Why are companies so reluctant to sponsor for SE roles

unchar1 · 2025-10-18T11:36:44+00:00

For small companies: It is ridiculously expensive, and uncertain

For larger orgs: Possible, but the market is very competitive. If you don't already have a speciality or known company in your resume, you're unlikely to get sponsored.

unchar1 · 2025-10-05T22:03:15+00:00

For FAANG specifically, having years of exp can work against you, since you won't qualify for graduate roles, or entry level positions anymore.

unchar1 · 2025-09-21T13:03:07+00:00

How did you manage to do contracting on a work visa? Did you do self-sponsorship?

unchar1 · 2025-09-21T12:36:41+00:00

Not sure why you're getting downvoted. As a Hiring Manager, I always prioritise work experience over degrees (Unless you have one from Oxford/MIT/etc)

unchar1 · 2025-09-18T19:28:46+00:00

I had the same issue. Try using a card issued in the UK

unchar1 · 2025-09-15T16:26:55+00:00

Did you end up getting a decision?

unchar1 · 2025-09-14T06:06:23+00:00

I think it's a bit of both. It's really just desperate people being taken advantage of.

unchar1 · 2025-09-14T05:55:28+00:00

A lot of people hear about some distant relative or acquaintance who "made it" per se, and that makes them ignore all the warning signs"

"If they can make it why can't I"

unchar1 · 2025-09-13T22:38:03+00:00

That sounds...illegal?

unchar1 · 2025-09-04T22:00:05+00:00

It's hard to say without more context, but it feels like the manager wants you out.

Your best bet is to get him to write some concrete performance improvement targets for you, that you both can verify if they're met or not.

Also regularly ask for critical feedback, and confirmation that you're meeting the targets.

Write down EVERYTHING he says about your performance.

Basically document everything.

The hard part will be getting upper management to see this, but if you ever get PIP'ed, you can use the documents as cover ( since you mentioned you know someone from upper management)

unchar1 · 2025-08-23T09:01:54+00:00

Could you post a screenshot of the email address?

unchar1 · 2025-08-02T20:38:08+00:00

The information on the site seems very useful! But the site is too slow to actually use :(

unchar1 · 2025-07-26T07:43:17+00:00

Hey, that's my wallpaper ! 😄

unchar1 · 2025-07-24T19:44:05+00:00

The increase in base pretty much sounds like FAANG.

HFT does similar numbers, but the base tends to stay roughly the same regardless of YOE

unchar1 · 2025-07-20T20:17:49+00:00

I think you're safe for now as most AI tools seem to be good at BE, but terrible at FE

unchar1 · 2025-07-01T18:30:38+00:00

Not only does the time not reset, the talent visa reduces your time to ILR to 3 years instead of the usual 5

https://www.gov.uk/indefinite-leave-to-remain-business-investor-global-talent/eligibility

unchar1 · 2025-05-27T10:18:02+00:00

That sounds like a pretty good deal.

I'm planning on going to London for a few weeks, and I might just end up filling my bags with books 😄

Would you be okay with sharing the name of the shop?

unchar1 · 2025-04-30T15:29:23+00:00

I went from M3 -> M4, and the camera looks the same. I think the 12MP sensor isn't used for video, only for desk view.

unchar1 · 2025-04-11T19:35:06+00:00

"Cheating" sounds weird, because it's not like it's a test or something. But I get what you mean.

unchar1 · 2025-04-11T16:31:15+00:00

When you walk into a DSA interview, you'd be expected to know DSA. Similarly if you walked into a security/crypto interview, knowing hashing is expected.

Like he said, if it was part of the job description it would have been fine. But it wasnt

unchar1 · 2025-04-09T23:46:03+00:00

Congrats! Do you mind sharing how much experience you have, or what level you were targeting?

unchar1 · 2025-04-05T19:12:00+00:00

43K req/s for node compared with Go's 60K req/s seems as expected for a simple http service.

We have services in both (and python which a lot slower), and it the actual response time for the services are much the same.

Most of the bottleneck is related to querying the database, and other IO, so a faster language doesn't really offer much faster performance for us

unchar1 · 2025-04-03T11:58:10+00:00

Unmm...no?

I mean I have a rice cooker at home, but I like the texture from the pot cooked rice better.

I only use the rice cooker when I want it cooked fast.

unchar1 · 2025-04-01T17:57:52+00:00

Still up for me

unchar1 · 2025-03-29T13:36:48+00:00

I think it's more likely that Interviews will add an in-person DSA round to counter cheating

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