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I’m getting reorged to the IT Department. I want to hop but I hopped recently. /u/Jerome-T CSCQ protests reddit

I’m getting reorged to the IT Department. I want to hop but I hopped recently. /u/Jerome-T CSCQ protests reddit

I was a software engineer at $Megacorp and I left to be a software engineer at $Startup. I left after 2 years and now I’m at $Current.

$Current is definitely not a software company. The tech group is dominated by IT. It’s pretty frustrating at times and to be quite frank it’s getting on many people’s nerves.

The company is moving my team, infrastructure software, into the IT group. I’ll keep it short and just say that most of the people in IT can’t code, can’t read docs, can’t make an API call, can’t do anything without a written down process. I am a generalist/backend software engineer.

Most of my team is considering leaving. The IT director is… “non-technical” and butts heads with a lot of people.

I’ve been here 1 year. I was at previous start up 2 years. I was at Big Tech for 3 years. I want to hop to like Nvidia or apple or Microsoft but I’m worried about how my resume will look if I hop.

Am I shooting myself in the foot by going under IT? Should I just leave?

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​r/cscareerquestions I was a software engineer at $Megacorp and I left to be a software engineer at $Startup. I left after 2 years and now I’m at $Current. $Current is definitely not a software company. The tech group is dominated by IT. It’s pretty frustrating at times and to be quite frank it’s getting on many people’s nerves. The company is moving my team, infrastructure software, into the IT group. I’ll keep it short and just say that most of the people in IT can’t code, can’t read docs, can’t make an API call, can’t do anything without a written down process. I am a generalist/backend software engineer. Most of my team is considering leaving. The IT director is… “non-technical” and butts heads with a lot of people. I’ve been here 1 year. I was at previous start up 2 years. I was at Big Tech for 3 years. I want to hop to like Nvidia or apple or Microsoft but I’m worried about how my resume will look if I hop. Am I shooting myself in the foot by going under IT? Should I just leave? submitted by /u/Jerome-T [link] [comments] 

I was a software engineer at $Megacorp and I left to be a software engineer at $Startup. I left after 2 years and now I’m at $Current.

$Current is definitely not a software company. The tech group is dominated by IT. It’s pretty frustrating at times and to be quite frank it’s getting on many people’s nerves.

The company is moving my team, infrastructure software, into the IT group. I’ll keep it short and just say that most of the people in IT can’t code, can’t read docs, can’t make an API call, can’t do anything without a written down process. I am a generalist/backend software engineer.

Most of my team is considering leaving. The IT director is… “non-technical” and butts heads with a lot of people.

I’ve been here 1 year. I was at previous start up 2 years. I was at Big Tech for 3 years. I want to hop to like Nvidia or apple or Microsoft but I’m worried about how my resume will look if I hop.

Am I shooting myself in the foot by going under IT? Should I just leave?

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[link] [comments]  I was a software engineer at $Megacorp and I left to be a software engineer at $Startup. I left after 2 years and now I’m at $Current. $Current is definitely not a software company. The tech group is dominated by IT. It’s pretty frustrating at times and to be quite frank it’s getting on many people’s nerves. The company is moving my team, infrastructure software, into the IT group. I’ll keep it short and just say that most of the people in IT can’t code, can’t read docs, can’t make an API call, can’t do anything without a written down process. I am a generalist/backend software engineer. Most of my team is considering leaving. The IT director is… “non-technical” and butts heads with a lot of people. I’ve been here 1 year. I was at previous start up 2 years. I was at Big Tech for 3 years. I want to hop to like Nvidia or apple or Microsoft but I’m worried about how my resume will look if I hop. Am I shooting myself in the foot by going under IT? Should I just leave? submitted by /u/Jerome-T [link] [comments]

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Compensation package heavily reduced /u/boyhood_kindaguy CSCQ protests reddit

Compensation package heavily reduced /u/boyhood_kindaguy CSCQ protests reddit

I was told I would receive a fixed and guaranteed bonus of at least 10% annually. Additionally, my boss said I should plan a trip to a foreign country to meet colleagues, attend a well-known conference, and have a very very generous educational budget. This has all been effectively rescinded in Q1 ’24, due to cost cutting.

I feel like I cannot trust them to keep their word any longer. The issue is that I have only been at this company for 1 year, but I am shopping around and have found several good opportunities. Recruiters are constantly reaching out to me.

Is it reasonable for me to leave in less than a year, given the circumstances?

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​r/cscareerquestions I was told I would receive a fixed and guaranteed bonus of at least 10% annually. Additionally, my boss said I should plan a trip to a foreign country to meet colleagues, attend a well-known conference, and have a very very generous educational budget. This has all been effectively rescinded in Q1 ’24, due to cost cutting. I feel like I cannot trust them to keep their word any longer. The issue is that I have only been at this company for 1 year, but I am shopping around and have found several good opportunities. Recruiters are constantly reaching out to me. Is it reasonable for me to leave in less than a year, given the circumstances? submitted by /u/boyhood_kindaguy [link] [comments] 

I was told I would receive a fixed and guaranteed bonus of at least 10% annually. Additionally, my boss said I should plan a trip to a foreign country to meet colleagues, attend a well-known conference, and have a very very generous educational budget. This has all been effectively rescinded in Q1 ’24, due to cost cutting.

I feel like I cannot trust them to keep their word any longer. The issue is that I have only been at this company for 1 year, but I am shopping around and have found several good opportunities. Recruiters are constantly reaching out to me.

Is it reasonable for me to leave in less than a year, given the circumstances?

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[link] [comments]  I was told I would receive a fixed and guaranteed bonus of at least 10% annually. Additionally, my boss said I should plan a trip to a foreign country to meet colleagues, attend a well-known conference, and have a very very generous educational budget. This has all been effectively rescinded in Q1 ’24, due to cost cutting. I feel like I cannot trust them to keep their word any longer. The issue is that I have only been at this company for 1 year, but I am shopping around and have found several good opportunities. Recruiters are constantly reaching out to me. Is it reasonable for me to leave in less than a year, given the circumstances? submitted by /u/boyhood_kindaguy [link] [comments]

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I fucked up the Goldman Sachs coderpad round /u/TotalFox2 CSCQ protests reddit

I fucked up the Goldman Sachs coderpad round /u/TotalFox2 CSCQ protests reddit

Fucked up my coderpad interview

So I had applied for the post of frontend developer at Goldman Sachs Hyderabad, India.

I went through the initial HackerRank round without any issues, it was mostly easy leetcode DSA.

For the coderpad round, I was asked to create a tic-tac-toe game in react. And my dumb ass totally fucked it up. I was able to create the grid, but I totally fumbled in the logic of checking which player has won. The interview was really kind, he helped me with hints here and there but in the end the app still didn’t work fully as expected. I did think aloud a lot and explained what code I was writing during the interview though.

Towards the end, I asked the interviewer if he had any feedback for me. He told me the places where I could have written my code in a better way, but he didn’t sound dismissive at all. He also said that I’ll be having a total of 5 rounds or so.

My question is – what are my chances of progressing to the next round? I’m not keeping any hopes up because in the end, I wasn’t able to provide a full solution to the problem that was given, but it felt like somewhere I did explain my logic well, I just fumbled at the syntax level ..

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​r/cscareerquestions Fucked up my coderpad interview So I had applied for the post of frontend developer at Goldman Sachs Hyderabad, India. I went through the initial HackerRank round without any issues, it was mostly easy leetcode DSA. For the coderpad round, I was asked to create a tic-tac-toe game in react. And my dumb ass totally fucked it up. I was able to create the grid, but I totally fumbled in the logic of checking which player has won. The interview was really kind, he helped me with hints here and there but in the end the app still didn’t work fully as expected. I did think aloud a lot and explained what code I was writing during the interview though. Towards the end, I asked the interviewer if he had any feedback for me. He told me the places where I could have written my code in a better way, but he didn’t sound dismissive at all. He also said that I’ll be having a total of 5 rounds or so. My question is – what are my chances of progressing to the next round? I’m not keeping any hopes up because in the end, I wasn’t able to provide a full solution to the problem that was given, but it felt like somewhere I did explain my logic well, I just fumbled at the syntax level .. submitted by /u/TotalFox2 [link] [comments] 

Fucked up my coderpad interview

So I had applied for the post of frontend developer at Goldman Sachs Hyderabad, India.

I went through the initial HackerRank round without any issues, it was mostly easy leetcode DSA.

For the coderpad round, I was asked to create a tic-tac-toe game in react. And my dumb ass totally fucked it up. I was able to create the grid, but I totally fumbled in the logic of checking which player has won. The interview was really kind, he helped me with hints here and there but in the end the app still didn’t work fully as expected. I did think aloud a lot and explained what code I was writing during the interview though.

Towards the end, I asked the interviewer if he had any feedback for me. He told me the places where I could have written my code in a better way, but he didn’t sound dismissive at all. He also said that I’ll be having a total of 5 rounds or so.

My question is – what are my chances of progressing to the next round? I’m not keeping any hopes up because in the end, I wasn’t able to provide a full solution to the problem that was given, but it felt like somewhere I did explain my logic well, I just fumbled at the syntax level ..

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[link] [comments]  Fucked up my coderpad interview So I had applied for the post of frontend developer at Goldman Sachs Hyderabad, India. I went through the initial HackerRank round without any issues, it was mostly easy leetcode DSA. For the coderpad round, I was asked to create a tic-tac-toe game in react. And my dumb ass totally fucked it up. I was able to create the grid, but I totally fumbled in the logic of checking which player has won. The interview was really kind, he helped me with hints here and there but in the end the app still didn’t work fully as expected. I did think aloud a lot and explained what code I was writing during the interview though. Towards the end, I asked the interviewer if he had any feedback for me. He told me the places where I could have written my code in a better way, but he didn’t sound dismissive at all. He also said that I’ll be having a total of 5 rounds or so. My question is – what are my chances of progressing to the next round? I’m not keeping any hopes up because in the end, I wasn’t able to provide a full solution to the problem that was given, but it felt like somewhere I did explain my logic well, I just fumbled at the syntax level .. submitted by /u/TotalFox2 [link] [comments]

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PSA: We all know how bad the market is, here is a tracker to watch /u/compdude420 CSCQ protests reddit

PSA: We all know how bad the market is, here is a tracker to watch /u/compdude420 CSCQ protests reddit

We get posts here everyday asking how the market is going, let me share a resourse that ill be watching to determine when to “job hop”. This graph tracks the number of jobs posted on indeed one of the largest job posting sites. This can show us an overview of how “healthy” the market is at the moment.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/IHLIDXUSTPSOFTDEVE

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We can see a clear trend with when the interest rates started going up, the index started dropping. We are in a bad period (worse than before COVID) so stay strong and lets wait.

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​r/cscareerquestions We get posts here everyday asking how the market is going, let me share a resourse that ill be watching to determine when to “job hop”. This graph tracks the number of jobs posted on indeed one of the largest job posting sites. This can show us an overview of how “healthy” the market is at the moment. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/IHLIDXUSTPSOFTDEVE Graph Pic We can see a clear trend with when the interest rates started going up, the index started dropping. We are in a bad period (worse than before COVID) so stay strong and lets wait. submitted by /u/compdude420 [link] [comments] 

We get posts here everyday asking how the market is going, let me share a resourse that ill be watching to determine when to “job hop”. This graph tracks the number of jobs posted on indeed one of the largest job posting sites. This can show us an overview of how “healthy” the market is at the moment.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/IHLIDXUSTPSOFTDEVE

Graph Pic

We can see a clear trend with when the interest rates started going up, the index started dropping. We are in a bad period (worse than before COVID) so stay strong and lets wait.

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[link] [comments]  We get posts here everyday asking how the market is going, let me share a resourse that ill be watching to determine when to “job hop”. This graph tracks the number of jobs posted on indeed one of the largest job posting sites. This can show us an overview of how “healthy” the market is at the moment. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/IHLIDXUSTPSOFTDEVE Graph Pic We can see a clear trend with when the interest rates started going up, the index started dropping. We are in a bad period (worse than before COVID) so stay strong and lets wait. submitted by /u/compdude420 [link] [comments]

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What does your team call short programs for manipulating records in a database? /u/filmgeekvt CSCQ protests reddit

What does your team call short programs for manipulating records in a database? /u/filmgeekvt CSCQ protests reddit

I’m not sure what these types of programs are called outside of my company. Are they just… programs where you work? Does your team have a special name for them? I’m talking about the programs that don’t make your software do what it does, but the programs to fix errors in the database records, either from user error or bugs or just because the customer wants to change something in bulk that your software wasn’t designed to do.

My team refers to them as Quick Fixes, or Quickies, for short. I guess that’s because they are supposed to only take you an hour or so to write, but I take days to write some of them… probably because I’m still a novice, but also because I put probably way too much thought into these things so I don’t eff something up.

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​r/cscareerquestions I’m not sure what these types of programs are called outside of my company. Are they just… programs where you work? Does your team have a special name for them? I’m talking about the programs that don’t make your software do what it does, but the programs to fix errors in the database records, either from user error or bugs or just because the customer wants to change something in bulk that your software wasn’t designed to do. My team refers to them as Quick Fixes, or Quickies, for short. I guess that’s because they are supposed to only take you an hour or so to write, but I take days to write some of them… probably because I’m still a novice, but also because I put probably way too much thought into these things so I don’t eff something up. submitted by /u/filmgeekvt [link] [comments] 

I’m not sure what these types of programs are called outside of my company. Are they just… programs where you work? Does your team have a special name for them? I’m talking about the programs that don’t make your software do what it does, but the programs to fix errors in the database records, either from user error or bugs or just because the customer wants to change something in bulk that your software wasn’t designed to do.

My team refers to them as Quick Fixes, or Quickies, for short. I guess that’s because they are supposed to only take you an hour or so to write, but I take days to write some of them… probably because I’m still a novice, but also because I put probably way too much thought into these things so I don’t eff something up.

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[link] [comments]  I’m not sure what these types of programs are called outside of my company. Are they just… programs where you work? Does your team have a special name for them? I’m talking about the programs that don’t make your software do what it does, but the programs to fix errors in the database records, either from user error or bugs or just because the customer wants to change something in bulk that your software wasn’t designed to do. My team refers to them as Quick Fixes, or Quickies, for short. I guess that’s because they are supposed to only take you an hour or so to write, but I take days to write some of them… probably because I’m still a novice, but also because I put probably way too much thought into these things so I don’t eff something up. submitted by /u/filmgeekvt [link] [comments]

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Unsure of how to upskill as a mid Data Engineer after getting laidoff /u/AyrenZ CSCQ protests reddit

Unsure of how to upskill as a mid Data Engineer after getting laidoff /u/AyrenZ CSCQ protests reddit

I worked in 2 companies in the past 4 years since i graduated and i was well versed in the inhouse products and on-prem systems. I mainly used Scala to develop data pipelines and data solutions with a few python and java projects along the way. The technologies i frequently used were Spark, Flink, Hive, Airflow, Kafka, Bash, Linux, Scala, Java. Note that i did not use any cloud technologies like AWS, GCP or Azure. Data visuallization tools such as tableau and powerBI are unfamiliar to me as well since we always had equivalent inhouse products.

Unfortunately, I got laid off a few weeks back. After taking a short break and starting to reapply, i have come to realised that my skills are nearly untransferable as most companies are looking for DEs with cloud and data visualization skills along with python and pySpark(i used scala and scala spark).

In the past few weeks i have been doing leetcode style exercises and i plan to take AWS cloud related courses to bolster up my resume as well. But i am wary that hiring managers would not accept online courses as ‘experience’ and i wouldnt fit their criteria.

How should i proceed in improving my skillsets such that i will be a valuable DE in the future?

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​r/cscareerquestions I worked in 2 companies in the past 4 years since i graduated and i was well versed in the inhouse products and on-prem systems. I mainly used Scala to develop data pipelines and data solutions with a few python and java projects along the way. The technologies i frequently used were Spark, Flink, Hive, Airflow, Kafka, Bash, Linux, Scala, Java. Note that i did not use any cloud technologies like AWS, GCP or Azure. Data visuallization tools such as tableau and powerBI are unfamiliar to me as well since we always had equivalent inhouse products. Unfortunately, I got laid off a few weeks back. After taking a short break and starting to reapply, i have come to realised that my skills are nearly untransferable as most companies are looking for DEs with cloud and data visualization skills along with python and pySpark(i used scala and scala spark). In the past few weeks i have been doing leetcode style exercises and i plan to take AWS cloud related courses to bolster up my resume as well. But i am wary that hiring managers would not accept online courses as ‘experience’ and i wouldnt fit their criteria. How should i proceed in improving my skillsets such that i will be a valuable DE in the future? submitted by /u/AyrenZ [link] [comments] 

I worked in 2 companies in the past 4 years since i graduated and i was well versed in the inhouse products and on-prem systems. I mainly used Scala to develop data pipelines and data solutions with a few python and java projects along the way. The technologies i frequently used were Spark, Flink, Hive, Airflow, Kafka, Bash, Linux, Scala, Java. Note that i did not use any cloud technologies like AWS, GCP or Azure. Data visuallization tools such as tableau and powerBI are unfamiliar to me as well since we always had equivalent inhouse products.

Unfortunately, I got laid off a few weeks back. After taking a short break and starting to reapply, i have come to realised that my skills are nearly untransferable as most companies are looking for DEs with cloud and data visualization skills along with python and pySpark(i used scala and scala spark).

In the past few weeks i have been doing leetcode style exercises and i plan to take AWS cloud related courses to bolster up my resume as well. But i am wary that hiring managers would not accept online courses as ‘experience’ and i wouldnt fit their criteria.

How should i proceed in improving my skillsets such that i will be a valuable DE in the future?

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[link] [comments]  I worked in 2 companies in the past 4 years since i graduated and i was well versed in the inhouse products and on-prem systems. I mainly used Scala to develop data pipelines and data solutions with a few python and java projects along the way. The technologies i frequently used were Spark, Flink, Hive, Airflow, Kafka, Bash, Linux, Scala, Java. Note that i did not use any cloud technologies like AWS, GCP or Azure. Data visuallization tools such as tableau and powerBI are unfamiliar to me as well since we always had equivalent inhouse products. Unfortunately, I got laid off a few weeks back. After taking a short break and starting to reapply, i have come to realised that my skills are nearly untransferable as most companies are looking for DEs with cloud and data visualization skills along with python and pySpark(i used scala and scala spark). In the past few weeks i have been doing leetcode style exercises and i plan to take AWS cloud related courses to bolster up my resume as well. But i am wary that hiring managers would not accept online courses as ‘experience’ and i wouldnt fit their criteria. How should i proceed in improving my skillsets such that i will be a valuable DE in the future? submitted by /u/AyrenZ [link] [comments]

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Whats the best job board for software developer jobs? /u/MaximusDM22 CSCQ protests reddit

Whats the best job board for software developer jobs? /u/MaximusDM22 CSCQ protests reddit

Ive used indeed mostly, but Im getting tired of it. I keep seeing jobs paying 70k asking for 5+ years of experience. I rarely see anything reasonable. Starting to think the real jobs must be posted somewhere else. Ive also used LinkedIn, but the promoted spam makes it hard to find real postings. Anything better out there?

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​r/cscareerquestions Ive used indeed mostly, but Im getting tired of it. I keep seeing jobs paying 70k asking for 5+ years of experience. I rarely see anything reasonable. Starting to think the real jobs must be posted somewhere else. Ive also used LinkedIn, but the promoted spam makes it hard to find real postings. Anything better out there? submitted by /u/MaximusDM22 [link] [comments] 

Ive used indeed mostly, but Im getting tired of it. I keep seeing jobs paying 70k asking for 5+ years of experience. I rarely see anything reasonable. Starting to think the real jobs must be posted somewhere else. Ive also used LinkedIn, but the promoted spam makes it hard to find real postings. Anything better out there?

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[link] [comments]  Ive used indeed mostly, but Im getting tired of it. I keep seeing jobs paying 70k asking for 5+ years of experience. I rarely see anything reasonable. Starting to think the real jobs must be posted somewhere else. Ive also used LinkedIn, but the promoted spam makes it hard to find real postings. Anything better out there? submitted by /u/MaximusDM22 [link] [comments]

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What’s the longest some of ya’ll have gone unemployed before finding work again? /u/0ddElderberry CSCQ protests reddit

What’s the longest some of ya’ll have gone unemployed before finding work again? /u/0ddElderberry CSCQ protests reddit

I’m going into month 7 of being unemployed as a former data analyst. I’m continuing to apply but I’m worried going any longer or crossing into the 1 yr+ territory will definitely put me at a disadvantage or will make it seem as though something’s wrong with me.

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​r/cscareerquestions I’m going into month 7 of being unemployed as a former data analyst. I’m continuing to apply but I’m worried going any longer or crossing into the 1 yr+ territory will definitely put me at a disadvantage or will make it seem as though something’s wrong with me. submitted by /u/0ddElderberry [link] [comments] 

I’m going into month 7 of being unemployed as a former data analyst. I’m continuing to apply but I’m worried going any longer or crossing into the 1 yr+ territory will definitely put me at a disadvantage or will make it seem as though something’s wrong with me.

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[link] [comments]  I’m going into month 7 of being unemployed as a former data analyst. I’m continuing to apply but I’m worried going any longer or crossing into the 1 yr+ territory will definitely put me at a disadvantage or will make it seem as though something’s wrong with me. submitted by /u/0ddElderberry [link] [comments]

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