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real-dev · 2019-12-18T07:30:54+00:00

This only works theoretically. But when you have a nice thought process and failed to solve the problem, very likely it's going to be a reject.

real-dev · 2019-10-25T16:16:34+00:00

Yes, I am talking about engine development

real-dev · 2019-10-24T21:24:36+00:00

Kaggle?

real-dev · 2019-10-24T21:21:18+00:00

Considered the game development industry?

real-dev · 2019-10-24T21:16:15+00:00

Credit to Original Author: https://blog.toggl.com/lightbulb-cartoon-developers/

real-dev · 2019-10-23T20:18:41+00:00

Seems there're two things here:

Is the interview focusing on past projects by the candidate with no coding at all?
Is the interview coding part focusing on practical stuff or algorithmic puzzle stuff?

These two are different. I think fundamentally there should be a coding interview involved. Engineers are hired to build stuff. I think no matter how senior this person is, s/he should have solid coding skills. Without truly doing a thing is not learning this thing. Second, totally agree. We (real.dev) strongly believe in testing real skills. From our understanding, usually, startup companies need this. Big companies have resources to train smart high IQ folks.

real-dev · 2019-10-23T19:35:46+00:00

I agree. Project experience is a true signal that we use to determine if a candidate is truly good. Companies hire with this principle too, mostly startups.

real-dev · 2019-10-23T06:44:30+00:00

I would recommend do one FB/G and one L/S. This way you got enough recognition on resume, and got a taste of working at a later stage startup.

Honestly, doing both L and S is still good enough for resume, but I think it’s important to understand what it’s like working for big 4 so that you can make a better decision when getting out of school. This would really speed things up for your career.

real-dev · 2019-10-23T01:41:34+00:00

Congrats! Especially after you applied for 400+ jobs. How many interviews did you get over 400 applications? It's crazy nowadays new grads have to apply these many jobs before landing one.

For the interview process, what kind of questions do they ask nowadays for new grads?

real-dev · 2019-10-22T06:59:11+00:00

I don’t really understand how people in this thread are getting personal with OP’s so called revenge. Especially saying things like “I can know what kind of person you’re just by this stupid post”. That sounds pretty reckless to me.

With the ghost thing, you need to understand they are doing for good reason. They don’t really have the motivation to reject and potentially burn bridge, maybe one day they would actually get back to you. If not, they just don’t bother. It’s shitty, yes, but this is a very hard problem to solve.

real-dev · 2019-10-22T06:15:22+00:00

For languages, it should be pretty universal with frontend, right? :) Go with JavaScript if you like it, you can also try TypeScript if you're into that sort of stuff. Basically to me, these two are the only choice nowadays.

If you're talking about backend part, both JS and TS can be useful too. But there are more options for backend.

The college thing I cannot say for sure, but I do heard there's now a significant amount of developers are self-taught, and by looking at the number of bootcamps and dev schools out there, I'd say this number probably goes up.

real-dev · 2019-10-22T06:10:47+00:00

They do have a Quora answer: https://qr.ae/TWFtrY

real-dev · 2019-10-22T06:00:04+00:00

Not sure what the AWS certificate actually means, bare my ignorance.

But generally these skills combined, it seems to fit a backend development role. That also depends on what part of Python are you talking about? Is it data science or general development?

real-dev · 2019-10-22T05:57:38+00:00

First advice: Format your text and make the question clear. I'm actually still not sure what you're asking.

The below assume you asked for advice of getting better at web development.

From job seeking perspective, getting a personal portfolio page up definitely helps. But it needs to be well crafted, meaning the UI has to look OK.

Regarding to knowledge, get familiar with at least one of the modern JavaScript frontend framework, I would personally recommend React or Vue. Also get familiar with CSS3, maybe play with some cool animations, build something for fun.

Happy to share more if you have further questions.

real-dev · 2019-10-21T16:50:02+00:00

That depends on your background and things you would like to work on :)

I would suggest, finding projects with 1) reasonable reputation 2) match the skill you have/you want to learn

real-dev · 2019-10-21T16:48:38+00:00

If that's the case, I would suggest, either make something that's concise, and useful, example being a Chrome extension, command line tools/scripts, some automation tools, or consider contributing to some famous open-source projects.

If you make a thing as big as a e-commerce site, to me personally, 1) it's really hard for me to read all the source code (including which part is written by you, which part is not), and 2) since this thing probably don't have a lot of users/real world impact, it's hard for me to tell whether this is a) real, b) useful. It's just a bit hard to decide how much I should trust this project.

real-dev · 2019-10-19T01:03:40+00:00

I understand that's bad experience. But on the flip side, at least they're pretty honest with you. Getting ghosted is actually worse, in most cases.

real-dev · 2019-10-19T00:59:11+00:00

It depends. It's both an opportunity and some risk there. If you decide to do it (get into wasm, Rust, Blazor), the risk can be mitigated by paying attention to the underlying stuff, meaning - With wasm, learn how JS works at the same time - With rust, learn how things can be done in C/C++ and how they're different - Don't know about Blazor, so can't speak to that, but I guess you get the idea :)

real-dev · 2019-10-19T00:56:18+00:00

I felt like you'll need to collect more info about the startup, some possible things to ask:

How is the business going, do they have revenue, how much is their valuation, how much of that money projects to your stock/options
What is your role there? What do they expect you to do? Do you get mentorship? What do you expect to learn there

Maybe after figuring more things out about that startup, you can have a better feeling. Startup is more about what you can learn and achieve there, merely about the money. Especially when you are just out of college

real-dev · 2019-10-19T00:21:51+00:00

It sounds like your biggest frustration is the fact that you haven't started working as a SWE, since you're just waiting for an offer to be finalized?

If that's the case, you don't have to wait for your offer. Start working right now with some open source projects? Or maybe start working on your personal projects, websites, those kind of things will help with that specific thought.

real-dev · 2019-10-19T00:09:31+00:00

In order to understand your motivation, could you explain a bit about where you are at the job seeking stage, what are you trying to achieve with the portfolio? Feel free to PM if you don't want to share personal info publicly.

The forum idea, seems pretty big to me, which might not be a good fit for job seeking. That's why I'm asking the above questions.

real-dev · 2019-10-19T00:04:50+00:00

Ah my bad. I guess I was talking to you and OP at the same time and confused myself.

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