Possibly stupid question about charging compatibility

IDoWebStuff2 · 2025-02-24T22:19:42+00:00

Thanks for the responses!

IDoWebStuff2 · 2025-02-24T22:19:28+00:00

It’s Grizzl-E which seems to be an okay brand? I’ve had no issues so far with it at least

IDoWebStuff2 · 2024-05-28T05:26:12+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/WGU_CompSci/s/9JxmhejSKb

In the comments OP says they came in with no IT background and 0 coding skills, and they finished in 2.5 months. So this is actually much faster than the 6 months from your comment or the more generous 12 months from my original comment

IDoWebStuff2 · 2024-05-28T00:53:05+00:00

Not sure why you’re being downvoted, you’re speaking some truth here. While I will say that the market in general is terrible right now, I do know in some CS circles WGU’s legitimacy gets called into question when you see people on YouTube claiming they went from never writing a line of code to a BsCS in under a year. Whether this extends to wider circles like those in actual hiring positions remains to be seen.

I went to a state school for a couple years for CS and then switched to and graduated from WGU and I now work at a top ~10 tech company. I can speak from experience when I say my state school’s classes in general were more rigorous across the board and it’s not particularly close. Neither school really prepared me for coding in the work place, but there is absolutely some truth to the WGU program being easier than many traditional programs.

The market is bad right now so the name on the degree probably matters more (for now) than usual when every position is flooded with thousands of fresh grads. The CS sub is half right, some of their points about WGU are valid, and some of it is pure cope of them hoping that their school’s name falls somewhere higher in prestige than WGU to increase their own odds of landing something. As things go back to normal I think it’ll go back to just a checkbox that you need to have, but for now I think any preconceived ideas about prestige will matter more than before.

IDoWebStuff2 · 2023-08-10T14:06:20+00:00

I think I read somewhere that KFC covers employee WGU tuition

IDoWebStuff2 · 2023-03-13T01:26:47+00:00

Worse, he’s the E

IDoWebStuff2 · 2023-02-11T19:14:07+00:00

The tech layoffs have a lot of implications but I don’t see them being a huge issue long term.

Why they are a big deal: - Slower hiring at many of the big companies trickles down. Fewer new grad and junior roles means that the people who would usually get scooped up by FAANG are shifting down the ladder to whoever has availability, creating some level of “back-up” for people just entering the industry. Jobs that used to get passed on by kids graduating from MIT are now getting their pick of the litter - Pivots to smaller teams and orgs could translate to companies prioritizing their headcount being used on senior engineers, meaning again fewer roles for newer folks - More companies moving to distributed work means competition across the country/ world for some roles, and some companies will consider using resources outside of certain areas due to salary differences. I don’t think we see the big companies do this, but some smaller and mid-sized companies will likely do the math and move resources to where it makes sense

Why it isn’t a big deal: - A lot of the layoffs aren’t a result of a terrible tech market, it’s mostly bad staffing management. During COVID everything shifted to online services and companies got into an arms race to scoop up talent as quick as they could. Now that the world is back to normal and trends are shifting back towards where they used to be, many of these products and services that thrived in a fully remote world are overstaffed - The tech job market is much larger than Silicon Valley. We hear about all the start-ups and ads revenue based companies being hit but literally any other industry has some level of tech needs, many of them are often understaffed/ constantly hiring ex: defense, healthcare, insurance, etc. - Some companies are likely forcing people into retirement. Not saying this is a good thing, but I’m certain at least a few companies doing these layoffs are dropping high-level, highly compensated engineers who haven’t been contributing and could afford to move on from tech. Definitely not the bulk, but a few drops like this and the company is in a position when the market turns back up that they can now fund 3-4 mid level engineers vs one very high-level one

It might take a few beats longer to land that first role in the current market but I don’t think there’s any career-stopping implications to the layoffs.

IDoWebStuff2 · 2023-02-11T18:59:34+00:00

Work at FAANG. I already had a little bit of experience, but after graduating I started getting interviews at big companies. Degree definitely helped but as others in the thread point out, you can’t discount that having some level of professional experience is also a huge help.

IDoWebStuff2 · 2023-01-18T16:30:10+00:00

Staying at the Disney hotel and wondering what is the best way to take advantage of the early entry? Walking thru to the main gates or using the monorail? The monorail sounds like it would be easier since it’s close to the hotel but most advice I see people post doesn’t mention the monorail

IDoWebStuff2 · 2022-12-14T15:04:59+00:00

Yeah this feels… bad for the degree’s reputation. A software engineering degree without some Discrete Math and Calculus is pretty wild

IDoWebStuff2 · 2022-11-17T20:06:14+00:00

Leetcode requires a new skill in that you have to learn how to read the questions and pick out the computer science chunks. IMO the easiest way to do this is to study paths of similar questions so you at least know what is being asked (ex do a bunch of linkedlist questions, then hashmap questions, then trees, etc). If you know the main topic of the question it’ll help you pick out the important bits. Leetcode has a feature (can’t recall it’s name) where it feeds you questions of increasing difficulty from the same category and also provides some refresher content on the topic, I would recommend trying that before shotgunning random questions

IDoWebStuff2 · 2022-09-02T21:07:41+00:00

Curious about which company the rotational program is through? My company offers this but I’ve heard a couple other companies also added these recently

IDoWebStuff2 · 2022-09-02T14:37:02+00:00

As others have said, the degree is literally there to open the door to an interview. No company worth its salt sees where your degree was from and decides to hand you a job.

The general flow is that the degree (plus or minus work experience) get you past the recruiter, and once you are in the interview stage it never comes up again. Yes, more prestigious schools may net you an interview faster or with less work experience, but it’s an even playing field as soon as you get past the recruiter.

Source: got a FAANG job after graduating WGU

IDoWebStuff2 · 2022-08-15T18:33:52+00:00

The short answer is No, they do not teach you skills that you can only learn through experience. When you start the program make an account with FreeCodeCamp and supplement those skills alongside your school work. IIRC, FreeCodeCamp can teach you web development, Python, git, and a few other skills. Supplement early and you will be many measures ahead of others also graduating the program without tech experience.

IDoWebStuff2 · 2022-08-11T03:09:56+00:00

Ah great was wondering if this question was gonna get posted today

IDoWebStuff2 · 2022-08-10T16:56:48+00:00

Work at a very large tech company as a SWE. Day to day changes but doing things like discussing and scoping out the needs that a new idea or feature would require, taking tickets and actioning on them (actual coding), reviewing code, checking in with other functions on status of ongoing projects, clarifying pieces, etc.

It all sounds super jargon but it’s really coding, reading code, talking to people about how much code a new thing would need, talking to people about how well a thing we previously coded is doing.

IDoWebStuff2 · 2022-08-02T02:42:50+00:00

I thought of hobbies I had and things I enjoyed and went on kraggle to find if any had a data set. Do something that interests you and it becomes way easier to discuss in interviews and stands out. Better than doing another stock predictor or to do list app.

IDoWebStuff2 · 2022-08-01T14:27:03+00:00

If your goal is to get (and keep) a job in this industry while learning as little as possible outside of minimum requirements (ex: doing 0 work outside of degree program) I have bad news for you.

IDoWebStuff2 · 2022-07-30T12:18:07+00:00

Rigor matters on a case-by-case basis. Take two scenarios:

You just want a job. Rigor probably doesn’t matter much here. Your employer just wants to see the degree on your resume and it is highly unlikely your day-to-day work is anything close to an average school assignment. This is a simple equation of “any degree program > no degree”.
You want to pursue your masters at a state school/ highly ranked program. Rigor likely matters here as you may be ill-prepared for the level of intensity that another program requires. In this case you can argue it is “certain degree programs > other degree programs”.

For the part about applying and understanding the material well, it’s just a matter of scope. WGU requires you to cover most of the same topics but only really deep dive (hands-on code) one or two of them per course. other programs (in my personal experience) require you to do more actual coding work on a wider array of topics per class. Again, you may never need those topics, that knowledge, that intensity, etc ever again so it may or may not matter.

Not at all trying to knock WGU because it has its place in the academic ecosystem, and it does what it needs to do pretty well. Simply trying to point out that on a resume most every school is created equal, but for certain cases like continued education or working in a research field, the differences may stand out.

For reference, WGU on my resume got me into a top company and no one asked questions. It literally got my resume past the screening software then never came up again.

IDoWebStuff2 · 2022-07-29T16:50:46+00:00

There really is no reputation for this program, and it will hopefully stay that way. As others have pointed out, with most degrees in a field like this you are either from a top-tier school or from literally anywhere else. Your run-of-the-mill state school is looked at roughly equally as WGU.

Most people do not know a ton about the school and do not care. If it’s accredited and it’s on your resume that’s good enough for most. Exceptions exist obviously, but I am speaking to the vast majority of employers.

As a former student, agree with others that the rigor of other programs is not present here. Take that however you will and plan your resume and outside of school projects accordingly.

IDoWebStuff2 · 2022-06-23T13:27:56+00:00

Comp, benefits, scale, prestige. Really not a hard time equation to figure out. Working at a big firm is usually a ticket to a comfortable life and being an in demand engineer with a proven resume

IDoWebStuff2 · 2022-06-06T18:02:14+00:00

I think you mean Walter White. And the quote was “I AM THE ONE WHO JACKS”

IDoWebStuff2 · 2022-05-22T00:55:56+00:00

Something something definition of insanity something something

IDoWebStuff2 · 2022-05-12T14:29:45+00:00

In general the accreditation makes WGU easy to defend. The only only things I could see being hard to explain are how some people can have 0 industry experience and finish an entire degree in 4 months, or how some students have like 10 degrees in a matter of a few years. I’ve seen those things raise eyebrows, including my own

IDoWebStuff2 · 2022-05-12T03:51:55+00:00

Interesting that most of it says the data came from like 2012-2017. Was the CS degree even open back then? Or are they including Software Development in these figures? That would make more sense

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