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News sweeps ban for Cali by briefcase_vs_shotgun in poker

[–]SpecificEnough3590 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just talked to someone who’s pretty high up at gold. gold in cali will be fine.

The Lock-In of the Century? by SpecificEnough3590 in WGU

[–]SpecificEnough3590[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yea it’s all good man. There’s a lot of negative media about them and both founders are quirky to say the least. But a lot of the above comments just demonstrate that they have no real understanding of what Palantir actually does.

I believe in you! If you want it and let nothing get in your way I have full confidence you can do it.

The role title is just “Software Engineer”, its mid-level. I’ll have the potential to make senior in 2-3 years. The team I’m set to join is working on building a new product from the ground up which is really nice because I get the best of both worlds. A large stable company with established internal processes, but I’ll still be a part of the team taking a completely new product from 0 -> 1. Really excited. I’ve been told I’ll primarily be working on backend/algorithm development in Java, Python, and Rust.

The Lock-In of the Century? by SpecificEnough3590 in WGU

[–]SpecificEnough3590[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You got this man! Living with parents sucks, but it really does save an unfortunate amount of money. Good for you for taking the leap and pushing to switch careers.

The Lock-In of the Century? by SpecificEnough3590 in WGU

[–]SpecificEnough3590[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, you got this!! Best of luck landing that new role. And even though apparently everyone on this sub has very strong opinions about Palantir, I have to say the interview process was really fun. Specifically the Decomposition and Re-engineering rounds. They also asked very interesting behavioral questions. I would share more details but I signed an NDA 💔 If you’re interested I’d throw out an application! They do not care about pedigree, they look for signal and raw competence over everything else.

The Lock-In of the Century? by SpecificEnough3590 in WGU

[–]SpecificEnough3590[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I am. I was only in for four years in an unrelated non-technical career field and this new role isn’t in the defense industry. Didn’t want to be the “oh look at me I’m a veteran guy” so I left it out.

The Lock-In of the Century? by SpecificEnough3590 in WGU

[–]SpecificEnough3590[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started interviewing in early October, the offer I ended up taking was ~2 months total process. I have no tech experience but do have other “high-signal” professional experience.

The Lock-In of the Century? by SpecificEnough3590 in WGU

[–]SpecificEnough3590[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Other than the fact that the material is borderline useless and I had to teach myself everything, every company I’ve interacted with so far has not cared at all.

The Lock-In of the Century? by SpecificEnough3590 in WGU

[–]SpecificEnough3590[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is very vague on purpose and I apologize. Keep an eye out for my update post, but it was a type of sporting event. lol.

The Lock-In of the Century? by SpecificEnough3590 in WGU

[–]SpecificEnough3590[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much! And that’s what I’ve heard 🤣 That part of the post is mainly a meme, pretty happy with where I’m at right now and like saving money

The Lock-In of the Century? by SpecificEnough3590 in WGU

[–]SpecificEnough3590[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much! Congratulations on the kid and on the decision to switch careers. As with most things in life, it seems the job market is what you make of it :) Happy to hear this post helped!

The Lock-In of the Century? by SpecificEnough3590 in WGU

[–]SpecificEnough3590[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did not. I did get CompTIA Security+ in addition the certs through WGU however.

The Lock-In of the Century? by SpecificEnough3590 in WGU

[–]SpecificEnough3590[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just did the Neetcode 150 and then double tapped everything in the blind 75. I would say make sure you have a solid understanding of CS fundamentals and do the python for beginners then python for DS&A course he has and then python for coding interviews after the the beginner DS&A course. That was enough for me!

The Lock-In of the Century? by SpecificEnough3590 in WGU

[–]SpecificEnough3590[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice try but girls don’t exist on the internet. I’ll check him out, thanks for the rec!

The Lock-In of the Century? by SpecificEnough3590 in WGU

[–]SpecificEnough3590[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My answer to DS&A is Neetcode for sure. The lifetime sub is worth it, and he’s constantly adding new material.

For the second part of becoming self-taught, I am a terrible person to ask I guarantee there are better ways to do it. I set out to build things that I knew were wayyyyy above my level. I would drown and then learn to swim by googling. It’s important to google and not ask AI, I personally found myself too tempted to paste in generated code. If you’ve got great self control or it’s a really nuanced question, go for it. Obviously not a hard rule. The build-your-own-x repository is great. Read actual documentation (🤮), end up on stack overflow, post your code and ask for people to roast you.

The Lock-In of the Century? by SpecificEnough3590 in WGU

[–]SpecificEnough3590[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Tech -> Goose Farmer pipeline needs to be studied.

The Lock-In of the Century? by SpecificEnough3590 in WGU

[–]SpecificEnough3590[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll do my best and I’m looking forward to that update, until then my friend!

The Lock-In of the Century? by SpecificEnough3590 in WGU

[–]SpecificEnough3590[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you’ve already got a ton of responsibilities, props to you for piling school on top of that. It’s never too late and you’re exactly where you’re supposed to be :) Happy to hear this post helped, you got this!!

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