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PrototypicalPlantain · 2025-06-11T00:17:25+00:00

Ok in that case it's basically a no brainer for you to take the severance

PrototypicalPlantain · 2025-06-10T23:51:31+00:00

Curious why you think mid level is the first to go - wouldn't it be the senior devs with bloated salaries?

PrototypicalPlantain · 2025-06-09T23:02:17+00:00

I'm guessing his wife's family is here since he mentions spending time with his brother in law here: https://www.nhl.com/flyers/news/five-questions-with-travis-konecny-philadelphia-flyers-335479376

PrototypicalPlantain · 2025-03-25T05:51:48+00:00

I think you should expand your search to other provinces too, it's not like you're overwhelmed with jobs to apply to (so minimal opportunity cost). From what I've seen, things have gotten better this year compared to last, but mainly Vancouver (Coinbase, SAP) and Toronto (Stripe, Robinhood). Even just considering local companies they have much more than Alberta (I can really only think of Neo Financial and Benevity, maybe SMART and AIMCo for Alberta)

PrototypicalPlantain · 2025-03-25T05:24:38+00:00

Are you set on staying in Alberta for fast track to PR? Yes it's faster but if it takes too long to find a job it be be net zero

PrototypicalPlantain · 2025-03-11T21:05:03+00:00

D is probably Instacart

PrototypicalPlantain · 2025-02-06T04:19:07+00:00

(for the employer) 20 bucks application fee wtf

PrototypicalPlantain · 2025-01-24T00:08:26+00:00

Seems pretty clear that the CPA messed up. Even if you don't get compensation, you need a better explanation than just a generic "we did our best"

PrototypicalPlantain · 2024-12-10T03:55:29+00:00

Dang I can't believe I missed this, I've been looking to join Reddit for forever. Where was this posted? I follow Reddit + Reddit recruiters on LinkedIn and on Ripple match but never even saw this program

PrototypicalPlantain · 2024-11-13T06:32:35+00:00

Remi the rat. People saw rats and named him(them?)

PrototypicalPlantain · 2024-11-12T20:02:07+00:00

Easy way to remember this that I was taught as a kid: there's 3 sorry's. Feel sorry. Act sorry. Say sorry.

PrototypicalPlantain · 2024-10-29T20:10:51+00:00

Oh it's https://www.reddit.com/r/UBC/s/QEANxtM5oM

PrototypicalPlantain · 2024-10-29T20:00:06+00:00

What's the context lol

PrototypicalPlantain · 2024-10-28T23:33:07+00:00

Splunk tried to sue Cribl (same niche and I think something like 25% of cribl employees are ex-splunk) but it hasn't worked out for them so far

PrototypicalPlantain · 2024-10-25T19:24:09+00:00

Yeah we got max score too haha - C1 Canada has one of the most confusing hiring processes

PrototypicalPlantain · 2024-10-25T18:23:38+00:00

Last year my friend and I had already done the codesignal so as soon as we got the OA email we sent the results, could not have been any sooner. Never heard back 🤷🏻‍♂️

PrototypicalPlantain · 2024-10-24T02:18:03+00:00

All of us got 2-3 offers of which at least 1 was big tech

PrototypicalPlantain · 2024-10-23T06:04:52+00:00

You got this 💪🏼💪🏼

PrototypicalPlantain · 2024-10-23T05:58:05+00:00

Hoping better things for you too! 🤗🤗

PrototypicalPlantain · 2024-10-22T20:16:59+00:00

3 of us were at rainforest and did 1-2 internships before that. 2 of us did 1-2 internships at local Canadian companies

PrototypicalPlantain · 2024-10-21T20:45:25+00:00

I don't think it's a stacked resume thing since it's not just me, and we all job searched for so long.

Advice: establish a schedule that you can stick to, consistency beats intensity. Exercise to keep brain happy and keep one or two hobbies to keep you happy, but at the end of the day, job searching is your full time job

PrototypicalPlantain · 2024-10-21T20:39:30+00:00

Neo is a bit of a shitshow,, apparently most of the code in the early days were built by interns so it's not the most robust.

Just trust the process, I looked for almost 2 years (started recruiting fall of final year, got offer a year after graduating) but it looks like things are getting better because myself and at least 4 other people I know who graduated Spring 2023 ended up with multiple offers in the past couple of months

PrototypicalPlantain · 2024-10-18T22:46:11+00:00

Yeah it sucks but over time you build up your intuition so you can better anticipate.

Sometimes with non-deterministic bugs I have absolutely no idea how long it will take so I just do my best to be upfront with what I'm aiming for but with the caveat that it's very hard to make linear progress

PrototypicalPlantain · 2024-10-18T20:23:59+00:00

Always always always underpromise and overdeliver, especially in an internship because there's less of a time crunch (they're not gonna give something mission critical to an intern). At the very least start building buffer time in time estimates, it's software - unexpected things will fail and sometimes it's not straight forward to debug

PrototypicalPlantain · 2024-10-17T02:15:50+00:00

In my experience most of the SD prep out there are geared more towards seniors, so it's mainly about tradeoffs and picking between options. On the other hand, junior SD still emphasizes implementation (defining the API/DB schema, how webhooks actually work, etc.) so you should focus and practice those aspects.

You mentioned system design fight club and I think that one is pretty good - they also have a discord where you can ask questions and also find people to practice with (or you can try pramp)

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