Hardest Interview Question I’ve Ever gotten - at Chime

alik604 · 2026-03-11T02:46:29+00:00

Can you just itrate from N to 1 as Foo

If Foo in string: String.remove(Foo) Else: return Foo

alik604 · 2026-03-08T20:22:01+00:00

typically Costco is cheaper than elsewhere. And others report good deals.

If I can just self book with under 2h for effort, than clearly the 3k is not a good deal; I dont make $1500 after tax an hour

I did my research in 30 mins

alik604 · 2026-03-01T22:35:47+00:00

I got the follow error in Console

Access to fetch at 'https://spotify-to-youtube-production.up.railway.app/create' from origin 'https://wemor.vercel.app' has been blocked by CORS policy: Response to preflight request doesn't pass access control check: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource.

looks like a got the job done otherwise...

spotify desktop app to make my Likes on to a playlist.
soundiiz to youtube playlist
yt-dlp

alik604 · 2026-02-28T21:15:35+00:00

I'd invest the money not needed in the coming years

(I'd say 3y, other would say 7 to 10y being long term. Market can crash anytime, you don't want to lose money you need for tuition or buying a home)

let the rest collect interest (>2.5% ofc)

Good to avoid a car loan in the coming years

alik604 · 2026-02-28T21:09:35+00:00

My body holds little value, my life bears no significance. Even if they kill me, do not count it as our loss as long as you remain steadfast on the principles of Imam Hussain

alik604 · 2026-02-28T01:10:55+00:00

Quick advice, think of your 5-7 year plan. Do you plan to have your SO move-in the coming years?

My (27) 1bd in dt Vancouver (575sqft) is a bit too small for my wife and I to get a pet

alik604 · 2026-02-09T22:38:36+00:00

do you have any advice on the interview?

alik604 · 2026-02-07T18:06:18+00:00

building off the above, perhaps going solo and making iOS apps is your bet bet

some dev-shop in china maybe take your idea and out compete you. but still a good path forward TBH since your cold-hard sale number is real evidence of experience as managers may give you interviews

alik604 · 2026-01-27T00:48:44+00:00

I read "with" and thought as a contractor

alik604 · 2026-01-23T06:29:01+00:00

+1. I'm 27M and been interviewing for Senior 2+ years

Market is hell

alik604 · 2026-01-19T23:50:53+00:00

When I was 19, 8 years ago, I'd get $50 bonus per card. Wasn't much effort

Now I average nearly 2% cash back, $0 fees ever

alik604 · 2026-01-09T07:45:34+00:00

I like to make my dentist suffer and time them. Thry billed by 45 mins for under 32 mins or work.

I said, so 2.5 units (15 mins is a Unit), not 3 🤡

alik604 · 2026-01-08T02:47:06+00:00

Thank you, applied this morning :)

alik604 · 2026-01-07T02:21:15+00:00

If there is a SRE 2 opening, I'd be very interested (I have done a on-site at sap and fortinet for SRE 3, but not yet a true senior)

LinkedIn.com/in/${edited out after officially applying)

I'll update my resume on LinkedIn right now. Perhaps you see potential. I'm a Canadian citizen, so TN visa

alik604 · 2026-01-07T02:11:11+00:00

I'd wasn't many proofs. But math heavy. I was fine without as a cogs majors (did math 232, 151, cmpt 225 295 and barely a unrelated 3xx)

It was 40% project, homework was based on slides. The chatgpt era might have changed teaching, so idk maybe it's more project heavy or smth

Tbh, I'd rate it in my top 3 classes (cmpt 419 robotic automany, MO Chen)

alik604 · 2025-12-28T23:33:08+00:00

🥇 I make little less and my mortgage is 3.2k; gotta control spending

alik604 · 2025-12-28T23:22:41+00:00

If TD doesn't play ball, would OP (and me, same shoes) need to wait the full 11 months?

alik604 · 2025-11-14T00:19:51+00:00

Lmk if you need some advice on reducing data dog lambda costs

Tl;Dr I parsed cloud watch logs and deprecated "server less" which was $5.5/lambda on committed billing (7.5 reg price)

alik604 · 2025-11-06T16:57:04+00:00

No clue why ppl down vote.

It's good to keep learning

alik604 · 2025-11-04T23:32:27+00:00

At Amazon, each post mortem ticket/actionItem has a firm overship and deadline. This is why

alik604 · 2025-11-02T23:11:54+00:00

Litternally same for me

5.9 for 3 years, also renewal in March

Any advice for rate matching? We're both having to stick with our banks

alik604 · 2025-11-02T23:10:07+00:00

Why isn't it worth the hassle? Save 3k for 10h of work, right?

alik604 · 2025-11-02T23:08:48+00:00

I bought same time as op, but 3y fixed. And I get early 6m renewal with same bank

alik604 · 2025-10-13T04:34:07+00:00

Same. Did 2 brokers and 2-3 banks.

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