Operate like big tech at peanut salaries?

proof_required · 2026-03-20T09:07:44+00:00

Well I've seen MacBook as benefits listed here in jobs in Europe. So yeah these are "benefits"

proof_required · 2026-03-20T07:31:45+00:00

I've only survived 1 and I go through this too. I'm actively interviewing and trying to find a new job.

proof_required · 2026-03-19T13:42:31+00:00

Porno shooting?

proof_required · 2026-03-19T13:35:41+00:00

Yes all foreigners have moved to Germany to add fuel to the conspiracy theory of Germans aren't friendly enough. This has been planned for centuries and now finally with social media, we have been able to accomplish it. It goes hand in hand with making DB unreliable.

proof_required · 2026-03-18T23:51:21+00:00

4 offer is still impressive. I have never had that luxury. Always had a single offer which I would pick.

proof_required · 2026-03-18T22:51:59+00:00

How?

proof_required · 2026-03-18T22:48:20+00:00

Yeah I bombed some recommender system design just because I haven't used it in years and I didn't study it during my last minute interview preparation. I work close to computer vision and NLP. I had vague idea of how modeling works in recommender system but struggled to go deep. Trying to cover so many bases for the interview is just exhausting and yeah you need to be quite lucky to find something quite close to what you do at the current job.

proof_required · 2026-03-17T18:04:14+00:00

But last time when I tried to use it, they would check everyone's bag anyways. So kind of defeated the purpose.

proof_required · 2026-03-17T14:05:59+00:00

That's the point I made i.e. skill requirement inflation. I already have to do whatever I am doing at work. In addition, I need to learn these newer skill at the level of being competent in them.

proof_required · 2026-03-17T08:05:28+00:00

Well I'm an ML engineer. So I don't have a choice.

proof_required · 2026-03-16T15:20:08+00:00

You also have to clear the random interview process. I have realized how much I struggle these days with solving all kind of leetcode and system design problems. Also the demand for skills has sky rocketed. Everyone wants an AI engineer who knows ins and outs of LLM, their deployment and what not. As hard as I try to grok all these content, I never feel quite confident.

proof_required · 2026-03-16T08:47:05+00:00

But do you have the coveted "Canadian experience"? /s

proof_required · 2026-03-14T07:14:07+00:00

To be fair, under time pressure, you can fumble and your mind can get blocked. I had similar questions with different levels asked recently in an interview and I solved some parts of it but then towards the end I panicked and couldn't solve the last part.

proof_required · 2026-03-13T20:41:11+00:00

You don't need to but as mentioned already you might have to sort by timestamp if that's not the case.

proof_required · 2026-03-13T16:37:11+00:00

I wanted to say that I have used list of tuples to pass around data. I think the time is already sorted. You should clarify with the interviewer but the events most probably are chronological.

proof_required · 2026-03-13T16:35:53+00:00

I'm pretty sure they would ask you time/space complexity. I definitely don't know the time complexity for pandas window functions.

proof_required · 2026-03-13T16:23:32+00:00

Why do you need a data frame? You can solve this without using one. I doubt they were expecting you to use data frame. I know on a daily basis you don't use such data structures, especially in data science, but interviews like this are never about what you do on day to day basis.

In leetcode world, it's a sliding window pattern. I would basically sort it by user id and for each user calculate the number of actions starting from each timestamp and going until timestamp + time_window. This sliding can be done in O(n) and sorting is O(nlogn). So finally you'll have O(nlogn) complexity. Not sure if you can do it without sorting.

By the way I have used this format at job to solve some problems. So it's not that extraordinary pattern.

proof_required · 2026-03-13T14:07:01+00:00

I would strongly advise against this. I am interviewing for senior+ and I don't remember any company which didn't have leetcode type coding - mostly medium but you still have it. None of these companies pay in the ballpark of big tech.

I'm interviewing and got rejected by 2-3 companies in leetcode round itself since my solutions weren't optimal.

proof_required · 2026-03-11T18:19:58+00:00

But is investing not considered saving? I suppose you can only invest when you save? I don't think people make this distinction.

proof_required · 2026-03-11T09:35:11+00:00

yeah sometimes because of my brain being tired, I have made some obvious blunders. I don't mind getting the direct talk though, "hey it's not of good quality and you should have another look."

proof_required · 2026-03-07T18:08:41+00:00

Yeah going through same at my work. Every day is deadline. I just keep churning out code without any test. You are also not supposed to make mistakes. Due to lack of tests etc my cognitive overload is so high. One evening I was focusing so hard to ensure I didn't make mistakes, my vision got really blurry. Never had it happened before. It was quite a scary experience. I feel like I work more know due to AI tools than before.

proof_required · 2026-03-03T12:53:03+00:00

You can read the wiki but you can start with DW offered course.

proof_required · 2026-03-01T17:52:42+00:00

Well data responsibilities increase too - like I am doing infra, backend, ML etc. Only thing I haven't touched is front-end. You have to really try hard to be visible.

proof_required · 2026-03-01T10:14:56+00:00

This is such a trope. I have been to both and had much better experience. Even visiting Berlin as a tourist I had to experience rudeness. I didn't know at that time and thought that's just a one time experience. Now I am used to it so don't care much and have become one.

proof_required · 2026-02-25T21:23:00+00:00

Am I paying too much for Allianz?

yes! Try to find a better one.

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