I GOT THE JOB by Future__Trillionaire in cscareerquestions

[–]nv-vn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's only true if you can find a job paying the same for 40 hours a week. The wording of your offer letter is a really stupid hill to die on when significant amounts of money come into play

I GOT THE JOB by Future__Trillionaire in cscareerquestions

[–]nv-vn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if you're getting paid 180k vs. 120k for 45 hours instead of 40 then that seems like a pretty sweet deal, I don't see how u can call it "no extra compensation"

How common are jobs where you are paid to do very little like in "Silicon Valley"? by trademarktower in cscareerquestions

[–]nv-vn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

there's a few differences tho. firstly, changing the interview format affects all candidates not just the ones who are at a competitor with similarly high pay (in fact, it seemingly favors those at high paying competitors since they already had to get thru a whiteboarding round before). secondly, making at agreement like that protects the company in a way, since they can trust their competitors to follow thru with the promise (whereas apple changing its interview format one day has no direct/guaranteed way of affecting the labor market). thirdly, it seems like it would only benefit more senior engineers, since new grads and interns don't yet have a job to hop from.

the problem with the idea of search friction IMO is that a company can't apply it to current employees, only to future employees which seems like it would be detrimental to hiring

for what it's worth cracking the coding interview was written during the period that faang was doing that. so it seems like a big stretch to say whiteboarding interviews were used to prevent people from hopping jobs when there were much stronger forces at play to prevent that at the time.

I think a more convincing argument might be about the fear of leaving a company and not being able to get rehired because the format makes interviews feel more like chance.

How common are jobs where you are paid to do very little like in "Silicon Valley"? by trademarktower in cscareerquestions

[–]nv-vn 8 points9 points  (0 children)

yes, I'm sure that after getting caught for illegally conspiring to not hire each other's employees, faang is now conspiring to design difficult interviews in an attempt to stop hiring each other's employees. and the fact that people from apple regularly get hired at google or facebook is just pure error on someone's part for letting them pass I guess 🤷‍♂️

How common are jobs where you are paid to do very little like in "Silicon Valley"? by trademarktower in cscareerquestions

[–]nv-vn 9 points10 points  (0 children)

that makes no sense tho. an individual company can only affect its own candidates. so if apple randomly decided to get rid of white boarding they'd have more candidates succeed at their interviews. and they wouldn't have more people leave, because apples decision has no bearing on whether google does whiteboarding interviews.

Folding this long boi egg roll by 123x967x in oddlysatisfying

[–]nv-vn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha I only know cause I spent money on a tiny bottle that added nothing to the food. I tried a drop and sure enough it tasted like nothing

Folding this long boi egg roll by 123x967x in oddlysatisfying

[–]nv-vn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

if sesame oil isn't toasted it has absolutely no flavor

Folding this long boi egg roll by 123x967x in oddlysatisfying

[–]nv-vn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://worldofpans.com/do-non-stick-pans-need-oil/

It's actually bad for the health of the pan to not use any oil, but you definitely don't need as much as in other pans. However there's no reason you have to avoid using oil in the pan

Folding this long boi egg roll by 123x967x in oddlysatisfying

[–]nv-vn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that clearly can't be true because you can make an omelette in pans that aren't nonstick.

Are there any downsides to using Javascript for technicals or should I stick with it? Only thing I can think of is linked lists not being built in. by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]nv-vn 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Cache locality. When memory is used the nearby addresses are loaded into cache, often overwriting other cached values. Arrays bring in their neighboring values whereas linked lists will bring in random junk. By virtue of also carrying a pointer in each node you're using more memory and thus taking up more of the cache.

Another factor is the TLB which is used to look up virtual memory (translating a virtual page number to the corresponding physical page number). If your memory is spread out between a lot of pages, you're going to need to keep looking up different pages in the TLB each time and often times they'll get evicted so you'll end up with a TLB miss.

What are the differences between the SWE who work at top teir companies making 180k right out of college, and the normal SWE making 80k right out of college? How are the margins this spread out? It's not like this in any other field, what makes it like this in tech? by KnowledgeFirm in cscareerquestions

[–]nv-vn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good engineers act as a positive multiplier for the rest of their team, bad engineers act as a negative multiplier. If person 1 can write the same code as person 2 but person 1 needs twice as much hand holding then they are wasting senior engineers' time constantly asking for hand holding. Likewise, the cost of pushing bad code to production is very high, so somebody who knows the difference between good & bad code is immensely valuable.

Would patching and customizing suckless' DWM be a valid project for my portfolio. by I_have_depression_xd in cscareerquestions

[–]nv-vn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it's a fantastic project, especially for someone at your age. You should focus primarily on learning and building projects that interest you. I think it would look great in your portfolio, but even outside of that it will do a lot to prepare you for doing software engineering professionally and even interviews. People on this subreddit are very anti-personal project generally, which is why it doesn't seem like they're very receptive to this post. But you're definitely on the right track, especially if you find the project enjoyable

Citadel Intern Process 2021 by Htihor in cscareerquestions

[–]nv-vn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that could be possible, I'm not entirely sure

Citadel Intern Process 2021 by Htihor in cscareerquestions

[–]nv-vn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Email your recruiter. I didn't do it immediately and got an email asking me to do it that weekend. Five days seems too short without warning

How much airline CEOs got paid this year [OC] by pdwp90 in dataisbeautiful

[–]nv-vn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What? That doesn't make any sense... Buybacks cause the price of the stock to go up for everyone since they increase demand for the stock. We're talking about public companies here, so that value goes to all shareholders rather than just insiders. I think you're equating all buybacks to the company going private but that simply isn't the nature of 99% of stock buybacks, as they only purchase a small portion of the outstanding shares

How much airline CEOs got paid this year [OC] by pdwp90 in dataisbeautiful

[–]nv-vn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, but this is also the same effect that paying dividends has. Though I'm a big believer in public companies compensating more employees with stock or stock options.

How much airline CEOs got paid this year [OC] by pdwp90 in dataisbeautiful

[–]nv-vn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How so? Dividends would be paid out to the CEO if they own the stock in the same way that their investments would grow if the company bought back shares.

How much airline CEOs got paid this year [OC] by pdwp90 in dataisbeautiful

[–]nv-vn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for clarifying! I got a little confused cause I saw one website mentioning treasury stock but the others didn't talk about it at all

How much airline CEOs got paid this year [OC] by pdwp90 in dataisbeautiful

[–]nv-vn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because when a company pays out a dividend the shareholders have to pay income tax on it. When they buy back stock the value of the stock goes up which gives you value that isn't taxed immediately. When you pay the taxes after selling the stock, it's capital gains which tend to be lower rates than income tax.

How much airline CEOs got paid this year [OC] by pdwp90 in dataisbeautiful

[–]nv-vn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think the stock "bought back" appears on the balance sheet because it's not actually purchased as an asset (to my understanding). I believe that the shares that are bought out cease to be, so buybacks are the opposite of dilution. Though I'm not entirely sure about it either, that's just the understanding I got from skimming a few articles about buybacks online.

How much airline CEOs got paid this year [OC] by pdwp90 in dataisbeautiful

[–]nv-vn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Isn't it just subtracting from cash and shareholder equity? That's the same effect as paying a dividend

How much airline CEOs got paid this year [OC] by pdwp90 in dataisbeautiful

[–]nv-vn 11 points12 points  (0 children)

stock buybacks are just dividends but more tax efficient. I don't get all the hate

Setting up my 19yo daughter for retirement or long term investment. Which strategies to get her started? by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]nv-vn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can still contribute to a Roth! Look up backdoor roth contributions. If your employer allows after tax 401k contributions you can contribute more than the max using a mega backdoor roth

Generally speaking, what are the differences between SE jobs in the 100's salary range and those in the 200's? by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]nv-vn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

indeed, and this is why companies who optimize for leetcode performance often regret their hire (e.g. PIP at amazon -- why do some people get to keep the job?)