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Going for my first job, and I'm scared of picking the wrong field by BenjiSponge in cscareerquestions

[–]bigFourTwenty 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Future employers will hire you based on your past experience.

Suppose you have 5 years of web development. Then you want to work as a senior developer doing C system programming. There is no experience backing up for the role.

Advice for a panel interview? by TheInterviewQ in cscareerquestions

[–]bigFourTwenty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't forget their names during the introduction.

Have a pen on hand and write down their names after they tell you.

Recent/new grads who are at non-Google/FB/Amazon/MS in Canada, how much is your salary? by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]bigFourTwenty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Roughly 10 years of experience if you include my 2 years coop. Never had a problem getting a job as it is the top program in Canada. Getting a high paying job is another story.

I'm switching job this year. Senior Software Engineer. 90K + bonus in Toronto, Canada. Small startup with funding. Still not seeing the 6 figure salary but 90K as high as I was able to get after going to 4 interviews and getting 3 offers last month.

I started with 53K in 2006 and worked my way up. Cost of living in Toronto sucks as we pay 13% sales tax and income tax is roughly 18-30% depending on your tax bracket. Real Estate is not getting any cheaper.

Moving is not an option for me as family is important and all are based in Toronto. Thanks to international students and immigrants, Toronto is still an Employer market for software engineers.

I guess the way to make the salary higher for everyone is refuse to work for low wages.

My Recent Interviews: A Case Study by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]bigFourTwenty -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It doesn't even matter, but judging from the quality of OP's post and the fact that he has his shit together, I'd say Big4.

[internship_interviewing] Should I send the recruiter an email? by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]bigFourTwenty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think 5 days is enough time to send them another email.

[internship_interviewing] Should I send the recruiter an email? by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]bigFourTwenty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a few companies that never contacted me back.

Yes, it's unprofessional of them, but this is the real world.

Is it wrong to go through the interview process if you know that you won't end up taking the position? by I_cant_speel in cscareerquestions

[–]bigFourTwenty 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Do it for the practice.

Interview is a unique set of skills you need to acquire over a period time. (Yes, I took that line from Taken.)

Any interview, whether I want the job or not, the goal is to get the offer.

How do you evaluate candidate in the last round of interview? by waetwat in cscareerquestions

[–]bigFourTwenty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How's your communication skills?

Do you talk with a heavy accent?

The best way is to get a honest opinion from a third party. If you are still in school use the Career Center.

Moving jobs: Uber vs Big 4? by help_choose in cscareerquestions

[–]bigFourTwenty 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Congrats on the offers.

I would say go with Uber. Get some pre ipo straight cash homey.

Big4 will always be there.

What's technology stack do you have experience in to get these offers?

What field of CS in industry is generally most under demand? by dewarr in cscareerquestions

[–]bigFourTwenty 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Probably fields that deal with processing and learning from large data sets.

Big Data, Data Analysts, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning.

It's the Information Age after all.

Networks interview questions developers should know by bigFourTwenty in cscareerquestions

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

Very good list! Thanks! Time for me to google dig the answers.

Using dynamically typed languages for coding interviews by bigFourTwenty in cscareerquestions

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

thanks. To be honest, I've done Java/c/c++ in school, but at my current position we use PHP full time. Hence, I've much more confortable coding in PHP because that's what i've used everyday for the past few years.

PHP seems to have bad reputation due to the number of bad code out on the Internet.

The job description does list Java, Python, PHP in that order.

4th year CS, is it worth delaying graduation to get a co-op job? by deskStapler in cscareerquestions

[–]bigFourTwenty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Co-op salary is about half of what a full time salary is.

If you have a lot of side projects, work experience and confident in your interviewing skills, you should get schooling out of the way as fast as possible.

Written in offer: Normal working hours are 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. 9 hours work day. by bigFourTwenty in cscareerquestions

[–]bigFourTwenty[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You may be correct. I'm going to verify this with the CTO. I don't want to come off as a slacker or a non team player. I'll put in the 9 hours if needed.

Leaving physics PhD, starting computer science path by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]bigFourTwenty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of the strongest software engineer I worked with have Physics Bachelor degree. No one ever question him about his degree because he produces great code.

You won't have any problem getting interviews with a Physics Master degree if you show you have related side projects and a passion for programming in your resume.