 /u/CSCQMods CSCQ protests reddit

DEAR PROFESSIONAL COMPUTER TOUCHERS — FRIDAY RANT THREAD FOR December 20, 2024 /u/CSCQMods CSCQ protests reddit

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT.

THE BUILDS I LOVE, THE SCRIPTS I DROP, TO BE PART OF, THE APP, CAN’T STOP

THIS IS THE RANT THREAD. IT IS FOR RANTS.

CAPS LOCK ON, DOWNVOTES OFF, FEEL FREE TO BREAK RULE 2 IF SOMEONE LIKES SOMETHING THAT YOU DON’T BUT IF YOU POST SOME RACIST/HOMOPHOBIC/SEXIST BULLSHIT IT’LL BE GONE FASTER THAN A NEW MESSAGING APP AT GOOGLE.

(RANTING BEGINS AT MIDNIGHT EVERY FRIDAY, BEST COAST TIME. PREVIOUS FRIDAY RANT THREADS CAN BE FOUND HERE.)

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​r/cscareerquestions AND NOW FOR SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT. THE BUILDS I LOVE, THE SCRIPTS I DROP, TO BE PART OF, THE APP, CAN’T STOP THIS IS THE RANT THREAD. IT IS FOR RANTS. CAPS LOCK ON, DOWNVOTES OFF, FEEL FREE TO BREAK RULE 2 IF SOMEONE LIKES SOMETHING THAT YOU DON’T BUT IF YOU POST SOME RACIST/HOMOPHOBIC/SEXIST BULLSHIT IT’LL BE GONE FASTER THAN A NEW MESSAGING APP AT GOOGLE. (RANTING BEGINS AT MIDNIGHT EVERY FRIDAY, BEST COAST TIME. PREVIOUS FRIDAY RANT THREADS CAN BE FOUND HERE.) submitted by /u/CSCQMods [link] [comments] 

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT.

THE BUILDS I LOVE, THE SCRIPTS I DROP, TO BE PART OF, THE APP, CAN’T STOP

THIS IS THE RANT THREAD. IT IS FOR RANTS.

CAPS LOCK ON, DOWNVOTES OFF, FEEL FREE TO BREAK RULE 2 IF SOMEONE LIKES SOMETHING THAT YOU DON’T BUT IF YOU POST SOME RACIST/HOMOPHOBIC/SEXIST BULLSHIT IT’LL BE GONE FASTER THAN A NEW MESSAGING APP AT GOOGLE.

(RANTING BEGINS AT MIDNIGHT EVERY FRIDAY, BEST COAST TIME. PREVIOUS FRIDAY RANT THREADS CAN BE FOUND HERE.)

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[link] [comments]  AND NOW FOR SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT. THE BUILDS I LOVE, THE SCRIPTS I DROP, TO BE PART OF, THE APP, CAN’T STOP THIS IS THE RANT THREAD. IT IS FOR RANTS. CAPS LOCK ON, DOWNVOTES OFF, FEEL FREE TO BREAK RULE 2 IF SOMEONE LIKES SOMETHING THAT YOU DON’T BUT IF YOU POST SOME RACIST/HOMOPHOBIC/SEXIST BULLSHIT IT’LL BE GONE FASTER THAN A NEW MESSAGING APP AT GOOGLE. (RANTING BEGINS AT MIDNIGHT EVERY FRIDAY, BEST COAST TIME. PREVIOUS FRIDAY RANT THREADS CAN BE FOUND HERE.) submitted by /u/CSCQMods [link] [comments]

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How to handle conversations with your parents as an unemployed CS grad. /u/slyce49 CSCQ protests reddit

How to handle conversations with your parents as an unemployed CS grad. /u/slyce49 CSCQ protests reddit

https://youtu.be/ZXnifPfxK0Q?si=2dZMLuOtt9V-vFD-

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​r/cscareerquestions https://youtu.be/ZXnifPfxK0Q?si=2dZMLuOtt9V-vFD- submitted by /u/slyce49 [link] [comments] 

https://youtu.be/ZXnifPfxK0Q?si=2dZMLuOtt9V-vFD-

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Automation Software Testing Engineer here, looking to make shift to a career in AI engineering. /u/Temporary-Ad-1864 CSCQ protests reddit

Automation Software Testing Engineer here, looking to make shift to a career in AI engineering. /u/Temporary-Ad-1864 CSCQ protests reddit

I have total experience of 6 years into software testing / QA. I have worked on python, did some certifications in Gen AI & Langchain and still few in progress. I am creating projects side by side as well. My question – Is it absolutely necessary to have core dev experience ? Do companies consider the knowledge and self taught projects that an individual possess or they only consider AI Engineers with ‘relevant’ experience ??

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​r/cscareerquestions I have total experience of 6 years into software testing / QA. I have worked on python, did some certifications in Gen AI & Langchain and still few in progress. I am creating projects side by side as well. My question – Is it absolutely necessary to have core dev experience ? Do companies consider the knowledge and self taught projects that an individual possess or they only consider AI Engineers with ‘relevant’ experience ?? submitted by /u/Temporary-Ad-1864 [link] [comments] 

I have total experience of 6 years into software testing / QA. I have worked on python, did some certifications in Gen AI & Langchain and still few in progress. I am creating projects side by side as well. My question – Is it absolutely necessary to have core dev experience ? Do companies consider the knowledge and self taught projects that an individual possess or they only consider AI Engineers with ‘relevant’ experience ??

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[link] [comments]  I have total experience of 6 years into software testing / QA. I have worked on python, did some certifications in Gen AI & Langchain and still few in progress. I am creating projects side by side as well. My question – Is it absolutely necessary to have core dev experience ? Do companies consider the knowledge and self taught projects that an individual possess or they only consider AI Engineers with ‘relevant’ experience ?? submitted by /u/Temporary-Ad-1864 [link] [comments]

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