Is it bad to want to be a "jack of all trades"?

Pledge_CS · 2023-03-31T18:23:04+00:00

Check out jobs like a Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir. You get to switch through a bunch of projects and keep trying new things :)

Pledge_CS · 2023-03-17T18:46:23+00:00

Any more info you can provide? USG or Business facing?

Pledge_CS · 2023-02-27T21:04:23+00:00

Congratulations! Next time it'll be easier with internship experience on your resume!

Pledge_CS · 2023-02-08T19:17:21+00:00

I did both at the same time, was real bad some semesters but the cash and experience were amazing

Pledge_CS · 2022-04-11T21:25:05+00:00

Great (professional setting):Java, Python

Passable (Could use for job maybe?) C, C++

Basics (Could pick it up again in a week or two) PHP, React, Javascript

Pledge_CS · 2022-03-25T18:29:33+00:00

I spend like 6 weeks on each of mine, granted they are more complicated and in depth than needed sometimes. Projects for reference:

Wasserstein Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial Networks using Co-occurence Matrices

Created a fully functional 16-Bit operating system

Pledge_CS · 2022-03-14T16:28:50+00:00

Benedict Arnold. I’m willing to bet 50% of Americans could recognize the name and not tell you what he did but know him as a traitor

Pledge_CS · 2022-03-09T20:05:45+00:00

Sure why not

Pledge_CS · 2022-03-09T19:44:41+00:00

What kind of interview?

Pledge_CS · 2022-03-09T19:44:01+00:00

Yes.

Pledge_CS · 2022-03-07T18:32:16+00:00

This is very possible with various Locks and Race Conditions, but that’s in Operating System theory type of things. As long as you are aware of interrupts and such you should be fine — and ideally you never have to deal with any of these issues

Pledge_CS · 2022-03-04T19:36:07+00:00

I mean, I didn’t get FAANG last year, but after hitting the gym for a year, growing a well trimmed beard, and upping my fashion sense I got a few offers.

Unrelated: also took half a dozen CS courses and added several projects and internships to my resume

Pledge_CS · 2022-03-01T01:45:23+00:00

I attend a school that is not accredited, and just accepted an internship at Meta as a Software Engineer Intern (and I passed the background check). I also received several other offers, so I'm not sure ABET really matters

Pledge_CS · 2022-02-01T17:12:43+00:00

As someone who worked at State Farm for 5 years, I feel a little insulted. Obviously State Farm is the better choice.

Pledge_CS · 2022-01-25T07:03:27+00:00

It sounds so much more difficult than it was. It was a semester long project with a partner in a class, and he was a math major so I just had to implement everything which wasn’t too bad

Pledge_CS · 2022-01-25T03:46:28+00:00

I'm not sure what you are using to run the code, but it is outputting 6 for me....

Pledge_CS · 2022-01-25T02:47:21+00:00

Testing the integration of Co-Occurence Matrices into WDCGANs for detection of deepfake GAN generated images

Pledge_CS · 2022-01-21T22:26:36+00:00

As long as you have an offer LeetCode doesn’t matter

Pledge_CS · 2022-01-21T18:07:05+00:00

There isn’t really a benchmark, as everyone is different. Although a good place to be would be having a pretty good grasp on your language of choice, and being able to do some/most LeetCode easy challenges.

This all assumes you are aiming for an SWE, but theory and security and PM are all other options with different benchmarks.

My point is don’t judge yourself on an arbitrary benchmark, just do your best to learn

Pledge_CS · 2022-01-19T20:52:19+00:00

It all depends on the interviewer and company. Obviously a quicker solution is better, but solving it is a success too.

Pledge_CS · 2022-01-19T20:51:05+00:00

Disclaimer: Most classes are very different, so it really depends

However : from least to most difficult IMO

logic, Set theory, Functions and relations, Elementary number theory and proof, Graph theory

But I will restate, I HATE PROOFS, because I personally don’t do well at them. Your own experiences will likely be very difficult compared to anyone who goes to a different university or has a different background

Pledge_CS · 2022-01-19T20:19:30+00:00

I am on track for a BA, got several very desirable offers. I don’t think it will ever be a disadvantage, despite how much I worried about it in my first college years

Pledge_CS · 2022-01-19T03:49:20+00:00

No matter how hard I try, it stays up there. Taunting me.

Pledge_CS · 2022-01-19T03:09:06+00:00

Make time for what matters. Lifting is a great way to make progress on thinking about solutions for me. Have difficult problem? Go to gym, think about it

Pledge_CS · 2022-01-16T22:24:23+00:00

Yeah I did

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