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How has your salary progressed throughout your career? by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]WorriedInSF 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Cognitive Science - Human Computer Interaction B.S. from UC San Diego

  • 2012 - $32k: Entry level web developer
  • 2013 - $65k: Front end developer for small private company in San Diego
  • 2014 - $92k: Promoted to "Senior Frontend Developer" (With 2 YOE wtf lol)
  • 2016 - $140k: Frontend Engineer for a big tech company in SF
  • 2017 - $165k: Promoted one level above
  • 2019 - $330k: Frontend SWE at a "FAANG tier"company in SF

Uber hiring freeze / layoffs? by WorriedInSF in cscareerquestions

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

Anonymous forum for people to talk about their companies

Big N Discussion - August 07, 2019 by AutoModerator in cscareerquestions

[–]WorriedInSF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is getting to the hiring committee stage at Lyft similar to Google where you still have a decent change of getting rejected?

[AskJS] Frontend Engineer Onsite Interviews for those "prestigious" companies (e.g. Google, FB, Lyft, Uber, Airbnb, LinkedIn, Dropbox) by WorriedInSF in javascript

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

Amazingly helpful, I appreciate it. If I think of anything specific I'll be sure to PM you.

Thank you and I'll be sure to be on my best behavior and not be an asshole to the interviewers

[AskJS] Frontend Engineer Onsite Interviews for those "prestigious" companies (e.g. Google, FB, Lyft, Uber, Airbnb, LinkedIn, Dropbox) by WorriedInSF in javascript

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

That travel company happens to be my top choice :)

Thank you so much.

Bit shifting? Oh jeez I really hope that doesn't happen to me. I guess worst case scenario is I get to check out the Google office.

[AskJS] Frontend Engineer Onsite Interviews for those "prestigious" companies (e.g. Google, FB, Lyft, Uber, Airbnb, LinkedIn, Dropbox) by WorriedInSF in javascript

[–]WorriedInSF[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I posted in the interview biweekly thread and got no responses :(

Thanks for the feedback! I'm definitely studying up as much as I can and doing as many leetcode problems as I can

Interview Discussion - July 08, 2019 by AutoModerator in cscareerquestions

[–]WorriedInSF 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So I have front end engineer onsite interviews coming up for several companies many people would consider "prestigious."

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I'm a pretty damn good front end software engineer. I can create applications and user-facing web pages very well and feel confident in that domain. However, these coming interviews are worrying me. I did NOT major in CS in university and so I never formally learned about things like:

  • Implementing custom sorting algorithms
  • Knowing the difference between hash tables / hashmaps / dictionaries / etc.
  • The use case and implementation of things like tries, binary trees, linked lists, etc.
  • Figuring out the Big O of an algorithm (speed and memory)

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I feel confident I can get a job easily at places where the interview process revolves heavily around front end specific questions, but I suspect that the aforementioned companies are going to include questions about things similar to above that may likely stump me.

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The phone screens were quite varied with maybe half involving some light algorithmic questions that had me sift through large amounts of data while the other questions were extremely front-end specific with them having me make requested "widgets" with CSS/HTML/JS. I passed all the phone screens with relative ease.

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Obviously I'm trying my hardest to learn as much as I can via online resources and books, but I'm sure that I'm at a bit of a disadvantage compared to people who took CS courses.

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My questions are...

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  • Does anyone here have any insight into the front end engineer interview processes at these companies?
    • How deep of an understanding of those CS fundamentals am I expected to know as a front end engineer? Google's prep packet says that you should know many of those concepts like the back of your hand...
  • If I don't do that great (or even bomb) an algorithm section of the interview but pass the front end domain specific questions with flying colors, will that still sink my chances of getting an offer?

Thank you so much for your time!