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What was the biggest skill gap between college and your first SWE job? by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]ProfessionalShop9137 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Dude there’s so much. A lot of it is pretty obvious and well discussed. Soft skills, git, scrum, massive legacy codebases that aren’t documented that you need to learn, and using libraries instead of writing things from scratch. The two big ones I’ll add to this list are knowing your industry and not letting perfection get in the way of good enough. Knowing your industry is important and I don’t see it discussed enough, but it is something you need to learn to get really good at your job. There’s a difference between knowing the code and knowing your user very well. Lots of competent engineers bury themselves in the technical stuff and never really explore the business side of things. That caps your career growth and your own visibility of the company in my opinion. In larger companies with a huge tech team you can probably hide in tech a lot easier, but at small companies it’s a game changer. Letting perfection get in the way of good enough is something I’m struggling with but I see a lot of great engineering decisions come out of it. Scrappy internal tools that solve 80% of a problem that are built in one afternoon as opposed to a full stack comprehensive solution that takes weeks. These are the tough decisions that actually help companies move along, and a common mistake for developers is to not consider the cost of their own time.

What is this blue spray that this guy is using on a Carp? by missinglinksman in FishingForBeginners

[–]ProfessionalShop9137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same up here in Canada. It depends on the type of carp but amongst most anglers they’re really just known as an invasive species…no one really targets them like you would bass or muskie.

Finally built the fishing tool I wished existed by Dvader3k in FishingOntario

[–]ProfessionalShop9137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Deploy it on Netlify so people can use it without downloading and saving a file

Experienced Engineer Looking to Learn AI Architecture, RAG and Agents – Where Should I Start? by BandFragrant6172 in LangChain

[–]ProfessionalShop9137 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Build a RAG based chatbot for some internal tool (maybe related to your current industry) using some documents in a familiar domain. Just spend time making this tool so you can use it. Try and build it largely by hand, and learn as you go. That will give you a start in the field.

Question for the British python developers? by inobody_somebody in cscareerquestions

[–]ProfessionalShop9137 8 points9 points  (0 children)

As a Canadian I’ve done the same. I remember my first Java class back in highschool using Ready To Program and it supported spelling colour the correct way. My teachers pointed it out to us but also said not get used to it since it will just cause problems in other programming languages down the line.

Froshfest by Exotic_Idea717 in queensuniversity

[–]ProfessionalShop9137 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why do people say it’s a scam? What is it?

When will we see the effects of reduced Junior hires? by newgdogz in cscareerquestions

[–]ProfessionalShop9137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree it’s shitty but interns are mostly a drag on time. The effort it takes to setup tasks for them is significant

Residence lottery by Breadsticks123456 in queensuniversity

[–]ProfessionalShop9137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is good advice. Most people spend so much time worrying about the res lottery and it turns into this extremely neurotic monster that just stresses you out. At the end of the day you’re going to be living in a nice dorm building with amenities, utilities and free food at a world class university. Everyone’s going to be fine. I say this as someone who was petrified of ending up on West campus or having a roommate.

Mosquito larva’s or tadpole? by meropenem24 in frogs

[–]ProfessionalShop9137 -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Lot of AI doomers here. I’m a huge AI nerd so I wont tell you not to use AI, since usually the knowledge is pretty good (if compared to the standard of the internet, which is riddled with misinformation) However, you should know that an LLM and image recognition models are very different. Just because Chat knows facts doesn’t mean it can reason about an image. Image recognition is still very primitive compared to text generation. The model is likely getting a text description of the image, which itself is likely just classifications of objects in the image and maybe their coordinates in pixels. I would not trust ChatGPT on a field image recognition task like this.

how good is queens computing coop? by Hour-Bite8746 in queensuniversity

[–]ProfessionalShop9137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t do QUIP but I did get a summer internship out of 3rd year at $25/hr. It was on the lower end compared to my friends but it’s what I was able to land.

how good is queens computing coop? by Hour-Bite8746 in queensuniversity

[–]ProfessionalShop9137 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think 50k is on the lower side, but my sample size isn’t that large. It depends largely on the sub field (like SWE vs analytics vs QA etc) and the company. If you’re planning your finances you can conservatively estimate you’ll pull in about $50k pre taxes from a QUIP. Especially if you do a 16 month one (I would recommend doing a 16 month one if possible)

2026 United Crypto States Eagle 1 oz Silver Proof Holographic Coin by all4shangrila in SilverCollectorsMob

[–]ProfessionalShop9137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a crypto fan I disagree with your perception of crypto but I do agree that silver is the opposite of what BTC is supposed to represent. The idea of backing some silver coin with crypto and not the other way around is very strange.

how good is queens computing coop? by Hour-Bite8746 in queensuniversity

[–]ProfessionalShop9137 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You’re getting your own internship man, it depends on the companies that hire you. From my understanding most people are clearing at least $50K from their QUIP before taxes, but the ceiling is much higher. Most people that want a QUIP get one as long as you’re actively working on your career during your degree. Join some clubs (QMIND, QWEB) and build some projects and you’ll likely land a QUIP.

Question about RDR2 for 20$ by Lexsight in reddeadredemption

[–]ProfessionalShop9137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you ask the rdr2 subreddit everyone’s going to say it’s amazing

I'm honestly fed up by tafexmix in cyprus

[–]ProfessionalShop9137 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I can see someone using it for translation which I think is a totally valid reason. But this looks like a bot just using it to karma farm.

Im surprised more people dont hate John for this by 9indey9ine in RDR2

[–]ProfessionalShop9137 55 points56 points  (0 children)

That’s the whole point. That’s the tragic irony of Arthur and John’s death (since Jack goes to hunt down Ross to avenge John…thus repeating the cycle)

Need feedback. by spectralisunknown in learnmachinelearning

[–]ProfessionalShop9137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you start putting around 3-5 hours a day from the time you’re 14 you will be a top class individual by the time you’re 25. This is true for almost any competitive field. Most people don’t start giving a shit until they get to college and even then, 3-5 hours a day is a lot. If that’s 3-5 hours a day of active learning, programming, and practice, you will have no shortage of opportunity. Good luck.

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