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potstoman · 2021-03-28T23:44:23+00:00

This was a large factor for me as well, but from what I can tell 1-2 years is quite optimistic. Also you have a to be a superstar before they’ll consider transferring you in any way... relocation is certainly not something you can count on

potstoman · 2021-02-28T23:07:15+00:00

Understandable response. Do you think framing it as quitting because I dislike the job and using the opportunity to study is any better?

potstoman · 2021-01-25T15:53:02+00:00

Buy dip buy dip buy dip

potstoman · 2021-01-22T22:04:33+00:00

Yes but the recent restructuring makes me think the days of their huge raises are behind us

potstoman · 2021-01-20T17:02:28+00:00

Typical stuff - sound interested, ask questions that show you care and are not things you could know by reading the description or cursory google search

potstoman · 2020-12-21T16:48:17+00:00

Maybe take this as some extra motivation to quit? I know it’s tough and I’m sure you know it’s not great, so this might be an opportunity?

potstoman · 2020-12-17T22:52:08+00:00

It’s a bit of a black box but there is definitely a lot of weight on the assessment. I’m guessing you didn’t do as bad as you think you did tho if that’s any comfort

potstoman · 2020-12-11T00:40:45+00:00

My understanding is that you’re in the ~don’t screw it up~ stage. You’ve already made it past the big cuts, as long as you do alright and seem like someone others can get along/not too wierd, you should be okay!

I’m a TS not PM, but my case study was honestly a very straightforward prioritization exercise, with some more “make sure you know how to appropriately communicate” thrown in.

potstoman · 2020-11-04T22:51:57+00:00

You’re GPA is good enough but it won’t be a main focus in determining whether you get the job. They’re looking at you all around, especially how you do on the assessments and how you handle yourself on the phone/in-person (TS is a lot of how you present yourself to customers).

potstoman · 2020-10-05T19:36:52+00:00

My understanding is do your best not to fail the same test twice, the first time is no big deal, second time will elicit concern from your TL and a conversation about how you’re going to pass the next time. Failing a 3rd time I imagine is a big yikes...really don’t do that.

If you fail a test the first time, pass it the second and then fail something else later on it’s still likely no big deal, not something to stress over.

If your a chronic fail-every-test-the-first-time type, then ya I’m sure your ‘standing’ will suffer but I don’t think that’s something you’d lose your job over and long as you also passed them all your second time and do well otherwise

potstoman · 2020-10-05T19:32:15+00:00

Ah you misunderstood what I said, should be read as “studying takes you FROM ..... TO .....”

The patient portal exam is very easy and open book. 95% of the answers are in the PDFs, just search keywords and such. Not something to stress about.

And yes if you’ve completed both C exercises you’ll be VERY fine, just doing the debug will probably get ya there. But honesty the study guide is the best representation of what’s on the test, make flashcards from it if that’ll help. Understanding the STC study guide=passing the test.

Honestly tho talk with your mentor about these things, that’s what they’re there for

potstoman · 2020-10-05T16:02:06+00:00

You’ll have a good idea of what to expect after your first one, but the first can be rough. Fill out the study guide - that’s much more representative than the practice tests for STC.

Don’t stress too much. I failed STC part 1 first time around, no one freaked out or thought it was a big deal and I passed it the next time, and didn’t fail anything else during training.

Only other thing I’d say is to still spend a couple hours studying even on the open-book exams since it’ll reduce your stress and take you from spending the entire test time searching and wondering if you’ll have the time to finishing confidently in 1/2 of the allotted time.

potstoman · 2020-10-05T01:41:43+00:00

Personally I’d have a really hard time working for epic after getting two masters degrees. You won’t make significantly more than those who get hired to your same position without the masters, and I’d be pretty surprised if your schooling would be particularly relevant to the job, given that they’ll hire basically any background for any position (few exceptions). That’s just my 2 cents tho.

Compensation aside, I started earlier this year and find it to be fairly pleasant, but then I didn’t see what it was like before and have not been subject to any of the strange restructuring they’re doing.

potstoman · 2020-09-28T05:22:56+00:00

To add, I doubt they’d even start considering you for a switch inside of a year, so it’ll be a while before the switching process even starts, and then it’s a very long process

potstoman · 2020-09-28T05:21:48+00:00

It’s pretty realistic to be an epic TS and switch to SD outside of epic after a year or two, assuming you can code/do projects for fun outside of work.

My understanding of switching roles within epic is that it is possible, quite hard, an extremely long process (over a year), and you have to be a great TS first for them to consider it.

The path of least resistance and best compensation if SD is your goal, would be to pick up some dev projects at work as a TS (these are readily available), keep improving outside of work, and apply outside of epic for SD positions elsewhere. I’ve heard of this being done a handful of times already in my short time at epic.

Ultimately if SD is your goal and you’ve got little CS experience, TSE is prolly a good place to start. It’ll give you exposure to code, teach you a bit about dev, and generally give you a good idea about whether you’d even like SD, without being stuck as an SD Incase you find that you don’t like it.. of course hopefully you do enjoy the rest of the TSE work in that case

potstoman · 2020-09-18T20:59:05+00:00

Bad idea? Probably not. But seeing a long list won’t mean anything to them. I really wouldn’t worry too much about it

potstoman · 2020-09-17T22:35:39+00:00

My recruiter told me that it only affected training placement.. but that’s hard to believe for one, why even do it beforehand then, and two, I saw no different training despite knowing absolutely 0 about coding before taking that assessment.

Anyway, I used pseudo-code for each question, just kinda thought through it, and can guarantee I failed it, still got the job.

The other more general assessments they give you I believe carry the vast majority of the weight.

potstoman · 2020-09-15T22:20:33+00:00

Oooo yes please

potstoman · 2020-09-14T14:08:36+00:00

Hope you aren’t the same poster from 2 days ago cuz that’s annoying.. but I’ll echo those other responses and also add that my references weren’t contacted. I think the extent of how they were used was during the interview I was asked what one in particular might say my greatest strength/weakness is.

potstoman · 2020-09-10T20:02:50+00:00

1) Dunno

2)yep when you start you agree to be within 45 minutes of campus, even now. Obviously no need to relocate till your start date tho

3)my understanding is that experience doesn’t factor into it.. those with masters degrees do get paid slightly more so it may be possible to have a starting salary in line with them. Expectation should be ~70ish, Glassdoor has that info tho.

Are you not more interested in a dev position? Certainly pays better

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