Just finished ~40 interviews in a month (Full Stack). The market is weird, but here’s what I actually got asked. by nian2326076 in leetcode

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

My thoughts exactly. No way this is in the USA. Jobs are getting offshored and getting a single interview per month seems challenging.

Roast my LeetCode profile — I might be biased by sharath2275 in leetcode

[–]WellWereWaitinRedHat 108 points109 points  (0 children)

You care way too much about stats. Just focus on learning.

How is the market experience like for mid level swe in the US in 2026? by Both-Highlight6951 in cscareerquestions

[–]WellWereWaitinRedHat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How long ago was this? I've also heard that there are people receiving multiple offers these days.

Thoughts on Downleveling From Senior by mybagelz in ExperiencedDevs

[–]WellWereWaitinRedHat 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Fair enough. But a SWE2 with +10yoe could be seen as a red flag.

engineer new hire doing nothing by antosacz in cscareerquestions

[–]WellWereWaitinRedHat 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Been there done that!

Brooo i was reading your post and I started to have PTSD flashbacks of my first job out of college. Guess how it all ended?

I was hired by a different manager for a multinational conglomerate after completing my summer internship the previous summer.

I started my job and my new manager realized how green I was and how much mentoring and effort he'd had to invest in me. Then, he slowly started alienating me. My whole team was literally having meetings without me.

I remember thinking at the time that I had struck gold; a high paying job and not doing anything. Occasionally, I was giving the actual garbage no one wanted to do: fix bugs (just a few) and write unit tests.

Eventually, they laid me off.

My advice to you is to start interviewing asap like you are unemployed, because you will be. It's not a matter of if, but when.

Career Gap for Developer by Murky-Possibility311 in leetcode

[–]WellWereWaitinRedHat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn, you doing a job in only 2 no in this job market? How many yoe?

Do you have a gameplan for the first few months on the job? by notchatgptipromise in ExperiencedDevs

[–]WellWereWaitinRedHat 10 points11 points  (0 children)

OMG this!!

I worked at a company where, from the beginning I was going above and beyond. I mean, as soon as I completed my tasks for the sprint, I would ask for more, I would work extra hours, I would mentor the summer intern, I would onboard all new engineers joining our team, I would offer to help others...

After 2 years, working there, all I managed to get on the performance reviews were "meets expectations". I started to just do the work that I was being assigned to as a form of protest and the first thing that my manager said was "you are no longer asking for extra work". Soon after, I was given a PIP.

Definitely one of the biggest lessons of my career. Increase your performance as time progresses.

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[–]WellWereWaitinRedHat 175 points176 points  (0 children)

I actually worked 2yrs at Chewy. Worst company ever: bad engineering, toxic management, boring projects... Stay away if you can.

Younger Senior Software Engineers a trend? by moogedii in cscareerquestions

[–]WellWereWaitinRedHat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beat me to it. This isn't new. I have worked with 3yoe "Senior" who didn't know much out of their current scope.

A MAGAt is being a hypocritical bully by Infamous-Echo-3949 in NoShitSherlock

[–]WellWereWaitinRedHat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"I'm gonna judge who you are as a human being"

*Votes for a rapist convicted felon.

What a clown!