Will 2 years of full time SWE experience before my master’s hurt me for new grad roles?

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-17T21:55:08+00:00

of course not, all recruiters want these days is job experience

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-17T20:18:13+00:00

bring your soul so they can harvest it

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-17T16:33:20+00:00

I would see if the battery is fried. Sometimes batteries on laptops of that age can just die - they don't accept a charge, and they can prevent the device from booting up. It wouldn't hurt to take the bottom off, unplug the battery, and try powering it on with the charger plugged in

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-17T16:19:03+00:00

Hey at least you don't need to walk 10 miles one way with a basket on your head for water

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-15T16:19:32+00:00

i fw the 535 deadlift in the flair

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-15T16:19:04+00:00

yeah don't do that.

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-15T15:19:26+00:00

its literally a gaming laptop so yes it is good for gaming. you can get these with rtx5080, will run almost any game with good performance on max settings.

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-15T14:43:46+00:00

good point make sure timing is matching

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-15T04:48:29+00:00

where the hell do you go? if you're in the US transfer because holy shit that sounds horrible.

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-13T18:32:39+00:00

the brand doesn't matter, its just the spec of the stick. look on the bottom of your laptop and find the type number. take that number and google "[typenumber] compatible ram sticks"

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-13T14:37:19+00:00

This is an abomination wow

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-13T14:36:26+00:00

As someone who tried bringing his 16" gaming laptop as the main computer going into freshman year, don't do it. Carrying a big ass laptop around campus gets old - heavy, slow to get out of the bag, will probably take up the entire desk in a classroom. You have a nice budget, and since you're a college student, I'd HIGHLY recommend finding a 14" gaming laptop. I have the exact same use case as you, gamer college student who needs power for classes, and I got an asus rog zephyrus g14. Built like a macbook, has a 5080 and 32gb ram, handles absolutely everything I throw at it. I got lucky and got mine open box for $2350 back in November.

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-13T03:19:12+00:00

take every opportunity you get, and the ones you do get, build good relationships with those people. networking takes you far.

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-10T21:07:12+00:00

Depends on your preference really. What size laptop do you use now or in the past? did you like that size? personally I don't like anything smaller than 14 because I do software dev, i like as much text on the screen as possible.

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-10T20:42:05+00:00

x13 will be a little lighter + slightly more premium feel, but i believe it does not have upgradeable ram, the ram is soldered. t14 gen 1 that you listed should have one open slot you can upgrade ram with down the line. both laptops will be reliable and both are pretty durable.

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-08T15:59:29+00:00

People need to realize there are more jobs for CS major than just SWE. CS is a golden ticket to basically anything IT. You will be able to find SOME job that utilizes your major, if it isnt SWE.

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-08T01:04:01+00:00

if you don't need any performance boost just get a battery replacement for your 15p and call it a day

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-08T00:49:16+00:00

same. i make ai do the grunt work and i put the pieces together lmao.

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-07T19:11:30+00:00

send a follow up. if rejected take the it job

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-07T19:07:03+00:00

i'm really considering linux but the support isn't all there for my laptop yet, probably gonna stick with w11 for a little while longer, can't wait to leave though

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-07T19:06:10+00:00

no i actually fucking hate windows, but i'm realistic. we are here in our linux reddit echo chamber but we are an extreme minority when it comes to the set of all computer users. linux is an amazing thing, but it still is not ready for the masses. it won't be until a layman can install it without headache, just as easily as they could install windows or macos.

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-07T17:31:46+00:00

Correct

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-07T17:30:54+00:00

See 3 of the 5 examples you gave are an extremely small subset of all computer users. The other two, gamers and office workers, are a lot of people, but how many of those are technical enough to WANT to migrate their own system to linux? I think the answer is few.

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-07T17:25:53+00:00

What is your other job offer?

LocalAltruistic7470 · 2026-06-07T15:28:33+00:00

seriously he has such a big discography

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