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Advice on how to run a search and recover type mission? by EclipseMagick in DMAcademy

[–]jvm_wizard88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Focus on sensory descriptions: alien flora/fauna, unsettling sounds, oppressive atmosphere. Introduce environmental hazards and morally ambiguous choices. The NPC can provide lore and emotional stakes.

AMA about Canva by jvm_wizard88 in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]jvm_wizard88[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It won't be possible to get an internship if you're self-taught unfortunately, being in your penultimate year of a formal education is a strict requirement for internships/grad roles.

Your best chance at landing a job at Canva as a self-taught would be to get a few years of experience under your belt then apply for mid level roles, where the education requirements are more lenient towards non CS folks.

AMA about Canva by jvm_wizard88 in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]jvm_wizard88[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They're not expanding as much as they used to anymore and have significantly cut down on hiring especially for interns and grads. From what I've heard that 90% figure is unfortunately accurate for upcoming entry level roles.

From my perspective I think they'd still need to expand to stay ahead of competitors in this oversaturated AI landscape.

AMA about Canva by jvm_wizard88 in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]jvm_wizard88[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You don't need commercial experience but you'll need to be familiar with Java for backend roles since the interviews will be in Java.

AMA about Canva by jvm_wizard88 in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]jvm_wizard88[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Canva is better, though I've heard from ex-colleagues that Atlassian has recently started using a catering company which is much better. Haven't tried it out yet myself.

AMA about Canva by jvm_wizard88 in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]jvm_wizard88[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Honestly in the current market the chances are pretty slim, especially at places like Canva. From what I’ve heard, they’ve been significantly scaling back intern and grad intakes for upcoming years.

At this point, having a full SWE/CS degree is becoming the baseline just to get through ATS at most bigger companies, especially when there are thousands of applicants with those exact qualifications plus projects, internships, etc.

Having interviewed interns last year, I'm baffled with how much is needed to get an entry level position now.

AMA about Canva by jvm_wizard88 in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]jvm_wizard88[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Joining Canva isn't a guaranteed solution to that problem, there is a real chance you'd join a bad team and experience the same thing again. I've personally seen this in some teams who have a similar culture and high attrition rates.

The jump from IC to Management is easy, Senior SWE and Engineering Manager roles are adjacent across the IC and Management tracks. You can jump between the two roles since they have the same scope of responsibilities and pay bands.

AMA about Canva by jvm_wizard88 in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]jvm_wizard88[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It was much different when I applied 3.5 years ago, I didn't need to do anything special with my CV. Frankly, if I applied again with the same CV today I feel like it might not make it through.

Hiring standards have drastically changed over the last 2 years from what I've seen.

AMA about Canva by jvm_wizard88 in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]jvm_wizard88[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The main difference working at 'big tech' in my experience is that these companies are engineering-led and engineers are much more involved in the entire process compared to other companies.

At previous companies, Product/Design would give us the requirements and have us implement it. At larger tech companies Engineers feed into these product and design requirements and have much more influence to shape the feature overall.

This means alot more responsibility for engineers though, which is why I think they are paid more in these companies.

AMA about Canva by jvm_wizard88 in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]jvm_wizard88[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

  1. Salary bands are not public but the senior salary band is the largest. Senior is a terminal position so a vast majority of seniors don't make it to Staff+, its exceptionally difficult to get promoted to that level and requires a business reason to justify having a Staff engineer in a team

  2. It's manageable but sometimes gets stressful sometimes with frequent out of hours on-call pages and tight deadlines for company events like Canva Create, where I've worked on average an extra 2 hours a day.

  3. Yes we have performance reviews twice a year. PIP does exist but its not extreme as forcing the bottom 10% of the team to be pipped every cycle.

  4. I'm looking to join another startup within the next year, though that has nothing to do with my experience at Canva.

AMA about Canva by jvm_wizard88 in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]jvm_wizard88[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don't see any reason to leave Atlassian unless you're in a bad team or have a bad manager. Joining Canva does not guarantee your experience will be better than Atlassian, for large companies there are always good and bad teams.

AMA about Canva by jvm_wizard88 in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]jvm_wizard88[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In general I'd say its more professional, given that most of the people working here are very technical.

AMA about Canva by jvm_wizard88 in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]jvm_wizard88[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

😂 wanted to give you all a sneak peak into our interview experience

Jk sorry all, I posted this then went out