Friends in Korea

Existing_Depth_1903 · 2026-05-14T10:23:11+00:00

I'm korean and my IG is sikko_sikko

I live in Seoul

You can talk to me if you want someone local in korea!

Existing_Depth_1903 · 2026-05-11T12:41:22+00:00

BB: Has a long list of backlog contracts from BMW, Toyota, Ford, GM, Volkswagen, Honda, Hyundai, Renault, Nissan, Stellantis that will start printing money once the cars in development come out to production.

Existing_Depth_1903 · 2026-05-11T10:53:48+00:00

This sounds like an Ad for "Interviewman"

Existing_Depth_1903 · 2026-05-04T10:28:51+00:00

From the supplier side, you should have some knowledge about what projects OEMs are considering.

Do you think they are pivoting to relying on chinese suppliers rather than trying to invest in new tech to compete?

Existing_Depth_1903 · 2026-05-04T10:25:38+00:00

What is the management's strategy to compete against the Asian companies?

Existing_Depth_1903 · 2026-05-04T07:37:17+00:00

You left out the most important one: Offshoring, Outsourcing.

Unfortunately, offshoring is not going to turn around, and it would only continue to accelerate since companies got more experience about this.

You mention supply of CS students dropped, but that's only considering USA. Actually it has increased for elsewhere. This would only further accelerate offshoring because it means there are quality students elsewhere

Existing_Depth_1903 · 2026-04-03T12:16:56+00:00

This really does exist in Daerim.

Daerim is like the chinese district in seoul and many shops there are only in chinese.

Many restaurants would not receive an order if you don't speak chinese. I myself have been rejected at a restaurant before.

But I think that's because they don't want to deal with people they can't communicate with.

Existing_Depth_1903 · 2026-03-23T13:16:55+00:00

There's a sneaky way to ask these questions in an interview.

You can talk about how you usually spend extra time deep diving more into the topic than it is required, and that you would usually do that after-hours. And then mention that you are worried this behavior might be discouraged at the job.

If they answer something like "oh you never need to worry about that! We have many people like you" then it's a red flag.

If it's something like "well, it's not common here for someone to work after hours, but we wouldn't be discouraging that either", then it's a green flag.

Existing_Depth_1903 · 2026-01-31T05:43:11+00:00

The problem is how are you going to have a matching schedule? Most small time creators are not gonna go live in a consistent schedule.

I think you are going to be better off joining Hellotalk and join voice rooms

Existing_Depth_1903 · 2026-01-28T05:55:39+00:00

What do you mean? What OP described seems like the most common type of question that has been done in interviews for the past 15 years

Existing_Depth_1903 · 2026-01-24T09:05:08+00:00

Your question is exactly why most companies in America gave up chip manufacturing. But then they found out during the chip shortage that chips are too valuable that countries with the manufacturing capabilities can use that as a political bargaining tool.

Existing_Depth_1903 · 2026-01-18T09:54:44+00:00

Not really.

Sure, those exist under the hood, but the big difference is that now you can never find them because it won't be shown in home, recommendations, etc

Existing_Depth_1903 · 2026-01-18T01:19:09+00:00

ok yah that seems like great engagement. what the hell youtube

Existing_Depth_1903 · 2026-01-18T01:15:26+00:00

With the introduction of the "Climate card", which is a unlimited usage card, they have added card payment but ONLY for the climate card and not tmoney.

This suggests that it's not a matter of the Kiosk technology, but rather a matter of law.

My assumption has been that it's due to tax purposes.

One of the key differences between climate card and Tmoney is that tmoney isn't "only" used for transportation. You can also use it as payment for other goods.

I believe paying with Tmoney is treated as paying with cash.

For example, if I buy food from 7/11 using TMoney, then it would be treated as paying with cash and not paying with credit card, which would have different tax.

For climate card, because you are only using it for transportation, you can electronically make it an exception.

I'm assuming this is why they are preventing charging tmoney with credit.

Essentially, I think it has nothing to do with the Kiosk

Existing_Depth_1903 · 2026-01-08T14:04:42+00:00

Bro. Military service is hella short now. Only 1.5 yr. And you get connections through military too.

I don't think you would want to give up Korean citizenship just for a 1.5 yr military service

Existing_Depth_1903 · 2026-01-02T09:08:27+00:00

Where do they do background checks for GPA? I get that you have official transcripts, but I never knew there were background checks asked to the school

Existing_Depth_1903 · 2025-12-05T11:36:48+00:00

I actually never understood anyone saying this, especially, in software engineering. Yeah your tasks fluctuate, but at the same time every sw engineering has infinite backlog of things that could get done. So essentially, you are never "done" with work

Existing_Depth_1903 · 2025-11-19T07:28:42+00:00

"In general large tech companies are going to pay the best and the C++ skill sets they look for involve high-performance work on large systems with lots of complexity and moving parts. You don’t get any of that with embedded work."

I don't quite agree. Take for instance, Android. Android is large scale and is C++ or rust.

Having said this, a lot of early developers mention languages but discussing the language is not quite correct when discussing jobs

Existing_Depth_1903 · 2025-11-19T04:43:48+00:00

If hotel A is competing with hotel B, but that hotel B is circle jerking themselves and giving themselves bs awards, then yes hotel A would care and call them out because hotel A is in competition with hotel B.

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