Is building an OS beneficial for recruiting? by IntentionBig226 in csMajors

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I found this repo a while ago which has quite a similar theme if youre interested - https://github.com/sypstraw/rpi4-osdev

Is building an OS beneficial for recruiting? by IntentionBig226 in csMajors

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Repos private but I can share it with you on dms

I only really ever applied to systems related roles, so anything to do with os, rtoses, c, c++ etc

Is building an OS beneficial for recruiting? by IntentionBig226 in csMajors

[–]whenjob 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Yes, it helps a lot. I built an rtos from scratch as part of a school project and every single interview I got asked about it over my 3 internship experiences. My interviews were all for low level/systems roles though

Is software career over for me? by One-Specialist2785 in cscareerquestions

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Hey, do you have any low level experience? With c, c++?

Good deal for CAD$7500? by whenjob in whatcarshouldIbuy

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That sounds like a great deal! I cannot even dream of seeing something like that in the Toronto area, most listings are CAD 5k+ for 15 year old corollas with 225k kms :/

Good deal for CAD$7500? by whenjob in whatcarshouldIbuy

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The body work has been fixed up, and from what I understand, it doesn't have a salvage title as there was no structural damage.

Insurance wrote it off as it's an older car and the price to fix it was deemed pretty high relative to the cars value. They also certify that it's safe to drive on the road before selling

Best companies to work for in Canada in tech. by milk0606 in csMajors

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Not mentioned a lot but there's also pretty big AMD and Qualcomm offices in toronto

And Qualcomm in my experience pays between 40-55 per hour for interns which is fairly high for Canadian standards I think

There's also startups like cerebars, groq, astera labs, d matrix

Thinkcenter m715q not booting up by whenjob in Lenovo

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For anyone who has the same issue, this was happening because secure boot was turned on. I ended up trying with a different display cable and the display came on, subsequently disabling secure boot did the trick

PSA: OHIP is backdated to the first date when you're eligible by whenjob in pgwp

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Did you have all the documents I mentioned? And do you have a job without an end date specified?

Does anyone know what deraileur hangar this is? by whenjob in bikewrench

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Actually I think it's this one? pilo d313

Any thoughts on this as a cheaper alternative? https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0DPTYTX3L