newobj

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by newobj 8y ago
Let me put it this way, people that came to BigCo's from FinCo's in my experience (I mean, trading/quant, not banking software) generally were 90th percentile+ performers at BigCo's. Don't know about the other direc
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by newobj 8y ago
I've never seen post-grad requirement for a dev unless it's a cutting edge research position and they need PhD's from the problem domain. Requiring a master's for a dev position is just a joke and I wouldn't take a
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by newobj 8y ago
Agreed, absolutely.
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by newobj 8y ago
Ok. It was a SWAG. My point being that a systemic failure to land a coding job is a problem with you, not the interview process(es). My sentiment in my original reply is that I hear a lot of complaining about "i was asked to code binar
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by newobj 8y ago
If you're capable of developing software, being offered $15/hr /even without any interview at all/ is just broken. This is not about the interview process, that's just an old fashioned screwjob. I'm really conf
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by newobj 8y ago
Sure, I was being conservative. Point being that $15/hr in the US is just basically a complete screw-job.
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by newobj 8y ago
I would never take a job, or even interview for a job, where I wasn't also able to effectively interview the company and team. That's just stupid. My rant is more about an otherwise normal interview, which has in-person coding, an
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by newobj 8y ago
Your speech is very impassioned, but you did nothing to defend your point of view, just reiterate it multiple times. Why is an employer asking for "proof of capabilities" tantamount to abuse? Seems a little hyperbolic, yeah?
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by newobj 8y ago
People in "offshored-to countries" are making ~$15USD/hr ... if you are making this anywhere in the primary market for doing code work, you're getting massively^3 underpaid ... nevermind NYC
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The lower half of that range is base.
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by newobj 8y ago
Yes, for example, I spent two days implementing a typeahead search results system for Etsy, including writing my own ingestion pipeline, map-reduce framework, index builder, and request processor. Of course Etsy already had their own stuff
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by newobj 8y ago
In my head financial stuff is harder to get into than BigCo's... :) Why do you say you /can't/ get a job at those companies?
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by newobj 8y ago
I'm assuming because the discussion is around coding assignment interview, it's limited to developers. Are you a /developer/ working in research?
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by newobj 8y ago
I wasn't trying to refute your point... in fact I think I was mostly agreeing with you?
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by newobj 8y ago
Fair enough. I wrote my comment assuming lateral or slightly upward movement, not a level skip, which I personally would never try to do between jobs, unless it was moving from a little fish in a big pond to a big fish in a little pond type
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by newobj 8y ago
to trowawee: if it works for you, by all means! my only objection would be if the company is benefiting from your work in some way.
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"OK"
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by newobj 8y ago
Imagine a nurse that failed to properly take vitals during an interview
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by newobj 8y ago
The problem with your friend's situation is not a bad interview process, it's that they're being taken advantage of, and for some reason not improving their own situation, in a market where a good candidate is calling the sho
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by newobj 8y ago
It's wrong if the company benefits in any way from your interview/probationary period. (Probationary periods are just wrong period IMHO.) Interviewing is a huge burden to most companies, so if your interview questions are entirely
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by newobj 8y ago
IMHO, if you can't land, say, 1 out of 3 interviews, there is a systemic personal problem, not just a bad day, and "the problem is u" -- sadly you will just need to work harder because something in your skill set is not up to
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by newobj 8y ago
> You can't know for sure that dad/friend/partner didn't write the assignment either. I don't follow what you're implying here, sorry? > How about a 4-5 hours coding rush in the office, where you have to
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by newobj 8y ago
It's unreal that will people will bitch and moan about having to invest a couple days, maybe even a whole week in cramming/prepping/interviewing, to perform on-demand, one time, for a job that realistically will earn them $10
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by newobj 9y ago
Not disagreeing just saying it sounds like his expectations were mis-managed. Whole story seems like a CF frankly and representative of the reasons why I've never even considered interviewing at Google.
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by newobj 9y ago
With 11 years of experience, maintaining a legacy system and writing docs does NOT sound like sr. level promo material to me. At <Equivalent BigCo>, sr. level promo was tantamount to rearchitecting an existing product, leading a team
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by newobj 9y ago
"I mean... we are the best of the best of the best, top of the class when it comes to technology and especially creative solutions enabled by technology. We have world-leading machine learning capabilities and hundreds of engineers wor
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by newobj 9y ago
I know you're not saying that anonymous social networks are /strictly/ better than verified, but to maybe round this thought out explicitly - I think it's potentially naive to think that governments won't be able to
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by newobj 9y ago
734786710934 "knows things"
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by newobj 9y ago
International, and unclear if subsidiaries like WFM come into play in this?
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by newobj 9y ago
A new land wherein your browser scroll is overridden.

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