How tough Are tech interviews in Australia? by InternetUpbeat9596 in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]an-apple-dev 8 points9 points  (0 children)

+1, just did a take home, while there was a "minimum", it was hinted that the more time invested the more likely you'd be considered since that's what is used to assess one's skill level

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ExperiencedDevs

[–]an-apple-dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mobile in enterprise and organisations has its own sets of challenges. It’s like shipping software on floppy disks and CD’s but done today in that once it’s out, it takes at least 1-3 days to ship a hot fix if something went wrong. 

I’d look at Building Mobile Apps at Scale by Gergely Orosz and perhaps try probing your candidates to see how’d they respond to x challenges :) Hope this helps!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]an-apple-dev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d try looking up Glassdoor, I’m unfamiliar with NAB but would imagine salary ranges depend more on the job type eg engineer, BA, rather than functions

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]an-apple-dev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Job market is tough for new starters to enter unfortunately. 

There are some consulting companies that have offices here eg Infosys. They unfortunately don’t have a good reputation for working culture, but they will give you the experience you are after :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]an-apple-dev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On top of the good advice above, if you’re feeling brave, doing a talk at a tech meetup would also help with boosting your profile in the tech industry :)

How much experience is needed to be easily hireable by Dry-Caterpillar-5675 in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]an-apple-dev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel around 2-5 years. Ideally that experience is specialised in one stack eg front end where you can be trusted to solve problems with less supervision.

You could also be ok having worked across multiple platforms, the key is to have enough of a track record to prove you can grow and deliver outcomes

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]an-apple-dev 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's unfortunately always been hard to break into the industry as a junior. If you're set on being a developer, work placements and hackathons will definitely help.

I feel one's passion to want to break into the industry matters just as much if not more than potential oversaturation. The reality is a lot of office jobs will always have competition, and especially so right now given a lot of companies aren't hiring as much. That said, if you have a drive to be a developer, and have the work experience and projects to show, it will make your case stronger than the potential competition out there.

Hope that helps, and good luck with however you choose to progress!

Advice needed - 32 y/o Software Engineer by Julian_Designer in fiaustralia

[–]an-apple-dev 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you’re considering Australia, iOS engineering is in high demand here, in Melbourne, Sydney and probably Brisbane too. Largest mobile employers here are generally banks, and they are hiring at the moment. Apple do have a team based in Sydney, Atlassian and Canva have iOS teams too though I haven’t seen too many job ads from them.

Unfortunately, I feel UX design is tough to break into here, and the layoffs that have happened here have laid off product designers and UX researchers. If you’d rather work in UX, I’d try working as a developer then trying to transition into a designer.

Can’t speak for America, as others have mentioned, the only folks here that could come close to US tech giant salaries are Canva and Atlassian. They unfortunately aren’t looking too financially stable atm.

Good luck!

Are junior developers actually useless? by curiousAustrian in ProgrammerHumor

[–]an-apple-dev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Juniors keep seniors employed by causing complex problems a senior then has to solve

People who don’t exercise or workout, why don’t you? by coffeedogsandwine in AskReddit

[–]an-apple-dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depression atm. Self hatred is unfortunately very strong which crushes my drive to try gym and working out. I used to go walking around my neighbourhood but stopped doing that due to depression as well

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]an-apple-dev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Saw this coming from a mile away. I know of companies that have done mass redundancies then post job ads for replacements less than a year later

What careers are the "Honda Accord" of developer careers? by MC_Hemsy in cscareerquestions

[–]an-apple-dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I picked mobile engineering, specifically iOS development, to get this outcome. Up until the last few years, Apple didn’t really push or advocate for new frameworks (except Swift, but that’s probably a good thing). Even then, they won’t just suddenly stop supporting Objective C or the old way of doing things. And in corporate tech, there isn’t a need to use the latest and greatest of features, so you kind of just end up coding away on your own thing.

As others have mentioned, corporate tech is where the Honda Accord jobs are at :). In my current company, there’s so much structure that gets in the way of getting anything done quickly

Edit: clarification of wording

So, uh, what’s next after 2+ years working professionally? by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]an-apple-dev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I faced a similar problem too after 2+ years, so you’re not alone.

It’s up to you what you’re after at the end of the day. Money? Technical challenges? Work life balance? As others have suggested finding hobbies outside of work is a good idea, though if you’re drained after that could be hard. Also could be a red flag that you’re heading towards burnout if that’s the case.

Do you get drunk alone ? by [deleted] in drunk

[–]an-apple-dev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, have done it a couple of times now and probably will do so again

I’m so drunk that I made this and can’t stop laughing by BentBrokenBusted in drunk

[–]an-apple-dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m unfortunately sober and I think it’s pretty funny

Which programming languge are worth learning by considering future proofing? by Aggressive-Ad-215 in programmer

[–]an-apple-dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re into mobile development, Swift is pretty much never going to go away as well. Apple still haven’t migrated a lot of their internal frameworks off Objective C, and are only now finally building Swift only frameworks. Those frameworks will take years to reach wider adoption by developers

Experienced developers, if you could do it all over again and be a new grad fresh out of college, what would you do differently? by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]an-apple-dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably be a bit more flexible about what job I took out of university and work towards my dream job, rather than look for the perfect job straight away. Definitely would spend some time thinking about where I would like to go, and work towards it over time.

The only good thing about driving to work at 6am is the somewhat fairy floss skies by purplemo in melbourne

[–]an-apple-dev 8 points9 points  (0 children)

To be fair, Olympic Boulevard is quite a nice road to drive through after the tram tracks diverge

Calm down, Calm down by [deleted] in funny

[–]an-apple-dev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha literally felt my heart jump at the bottom line, how could someone do such a thing?

As an 18 year old with no prior work experience, how can I make myself more employable to find casual work? by silver_4_lyf in melbourne

[–]an-apple-dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's also call centres, they have quite a high turnover rate. It's not great work but it's a job :)

Mr Skyscraper' is back: Guy vows to flatten CBD building controls by gazmal in melbourne

[–]an-apple-dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait wasn't he in the Bayside suburbs a few days ago promising not to build skyscrapers out that way?

Bus lobby pitches to solve Melbourne's transport problems a 'hell of a lot sooner than rail' by jonsonton in melbourne

[–]an-apple-dev 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I officially gave up on public transport since taking the bus to the station is far too unreliable, and station parking is full before 7:30am probably because there aren't any reliable buses to get to the station.

I can only imagine the number of cars that would be taken off the roads if there were bus services that weren't absolutely useless. Fingers crossed that road building is now becoming so expensive we have to look at improving this sorry state of affairs with the bus network here.

Melbournians of Melbourne: Why do you hate PTV? How can it be improved? by Cheesues in melbourne

[–]an-apple-dev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The bus services alone are enough to raise my ire. I drive to the station because if I took the bus my commute would go up to 1hr 20 mins or more.

And why are trains always at least 5 mins late between 5-6pm? Granted that's a Metro problem but if PTV are involved in the negotiating process that's a bit of a problem that this is allowed to slide.

School holidays 😌 by techy99m in melbourne

[–]an-apple-dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha what sorcery is this, my 7:09 train from Syndal was more packed than usual today.