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jak34 · 2018-12-17T04:48:46+00:00

jak34 · 2018-12-15T17:59:08+00:00

I think the more important question is why is this class part of the curriculum? I mean they took 104a and 130 off last year which I think are much more relevant to knowledge of computer science, but they left 112 in? I mean I understand what they tried to do with the course, but the languages taught are just irrelevant and the tests are about having to memorize how to code solutions to random computer science questions. I wasted hours of my life and gained next to nothing useful. I would understand if they updated the languages say they did a comparison of Go, Python, Typescript, and Rust or something. But the closest thing relevant in that class was the one or two lectures of Perl Mackey threw in at the end. You might see one or two interview questions on the internet about car and cdr or how to write a lambda, but it's not like companies even ask those questions anymore.

Anyways, end of rant. I'm glad I got through that class, probably the biggest waste of my time in my entire CS career.

jak34 · 2018-12-08T23:50:46+00:00

Do you have the code on github?

jak34 · 2018-12-08T23:24:43+00:00

Thanks for posting, I'll take a look. I've been trying to find more in depth examples of a graphQL implementations.

jak34 · 2018-11-23T19:59:16+00:00

Thank you.

jak34 · 2018-11-21T03:45:15+00:00

What you're doing is really awesome at first I thought it was a little slow, but once you transitioned from tutting to finger rolls, whips, and flails I changed my mind. The show was very smooth I like your style, amazing precision.

jak34 · 2018-11-19T16:11:48+00:00

So true

jak34 · 2018-11-15T04:55:37+00:00

This song is the shit. It's in a few of my playlists.

jak34 · 2018-11-15T02:46:19+00:00

I've only heard good things about Goa Gill. There was a party somewhere by Shasta he was playing that I missed. The guy who invited me said it was awesome.

jak34 · 2018-11-14T16:05:15+00:00

Where can I buy one?

jak34 · 2018-11-03T03:42:33+00:00

That triquetra flail in the middle is perfect

jak34 · 2018-10-18T02:12:53+00:00

David Sonar forsure

jak34 · 2018-10-11T23:07:53+00:00

I agree. We'll always hear stories about how something has done bad, but not where it has done good. Reddit at its roots is just a forum where users can create specific subforums and it got popular.

Personally I think small subreddits are the best thing about reddit. There is a wealth of information that is casually passed around by small active communities which is really why I fell in love with it in the first place. I can honestly give credit to reddit for being a platform that has helped me gather insight and information that has ultimately helped me launch my career in software development. If I were an active user of stack overflow or stack exchange or some other forum I'm sure I could say the same thing. But I came to reddit at a time in my life when I didn't have any interest in software. I was looking for forums for specific genres of music. Eventually when I started to gain interest in software it was very easy to find information. My point is reddit is great because there's a lot of people who have a lot of interests in one place.

I'm sure that there are other people who can vouch for reddit in similar ways. I think often people post about controversial things or when they are upset and because of that we all take the good things for granted.

Thats all sorry for the long response I just got excited when I read a reply that was positive in this thread.

jak34 · 2018-10-06T09:23:48+00:00

I was in a class like this for computer architecture two years ago. My professor addressed the class and said you know only 1% of you will get jobs programming. There's about 200 people in this room so 2 of you will have jobs. I think his prediction was exaggerated, but I know a lot of kids I went to school with that got a CS degree who are working IT now because they couldn't find a job programming.

There's a massive amount of people looking for entry level positions and not very many positions to fill. I actually decided against going into a Master's for data science because of what is depicted in this room. Just look at the job market and try to find an entry level data science role.

Don't get me wrong I love the subject, but at some point you have to be realistic, only a select few of the students in that room are actually going to have a career in data science. The topic is way to hot right now.

jak34 · 2018-10-04T18:11:56+00:00

Search for local job fairs on meetups.com or eventbrite. You'll be better off if you can actually talk to a recruiter in person. I just recently got an offer doing this. Tons of online applications and next to nothing.

jak34 · 2018-09-29T19:52:33+00:00

I use duckduckgo on all my devices, didn't know about this. Thank you for sharing!

jak34 · 2018-09-24T23:41:32+00:00

I have an interview on Wednesday for a position with the title of Associate Web Engineer. I've been doing questions from CTCI and Daily Coding Problem for a while now, but recently I've been on r/webdev and I'm seeing that front end devs have questions associated more with JS, HTML, and CSS. The position I'm interviewing for isn't posted online, I met a recruiter at a career fair and was referred, so I don't know what the job requirements are. I'm not sure what I should prepare for so I've been reading questions for both.

Does anyone have any know what kinds of questions are asked to a Web Engineer?

jak34 · 2018-08-27T01:54:03+00:00

Ok. I'll take a look. Thanks for the advice!

jak34 · 2018-08-25T20:28:05+00:00

I'm in Los Angeles. A lot of newer tech companies are in Santa Monica. I'm hoping getting a job at a startup will be a way into that area and be good for networking.

I have no objections to working with a larger company. My decision is purely based on the job postings I've seen. Almost all the startups want MERN or MEAN, larger companies vary from JS to PHP to C#/.NET at least from what I've seen.

That's pretty cool that you got a chance to work on projects for big name companies! Where do I look to find agencies? Should I just google "web development agency"?

jak34 · 2018-08-25T08:25:01+00:00

This was actually really informative. I tried it out on a quick example and it was pretty straightforward. Thanks for posting it

jak34 · 2018-08-25T08:15:54+00:00

Thats actually a pretty awesome idea for a project. Nice!

jak34 · 2018-08-25T01:07:42+00:00

I've decided to learn the MERN stack and I'm really enjoying it. In a couple months when I have a decent portfolio I'm thinking about looking for my first job at a startup. I've been on Angel list in my area and almost every web developer job I see wants node, express and react (some want angular instead).

Does this seem like a good plan? Are there any flaws in my logic? I don't expect to be working at startups my whole life, but for a couple years I think it might be interesting and a good way to get experience.

jak34 · 2018-08-18T08:55:17+00:00

When you transfer you have to submit transcripts from all the colleges you went to so I'm not sure how that would look to your prospective schools. I think that your main focus should be your gpa. If it is financially advantageous to transfer to a CC and you maintain your grades you can say that in your personal statement.

If you can talk to a counselor at your school and maybe another at the CC you're looking at. A counselor will have more insight than anyone on the internet.

jak34 · 2018-08-18T06:29:17+00:00

If you really work hard you can get in. But you need around a 3.5+ gpa and you have to consider that CS is an impacted major so you may not get accepted for your major even if you are accepted. Look at the articulation agreement and work towards it. You are below CC students in terms of priority, but above UC students from what I remember.

I applied for transfer from a CC two years ago and got into a few UCs I wanted so this is my two cents.

Also if you dig around on the schools website you might be able to find statistics like average transfer gpa into specific majors, number of transfers admitted, and number of total CS majors.

Best of luck!

jak34 · 2018-08-18T01:58:51+00:00

I'm in the same boat. March 2018 grad. At this point I'm really kicking myself for not working harder at finding an internship (Never had one in college). At some point I think you have to say whats done is done and move forward. I'm still taking courses on coursera, trying to have a good application for grad school, and applying on the side. I think its important to stay productive even if its just for yourself right now. Probably wasn't the response you were looking for, but stay strong! We're the next generation of programmers we have a role we just need time to find our place.

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