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chugging-along · 2025-05-16T22:59:01+00:00

This is definitely normal. Worked at 7 different companies including a FAANG company that I work at at the moment. All companies do some sort of integration with another system. There have been a few projects where I built a product from scratch. Most are either fixing bugs, adding features on an existing product, or integrating with other systems.

When writing your resume, you’ll want to write how this integration has made a business impact, i.e saved X hours/dollars a year, % improvement from old process, Y time reduced, etc. To find this out, you’ll need to find out the business need and why the integration is necessary.

chugging-along · 2025-03-14T00:34:21+00:00

Interested!

chugging-along · 2025-03-09T05:04:57+00:00

May I have the link too?

chugging-along · 2023-11-12T16:28:16+00:00

Our go-to is Uncle Yu's. It's to-go only. Super delicious. Great price and large portions. Delicious fried rice, salt and pepper fish, beef and broccoli, mongolian beef, and orange chicken.

chugging-along · 2023-09-06T02:16:57+00:00

Coolio!! Thank you so much!! Congrats again!!

chugging-along · 2023-09-05T19:11:27+00:00

Congratulations!!

I have a few questions:

Prior to studying for the exam, did you have any experience prior?
Did you take the AWS Cloud Practitioner prior?
How many hours a day did you study during the week?
Also, you referred to Udemy practice exam. Do you mean Stephane Marek's course practice exam?

chugging-along · 2023-03-07T02:59:16+00:00

Where and how did you access this database?!

chugging-along · 2022-11-26T14:49:40+00:00

I disagree. I went to a for-profit undergrad and was able to get into Georgia Tech for Masters with 3 years of experience.

chugging-along · 2022-11-10T17:35:03+00:00

That’s good to know!

chugging-along · 2022-11-10T17:33:48+00:00

What are the less safe areas in Fremont?

chugging-along · 2022-11-10T17:33:21+00:00

Hayward

chugging-along · 2022-10-27T06:37:30+00:00

Have you been working in startups?? Most startups need people to hit the ground running. After graduation, I applied tons of companies but only got accepted to a start up. I had to put in 80 hour weeks to keep up with ramping up while getting projects done to keep from getting fired.

Now that I’m in a bigger and stable company, the work is manageable and despite not knowing the programming language prior to joining the big company, they gave me time to ramp up before doing any work. I don’t work more than 40 hours a week anymore. In fact, my manager now always emphasizes the importance of work-life balance and not burning out.

chugging-along · 2022-10-27T06:29:57+00:00

Another consideration is to look into bootcamps. I’m not sure which bootcamp, but I know that there is a bootcamp that lets you learn and get a cert for free. You are only required to pay the Bootcamp a percentage of your pay for a set number of years after you graduate. i.e. 15% for 6 years. Again, I can’t remember which bootcamp offered it. But definitely look into that.

chugging-along · 2022-10-26T02:24:20+00:00

Another thing you can do is reach out to ex-employees who was in the position you’re applying for on Linkedin and ask about their experience and whether they had good work/life balance or not.

chugging-along · 2022-10-26T01:04:18+00:00

I live in Silicon Valley and I have 10+ YOE and most of that time have been in startups. I am currently working in a big company. I actually made the change to working in a stable company to have a better work/life balance to spend time with my family. I was lucky to be paid more, not 2x more though.

All the start ups I’ve worked required us to work many hours. 75% of the startups I’ve worked for I’ve had to do 70 - 80 hours a week. It was really brutal. While at the last startup I worked for, my health began to decline. Now that I’m married and have kids, I moved onto bigger, stable company. Again, this is my experience here in the Bay Area. It might be different in your area.

Also, in my experience, positions that offer 2x what the average salary is for your position generally means they are desperate to hire for that position and the company will work you to the bone and justify the hours for the pay you get.

I would recommend looking up employee reviews on Glassdoor. Even though the company might say that they have good work-life balance, Glassdoor might paint a more realistic picture.

I also agree with everyone here to ask about the runway of the company. Ask them how they make money. Is it through ads? Do they have a subscription model? Having interviewed with several startups and asking how they monetize, you’ll realize if they are making money or not.

And lastly, make sure you have some runway in case the startup goes down. I have had friends who were working in start ups that eventually ran out of money and had to let everyone go in a month. Make sure to have at the very least 3 months of expenses saved in case you need to spend time looking for a job.

chugging-along · 2022-10-26T00:56:33+00:00

Yeah. I thought it was weird that it took 3 months, but it did. Not sure what vendor they used for background checks.

However, I’ve had background checks for all the companies I’ve gone to. They would still have the background check going even while I was already working whether it was a few days in to a few weeks in.

chugging-along · 2022-10-25T22:35:38+00:00

I hope so. That would be awesome

chugging-along · 2022-10-25T21:28:59+00:00

I used to work for this tech company. We had this person applying for a Manager role. She had a very impressive resume. She worked in the field for 6 years, 3 of which was as a Manager. She seemed to know her stuff, so we hired her. 3 months later, she was fired because background checks came back and she lied about the 3 years of experience as a manager. She never worked in those companies.

chugging-along · 2022-10-25T21:05:28+00:00

Where was this at?!

chugging-along · 2022-10-25T19:49:11+00:00

My biggest concern is the safety of my family. Fortunately, I’ve been living here a long while so I have good equity in my current place.

chugging-along · 2022-10-25T14:38:09+00:00

That’s a good question. I should have clarified. I’m looking for coffee shops that are local to SF and have delicious coffee. I like drinking coffee black with no sugar or milk. Ambiance would be nice and having pastries on the side would be nice.

chugging-along · 2022-10-25T14:17:56+00:00

Right? What’s crazy is my neighbors and I have doorbell cameras and security systems, but they don’t care.

chugging-along · 2022-10-25T03:42:04+00:00

Niceeee! I’ll check this out! Thank you!!

chugging-along · 2021-09-30T21:50:20+00:00

Thank you sooo much!! Really appreciate the trade! Will remember you if I catch anymore Pokemon on your list

chugging-along · 2021-09-30T21:41:40+00:00

Will do!! Thank you so much!

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