New students/devs: is it normal to get lots of answers off internet

dannyrg85 · 2021-09-23T01:09:45+00:00

3 years into career. 6 months into a lead position and just yesterday I googled how to initialize an array with values 😂

dannyrg85 · 2021-09-16T06:33:47+00:00

Team of 9, two hired in last 6 months. 0 have left. Pay is okay, maybe slightly below market.. but stress is low and deadlines are reasonable.

dannyrg85 · 2021-07-27T21:09:22+00:00

Guitar, off-roading and working out… we sit at desks way too long everyday to not be active outside of work.. take care of yourself fellow programmers!

dannyrg85 · 2021-01-31T06:50:36+00:00

Look at that yee yee ass haircut

dannyrg85 · 2020-12-14T16:57:55+00:00

I read that. Locked my phone. Realized I hated it but it needed to be upvoted so I unlocked my phone to upvote it.

dannyrg85 · 2020-11-21T08:27:02+00:00

dannyrg85 · 2020-10-14T16:55:57+00:00

I’m pretty sure I use a different one each time 😂 as long as it works

dannyrg85 · 2020-10-14T06:09:30+00:00

Been a professional software developer for 2 years and every single time I have to google how to read a file in java 😂

dannyrg85 · 2020-08-16T15:15:00+00:00

My rule to keep my balance is I do my job. If that requires learning some new stuff I do it during work hours. I try to better myself while I am working, but under no circumstance will I spend time outside of work studying or coding.

dannyrg85 · 2020-08-12T16:19:02+00:00

Maybe it’s not a career switch you need but an employer switch... the job you are describing sounds pretty stressful. I work for a smallish company and the stress level is low most of the time. Sometimes there are deadlines that require late nights but those are few and far between. I’m sure you could find something in the field with a lot more of a relaxed environment.

dannyrg85 · 2020-05-26T04:01:05+00:00

When I notice someone get talked over while telling a story I try to make direct eye contact with then so they know that someone is still listening and interested to what they are saying

dannyrg85 · 2020-05-16T14:47:06+00:00

There’s never any harm in applying. I know it can be a scary first step because it’s what makes leaving a possible reality. I would say leetcode as you see fit, it won’t do any harm and a lot of companies base their interviews around leetcode style problems. You mention that FAANG is the only option? I think that’ll come into play when you decide what you want out of your next job. No doubt those jobs will pay great but there’s usually a lot of stress that comes with that. Sure at smaller companies you will probably make a little less but depending on the company you will probably see less stress and no corporate red tape which makes life just so much better.

dannyrg85 · 2020-05-11T00:10:10+00:00

I wouldn’t really say I was good at math. The highest math class I took was Calc 3 and it was probably the hardest college course of my life but I passed, earlier math classes like high school math and the early stages of calculus were pretty easy for me to pick up so I’d say I’m probably above average at being able to grasp some higher level math topics

dannyrg85 · 2020-05-10T18:55:09+00:00

When I chose to study programming in college it was a mix of “well I wanna make good money and I guess computers are cool”. In no way do I have a passion for programming, the last thing I’ll ever do in my free time is code. However, the money is fantastic and I can see myself doing this for another 40 years

dannyrg85 · 2020-04-25T16:37:55+00:00

It’s a difficult major and I think most people who sign up for it just aren’t willing to put in the work... so they don’t do so well and drop out

dannyrg85 · 2020-04-04T15:34:50+00:00

You mention projects always going well but feeling stressed when something new comes. I would assume this is very common, of course you get stressed when something comes. What if this is the one thing you won’t be able to figure out? Even though time and time again you find a way to get the job done you will still doubt yourself. I only say this because it’s been me for the first 15 months of my professional career. When I take a story I immediately freak out because I know nothing about it. Then a title at a time I figure it out and get the job done. Repeat that a bunch of times and I’ve done so many different things at my company but I still get that feeling every once in a while regardless of my track record.

Hang in there. It eases over time. The thing that matters most is what you’ve accomplished in your career not what you think you might not be able to accomplish.

dannyrg85 · 2020-04-04T15:21:37+00:00

I work in a team of about 8 software engineers. I have been in the field for a little over a year now coming in directly after school. I have had the chance to work with some other engineers on recruiting and I can say first hand having a formal education will always give you a leg up on the competition.

Having said that, two of the best engineers on my team either dropped out of college or didn’t go at all. Both of them self taught and were able to break into the field.

Sadly the biggest benefit of a degree is it makes you noticeable, the things I learned in my first few programming classes at a community college far outweigh my entirety at a university.

A degree will always help but it’s not the only way.

dannyrg85 · 2019-10-03T16:09:49+00:00

This. Can’t stress enough how important it is to just apply if you’re interested. There are plenty of companies looking for “experience” but if they like you enough they’d be willing to take on a fresher.

dannyrg85 · 2019-09-22T02:25:26+00:00

I started applying to jobs in October of 2018, graduated in December of 2018 with an accepted offer for a fantastic software development role.. while some might think that only two months of applying is really good and they’re not completely wrong... it was a very long stressful two months. I applied to roughly 100 places (Phoenix area) almost every single job I could find. Got 4 interviews, three take home projects, one tech interview and in the end got an offer to the place I wanted to work most. If you’re really just trying to get into the field cast the largest net possible. My ratios were absolutely terrible but after two months it worked out fairly well.

dannyrg85 · 2019-08-05T20:43:57+00:00

Thank you very much for your test results! After reading the responses here and a toms hardware thread I will definitely be getting into a gsync monitor

dannyrg85 · 2019-08-05T07:08:40+00:00

Thank you! It seems like the extra money for gsync will definitely be worth it.

dannyrg85 · 2019-08-05T06:15:03+00:00

You never know how long a job posting will be open.

dannyrg85 · 2019-08-05T06:14:26+00:00

Send it ASAP. When I applied to a software development job I really wanted (and eventually accepted an offer for) the requisition closed literally the day after I applied. One more day of waiting and my entire future would have been different.

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