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December 17, 2024cscareerquestions

who here are starting businesses and side projects because of being laid off? /u/lovebes CSCQ protests reddit

Just curious. Wondering what the next Twitter will be and how I can invest in y’all’s stock later on 😉

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r/cscareerquestions Just curious. Wondering what the next Twitter will be and how I can invest in y’all’s stock later on 😉 submitted by /u/lovebes [link] [comments]

Just curious. Wondering what the next Twitter will be and how I can invest in y’all’s stock later on 😉

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[link] [comments] Just curious. Wondering what the next Twitter will be and how I can invest in y’all’s stock later on 😉 submitted by /u/lovebes [link] [comments]

December 17, 2024cscareerquestions

How do you network when you can’t meet people IRL or through work? /u/MetalKev CSCQ protests reddit

Hi all,

I’m trying to make a pivot into a data analytics / business intelligence sort of role, and a constant refrain of career advice is “network more: its not what you know but who you know”.

The problem is I live in an area which makes it impractical to attend career fairs or irl meetups, and my current line of work doesn’t provide any opportunities to network in the direction I’d like to take my career. Also, since my focus isn’t on being a developer it doesn’t seem like contributing code to open source projects would be the best use of time either.

I’m at a bit of a loss about how to find collaborative projects or networking opportunities for the niche I’m hoping to break into. Any thoughts or advice people have is appreciated.

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r/cscareerquestions Hi all, I’m trying to make a pivot into a data analytics / business intelligence sort of role, and a constant refrain of career advice is “network more: its not what you know but who you know”. The problem is I live in an area which makes it impractical to attend career fairs or irl meetups, and my current line of work doesn’t provide any opportunities to network in the direction I’d like to take my career. Also, since my focus isn’t on being a developer it doesn’t seem like contributing code to open source projects would be the best use of time either. I’m at a bit of a loss about how to find collaborative projects or networking opportunities for the niche I’m hoping to break into. Any thoughts or advice people have is appreciated. submitted by /u/MetalKev [link] [comments]

Hi all,

I’m trying to make a pivot into a data analytics / business intelligence sort of role, and a constant refrain of career advice is “network more: its not what you know but who you know”.

I’m at a bit of a loss about how to find collaborative projects or networking opportunities for the niche I’m hoping to break into. Any thoughts or advice people have is appreciated.

submitted by /u/MetalKev
[link] [comments] Hi all, I’m trying to make a pivot into a data analytics / business intelligence sort of role, and a constant refrain of career advice is “network more: its not what you know but who you know”. The problem is I live in an area which makes it impractical to attend career fairs or irl meetups, and my current line of work doesn’t provide any opportunities to network in the direction I’d like to take my career. Also, since my focus isn’t on being a developer it doesn’t seem like contributing code to open source projects would be the best use of time either. I’m at a bit of a loss about how to find collaborative projects or networking opportunities for the niche I’m hoping to break into. Any thoughts or advice people have is appreciated. submitted by /u/MetalKev [link] [comments]

December 17, 2024cscareerquestions

Phd Focus /u/Majestic_Unicorn_86 CSCQ protests reddit

Hi all! I’m a sophomore in CS/Math doing some basic research in PL, and am heavily planning on doing a PhD. However, I don’t see myself continuing with PL in grad school, and was wondering how those with doctorates found their concentration. Thanks!

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r/cscareerquestions Hi all! I’m a sophomore in CS/Math doing some basic research in PL, and am heavily planning on doing a PhD. However, I don’t see myself continuing with PL in grad school, and was wondering how those with doctorates found their concentration. Thanks! submitted by /u/Majestic_Unicorn_86 [link] [comments]

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[link] [comments] Hi all! I’m a sophomore in CS/Math doing some basic research in PL, and am heavily planning on doing a PhD. However, I don’t see myself continuing with PL in grad school, and was wondering how those with doctorates found their concentration. Thanks! submitted by /u/Majestic_Unicorn_86 [link] [comments]

December 17, 2024cscareerquestions

What do I do to stay relevant in coding for the future when A.I. is improving everyday? /u/hybridpriest CSCQ protests reddit

Before Grandmaster Garry Kasparov was defeated by IBM’s Deep Blue, computers had little chance against humans in chess. Deep Blue’s victory marked a turning point: initially, only Grandmasters could compete with chess engines. A decade later, no human could match engines like Stockfish. Two decades on, high-level chess became a battle of computer versus computer, with humans entirely out of the equation(at above 3000 Elo chess).

A similar trajectory can be seen in AI and programming. The GPT-4o model initially scored 11% in Codeforces competitions, but by the end of the year, its successor, O1 fine tuned model, achieved a remarkable 93%(The training data was NOT Codeforces questions, they allowed some 50 submissions even humans are allowed many submissions but points would be deducted for submissions).

If we apply the same trend observed in chess, what will the future hold for programming? With multi-AI agents increasingly working autonomously, coding is becoming more automated by the day. As these models continue to improve year after year, is there a future for coding jobs 10 years from now or since coding would become easier and easier that it would pay less like minimum wage?

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r/cscareerquestions Before Grandmaster Garry Kasparov was defeated by IBM’s Deep Blue, computers had little chance against humans in chess. Deep Blue’s victory marked a turning point: initially, only Grandmasters could compete with chess engines. A decade later, no human could match engines like Stockfish. Two decades on, high-level chess became a battle of computer versus computer, with humans entirely out of the equation(at above 3000 Elo chess). A similar trajectory can be seen in AI and programming. The GPT-4o model initially scored 11% in Codeforces competitions, but by the end of the year, its successor, O1 fine tuned model, achieved a remarkable 93%(The training data was NOT Codeforces questions, they allowed some 50 submissions even humans are allowed many submissions but points would be deducted for submissions). If we apply the same trend observed in chess, what will the future hold for programming? With multi-AI agents increasingly working autonomously, coding is becoming more automated by the day. As these models continue to improve year after year, is there a future for coding jobs 10 years from now or since coding would become easier and easier that it would pay less like minimum wage? submitted by /u/hybridpriest [link] [comments]

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[link] [comments] Before Grandmaster Garry Kasparov was defeated by IBM’s Deep Blue, computers had little chance against humans in chess. Deep Blue’s victory marked a turning point: initially, only Grandmasters could compete with chess engines. A decade later, no human could match engines like Stockfish. Two decades on, high-level chess became a battle of computer versus computer, with humans entirely out of the equation(at above 3000 Elo chess). A similar trajectory can be seen in AI and programming. The GPT-4o model initially scored 11% in Codeforces competitions, but by the end of the year, its successor, O1 fine tuned model, achieved a remarkable 93%(The training data was NOT Codeforces questions, they allowed some 50 submissions even humans are allowed many submissions but points would be deducted for submissions). If we apply the same trend observed in chess, what will the future hold for programming? With multi-AI agents increasingly working autonomously, coding is becoming more automated by the day. As these models continue to improve year after year, is there a future for coding jobs 10 years from now or since coding would become easier and easier that it would pay less like minimum wage? submitted by /u/hybridpriest [link] [comments]

December 17, 2024cscareerquestions

Is the salary range for a job posting the range for the role or the range to start? /u/keezy998 CSCQ protests reddit

I had an interview recently for a role in which the salary range was not posted. I checked the company on Glassdoor and the average salary for the role I applied for was ~$145k USD, which is within the range I’m looking for.

When speaking to the recruiter he told me the top of the range was $131k but he said he was certain he could get me that.

My question is, is the “top of the range” usually the max for the lifetime of this position? Meaning if I started there I would be capped out until I leveled up? Or is it just the max to start the role, and the actual max is higher with room for merit increases down the road?

Wondering if it’s even worth it to me now if it’s the former.

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r/cscareerquestions I had an interview recently for a role in which the salary range was not posted. I checked the company on Glassdoor and the average salary for the role I applied for was ~$145k USD, which is within the range I’m looking for. When speaking to the recruiter he told me the top of the range was $131k but he said he was certain he could get me that. My question is, is the “top of the range” usually the max for the lifetime of this position? Meaning if I started there I would be capped out until I leveled up? Or is it just the max to start the role, and the actual max is higher with room for merit increases down the road? Wondering if it’s even worth it to me now if it’s the former. submitted by /u/keezy998 [link] [comments]

When speaking to the recruiter he told me the top of the range was $131k but he said he was certain he could get me that.

Wondering if it’s even worth it to me now if it’s the former.

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[link] [comments] I had an interview recently for a role in which the salary range was not posted. I checked the company on Glassdoor and the average salary for the role I applied for was ~$145k USD, which is within the range I’m looking for. When speaking to the recruiter he told me the top of the range was $131k but he said he was certain he could get me that. My question is, is the “top of the range” usually the max for the lifetime of this position? Meaning if I started there I would be capped out until I leveled up? Or is it just the max to start the role, and the actual max is higher with room for merit increases down the road? Wondering if it’s even worth it to me now if it’s the former. submitted by /u/keezy998 [link] [comments]

December 17, 2024cscareerquestions

Should I take a low-code offer I don’t want, or focus on applying elsewhere? /u/allhailzero CSCQ protests reddit

I just received an offer for a position that honestly I don’t want to take. The position seems to be very low-code and more similar to an IT role than a software engineering/development role. The systems they work in are proprietary, so I wouldn’t be gaining any experience that would further my career goals (SWE). In addition, it’s over 40 hours a week in-person and has a very low rating on sites like Glassdoor. The compensation is also much lower than many of my classmates with similar experience levels, which wouldn’t be as much of a problem if I was gaining experience or if the company environment seemed better.

For context, I got this offer after ~50 applications, and 3 interview processes. I’m a 2024 grad who has been working part time in a non-technical role at a tech company up until a few weeks ago, with some internship and research experience. I have enough savings to safely cover 6 months of expenses.

Should I:

A.) Accept the offer, but start applying other places since day 0, or

B.) Reject the offer, and send out a lot more applications to SWE/dev roles

My main concern with accepting is that my hours would make it much tougher to get out more than a couple applications a week, and make interviewing much tougher. Also, most interviewers seemed to ask about current job status in the first interview, where saying I’m in the first few months at a new position would harm my chances. If I reject, I would have much more energy to get out a higher number of applications and hopefully interviews. The only problem is there might not be another offer in the next 6 months, and I might need to compete with 2025 grads if the process takes much longer.

Any advice, or things I haven’t considered?

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r/cscareerquestions I just received an offer for a position that honestly I don’t want to take. The position seems to be very low-code and more similar to an IT role than a software engineering/development role. The systems they work in are proprietary, so I wouldn’t be gaining any experience that would further my career goals (SWE). In addition, it’s over 40 hours a week in-person and has a very low rating on sites like Glassdoor. The compensation is also much lower than many of my classmates with similar experience levels, which wouldn’t be as much of a problem if I was gaining experience or if the company environment seemed better. For context, I got this offer after ~50 applications, and 3 interview processes. I’m a 2024 grad who has been working part time in a non-technical role at a tech company up until a few weeks ago, with some internship and research experience. I have enough savings to safely cover 6 months of expenses. Should I: A.) Accept the offer, but start applying other places since day 0, or B.) Reject the offer, and send out a lot more applications to SWE/dev roles My main concern with accepting is that my hours would make it much tougher to get out more than a couple applications a week, and make interviewing much tougher. Also, most interviewers seemed to ask about current job status in the first interview, where saying I’m in the first few months at a new position would harm my chances. If I reject, I would have much more energy to get out a higher number of applications and hopefully interviews. The only problem is there might not be another offer in the next 6 months, and I might need to compete with 2025 grads if the process takes much longer. Any advice, or things I haven’t considered? submitted by /u/allhailzero [link] [comments]

Should I:

A.) Accept the offer, but start applying other places since day 0, or

B.) Reject the offer, and send out a lot more applications to SWE/dev roles

Any advice, or things I haven’t considered?

submitted by /u/allhailzero
[link] [comments] I just received an offer for a position that honestly I don’t want to take. The position seems to be very low-code and more similar to an IT role than a software engineering/development role. The systems they work in are proprietary, so I wouldn’t be gaining any experience that would further my career goals (SWE). In addition, it’s over 40 hours a week in-person and has a very low rating on sites like Glassdoor. The compensation is also much lower than many of my classmates with similar experience levels, which wouldn’t be as much of a problem if I was gaining experience or if the company environment seemed better. For context, I got this offer after ~50 applications, and 3 interview processes. I’m a 2024 grad who has been working part time in a non-technical role at a tech company up until a few weeks ago, with some internship and research experience. I have enough savings to safely cover 6 months of expenses. Should I: A.) Accept the offer, but start applying other places since day 0, or B.) Reject the offer, and send out a lot more applications to SWE/dev roles My main concern with accepting is that my hours would make it much tougher to get out more than a couple applications a week, and make interviewing much tougher. Also, most interviewers seemed to ask about current job status in the first interview, where saying I’m in the first few months at a new position would harm my chances. If I reject, I would have much more energy to get out a higher number of applications and hopefully interviews. The only problem is there might not be another offer in the next 6 months, and I might need to compete with 2025 grads if the process takes much longer. Any advice, or things I haven’t considered? submitted by /u/allhailzero [link] [comments]

December 17, 2024cscareerquestions

Need some help negotiating this offer from Microsoft L62 /u/Lioil1 CSCQ protests reddit

Currently working very cozy place 205k base (no bonus or anything) 15yoe

Got an offer L62 ~DC for federal

Base 170k

100K RSU 4 years

25k sign on

Clearance bonus 15% ~= 25k

Annual performance bonus up to 20% and 44k stock (assume standard across board)

Recruiter said total comp 260ishk but I fail to see that? it seems its 245k first year and 220 future years…

He did say not much room to work with when I said I will get back in 1-2 days….

I think 170k base is kind of about “right” for L62 and I have seen RSU varies a lot and this seems like “middle of the road”? Just wondering what I can ask to increase?

I don’t have any competing offers since I wasn’t even looking when a recruiter contacted me and I decided to interview. Thanks

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r/cscareerquestions Currently working very cozy place 205k base (no bonus or anything) 15yoe Got an offer L62 ~DC for federal Base 170k 100K RSU 4 years 25k sign on Clearance bonus 15% ~= 25k Annual performance bonus up to 20% and 44k stock (assume standard across board) Recruiter said total comp 260ishk but I fail to see that? it seems its 245k first year and 220 future years… He did say not much room to work with when I said I will get back in 1-2 days…. I think 170k base is kind of about “right” for L62 and I have seen RSU varies a lot and this seems like “middle of the road”? Just wondering what I can ask to increase? I don’t have any competing offers since I wasn’t even looking when a recruiter contacted me and I decided to interview. Thanks submitted by /u/Lioil1 [link] [comments]

Currently working very cozy place 205k base (no bonus or anything) 15yoe

Got an offer L62 ~DC for federal

Base 170k

100K RSU 4 years

25k sign on

Clearance bonus 15% ~= 25k

Annual performance bonus up to 20% and 44k stock (assume standard across board)

Recruiter said total comp 260ishk but I fail to see that? it seems its 245k first year and 220 future years…

He did say not much room to work with when I said I will get back in 1-2 days….

I think 170k base is kind of about “right” for L62 and I have seen RSU varies a lot and this seems like “middle of the road”? Just wondering what I can ask to increase?

I don’t have any competing offers since I wasn’t even looking when a recruiter contacted me and I decided to interview. Thanks

submitted by /u/Lioil1
[link] [comments] Currently working very cozy place 205k base (no bonus or anything) 15yoe Got an offer L62 ~DC for federal Base 170k 100K RSU 4 years 25k sign on Clearance bonus 15% ~= 25k Annual performance bonus up to 20% and 44k stock (assume standard across board) Recruiter said total comp 260ishk but I fail to see that? it seems its 245k first year and 220 future years… He did say not much room to work with when I said I will get back in 1-2 days…. I think 170k base is kind of about “right” for L62 and I have seen RSU varies a lot and this seems like “middle of the road”? Just wondering what I can ask to increase? I don’t have any competing offers since I wasn’t even looking when a recruiter contacted me and I decided to interview. Thanks submitted by /u/Lioil1 [link] [comments]

December 17, 2024cscareerquestions

Jump Ship or Step Up? 2 Year Intern /u/SaidPerson CSCQ protests reddit

Hello, so I recently graduated from university in May of 2024 and was fortunate enough to have had an internship at a small, around 10 employees, tech company for the last 2 years. Started off in the summer then went part time to finish school.

Unfortunately, the work I started doing is the same work I’m still doing even after graduating, which is internal and external documentation work.

I’ve learned a lot along the way and have had exposure to the codebase, shipping a very important new product, development planning, guidance and everything but I’ve not completed any complex work duties. The most I’ve done that I’m proud of is help a few clients with their website using CSS and HTML.

I understand this is on me for not stepping up and trying to take an initiative to do more at the company but part of me believes my superiors just don’t believe in me either. It’s been a rough 2 years going through several family tragedies which I know isn’t an excuse but maybe helps to explain my lack of motivation. The pay is minimum wage and I believe I have more to offer if I would just put in a little more effort. I’ve already made an offer but that was 6 weeks ago and I’ve heard nothing back from my manager.

The issue is arises when you take into consideration how small the company is. If I really wanted to, I could get tons of experience using the LAMP stack, angular, AWS, experience with moving software from server to server, installations and upgrade etc.

The exposure to techs that are willing to teach me all of this is invaluable. I guess if I’m being completely honest, I’m a little frightened by it all, how good everyone around me is and how much of a slacker I feel like.

My question is, should I step up and continue working on documentation while contributing more so I can add to my resume, should I just start learning this stuff on my own and apply to jobs?

No clue what to do. Any guidance would be welcomed.

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r/cscareerquestions Hello, so I recently graduated from university in May of 2024 and was fortunate enough to have had an internship at a small, around 10 employees, tech company for the last 2 years. Started off in the summer then went part time to finish school. Unfortunately, the work I started doing is the same work I’m still doing even after graduating, which is internal and external documentation work. I’ve learned a lot along the way and have had exposure to the codebase, shipping a very important new product, development planning, guidance and everything but I’ve not completed any complex work duties. The most I’ve done that I’m proud of is help a few clients with their website using CSS and HTML. I understand this is on me for not stepping up and trying to take an initiative to do more at the company but part of me believes my superiors just don’t believe in me either. It’s been a rough 2 years going through several family tragedies which I know isn’t an excuse but maybe helps to explain my lack of motivation. The pay is minimum wage and I believe I have more to offer if I would just put in a little more effort. I’ve already made an offer but that was 6 weeks ago and I’ve heard nothing back from my manager. The issue is arises when you take into consideration how small the company is. If I really wanted to, I could get tons of experience using the LAMP stack, angular, AWS, experience with moving software from server to server, installations and upgrade etc. The exposure to techs that are willing to teach me all of this is invaluable. I guess if I’m being completely honest, I’m a little frightened by it all, how good everyone around me is and how much of a slacker I feel like. My question is, should I step up and continue working on documentation while contributing more so I can add to my resume, should I just start learning this stuff on my own and apply to jobs? No clue what to do. Any guidance would be welcomed. submitted by /u/SaidPerson [link] [comments]

Unfortunately, the work I started doing is the same work I’m still doing even after graduating, which is internal and external documentation work.

My question is, should I step up and continue working on documentation while contributing more so I can add to my resume, should I just start learning this stuff on my own and apply to jobs?

No clue what to do. Any guidance would be welcomed.

submitted by /u/SaidPerson
[link] [comments] Hello, so I recently graduated from university in May of 2024 and was fortunate enough to have had an internship at a small, around 10 employees, tech company for the last 2 years. Started off in the summer then went part time to finish school. Unfortunately, the work I started doing is the same work I’m still doing even after graduating, which is internal and external documentation work. I’ve learned a lot along the way and have had exposure to the codebase, shipping a very important new product, development planning, guidance and everything but I’ve not completed any complex work duties. The most I’ve done that I’m proud of is help a few clients with their website using CSS and HTML. I understand this is on me for not stepping up and trying to take an initiative to do more at the company but part of me believes my superiors just don’t believe in me either. It’s been a rough 2 years going through several family tragedies which I know isn’t an excuse but maybe helps to explain my lack of motivation. The pay is minimum wage and I believe I have more to offer if I would just put in a little more effort. I’ve already made an offer but that was 6 weeks ago and I’ve heard nothing back from my manager. The issue is arises when you take into consideration how small the company is. If I really wanted to, I could get tons of experience using the LAMP stack, angular, AWS, experience with moving software from server to server, installations and upgrade etc. The exposure to techs that are willing to teach me all of this is invaluable. I guess if I’m being completely honest, I’m a little frightened by it all, how good everyone around me is and how much of a slacker I feel like. My question is, should I step up and continue working on documentation while contributing more so I can add to my resume, should I just start learning this stuff on my own and apply to jobs? No clue what to do. Any guidance would be welcomed. submitted by /u/SaidPerson [link] [comments]