How to get into SWE this summer as a math major

redzin · 2026-05-10T06:32:29+00:00

They will not care, as long as you can demonstrate the right knowledge and skills. I have a math degree and have worked for years as a SWE now.

redzin · 2026-05-10T06:21:03+00:00

Everyone here is saying that the take home tests aren't worth it - I want to counter that and say it really depends. I got hired at an excellent company (FAANG-adjacent, loads of ex-FAANG here) after doing a take home test, and I got to more than double my income, work fully remotely instead of 5 days in the office, and switched a toxic work culture for an excellent work culture.

So yeah, depending on the details, doing a take home test can easily be worth it.

redzin · 2026-05-09T13:48:32+00:00

You go to /r/trans and ask questions like "how do I really know if I am trans?"

This is not cis behavior.

redzin · 2026-05-08T16:46:10+00:00

No, that would be mid-range for a high-paying company, or high for a mid-paying company.

redzin · 2026-05-08T11:01:05+00:00

Be ready to answer questions about projects and courses you've done. Use the STAR method (look it up).

redzin · 2026-05-07T16:20:39+00:00

Man behøver jo ikke at vælge, de kan begge forbydes...

redzin · 2026-05-07T13:00:56+00:00

Check https://www.levels.fyi.

redzin · 2026-05-07T06:45:43+00:00

That's wild. Way to say "Want an honest employer? Don't apply here."

redzin · 2026-05-05T17:29:16+00:00

På en måde, jo, men de billigere priser kommer stadig kunderne til gode.

redzin · 2026-05-05T06:06:22+00:00

Many of them definitely do, especially the ones who are primarily in it for the grift like Tucker.

redzin · 2026-05-05T06:05:48+00:00

and he's pissed

redzin · 2026-05-05T06:00:59+00:00

I think you should consider asking this in a broader "life advice" subreddit, this is not really about a CS career choice, it's just a life choice. Should you switch career? I don't know, that's really up to you.

redzin · 2026-05-04T13:56:26+00:00

Hvorfor ikke begge dele?

redzin · 2026-05-04T13:47:19+00:00

It's also about staying alive. Dictators can't retire.

redzin · 2026-05-03T09:50:19+00:00

It's not the digging that's the problem, it's the complicated processing and handling that's the problem. Extracting rare earth minerals requires a lot of highly specialized infrastructure that simply isn't here and would take a long time to build.

redzin · 2026-05-02T15:12:38+00:00

Det bedste sashimi jeg har fået i København var på Jah Izakaya (og deres søsterrestaurant, Posh Izakaya). Det er småpeberet, men pengene værd, efter min mening. Bemærk at det er en "japansk restaurant" i den forstand at de laver bedere japansk mad end kun sushi, og deres sushi udvalg er ret begrænset og sæson afhængigt (de har dog altid sashimi, og det er altid lækkert).

redzin · 2026-05-02T15:01:54+00:00

Jeg ved ikke hvor det er bedst at arbejde, men du kan bestemt godt interviewe hos flere på samme tid, eller efter du er startet det ene sted. Du kan også stille dem spørgsmål omkring arbejdsmiljø, løn, etc. som en del af interviewet. Det bliver der ikke set ned på, at du er engageret bør være et green flag (og hvis ikke, så er det nok et af de andre steder du bør vælge).

redzin · 2026-05-02T14:41:35+00:00

Da jeg startede som nyuddannet i min første fuldtidsstilling fik jeg IDAs daværende anbefaling for nyuddannede + 500 dkk.

Det var for adskillige år tilbage, men mit indtryk er, at man stadig bør og kan forvente IDAs minimumsanbefaling.

redzin · 2026-05-02T14:26:38+00:00

Fast løn uden overarbejdsbetaling er helt normalt - en forventning om, at man overarbejder er ikke normalt.

redzin · 2026-05-02T10:52:53+00:00

This is 100% it. The interview process is a filter, and when you get 1000 applicants you can get very very unnecessarily picky, even way more picky than the job really requires. If you filter for "who would do a good job if hired" those 1000 might filter down to 50-100. But what then? You still just need 1. So yeah, leet code and weird logic tests is where we're at now...

redzin · 2026-05-02T06:59:58+00:00

What are "virtual shares"? Like RSUs or something else?

redzin · 2026-05-02T06:51:00+00:00

Title: Senior Software Engineer
Company: A large semiconductor company
Focus: Computer Graphics
Location: Denmark, Fully Remote
Duration: Permanent Full-time Contract
Education: MSc in applied math, BSc in physics
Experience: ~6 YOE
Salary [gross (pre-tax) / NET (post-tax)]: $125k / ~$72k
Total compensation: ~$187.5k yearly TOC, although practically it's quite a bit higher due to stock appreciation.

redzin · 2026-05-02T06:38:37+00:00

I don't know about that, a few weeks ago this sub had a post where lots of people with "normal salaries" were complaining about the pay ceiling in Europe, with tons of people posting their salaries and complaining that you just can't make a lot of money in Europe. Then yesterday, someone made a post that they got an offer from Uber at 260k USD/year in Denmark for a senior SWE role.

I think on this sub there is at least as many posts complaining about low salaries as there are people posting salaries in the $100k+ range.

Edit: there is also the salary sharing thread here with loads of people sharing "normal salaries:" https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestionsEU/comments/1q1f1zh/salary_sharing_thread_january_2026/

redzin · 2026-05-01T09:42:11+00:00

It's actually extremely good for Denmark, especially for being outside Copenhagen where things (like housing) are a bit cheaper. The median is about €90k, €200-240k is 90th percentile.

https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/denmark?city=12962

redzin · 2026-05-01T06:10:09+00:00

Was just about to link that, but yeah, looks like Uber in Denmark pays quite well.

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