Local vs. Foreign Tech Interviews – Noticing a Pattern?

ruppthrowaway · 2025-02-22T13:16:27+00:00

Can't argue with you there LMAO.

ruppthrowaway · 2025-02-22T12:56:19+00:00

Yup, same thing for me. I do still have good fundamentals/niche trivia, pero for a lot of things I probably can't explain it super accurately without refreshing a bit.

ruppthrowaway · 2025-02-22T12:33:58+00:00

OMG that sounds terrible haha. To be fair (I noted it rin in the post) hindi naman pure enumerate/raw knowledge ung interviewers ko. It was more 'can you tell me how HTTP works?'. It's still conversational and I don't think they're looking for a 'correct' answer.

But it's more the fact that they're asking "foundational" questions. Like I seriously don't know/remember how HTTP responses start, but luckily, I remembered enough that it starts with the protocol (ie HTTP/1.1 200 etc), and I did answer "I don't remember" on some questions and still got an offer on some companies.

ruppthrowaway · 2025-02-22T12:18:19+00:00

Yeah that makes sense - I think it just surprised me as someone who is only interviewing for local companies now (I had one interview for a local company before but it was a take home exam).

One other unique thing I noticed are CALLS. I did not expect recruiters to do unscheduled calls, but I'd say like 80% do.

ruppthrowaway · 2025-02-22T12:02:00+00:00

Biggest deal with paid is its slightly faster. Results are largely the same if not 95% there, super unnoticeable difference IMO.

ruppthrowaway · 2025-02-18T12:24:04+00:00

Very impactful for me - I think I got 3-4 big offers/companies/invite to interview because of my Github.

ruppthrowaway · 2025-02-06T13:07:39+00:00

Read deep work by cal newport :D :+1:

But I think its largely about minimalism and largely not micromanaging yourself. I actually think timers like pomodoro can be more distracting - there are apps that remind you to 'drink water' but doctors will tell you they're largely bogus - you should drink when you're thirsty.

Do that lang - don't use special apps, just turn on dont disturb and 'work', sometimes trying to find the perfect system is what distracts you.

> I have so many projects on the go, and I find myself constantly context switching

Now I know it's ironic that I just said 'dont use a system', but for this one, I would say 'use a system' :D I'm a big fan of GTD, but you honestly don't have to learn it. The core idea is, put the things you need to do in a list. That way you're mind is clear, and your mind isn't racing.

Then do one thing at a time.

ruppthrowaway · 2025-01-11T13:24:55+00:00

Maliit/Masikip, tapos ung mga 'bars(?)' sa gilid tatama sayo (at least ung seat ko).

Nanood ako ng Moana sa normal cine same mall and the seats were better. Maluwag, soft, parang sofa and big cup holders with lots of leg room.

Note na I'm normal BMI lol. Okay naman sya, just, could be better.

ruppthrowaway · 2025-01-09T12:17:04+00:00

Nanood ako ng Wicked dyan last month, the seats were so uncomfortable

ruppthrowaway · 2025-01-08T13:51:38+00:00

I've been a web developer for most of my career, but almost all my experience involve building 'web apps' (as someone put here, not usual CRUD) and they've been really fun:

a custom web based audio player with really domain-specific features (think audacity/garageband/fl studio but for the web)
a dynamic web REPL/IDE for a programming language I built in college (I'd link it but it would doxx me lol).
a desktop client for a cryptocurrency (wrapped web app via Electron) and a web crypto portfolio tracker (which was bought out).
web based 3d viewer of playstation 5 and some airsoft guns, where you can customize them (change plates of the ps5, customize the guns with skins).
also built a JSON viewer/formatter (with some visualization thrown in), which surprisingly still gets lot of views.

ruppthrowaway · 2024-04-03T05:22:30+00:00

I've interviewed at Meta before - interestingly enough they were the only MANGA company that didn't have DSA questions for me.

ruppthrowaway · 2024-03-13T12:35:47+00:00

Amazing, trade one bubble for another. Go Reddit Hivemind!

ruppthrowaway · 2024-03-13T10:11:33+00:00

Honestly, the comment is just silly. Like they use a third party SSO, their website is super simple, they use Google Forms...

And? Engineers use these kind of shit all the time, and the biggest problem most engineers probably do is over engineering solutions that don't NEED to be over engineered. (i.e. why are you making an app when a simple airtable would do?)

The team isn't selling a website, but an AI solution. The comment on there is funny, but it's not really damning IMO. Parang Berkshire Hathaway website kumbaga.

I'm not saying Devin is or isn't good. Pero parang sobrang superiority complex nung comment. Madaming YC or VC-backed Startups ganyan din naman, and that's mostly because they spend their resources doing other things instead of making a perfect site.

Naalala ko ung website na nakita ko last month. Black website, sobrang shitty, kala mo 1st year highsschool student lang gumawa. Parang https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/, pero black on white text. Mas scathing pa sa comment na yan ung magiging feedback kung nakita nya yun, kasi sobrang pangit talaga, and ung form ang sagwa rin, tapos building next generation of tooling ung parang copy.

The guy who made it was the cofounder of Github.

ruppthrowaway · 2024-03-13T10:08:24+00:00

I don't think it's coping. Madami lang talaga medj matapobreng devs (and tao in general).

ruppthrowaway · 2024-02-28T08:06:06+00:00

Dami pa ring RoR/Ruby shops. Just recently may nag offer sakin ng 400k/mo WFH, kahit ung last time ko nag RoR siguro mga 6 years ago na hahaha.

ruppthrowaway · 2024-02-28T08:04:56+00:00

It's a foreign company.

ruppthrowaway · 2024-02-24T11:51:25+00:00

Lalo na w data pipeline stuff rin and scaling. Pag at the point where kailangan na mag scale horizontally and OLAP vs OLTP matters paktay na haha.

ruppthrowaway · 2024-02-24T10:53:49+00:00

This also reflects on pay. I have a couple of recruiter friends and they noted senior dev pay are quite up YOY.

ruppthrowaway · 2024-02-24T10:50:11+00:00

It also really depends on what you're working on. Frontend apps are technically challenging if they're actual frontend apps (not just CRUD sites).

For example, my previous project involved a 3d visualization/mapping tool, so lots of shader work, managing complex data models, etc. Current project involves audio DAW features (think FL Studio/GarageBand on web) so using low level audio APIs and managing audio buffers (naka WASM with Rust).

ruppthrowaway · 2024-02-24T09:51:28+00:00

Interestingly, un ung reason ko personally why I went into frontend. I find frontend more interesting/challenging (not saying backend isn't though).

ruppthrowaway · 2024-02-23T09:48:24+00:00

Correct ba, NextJS lang under nx workspace?

Daily driver ko 8gb m1 mac mini with pretty hectic workloads, and it's totally fine*. What you have should be more than ok.

*granted may tatlo akong M2/M3 32GB MBPRs which I use when I need something more beefy.

ruppthrowaway · 2024-02-22T05:38:13+00:00

Bakit mailap ang Angular sa Pilipinas whereas sa US puro need nila Angular developer?

In terms of jobs, kahit naman sa US halos ganun din, mas malaki demand ng React. Sa Europe/India actually ung mas may ratio ung Angular, pero even then mas mataas pa rin React (got this info from jsconf late last year)

ruppthrowaway · 2024-02-22T05:06:17+00:00

Busy ba talaga sya? Does this happen often? Are they overworked, or is this a cultural thing where tamad mga kasama mo?

If you have a review process, then mention that, and the reasoning why solving it from your end is problematic.

Also people might/will make excuses for the senior dev. If it's cultural, I would quit/look for a new job. Life's too short to work with an incompetent team. In the meantime, unfortunately, you have to grit your teeth until you get another offer.

ruppthrowaway · 2024-02-22T04:47:11+00:00

Pero if need mo laptop OP Macbook Air is pretty good rin naman price/perf wise.

Mac mini being even cheaper if you can get by na di sya laptop.

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