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by sage76 5y ago
I have a take home test right now, that I should supposedly be able to finish in 2 hours. Just setting up technologies that I have never used on my local machine and trying to understand them has taken me several hours. It seems unlikely I
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by sage76 5y ago
Even my experience at google was terrible. 'Not the most efficient solution' was the feedback, even though all that was happening was that their method required 1 loop and mine had split those operations into 2 loops, with exactly
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by sage76 5y ago
Years ago I managed to clear super competitive algo/DS rounds for a big firm and then failed spectacularly at the job, because I had no idea what they were talking about half the time the projects were being discussed. I wish they had
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by sage76 5y ago
'You have 30 minutes, and here's 12 test cases that need to pass.'
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by sage76 5y ago
'Let them eat cake'
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by sage76 5y ago
Maybe that's the next step. I would just give up and get some other job with less requirements, but I don't know what that would be. There were a few sales jobs that I was considering.
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by sage76 5y ago
There is no benefit in reporting it. I would lose my job and visa.
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by sage76 5y ago
I have actively avoided FAANG and been realistic. > The vast, vast majority of paid software job interviews don't involve ANY algorithm whiteboarding or online test-taking. Not my experience in the least. Good luck in your ivory tow
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by sage76 5y ago
Who is going to enforce the law? How would anyone even find out?
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by sage76 5y ago
I guess I might be paid in the future. There's no set plan right now.
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by sage76 5y ago
> "Engineers are almost completely unique as a labor force. There is far more demand for engineers than there is supply, and that makes engineers powerful in a way other professions are not." In my experience, this is absolutel
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by sage76 5y ago
The TLDR says : "There is far more demand for engineers than there is supply, and that makes engineers powerful in a way other professions are not." I can't believe this. I must be a garbage engineer then, because I found the
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by sage76 5y ago
Local governments tying up benefits to working at an Amazon warehouse. I really shouldn't be giving out ideas like these.
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by sage76 5y ago
Normally I would consider this hyperbole, but I am actually worried they will try to legislate some sort of indentured servitude in the guise of something else. I would not put it past them or the lawmakers.
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by sage76 5y ago
I get what you're saying, but people with privilege will generally not garner much sympathy from anyone. It's just not a good look (pun unintended) for a someone born attractive to complain about their hard life.
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by sage76 5y ago
> I've found there are plenty of cool people who still socialize Maybe it was just the circle I made, but people were exhausted from work and trying to survive. They barely managed time for self care. Could be an American thing. But
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by sage76 5y ago
For those in certain countries, even finding affordable mental healthcare can be a problem. It doesn't help that mental health help is seen as 'weak' and 'for wusses' and that they just need to man up.
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by sage76 5y ago
> And it’s not only sexual but merely human connection that helps an unbalanced psych enormously. Which is why if you read about what incels say, it seems they don't want to see escorts. Most of their problems seem to lie in feeling
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by sage76 5y ago
I disagree with the prevailing sentiment.
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by sage76 5y ago
"You cannot rehabilitate a person without rehabilitating their self-esteem, their perception of being a man or a woman," she says. "You cannot ignore this part in our life. It's very important, powerful. It's the ce
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by sage76 6y ago
I have done a bunch of covers : https://www.youtube.com/user/ArchitectOfAnarchy/videos Check out if interested!!!!
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by sage76 6y ago
Why do you think his problem did not get solved?
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by sage76 6y ago
> Most of the students who switched schools struggled to make friends or were frustrated that the switch didn’t automatically solve their social problems. What do you think the reason was?
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by sage76 6y ago
I have worked with lawyers. Once litigation is threatened, everyone suddenly loses all the neutral stuff and becomes reasonable. If you can afford it, find a good lawyer.
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by sage76 6y ago
This comment shows a fundamental lack of understanding of life in India.
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I take it you want to hire Andrew Ng for $10 an hour. There's a shortage of those people yes, but that's by design.
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by sage76 6y ago
There is no shortage. They just want geniuses for paltry wages.
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by sage76 6y ago
So thanks for the inputs. I got that system design book, but i feel like algorithms and systems design together would require 3-4 months of preparation at least, and I am sure to lose my visa by then. Some people asked me about my passion,
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by sage76 6y ago
I apply to insurance companies, banks etc, roles which are not glamorous. Same deal there, in fact I just bombed another test. Had to do a whole bunch of things to a graph (4 part thing) in 45 minutes. One look at the question and i knew I
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by sage76 6y ago
> Bring a humble piece of your CRUD code to the interview Nobody ever looks at my github. I don't know why this myth is running around that you need to have an active github. I put all my work that I did on my startup there. It was

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