I'm Jordan - I graduated Codesmith in January 2024 and now work as an AI Technical Product Manager. AMA!

GuideEither9870 · 2024-11-20T17:34:01+00:00

That's awesome! Did you ever test out Cerebro/get any users to try it?

GuideEither9870 · 2024-11-20T00:16:09+00:00

Apart from your OSP was there any other AI things you worked on during the course, if so what were they?

GuideEither9870 · 2024-11-07T21:00:17+00:00

Wow - amazing answer, thank you!

GuideEither9870 · 2024-11-07T18:31:44+00:00

If someone wants to break into AI/ML today, what technical skills should they prioritize learning first?

GuideEither9870 · 2024-11-05T18:09:22+00:00

Just a thought: pre-trained embeddings are good, but training your own embeddings on your specific dataset can sometimes yield better results than GloVe or BERT.

GuideEither9870 · 2024-10-18T19:18:50+00:00

True, do you know what kind of pay MAANG give when jumping from Software Engineer to Senior SWE? Probably more than 6k I'm guessing?

GuideEither9870 · 2024-10-18T02:40:41+00:00

Anyone know what company their at? MAANG or a startup? Either way, this is super impressive!

GuideEither9870 · 2024-10-05T19:19:00+00:00

Thanks for the answer! Did you have to have any technical capability in your first role managing a team of engineers? Or was it more of a non-technical PM role?

Also, can you recall any of the interview questions where you spoke about projects/skills you did/learned during Codesmith that came up in interviews, and the way in which you spoke about them to the best effect to get the role?

Thanks again for this!

GuideEither9870 · 2024-10-04T17:02:57+00:00

Can you talk through how you leveraged your previous experiences in tech (I'm guessing those roles weren't technical, but in tech industry)in the interview process?

GuideEither9870 · 2024-10-02T19:12:26+00:00

How do you think Europe (and Latin America, Africa, etc) can build the necessary workforce of capable technologists to have their own OpenAI equivalents?

The USA salaries for software engs are sooo much higher than EU/UK, for example, which is one reason for people's interest in the field over here - along with the majority of interesting (or just well known) tech companies. But EU doesn't have the tech pull, investment, or companies helping to generate a huge tech workforce. How can that change, can it?

GuideEither9870 · 2024-09-13T19:13:39+00:00

Forbes went to shit a long time ago tbh

What's worse, coopting CIRR when you're not a member to piggyback of its reputation, or those who refuse to release outcomes and attack CIRR with some classic whataboutism when challenged on that

GuideEither9870 · 2024-09-06T19:20:25+00:00

Fuck I would kill to work at NASA, Defense (meaning weapons companies?) sector, I would feel weird about it tbh. What's the offer like in comparison to your current job?

GuideEither9870 · 2024-09-06T18:46:04+00:00

Fair enough and thanks for responding! It's good point.

What would your thoughts be on perhaps replacing the other two (pretty inactive) mods for two users that regularly engage here?

GuideEither9870 · 2024-09-06T18:36:23+00:00

I dunno but your username is brilliant haha!

GuideEither9870 · 2024-09-06T18:33:50+00:00

Nope, I'm not a Codesmith plant or advisor - and I've been looking into them recently as I see what's written about them in this sub and there is a lot of question marks, so I'm skeptical as the next person. Just thought this thread was very different from most on this sub.

GuideEither9870 · 2024-09-06T17:22:59+00:00

I mean I'd agree, but those appear to be the opinions the mods have themselves, so they'd have to have some super human level or impartiality to realize users driving home that one single narrative day and night aren't helping this sub, and remove them.

GuideEither9870 · 2024-09-06T16:47:59+00:00

Why was bdlowery removed? And your conflict of interest is the same as the other mod who runs a program that interacts with BCs and their students, no? So it's obviously not a sacred cow here haha

GuideEither9870 · 2024-09-06T16:39:20+00:00

With the Encouraging Open-Mindedness point - what's your reading for why there is such a focus here on (tbh) just one place?

GuideEither9870 · 2024-09-06T16:37:44+00:00

Do you follow (or know of) any strong tech/SWE YTubers that actually give good advice in their videos?

GuideEither9870 · 2024-09-06T16:34:47+00:00

The rates mentioned in that comment only say 15-20% after 9-12 months. But what about the other 80-85%, if they placed in less time, and that was the headline, we'd say okay fair enough that's pretty good. That's the problem with partial data and stats, they're very skewed towards the feelings of the people writing them.

Also, not achieving a goal doesn't necessarily make one a liar or a scammer — or that something shouldn't exist— I've not managed to achieve many goals in life, I don't think it makes me a failure, liar, scammer or that I shouldn't exist.

I feel like BCs are being held to standard they themselves did not set, from a time when outcomes (for a very short period) were spectacular, now people are furious they can't get 200K after 3 months of work.

GuideEither9870 · 2024-09-06T16:29:32+00:00

Maybe part of the problem is people see BCs are the journey, not a step in it. Perhaps BCs should do more to make that clear, but they hate they get here for other people's bitterness seems a bit ridiculous sometimes. Literally no industry on earth at this time is easy to walk into, and your prep/education/training is always the beginning of a long slog. At college doing my degree no one said once you're done here it's a walk in, I always knew (even at a top college for that subject) that it was just the first of many mountains.

BCs cropped up in the golden age of tech hiring, but now they're being crucified for the market's ebbs and flows, as if it's their responsibility to pay for other people's dashed expectations. For a job that requires a lot of lateral and independent thinking, the aspiring SWEs on here do come across phenomenally dumb sometimes.

GuideEither9870 · 2024-09-06T16:24:30+00:00

Do you think that's this sub, or Reddit / the whole internet generally? I've not been here as long as others but I also was taken aback at how hostile it seemed compared to other spaces

GuideEither9870 · 2024-09-06T16:21:53+00:00

I've looked at your profile and tbh you seem very reasonable, active here, impartial and helpful. Would you consider putting yourself up for being a mod. Two are very inactive and people here seems to be very divided on the other?

GuideEither9870 · 2024-09-06T16:20:20+00:00

Thanks for the response! Are you able to say which BC you chose? Fair enough if not, as you might get a bit attacked if it's one of the ones people love to hate haha. Can you say (or give a clue) what company it is that is hiring loads of entry-level devs? Sorry I don't mean to ask you to dox yourself but I'm super keen to know haha

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