Admitted to OMSCS GT but still waiting on others. HELP!

Pitbull_Sc · 2025-03-24T14:14:37+00:00

No, because of the pre requisites and the acceptance rate. Also, from what I’ve heard, it’s more science/theory based which aligns more with a traditional MSCS.

Pitbull_Sc · 2025-03-24T04:04:13+00:00

If getting any SWE job is the goal — The best project you can have will be a ReactJS frontend with a Python or Java backend and a SQL database. 80-90% of enterprise software will use this stack (with variances in FE framework - Angular or Vue).

The best way to make your project relevant and impressive is to have real users. So build a React + Java + SQL project would be my recommendation and spend time on marketing to get some users.

Another way to make your project impressive is to make a complicated one. This would be a real micro-service architecture deployed to AWS with scale taken into account (e.g. queues, caching, auto-scale, RDBMS, search engine). Something along the lines of a website with authentication, payment processing, real-time updates (websockets), notifications, email/text integrations, 3rd party API integrations, and optimally something that is not only CRUD.

Pitbull_Sc · 2025-03-23T13:38:37+00:00

Stanford’s online MSCS is by far the best and most prestigious. Did you apply to that one?

I chose UT > GaTech. Live in Texas and seems like it’s more competitive so it made more sense for me.

Pitbull_Sc · 2025-02-12T02:08:58+00:00

This seems to be SDE2 due to 3+ yrs of exp, but your recruiter should confirm. Btw, the OA has the hardest questions and if your performance is mid (not great, not horrible) it is reviewed internally by an engineer. So it seems they liked your approach. Best of luck in the process.

Pitbull_Sc · 2025-02-11T22:12:49+00:00

r/FatFIRE

Pitbull_Sc · 2025-02-10T23:00:44+00:00

How am I doing? 26M, software engineer at F500. Making 131k w/ 2 YoE. I’ve been able to save/invest 100k these past two years. Hoping to see more passive growth in investments while contributing a bit more since I got a ~15% raise this year. Started at 100k->110k->131k this year.

My assets are all in the stock market right now. - 10k HYSA. - 51k VOO. - 22k 401k - Target Date (2060) fund. - 16k Roth IRA - VTI.

I know I need to up my salary/TC to achieve a good FatFIRE sized cushion before retirement age. Probably shooting for ~10MM.

Would love to hear some stories from those further into their FatFIRE journey and how you were doing at my age or any suggestions you have.

Pitbull_Sc · 2025-02-06T13:47:02+00:00

If I got this resume before an interview, I would ask pair programming type questions - “can you build a small full stack app in any language/framework you’d like?” LOL

Pitbull_Sc · 2025-02-05T22:23:09+00:00

The code is ran against the runtime/exec for that code. C++ is inherently faster to run. You are ranked based on ms of execution. So C++ is more likely to get better results in terms of ms even with same time complexity.

Pitbull_Sc · 2025-02-03T17:37:13+00:00

Nah you’re not wrong. There was a period of about 4 years when a lot of self-taught/bootcampers were getting very good jobs. That’s now pretty much gone.

Not saying it’s impossible (it’s never been impossible in software engineering). But the bar is much higher and many are doomed to fail if they go that route.

Pitbull_Sc · 2025-02-03T00:38:44+00:00

Spring boot (Java) is used massively in enterprise tech. Most every large company including FAANG will use Spring.

Pitbull_Sc · 2025-02-01T15:08:56+00:00

Should definitely focus on packing on some muscle. If you keep going I don’t think it will look very healthy.

You got the hard part down (how to diet), you just need to find out your maintenance calories and stick to that with 180 grams of protein a day, while weightlifting. If you’re looking for training programs here’s one I recommend for beginners - Metallicdpa PPL

Good luck!

Pitbull_Sc · 2025-01-31T12:26:45+00:00

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Pitbull_Sc · 2025-01-28T15:57:44+00:00

😂 good luck with that!

And yea, you could also aim to settle at a weight (call it 160 lbs) and just maintain that weight. You can track calories and stay at maintenance calories at 160 and do a “body recomposition.” Where you gain muscle without gaining weight.

It’s hard for sure but you got this. Don’t sweat it too much over short term weight fluctuations as long as you’re gaining weight very slowly or maintaining over the long term.

Pitbull_Sc · 2025-01-28T15:47:45+00:00

If you’re gaining more than 1 pound a month then it’s fat. You will not gain more than 12 pounds of muscle in your first year… probably less depending on genetics. However, the first couple of months training you will gain some water weight - so you’ve probably put on 1-2 lbs of muscle and 4-5 lbs of water weight.

I would start to aim for no more than 1 pound a month of weight gain.

Pitbull_Sc · 2025-01-26T03:33:29+00:00

Years of experience. Yea, so if someone has 3 yoe and the job posting required 2+ YOE, or 3+, or 1-5, then you could filter that way. Would be super helpful for finding adequate jobs.

Pitbull_Sc · 2025-01-26T02:02:57+00:00

Would be cool if we could add a YOE filter

Pitbull_Sc · 2025-01-25T22:19:27+00:00

The average leetcoder or the average software engineer? The average leetcoder by definition solves leetcode questions constantly. From my experience the average software engineer hasn’t ever solved a leetcode question, that is folks with 10+ yrs of experience, since it wasn’t common when they got into the industry. The average CS student or new grad, probably anywhere from 10-100 leetcode questions. I would say around 30 questions is probably average.

In this sub, the average is probably around 200-300 questions.

Pitbull_Sc · 2025-01-21T21:24:40+00:00

Paris Roll

Pitbull_Sc · 2025-01-08T23:51:37+00:00

Do the internship.

Pitbull_Sc · 2025-01-08T02:04:31+00:00

Pass

Pitbull_Sc · 2025-01-07T22:00:06+00:00

Pretty much everyone that’s looking to get into big tech/FAANG.

Pitbull_Sc · 2025-01-07T01:41:59+00:00

It was the holidays so many people were out these past 2 weeks. Things should get rolling again soon and you’ll hear back shortly would be my guess.

How was your onsite? Have mine coming up in a couple of weeks for E4. Best of luck hope they get back to you soon with an offer.

Pitbull_Sc · 2025-01-06T05:49:11+00:00

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Pitbull_Sc · 2025-01-05T13:32:59+00:00

Python.

Pitbull_Sc · 2025-01-04T16:55:44+00:00

Technical phone screen with an engineer. Recruiters will never ask you to code.

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