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December 20, 2024cscareerquestions

Is AWS certification worth it /u/imhereyourewhere CSCQ protests reddit

Hi there,

I’m a software engineer in Canada, and I’ve been struggling to land a new job after being laid off about a year ago. I have 1 year of experience working at an airline company, where I used Spring Boot, React.js, and GraphQL.

So far, I’ve submitted 500+ applications but only managed to get 2 technical interviews. I performed well in one (but wasn’t selected) and struggled in the other, which felt unusually challenging for a junior role.

I also have a personal project, a news aggregator app using AI, but it’s not currently online.

Would an AWS certification help improve my job prospects? If not, what other steps can I take to make myself a better candidate? Any advice or insights would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

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r/cscareerquestions Hi there, I’m a software engineer in Canada, and I’ve been struggling to land a new job after being laid off about a year ago. I have 1 year of experience working at an airline company, where I used Spring Boot, React.js, and GraphQL. So far, I’ve submitted 500+ applications but only managed to get 2 technical interviews. I performed well in one (but wasn’t selected) and struggled in the other, which felt unusually challenging for a junior role. I also have a personal project, a news aggregator app using AI, but it’s not currently online. Would an AWS certification help improve my job prospects? If not, what other steps can I take to make myself a better candidate? Any advice or insights would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! submitted by /u/imhereyourewhere [link] [comments]

Hi there,

I also have a personal project, a news aggregator app using AI, but it’s not currently online.

Would an AWS certification help improve my job prospects? If not, what other steps can I take to make myself a better candidate? Any advice or insights would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

submitted by /u/imhereyourewhere
[link] [comments] Hi there, I’m a software engineer in Canada, and I’ve been struggling to land a new job after being laid off about a year ago. I have 1 year of experience working at an airline company, where I used Spring Boot, React.js, and GraphQL. So far, I’ve submitted 500+ applications but only managed to get 2 technical interviews. I performed well in one (but wasn’t selected) and struggled in the other, which felt unusually challenging for a junior role. I also have a personal project, a news aggregator app using AI, but it’s not currently online. Would an AWS certification help improve my job prospects? If not, what other steps can I take to make myself a better candidate? Any advice or insights would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! submitted by /u/imhereyourewhere [link] [comments]

December 20, 2024cscareerquestions

What to do to prepare for new grad role? /u/Anxious_Positive3998 CSCQ protests reddit

I’m graduating May 2025 and plan to start working as a new grad SWE in about 7 months. How do I best prepare for the role from now until then?

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r/cscareerquestions I’m graduating May 2025 and plan to start working as a new grad SWE in about 7 months. How do I best prepare for the role from now until then? submitted by /u/Anxious_Positive3998 [link] [comments]

I’m graduating May 2025 and plan to start working as a new grad SWE in about 7 months. How do I best prepare for the role from now until then?

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[link] [comments] I’m graduating May 2025 and plan to start working as a new grad SWE in about 7 months. How do I best prepare for the role from now until then? submitted by /u/Anxious_Positive3998 [link] [comments]

December 20, 2024cscareerquestions

Anyone with a CS degree go into IT? How do you feel about your decision? /u/Big_Organization_181 CSCQ protests reddit

I have an opportunity to start an IT role and am struggling to find anything software related, I’m highly considering taking it.

Anyone end up in a similar situation?

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r/cscareerquestions I have an opportunity to start an IT role and am struggling to find anything software related, I’m highly considering taking it. Anyone end up in a similar situation? submitted by /u/Big_Organization_181 [link] [comments]

I have an opportunity to start an IT role and am struggling to find anything software related, I’m highly considering taking it.

Anyone end up in a similar situation?

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[link] [comments] I have an opportunity to start an IT role and am struggling to find anything software related, I’m highly considering taking it. Anyone end up in a similar situation? submitted by /u/Big_Organization_181 [link] [comments]

December 20, 2024cscareerquestions

Realistically, how do I maximize my salary? /u/Jacko-Jack CSCQ protests reddit

I started off in this field about 12 years ago, and I learned using Ruby on Rails (and Angular 1, but that was quickly abandoned) at a bootcamp.

I’m making good money (by all accounts, in comparison to other fields, _great money_), but I would love to make more.

I have a little bit of impostor syndrome about moving on from what I know so well (RoR), but what’s my cap as a Rails developer? Am I hurting my career by only having expertise in the Ruby ecosystem?

I’ve never worked for a FAANG, but I’ve moved up the ranks at different startups/companies, to the point where I’m a ‘Staff’ engineer (basically team leading and running projects).

What’s my next career move?

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r/cscareerquestions I started off in this field about 12 years ago, and I learned using Ruby on Rails (and Angular 1, but that was quickly abandoned) at a bootcamp. I’m making good money (by all accounts, in comparison to other fields, _great money_), but I would love to make more. I have a little bit of impostor syndrome about moving on from what I know so well (RoR), but what’s my cap as a Rails developer? Am I hurting my career by only having expertise in the Ruby ecosystem? I’ve never worked for a FAANG, but I’ve moved up the ranks at different startups/companies, to the point where I’m a ‘Staff’ engineer (basically team leading and running projects). What’s my next career move? submitted by /u/Jacko-Jack [link] [comments]

I started off in this field about 12 years ago, and I learned using Ruby on Rails (and Angular 1, but that was quickly abandoned) at a bootcamp.

I’m making good money (by all accounts, in comparison to other fields, _great money_), but I would love to make more.

I’ve never worked for a FAANG, but I’ve moved up the ranks at different startups/companies, to the point where I’m a ‘Staff’ engineer (basically team leading and running projects).

What’s my next career move?

submitted by /u/Jacko-Jack
[link] [comments] I started off in this field about 12 years ago, and I learned using Ruby on Rails (and Angular 1, but that was quickly abandoned) at a bootcamp. I’m making good money (by all accounts, in comparison to other fields, _great money_), but I would love to make more. I have a little bit of impostor syndrome about moving on from what I know so well (RoR), but what’s my cap as a Rails developer? Am I hurting my career by only having expertise in the Ruby ecosystem? I’ve never worked for a FAANG, but I’ve moved up the ranks at different startups/companies, to the point where I’m a ‘Staff’ engineer (basically team leading and running projects). What’s my next career move? submitted by /u/Jacko-Jack [link] [comments]

December 20, 2024cscareerquestions

Does “Software Engineer” at Google include ML engineer and research computing roles? /u/satin_worshipper CSCQ protests reddit

I am currently interviewing for a software engineering internship at Google and am very curious how broad the title is. I am working on a PhD with a lot of ML and NLP research experience but they are interviewing me for a SWE intern instead of Research intern. Will I very likely end up still working on an NLP/ML kind of ML pipeline, or is it possible that I will end up on a more general backend etc team?

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r/cscareerquestions I am currently interviewing for a software engineering internship at Google and am very curious how broad the title is. I am working on a PhD with a lot of ML and NLP research experience but they are interviewing me for a SWE intern instead of Research intern. Will I very likely end up still working on an NLP/ML kind of ML pipeline, or is it possible that I will end up on a more general backend etc team? submitted by /u/satin_worshipper [link] [comments]

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[link] [comments] I am currently interviewing for a software engineering internship at Google and am very curious how broad the title is. I am working on a PhD with a lot of ML and NLP research experience but they are interviewing me for a SWE intern instead of Research intern. Will I very likely end up still working on an NLP/ML kind of ML pipeline, or is it possible that I will end up on a more general backend etc team? submitted by /u/satin_worshipper [link] [comments]

December 20, 2024cscareerquestions

Is my communication style that bad and my code that unclear, or does my teammate have amnesia? /u/Sweet_Day_4561 CSCQ protests reddit

There’s a (relatively senior) guy on my team who repeatedly asks me the same questions about my code. He also assumes certain implementation details and I can’t convince him that I’m not going to be implementing this way. For example:

I get assigned a task and discuss with my manager and teammates how to do it. Eventually we agree that we can modify one of our existing API routes to also include this new functionality. After the implementation is agreed upon, this guy might message me saying “We can do this with a new API route”. I tell him that I discussed with other people and it’s best to modify an existing route. Not to mention a new API route is completely out of scope, increases dev time, etc. He accepts this.

A few days later, we’re discussing my task and my progress. He then asks me what I’m naming the new API route. And I tell him “We’re not making a new API route. We’re modifying this existing one”. He says ok and says that’s fine too.

When the feature is finished, he comments on the merge review saying “Why couldn’t this be a new API route?” And yet again I have to reiterate.

Finally, when the feature is deployed, he asks me “What do we have to do to enable the new route?”

I don’t know how to tell him politely “First of all, you should have approved the merge review that sat there rotting for a whole day. You never even commented on it. Maybe read the code first? And second, I’ve told you several times we’re not doing it that way”

I seriously don’t understand wtf his problem is. I feel like sending him that Batman meme and asking him “are you stupid?” because this is very bizarre behavior. My hypotheses are:

I don’t think he’s that stupid, he’s one of the most senior guys on the team and knows a lot about the service. He is genuinely helpful at times.
My communication style (verbal AND written) is so terrible that he has no idea wtf I’m talking about ever.
He’s written me off as a moron or someone so unlikeable that he can’t be fucked to pay attention to what I say or write
He believes that his implementation is better, and is being passive aggressive about it. But it doesn’t “feel” like passive aggressiveness though, the vibe I get is amnesia.

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r/cscareerquestions There’s a (relatively senior) guy on my team who repeatedly asks me the same questions about my code. He also assumes certain implementation details and I can’t convince him that I’m not going to be implementing this way. For example: I get assigned a task and discuss with my manager and teammates how to do it. Eventually we agree that we can modify one of our existing API routes to also include this new functionality. After the implementation is agreed upon, this guy might message me saying “We can do this with a new API route”. I tell him that I discussed with other people and it’s best to modify an existing route. Not to mention a new API route is completely out of scope, increases dev time, etc. He accepts this. A few days later, we’re discussing my task and my progress. He then asks me what I’m naming the new API route. And I tell him “We’re not making a new API route. We’re modifying this existing one”. He says ok and says that’s fine too. When the feature is finished, he comments on the merge review saying “Why couldn’t this be a new API route?” And yet again I have to reiterate. Finally, when the feature is deployed, he asks me “What do we have to do to enable the new route?” I don’t know how to tell him politely “First of all, you should have approved the merge review that sat there rotting for a whole day. You never even commented on it. Maybe read the code first? And second, I’ve told you several times we’re not doing it that way” I seriously don’t understand wtf his problem is. I feel like sending him that Batman meme and asking him “are you stupid?” because this is very bizarre behavior. My hypotheses are: I don’t think he’s that stupid, he’s one of the most senior guys on the team and knows a lot about the service. He is genuinely helpful at times. My communication style (verbal AND written) is so terrible that he has no idea wtf I’m talking about ever. He’s written me off as a moron or someone so unlikeable that he can’t be fucked to pay attention to what I say or write He believes that his implementation is better, and is being passive aggressive about it. But it doesn’t “feel” like passive aggressiveness though, the vibe I get is amnesia. submitted by /u/Sweet_Day_4561 [link] [comments]

When the feature is finished, he comments on the merge review saying “Why couldn’t this be a new API route?” And yet again I have to reiterate.

Finally, when the feature is deployed, he asks me “What do we have to do to enable the new route?”

I seriously don’t understand wtf his problem is. I feel like sending him that Batman meme and asking him “are you stupid?” because this is very bizarre behavior. My hypotheses are:

I don’t think he’s that stupid, he’s one of the most senior guys on the team and knows a lot about the service. He is genuinely helpful at times.
My communication style (verbal AND written) is so terrible that he has no idea wtf I’m talking about ever.
He’s written me off as a moron or someone so unlikeable that he can’t be fucked to pay attention to what I say or write
He believes that his implementation is better, and is being passive aggressive about it. But it doesn’t “feel” like passive aggressiveness though, the vibe I get is amnesia.

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[link] [comments] There’s a (relatively senior) guy on my team who repeatedly asks me the same questions about my code. He also assumes certain implementation details and I can’t convince him that I’m not going to be implementing this way. For example: I get assigned a task and discuss with my manager and teammates how to do it. Eventually we agree that we can modify one of our existing API routes to also include this new functionality. After the implementation is agreed upon, this guy might message me saying “We can do this with a new API route”. I tell him that I discussed with other people and it’s best to modify an existing route. Not to mention a new API route is completely out of scope, increases dev time, etc. He accepts this. A few days later, we’re discussing my task and my progress. He then asks me what I’m naming the new API route. And I tell him “We’re not making a new API route. We’re modifying this existing one”. He says ok and says that’s fine too. When the feature is finished, he comments on the merge review saying “Why couldn’t this be a new API route?” And yet again I have to reiterate. Finally, when the feature is deployed, he asks me “What do we have to do to enable the new route?” I don’t know how to tell him politely “First of all, you should have approved the merge review that sat there rotting for a whole day. You never even commented on it. Maybe read the code first? And second, I’ve told you several times we’re not doing it that way” I seriously don’t understand wtf his problem is. I feel like sending him that Batman meme and asking him “are you stupid?” because this is very bizarre behavior. My hypotheses are: I don’t think he’s that stupid, he’s one of the most senior guys on the team and knows a lot about the service. He is genuinely helpful at times. My communication style (verbal AND written) is so terrible that he has no idea wtf I’m talking about ever. He’s written me off as a moron or someone so unlikeable that he can’t be fucked to pay attention to what I say or write He believes that his implementation is better, and is being passive aggressive about it. But it doesn’t “feel” like passive aggressiveness though, the vibe I get is amnesia. submitted by /u/Sweet_Day_4561 [link] [comments]

December 19, 2024cscareerquestions

Recommended online 4 year CS degree programs? /u/SweetTeaRex92 CSCQ protests reddit

Switching from Nursing to CS.

I am looking at LSU, Western Goveners, and Arizona State.

Anyone been to these schools?

Any advice for a new CS major?

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r/cscareerquestions Switching from Nursing to CS. I am looking at LSU, Western Goveners, and Arizona State. Anyone been to these schools? Any advice for a new CS major? submitted by /u/SweetTeaRex92 [link] [comments]

Switching from Nursing to CS.

I am looking at LSU, Western Goveners, and Arizona State.

Anyone been to these schools?

Any advice for a new CS major?

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[link] [comments] Switching from Nursing to CS. I am looking at LSU, Western Goveners, and Arizona State. Anyone been to these schools? Any advice for a new CS major? submitted by /u/SweetTeaRex92 [link] [comments]

December 19, 2024cscareerquestions

How do you maintain sanity when you act like a complete NPC during work? /u/Gold_Score_1240 CSCQ protests reddit

I’ve been reflecting on how much I feel like an NPC (non-playable character) during work hours like one of those T-posing NPCs from Cyberpunk 2077. Imagine wearing a clown costume during work hours

Here’s what I mean:

My entire team gets laid off? No problem, I just act like nothing happened and keep going.
The company reports record profits year over year, but I’m denied even a 2% salary raise while new hires make 25% more than I do? No problem, I just smile and pretend everything’s great.
During 1:1s with my TL or PM, when they ask how I’m feeling, I have to say, “Everything’s perfect!” even if it’s not. Admitting otherwise risks being labeled “toxic,” which could lead to a PIP and the loss of unemployment benefits.

Do any of you feel like an NPC at work? How do you maintain some sense of sanity and humanity after years of pretending everything is fine during work? I have to provide for my family, but this is exhausting

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r/cscareerquestions I’ve been reflecting on how much I feel like an NPC (non-playable character) during work hours like one of those T-posing NPCs from Cyberpunk 2077. Imagine wearing a clown costume during work hours Here’s what I mean: My entire team gets laid off? No problem, I just act like nothing happened and keep going. The company reports record profits year over year, but I’m denied even a 2% salary raise while new hires make 25% more than I do? No problem, I just smile and pretend everything’s great. During 1:1s with my TL or PM, when they ask how I’m feeling, I have to say, “Everything’s perfect!” even if it’s not. Admitting otherwise risks being labeled “toxic,” which could lead to a PIP and the loss of unemployment benefits. Do any of you feel like an NPC at work? How do you maintain some sense of sanity and humanity after years of pretending everything is fine during work? I have to provide for my family, but this is exhausting submitted by /u/Gold_Score_1240 [link] [comments]

I’ve been reflecting on how much I feel like an NPC (non-playable character) during work hours like one of those T-posing NPCs from Cyberpunk 2077. Imagine wearing a clown costume during work hours

Here’s what I mean:

My entire team gets laid off? No problem, I just act like nothing happened and keep going.
The company reports record profits year over year, but I’m denied even a 2% salary raise while new hires make 25% more than I do? No problem, I just smile and pretend everything’s great.
During 1:1s with my TL or PM, when they ask how I’m feeling, I have to say, “Everything’s perfect!” even if it’s not. Admitting otherwise risks being labeled “toxic,” which could lead to a PIP and the loss of unemployment benefits.

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[link] [comments] I’ve been reflecting on how much I feel like an NPC (non-playable character) during work hours like one of those T-posing NPCs from Cyberpunk 2077. Imagine wearing a clown costume during work hours Here’s what I mean: My entire team gets laid off? No problem, I just act like nothing happened and keep going. The company reports record profits year over year, but I’m denied even a 2% salary raise while new hires make 25% more than I do? No problem, I just smile and pretend everything’s great. During 1:1s with my TL or PM, when they ask how I’m feeling, I have to say, “Everything’s perfect!” even if it’s not. Admitting otherwise risks being labeled “toxic,” which could lead to a PIP and the loss of unemployment benefits. Do any of you feel like an NPC at work? How do you maintain some sense of sanity and humanity after years of pretending everything is fine during work? I have to provide for my family, but this is exhausting submitted by /u/Gold_Score_1240 [link] [comments]