southphillyman

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by southphillyman 7y ago
It was Lambda School, so whatever their terms are.
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by southphillyman 7y ago
Made the mistake of suggesting a bootcamp to an unemployed relative. She passed the initial screening/interview stage but really seemed to be struggling with the prerequisite material. The bootcamp didn't seem to care and kept try
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by southphillyman 7y ago
Experienced this myself. Adjusted. Next performance review I was told I socialized too much :)
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by southphillyman 7y ago
Unless you work for a FAANG, in fintech, or some other company where raises and bonuses are a real thing these reviews tend to be useless. A lot of managers are busy and just throw something together at the last minute, subordinates realize
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by southphillyman 7y ago
His nationality is Zambian but he's Indian....not from one of the local ethnic tribes. With that context I don't think there was any ulterior motive mentioning his nationality.
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by southphillyman 7y ago
What would this mean for the NYC office?
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by southphillyman 7y ago
Isn't the risk here that they find out what your real base was in the background check and rescind the offer? I have been honest up until this point and feel that I have been anchored by my base pay at least two times. Still got 5 figu
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by southphillyman 7y ago
This. Have been attending meetings for about 2 months and have given 4-5 table topic speeches. Give my first prepared speech next week. Definitely can tell I'm getting better just by having to do it repeatedly.
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by southphillyman 7y ago
Do you even have to disclose that you were laid off? Why not just say you took time off to travel or something? Or just say that assignment/job ended and you are looking for new opportunities without going into further detail? I know
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by southphillyman 7y ago
Bigger Pockets is a good community and you can learn alot about pre-purchase analysis over there.
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by southphillyman 7y ago
>this tendency towards saving, the ability to delay gratification, is present relatively early in childhood, and has strong predictive effect on success in life This really resonated with me. As a child I use to eat my food "in orde
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by southphillyman 7y ago
Do you have any advice on finding service providers or contractors? It seems like it's mostly word of mouth but people with dependable providers/contractors don't want to lose them to other landlords or developers.
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by southphillyman 7y ago
Honestly......it's higher than I was expecting.
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by southphillyman 7y ago
At least these projects were engineer driven and open source. It's not really unusual for projects to be abandoned or fail based off of some faulty forecasting by sales or product.
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by southphillyman 7y ago
When is the last time you updated your resume somewhere? A recent upload could get you 50 VM/emails a day, no exaggeration. I'm almost 5 years out from the last job search with almost nothing on my linked and 15-20 contacts a wee
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by southphillyman 7y ago
My 2002 Civic with 250k+ miles on it had free service done on it maybe 3-4 years ago as part of a recall. The fact that a platform that old had enough cars still registered on the road is usually a good sign for that specific platform even
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by southphillyman 7y ago
I'm interested in the opposite actually. There seems to be a ton of resources online for algorithms but what are some good resources for System Design and scenario based questions? I know of Grok the System Design interview and that&#x
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by southphillyman 7y ago
"Upping the PIPs"? Is that a thing? For a company to formally raise the bar across the board as a means to not give bonuses or raises! I wonder if having Amazon on your resume is a bad signal now. Risk of the candidate being a par
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by southphillyman 7y ago
Yup I value bonuses at $0 during negotiation. A few times companies have tried to low ball a counter on the base by promising an increase in bonus percentage. No thanks
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by southphillyman 7y ago
They immigrated to a country built on the free labor of blacks correct? Once here they were given preferential treatment in terms of unionization and local government correct? The narrative that later immigrants didn't benefit from or
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by southphillyman 7y ago
That statement was a stumbling block in one of the recent Democratic debates. I have no idea why none of the candidates drive the point that insurance != doctor home(in most cases) .
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by southphillyman 7y ago
Oh this situation is more understandable. I suggested not disclosing your pay because it's not required, actually in NYC I think it's illegal to ask now. But it's common for companies to anchor the offer on your current pay,
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by southphillyman 7y ago
You are getting taken advantage of. Start looking at other companies and DO NOT disclose your current salary during negotiation. Your salary could double and you still might be a bargain in NYC.
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by southphillyman 7y ago
I've gotten signing bonus from recruiters trying to close a deal at non FAANG. Not $100k signing bonuses but 4 and 5 figure for sure.
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by southphillyman 7y ago
Interesting. Never knew that, it seems like it's almost a normal part of the process to be told to "try again in 6 months".
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by southphillyman 7y ago
Rebound to inflated values? Reminds me of the housing market in my area now. It's "rebounded" to higher than 2008 levels on the basis of speculation and gentrified neighborhoods being hot. Seems like another bubble. I need to
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by southphillyman 7y ago
They have different asset classes, different minimums, different historical returns. Etc
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by southphillyman 7y ago
Timely article, I was just thinking about this last night...while browsing Vanguard's site looking for index funds to invest in. Everyone blindly putting their money into similar instruments and getting double digit gains nearly every
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by southphillyman 7y ago
Maybe I misunderstand what you're talking about, but wouldn't this manifest when you ask questions and talk about your approach? Comunication while coding seems to be a big deal during interviews now so if you just started coded a
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by southphillyman 7y ago
This was my situation. Not only did I have to work during school, but I couldn't attend any of the Ivy League or private schools that accepted me due to not being able to get enough loans on my own (blessing in disguise in retrospect).

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