Software Development and Programming Careers (Official Discussion Thread)
- Thread starter Blackking
- Start date
-
- Tags
- careers programming
Secure Da Bag
Veteran
wastedmermaid
Superstar
Just curious, what we’re those interviews at Goldman Sachs, Ikea like?Update on this if anyone cares.
I failed interviews at Google and Amazon. Had interviews scheduled with Facebook, Microsoft, Spotify that I turned down cause I didn't like my performance on the interviews I failed and if you fail it's normally a 6+ month wait period on reapplying. I figured those interviews would be similar level of difficulty so I lowered my expectations and went for companies like Goldman Sach, Ikea, etc.
I ended up getting a offer from a well known company on the level of Goldman Sachs, Ikea. Pay is $50k+ more than my previous job but not in the Google/FB range of compensation I was aiming for.
I basically failed at what I was trying to do.
It's humbling as fukk but I plan to still study CTCI, EPI, and leetcode. I bought a book called Designing Data Intensive Applications I'd recommend and another called Microservices Patterns (by chris richardson, a black man). I copped those cause I spent so much time studying data structures and algorithms I failed an interview when I wasn't able to speak in detail about distributed systems I was involved in building.
My new job is heavy on distributed systems and using cutting edge backend and frontend frameworks. My hope is that over the next year or two I can somehow get strong enough leetcoding to solve hard questions. System design questions should be easier for me. Amazon is already contacting me again for interviews but i'm rejecting them cause I want to be way more prepared before I attempt another FAANG interview loop
desjardins
Superstar
It's still leetcode actually but it's less rounds and more leniency, also I think the system design round is easier. Probably LC mediums. GS in particular has a hackerrank algorithm test before you even get an interview
I actually didn't do Ikea interview cause the pay wasn't as high as offers I already had on the table and I had to do a gauntlet of interviews with cacs from Sweden. So I passed
As far as web development goes... What's to stop someone from just copying and pasting other people's work and adding it to their portfolio in order to get a job? I would assume people do this all the time... Sometimes I'll just be sitting around working on a project asking myself why not just copy and paste some shyt and tinker it up a bit and claim it as mine... ? I mean as long as I know what's happening in the code, isn't that all that matters?
As long as you can explain it.
I've come to the conclusion that I'm gonna give up getting into tech and stick to my CDL driving. These articles online do a good job of spreading this MYTH that tech jobs are booming and the outlook and job growth is going to continue to increase... I been looking at jobs every day on indeed and Craigslist and it's very stagnant. It might be because of the pandemic, but I was noticing this even before. Plus black people are at the very low percentage in these companies and the chances of getting hired are far and few in between. With truck driving I can always find a job. shyt is literally recession proof and pays just as good depending on experience/endorsements.
Think you’re selling yourself short breh.
Remember: Indeed and Craigslist is only a small fraction of the entire job market.
Plenty of companies have vacancies but don’t post them on job boards
True...
Every other week for a few days I get kinda discouraged by all the shyt I gotta keep learning
I just gotta stay motivated and keep pushing. I've come too far
Disregard this whole post. Was just having one of those days where I felt discouraged. I imagine this is what med school students go thru every week. I can't quit
Suit yourself. One less application
Breh just completely disregarded the post I said to disregard in this quoted one
Last edited:
TheAnointedOne
Superstar
Disregard this whole post. Was just having one of those days where I felt discouraged. I imagine this is what med school students go thru every week. I can't quit
Tech jobs are booming. But the problem is getting your foot in the door. For entry level roles you have to compete with gifted autodidacts (*cough*), boot camp graduates, B.S. degree holders, etc. But when it comes to mid-level and senior jobs the amount of work available is astronomical.
Entry level = high supply of noobs, low demand for them
Senior = low supply of pros, high demand for them
Last edited: