conflicted_dev

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   by conflicted_dev 10y ago

   1.) This is a really good question, and to be honest, I'm not 100% certain what you'd call my role. At my last startup, I was the founder, so initially, I had to do everything. However, as the project scaled, I focused most of my
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   by conflicted_dev 10y ago

   Can confirm. 50% of the roles I've interviewed for are DevOps, and they definitely ask algorithms questions. Granted, I don't think DevOps is very different from product engineering these days. It's still code.
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   by conflicted_dev 10y ago

   Frankly, I agree, but I also don't see another alternative. I have a reasonably decent github portfolio, but most companies I've applied to view it as supplementary evidence, rather than proof of my abilities.
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   by conflicted_dev 10y ago

   That video was great. He spoke at my commencement and it was incredible.
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   by conflicted_dev 10y ago

   If I had it my way, I'd drop everything an do another (tech) startup (I've already done one). The problem is, I don't have the financial resources to take on the risk associated with founding and operating another company. I
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   by conflicted_dev 10y ago

   You're the second person I've heard this from within the past week. The last person I spoke to about this is an engineer at Facebook who found that several of the most recent interviewees simply "memorized the material for th
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   by conflicted_dev 10y ago

   This is an interesting strategy. I like it. Also, given all the posts in this thread, I'm beginning to think it's going to take over a year to really get a good understanding of this stuff.
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   by conflicted_dev 10y ago

   I think I made a mistake in specifying that I'd like to work at a big4 company. Sure, the prestige and the open doors that come with it are nice, but I'm much more interested in the type of people that these companies attract. I&#
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   by conflicted_dev 10y ago

   Heh. It took me a few months to be put into my proverbial place, but now I understand just how amazing some engineers are. I read that post a while back too. A few of my colleagues have actually done client work for Google (even though they
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    by conflicted_dev 10y ago

    Well, I agree with your contentions on "finding a job at a company with a culture [I'd] enjoy." However, I'm finding that even these companies put their applicants through all of the algorithmic hoops that the big guys d
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    by conflicted_dev 10y ago

    Thanks for taking the time to share some input. Here are your answers: 1.) I do enjoy software engineering to a certain degree, and even if I weren't in the field, I'd almost certainly still write code from time to time. 2.) This
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    by conflicted_dev 10y ago

    Thanks for the input. I tend to be good at programming, but very bad at algorithms / math. At this point, I'm trying to assess what amount of work it's going to take to get into one of the "big 4"-type companies. I
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    Ask HN: Is it possible for someone to not be cut out for software engineering?

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