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Extra Degree/Certification to get while working /u/puppylover488 CSCQ protests reddit

Extra Degree/Certification to get while working /u/puppylover488 CSCQ protests reddit

I am a new grad working a good SWE job. My company provides 5k a year of educational assistance. My manager is very happy with the work that im doing and i seem to be in good standing. I do think though that I am not being challenged enough and could be learning more. At a recent meeting, he suggested taking advantage of the benefit and getting some kind of certification or degree on the side. My questions
1. Is pursuing any kind of outside education worthwhile if I have a good thing going at my current job and will likely be promoted in the coming years regardless.

  1. If I do pursue something, should I go for a certification (I am already AWS SA certified) or masters and what are the most worthwhile and a good balance of time and money for the educational value (also keep in mind I get 5k per year and I’m not really looking to spend much more than that)

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​r/cscareerquestions I am a new grad working a good SWE job. My company provides 5k a year of educational assistance. My manager is very happy with the work that im doing and i seem to be in good standing. I do think though that I am not being challenged enough and could be learning more. At a recent meeting, he suggested taking advantage of the benefit and getting some kind of certification or degree on the side. My questions 1. Is pursuing any kind of outside education worthwhile if I have a good thing going at my current job and will likely be promoted in the coming years regardless. If I do pursue something, should I go for a certification (I am already AWS SA certified) or masters and what are the most worthwhile and a good balance of time and money for the educational value (also keep in mind I get 5k per year and I’m not really looking to spend much more than that) submitted by /u/puppylover488 [link] [comments] 

I am a new grad working a good SWE job. My company provides 5k a year of educational assistance. My manager is very happy with the work that im doing and i seem to be in good standing. I do think though that I am not being challenged enough and could be learning more. At a recent meeting, he suggested taking advantage of the benefit and getting some kind of certification or degree on the side. My questions
1. Is pursuing any kind of outside education worthwhile if I have a good thing going at my current job and will likely be promoted in the coming years regardless.

  1. If I do pursue something, should I go for a certification (I am already AWS SA certified) or masters and what are the most worthwhile and a good balance of time and money for the educational value (also keep in mind I get 5k per year and I’m not really looking to spend much more than that)

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[link] [comments]  I am a new grad working a good SWE job. My company provides 5k a year of educational assistance. My manager is very happy with the work that im doing and i seem to be in good standing. I do think though that I am not being challenged enough and could be learning more. At a recent meeting, he suggested taking advantage of the benefit and getting some kind of certification or degree on the side. My questions 1. Is pursuing any kind of outside education worthwhile if I have a good thing going at my current job and will likely be promoted in the coming years regardless. If I do pursue something, should I go for a certification (I am already AWS SA certified) or masters and what are the most worthwhile and a good balance of time and money for the educational value (also keep in mind I get 5k per year and I’m not really looking to spend much more than that) submitted by /u/puppylover488 [link] [comments]

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Where do I go to find NON FANG job postings? /u/Adnan_al7 CSCQ protests reddit

Where do I go to find NON FANG job postings? /u/Adnan_al7 CSCQ protests reddit

Dont know where to start tbh

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​r/cscareerquestions Dont know where to start tbh submitted by /u/Adnan_al7 [link] [comments] 

Dont know where to start tbh

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Anybody had experience with EPAM Campus Trainee Programs? /u/yagellaaether CSCQ protests reddit

Anybody had experience with EPAM Campus Trainee Programs? /u/yagellaaether CSCQ protests reddit

Im considering to apply to a Data Analytics Trainee Program by EPAM Campus and I wonder if it’s any good and beneficial.

If anybody had any experience with EPAM, how was it?

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​r/cscareerquestions Im considering to apply to a Data Analytics Trainee Program by EPAM Campus and I wonder if it’s any good and beneficial. If anybody had any experience with EPAM, how was it? submitted by /u/yagellaaether [link] [comments] 

Im considering to apply to a Data Analytics Trainee Program by EPAM Campus and I wonder if it’s any good and beneficial.

If anybody had any experience with EPAM, how was it?

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Visa vs Avalara, which offer should I accept for 1.5 YOE? /u/DarkRaiden72 CSCQ protests reddit

Visa vs Avalara, which offer should I accept for 1.5 YOE? /u/DarkRaiden72 CSCQ protests reddit

Visa is hybrid and package is exactly same for both but the advantage is it’s a well known brand and its easier to network and collaborate for learning, especially in the early stages of my career. The project, team and manager seems to be chill also.

On the other hand, Avalara is fully remote and they have good tech stack (they use Java, C# and golang) and good WLB.

Compensation is exactly the same (exact same number) for both the offers. Since I have 1.5 YOE, please guide me on which one should I go for.

To add more context:

The project in Visa is backed related, (they’re building a digital experience platform) and the manager has worked at top companies before (Amazon, Intuit, Huawei etc.,) and the team seems good too.

However I made the blunder of not inquiring about the project, team and manager at Avalara at the time of interviews, and now that I’ve asked, since it’s year-end and most people are on holidays, it’s going to take a few days to schedule a call for that discussion.

Also, my main problem is that I don’t have any proper development experience as I am currently working in a support role and although I have written and shipped code to prod to automate a few things, it’s mostly by myself so no scrum call, jira or agile experience. I need proper product building experience to progress into senior software Engineer roles in the future.

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​r/cscareerquestions Visa is hybrid and package is exactly same for both but the advantage is it’s a well known brand and its easier to network and collaborate for learning, especially in the early stages of my career. The project, team and manager seems to be chill also. On the other hand, Avalara is fully remote and they have good tech stack (they use Java, C# and golang) and good WLB. Compensation is exactly the same (exact same number) for both the offers. Since I have 1.5 YOE, please guide me on which one should I go for. To add more context: The project in Visa is backed related, (they’re building a digital experience platform) and the manager has worked at top companies before (Amazon, Intuit, Huawei etc.,) and the team seems good too. However I made the blunder of not inquiring about the project, team and manager at Avalara at the time of interviews, and now that I’ve asked, since it’s year-end and most people are on holidays, it’s going to take a few days to schedule a call for that discussion. Also, my main problem is that I don’t have any proper development experience as I am currently working in a support role and although I have written and shipped code to prod to automate a few things, it’s mostly by myself so no scrum call, jira or agile experience. I need proper product building experience to progress into senior software Engineer roles in the future. submitted by /u/DarkRaiden72 [link] [comments] 

Visa is hybrid and package is exactly same for both but the advantage is it’s a well known brand and its easier to network and collaborate for learning, especially in the early stages of my career. The project, team and manager seems to be chill also.

On the other hand, Avalara is fully remote and they have good tech stack (they use Java, C# and golang) and good WLB.

Compensation is exactly the same (exact same number) for both the offers. Since I have 1.5 YOE, please guide me on which one should I go for.

To add more context:

The project in Visa is backed related, (they’re building a digital experience platform) and the manager has worked at top companies before (Amazon, Intuit, Huawei etc.,) and the team seems good too.

However I made the blunder of not inquiring about the project, team and manager at Avalara at the time of interviews, and now that I’ve asked, since it’s year-end and most people are on holidays, it’s going to take a few days to schedule a call for that discussion.

Also, my main problem is that I don’t have any proper development experience as I am currently working in a support role and although I have written and shipped code to prod to automate a few things, it’s mostly by myself so no scrum call, jira or agile experience. I need proper product building experience to progress into senior software Engineer roles in the future.

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[link] [comments]  Visa is hybrid and package is exactly same for both but the advantage is it’s a well known brand and its easier to network and collaborate for learning, especially in the early stages of my career. The project, team and manager seems to be chill also. On the other hand, Avalara is fully remote and they have good tech stack (they use Java, C# and golang) and good WLB. Compensation is exactly the same (exact same number) for both the offers. Since I have 1.5 YOE, please guide me on which one should I go for. To add more context: The project in Visa is backed related, (they’re building a digital experience platform) and the manager has worked at top companies before (Amazon, Intuit, Huawei etc.,) and the team seems good too. However I made the blunder of not inquiring about the project, team and manager at Avalara at the time of interviews, and now that I’ve asked, since it’s year-end and most people are on holidays, it’s going to take a few days to schedule a call for that discussion. Also, my main problem is that I don’t have any proper development experience as I am currently working in a support role and although I have written and shipped code to prod to automate a few things, it’s mostly by myself so no scrum call, jira or agile experience. I need proper product building experience to progress into senior software Engineer roles in the future. submitted by /u/DarkRaiden72 [link] [comments]

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“Learn to use AI” is solid advice that doesn’t go far enough. /u/Relevant-Positive-48 CSCQ protests reddit

“Learn to use AI” is solid advice that doesn’t go far enough. /u/Relevant-Positive-48 CSCQ protests reddit

I’m an old man who has been a professional software engineer for more than 25 years.

When I was a kid, everyone was talking about computers which were starting to appear on desks in people’s offices and homes. The advice given was “learn to use them.”

It was really good advice. The general sentiment was correct that everyone would need to learn to use them in the future. Nearly everyone today uses computers at work, home and school (including phones and tablets).

Many lucrative careers of the future, however, went deeper. Learning to repair them, troubleshoot them, engineer them, build software, etc…

So if your’e looking for a CS career most definitely learn to use AI to assist your work in writing code, designing circuits, maintaining databases and troubleshooting hardware issues but don’t only learn to use AI in your work. Develop an understanding of how AI itself works at a mathematical level, learn how to build and train models, see if you can design your own machine learning algorithms etc… (Even if AI completely takes over the entire field that understanding will probably take you as far as you can possibly go)

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​r/cscareerquestions I’m an old man who has been a professional software engineer for more than 25 years. When I was a kid, everyone was talking about computers which were starting to appear on desks in people’s offices and homes. The advice given was “learn to use them.” It was really good advice. The general sentiment was correct that everyone would need to learn to use them in the future. Nearly everyone today uses computers at work, home and school (including phones and tablets). Many lucrative careers of the future, however, went deeper. Learning to repair them, troubleshoot them, engineer them, build software, etc… So if your’e looking for a CS career most definitely learn to use AI to assist your work in writing code, designing circuits, maintaining databases and troubleshooting hardware issues but don’t only learn to use AI in your work. Develop an understanding of how AI itself works at a mathematical level, learn how to build and train models, see if you can design your own machine learning algorithms etc… (Even if AI completely takes over the entire field that understanding will probably take you as far as you can possibly go) submitted by /u/Relevant-Positive-48 [link] [comments] 

I’m an old man who has been a professional software engineer for more than 25 years.

When I was a kid, everyone was talking about computers which were starting to appear on desks in people’s offices and homes. The advice given was “learn to use them.”

It was really good advice. The general sentiment was correct that everyone would need to learn to use them in the future. Nearly everyone today uses computers at work, home and school (including phones and tablets).

Many lucrative careers of the future, however, went deeper. Learning to repair them, troubleshoot them, engineer them, build software, etc…

So if your’e looking for a CS career most definitely learn to use AI to assist your work in writing code, designing circuits, maintaining databases and troubleshooting hardware issues but don’t only learn to use AI in your work. Develop an understanding of how AI itself works at a mathematical level, learn how to build and train models, see if you can design your own machine learning algorithms etc… (Even if AI completely takes over the entire field that understanding will probably take you as far as you can possibly go)

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[link] [comments]  I’m an old man who has been a professional software engineer for more than 25 years. When I was a kid, everyone was talking about computers which were starting to appear on desks in people’s offices and homes. The advice given was “learn to use them.” It was really good advice. The general sentiment was correct that everyone would need to learn to use them in the future. Nearly everyone today uses computers at work, home and school (including phones and tablets). Many lucrative careers of the future, however, went deeper. Learning to repair them, troubleshoot them, engineer them, build software, etc… So if your’e looking for a CS career most definitely learn to use AI to assist your work in writing code, designing circuits, maintaining databases and troubleshooting hardware issues but don’t only learn to use AI in your work. Develop an understanding of how AI itself works at a mathematical level, learn how to build and train models, see if you can design your own machine learning algorithms etc… (Even if AI completely takes over the entire field that understanding will probably take you as far as you can possibly go) submitted by /u/Relevant-Positive-48 [link] [comments]

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How to stay motivated and move forward? /u/NoWeather1702 CSCQ protests reddit

How to stay motivated and move forward? /u/NoWeather1702 CSCQ protests reddit

How do you stay motivated today? To be honest, I feel concerned about the future. I love coding, building stuff and searching for solutions makes me happy. When I started my programmer journey I was 100% sure that it is what I want to do and also it is what will keep me going as I saw no way for software development to go down. But current situation on the job market is not good and I don’t see a lot of signs for it to get better. Also there is this AI progress that in its current form is not a serious threats but I can see how it automates more and more simple tasks and eliminates lots of junior and even middle level positions. And I understand that I am in a better positions than those who just starting as I am working, have a couple of years of experience, but anyway almost everyday I feel frustrated and anxious. Sometimes I feel like we are on a sinking island, that is still floating and doing ok, but in the long run the perspective is not so optimistic. So decided to write here, what are your thoughts on the future? How to stay motivated and progress further?

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​r/cscareerquestions How do you stay motivated today? To be honest, I feel concerned about the future. I love coding, building stuff and searching for solutions makes me happy. When I started my programmer journey I was 100% sure that it is what I want to do and also it is what will keep me going as I saw no way for software development to go down. But current situation on the job market is not good and I don’t see a lot of signs for it to get better. Also there is this AI progress that in its current form is not a serious threats but I can see how it automates more and more simple tasks and eliminates lots of junior and even middle level positions. And I understand that I am in a better positions than those who just starting as I am working, have a couple of years of experience, but anyway almost everyday I feel frustrated and anxious. Sometimes I feel like we are on a sinking island, that is still floating and doing ok, but in the long run the perspective is not so optimistic. So decided to write here, what are your thoughts on the future? How to stay motivated and progress further? submitted by /u/NoWeather1702 [link] [comments] 

How do you stay motivated today? To be honest, I feel concerned about the future. I love coding, building stuff and searching for solutions makes me happy. When I started my programmer journey I was 100% sure that it is what I want to do and also it is what will keep me going as I saw no way for software development to go down. But current situation on the job market is not good and I don’t see a lot of signs for it to get better. Also there is this AI progress that in its current form is not a serious threats but I can see how it automates more and more simple tasks and eliminates lots of junior and even middle level positions. And I understand that I am in a better positions than those who just starting as I am working, have a couple of years of experience, but anyway almost everyday I feel frustrated and anxious. Sometimes I feel like we are on a sinking island, that is still floating and doing ok, but in the long run the perspective is not so optimistic. So decided to write here, what are your thoughts on the future? How to stay motivated and progress further?

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[link] [comments]  How do you stay motivated today? To be honest, I feel concerned about the future. I love coding, building stuff and searching for solutions makes me happy. When I started my programmer journey I was 100% sure that it is what I want to do and also it is what will keep me going as I saw no way for software development to go down. But current situation on the job market is not good and I don’t see a lot of signs for it to get better. Also there is this AI progress that in its current form is not a serious threats but I can see how it automates more and more simple tasks and eliminates lots of junior and even middle level positions. And I understand that I am in a better positions than those who just starting as I am working, have a couple of years of experience, but anyway almost everyday I feel frustrated and anxious. Sometimes I feel like we are on a sinking island, that is still floating and doing ok, but in the long run the perspective is not so optimistic. So decided to write here, what are your thoughts on the future? How to stay motivated and progress further? submitted by /u/NoWeather1702 [link] [comments]

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Is it normal to receive code review comments with curse words? /u/ssg_partners CSCQ protests reddit

Is it normal to receive code review comments with curse words? /u/ssg_partners CSCQ protests reddit

Is it normal to receive code review comments with curse words and no explanation of what’s wrong and no suggested alternatives?

Examples:

” Wtf! Really?”

” WTF!! “

” this is not how React works “

” OMG! Why so complicated? Are you kidding me?”

I don’t say anything and just do what they say. But I don’t enjoy being treated like this.

Sometimes I purposely write 4 lines of code instead of doing the same in 2 lines of code because it’s often more human readable in 4 lines of code (with descriptive constant names). But my colleague hates it (for example) and says that I’m insanely stupid for writing extra lines of code to do the same that could be done in fewer lines.

It’s his first programming job after he did a bootcamp. It’s my second job. I know that I’m a mediocre developer and he may be better even though he has less experience. However, I feel like he could say the same things in a better way. Am I wrong?

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​r/cscareerquestions Is it normal to receive code review comments with curse words and no explanation of what’s wrong and no suggested alternatives? Examples: ” Wtf! Really?” ” WTF!! ” ” this is not how React works ” ” OMG! Why so complicated? Are you kidding me?” I don’t say anything and just do what they say. But I don’t enjoy being treated like this. Sometimes I purposely write 4 lines of code instead of doing the same in 2 lines of code because it’s often more human readable in 4 lines of code (with descriptive constant names). But my colleague hates it (for example) and says that I’m insanely stupid for writing extra lines of code to do the same that could be done in fewer lines. It’s his first programming job after he did a bootcamp. It’s my second job. I know that I’m a mediocre developer and he may be better even though he has less experience. However, I feel like he could say the same things in a better way. Am I wrong? submitted by /u/ssg_partners [link] [comments] 

Is it normal to receive code review comments with curse words and no explanation of what’s wrong and no suggested alternatives?

Examples:

” Wtf! Really?”

” WTF!! “

” this is not how React works “

” OMG! Why so complicated? Are you kidding me?”

I don’t say anything and just do what they say. But I don’t enjoy being treated like this.

Sometimes I purposely write 4 lines of code instead of doing the same in 2 lines of code because it’s often more human readable in 4 lines of code (with descriptive constant names). But my colleague hates it (for example) and says that I’m insanely stupid for writing extra lines of code to do the same that could be done in fewer lines.

It’s his first programming job after he did a bootcamp. It’s my second job. I know that I’m a mediocre developer and he may be better even though he has less experience. However, I feel like he could say the same things in a better way. Am I wrong?

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[link] [comments]  Is it normal to receive code review comments with curse words and no explanation of what’s wrong and no suggested alternatives? Examples: ” Wtf! Really?” ” WTF!! ” ” this is not how React works ” ” OMG! Why so complicated? Are you kidding me?” I don’t say anything and just do what they say. But I don’t enjoy being treated like this. Sometimes I purposely write 4 lines of code instead of doing the same in 2 lines of code because it’s often more human readable in 4 lines of code (with descriptive constant names). But my colleague hates it (for example) and says that I’m insanely stupid for writing extra lines of code to do the same that could be done in fewer lines. It’s his first programming job after he did a bootcamp. It’s my second job. I know that I’m a mediocre developer and he may be better even though he has less experience. However, I feel like he could say the same things in a better way. Am I wrong? submitted by /u/ssg_partners [link] [comments]

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Leaving full time position in non-related field for internship? /u/Dry-Recognition8077 CSCQ protests reddit

Leaving full time position in non-related field for internship? /u/Dry-Recognition8077 CSCQ protests reddit

So I currently have a decent paying full-time position not in the cs field, but I am in school for software engineering and would like to get some relevant experience. I currently have 2 summer internship offers but they aren’t the best paying, they are pretty much what I make now. I am waiting to schedule my interview for a FAANG internship (you know which one).

But if that one doesn’t work out, would it be worth taking a lower paying internship if I currently make the same but full time? Just would like other people’s thoughts on this

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​r/cscareerquestions So I currently have a decent paying full-time position not in the cs field, but I am in school for software engineering and would like to get some relevant experience. I currently have 2 summer internship offers but they aren’t the best paying, they are pretty much what I make now. I am waiting to schedule my interview for a FAANG internship (you know which one). But if that one doesn’t work out, would it be worth taking a lower paying internship if I currently make the same but full time? Just would like other people’s thoughts on this submitted by /u/Dry-Recognition8077 [link] [comments] 

So I currently have a decent paying full-time position not in the cs field, but I am in school for software engineering and would like to get some relevant experience. I currently have 2 summer internship offers but they aren’t the best paying, they are pretty much what I make now. I am waiting to schedule my interview for a FAANG internship (you know which one).

But if that one doesn’t work out, would it be worth taking a lower paying internship if I currently make the same but full time? Just would like other people’s thoughts on this

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[link] [comments]  So I currently have a decent paying full-time position not in the cs field, but I am in school for software engineering and would like to get some relevant experience. I currently have 2 summer internship offers but they aren’t the best paying, they are pretty much what I make now. I am waiting to schedule my interview for a FAANG internship (you know which one). But if that one doesn’t work out, would it be worth taking a lower paying internship if I currently make the same but full time? Just would like other people’s thoughts on this submitted by /u/Dry-Recognition8077 [link] [comments]

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