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skimothy milkerson
Nov 19, 2006

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

you too can be bottomlessly smug and ready for any and all business scenarios, using the notorious b.s.d seven step program:
  1. spend the best years of your life working in technology
  2. lose all hope
  3. drink a pint of whiskey
  4. phone it in (this is steps 4 through 7, because i follow my own advice)

shoes on fleek tho

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Hunter2 Thompson
Feb 3, 2005

Ramrod XTreme
I interviewed today for a different position at the same big company i had the bad experience at about two and a half weeks ago and it went much better than before! unfortunately one of the interview questions was in an area i have nearly zero experience in, so I don’t think ill get the job. its too bad, I like the team and the responsibilities

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

Skim Milk posted:

shoes on fleek tho

u kno it

Achmed Jones
Oct 16, 2004



a recruiter just sent me an email to work at a startup called samsara

im buddhist

lollllll

skimothy milkerson
Nov 19, 2006

dont concatenate the names of all the people i hate

ShadowHawk
Jun 25, 2000

CERTIFIED PRE OWNED TESLA OWNER

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

it's not like programmers in, say, minnesota are unaware that wages double on the coasts.
I'm not sure that's true. We've had a few examples in this very thread.

ShadowHawk
Jun 25, 2000

CERTIFIED PRE OWNED TESLA OWNER

Arcsech posted:

hired probably works great if you are in one of the top two big tech markets, and not at all otherwise. I got one lovely government contracting company from them with my looking location set to Denver and nothing else for months.
Set yourself as willing to work in at least one tech hub (bay area, new york).

That way you can at least be honest with yourself when you discard a dozen initial offers at higher pay.

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

Achmed Jones posted:

a recruiter just sent me an email to work at a startup called samsara

im buddhist

lollllll

lol

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

ShadowHawk posted:

Set yourself as willing to work in at least one tech hub (bay area, new york).

That way you can at least be honest with yourself when you discard a dozen initial offers at higher pay.

you're loving terrible and i wouldn't hire you to pick up dogshit

i mean that in the literal sense, sadly. i've spent too much time with startup fuckers who think "office dogs" are a thing.

you, specifically, are dubiously competent in a role that is literally picking up poo poo

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

meatpotato posted:

I interviewed today for a different position at the same big company i had the bad experience at about two and a half weeks ago and it went much better than before! unfortunately one of the interview questions was in an area i have nearly zero experience in, so I don’t think ill get the job. its too bad, I like the team and the responsibilities

don't underrate yourself

you have no loving clue what their must-haves are in an interview. you could sense you hosed a thing up, but that is not likely to be the reason they do or do not hire you mang

Hunter2 Thompson
Feb 3, 2005

Ramrod XTreme

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

don't underrate yourself

you have no loving clue what their must-haves are in an interview. you could sense you hosed a thing up, but that is not likely to be the reason they do or do not hire you mang

thanks mang

one of the interviewers that asked the hard question also stayed through the break before the next interviewer came to explain some of the stuff i didn’t know, it was nice

ShadowHawk
Jun 25, 2000

CERTIFIED PRE OWNED TESLA OWNER

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

you have no loving clue what their must-haves are in an interview. you could sense you hosed a thing up, but that is not likely to be the reason they do or do not hire you mang
For instance, they could be rejecting you cause you spent one year in a startup as a first real job and they know how those "fuckers" think.

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

you're loving terrible and i wouldn't hire you to pick up dogshit

i mean that in the literal sense, sadly. i've spent too much time with startup fuckers who think "office dogs" are a thing.

you, specifically, are dubiously competent in a role that is literally picking up poo poo
Or maybe they think they know something about your personal life.

qhat
Jul 6, 2015


People can reject you for literally any reason whatsoever and often completely unrelated to how you answered the questions in the interview, especially for the actual well paying senior positions. The only thing to do is to keep applying and keep interviewing and eventually enough shots on goal results in a hit.

Ciaphas
Nov 20, 2005

> BEWARE, COWARD :ovr:


qhat posted:

People can reject you for literally any reason whatsoever and often completely unrelated to how you answered the questions in the interview, especially for the actual well paying senior positions. The only thing to do is to keep applying and keep interviewing and eventually enough shots on goal results in a hit.

i wish there were more to this in the long run than raw numbers :sigh:

qhat
Jul 6, 2015


Ciaphas posted:

i wish there were more to this in the long run than raw numbers :sigh:

Congrats! You've reached the level of "interviewing is garbage".

Hunter2 Thompson
Feb 3, 2005

Ramrod XTreme

Ciaphas posted:

i wish there were more to this in the long run than raw numbers :sigh:

there is. go hit up former coworkers, friends, and classmates to refer you for an interview where they work. its a good way to skip the phone screens and having somebody inside vouch for you can really only help

feedmegin
Jul 30, 2008

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

dipshit business people obsess over shoes in the midwest, too. you're being judged whether you notice it or not

if you wear vans to work every day you're the adult equivalent of the kid who eats paste. of course he doesn't think there's anything wrong with it

The only place I've ever worked that might give a poo poo about what shoes someone might wear was a lovely IT/business consultancy in New Jersey which I was very glad to get out of. This woud be a very weird take for like 99% of people in this thread, I think.

MononcQc
May 29, 2007

im filling in an expense report to replace all tables in the interview room to be glass so i can see the shoes

Captain Foo
May 11, 2004

we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

yospos view the shoes

The_Franz
Aug 8, 2003


Munkeymon
Aug 14, 2003

Motherfucker's got an
armor-piercing crowbar! Rigoddamndicu𝜆ous.



Notorious b.s.d. posted:

the job markets are extremely thin. you might not find another tech job, or at least, not another job that fits your specialisation.

by the time you're highly experienced, there might only be a handful of jobs in a small market that you would fit into easily, or command the pay you were looking for

i have known guys who did long stints unemployed, because they would rather spend 18 months out of a job than leave whatever godforsaken burg they grew up in

that's a thing people do. it's ok. i understand that sometimes family connections or your church or whatever matter more than economic concerns.

edit: to be real clear, i get testy just because it means it's impossible to recruit these motherfuckers.

no, the market isn't thin here. it was where I grew up - that's why I'm here

I also don't believe I can get double what I make on the coasts but that might actually make it worth it to move to Seattle (maybe) if I could. probably not NYC though

Ciaphas
Nov 20, 2005

> BEWARE, COWARD :ovr:


meatpotato posted:

there is. go hit up former coworkers, friends, and classmates to refer you for an interview where they work. its a good way to skip the phone screens and having somebody inside vouch for you can really only help

third to half the actual rejections ive gotten so far have been internal referrals

been almost 3 weeks and i havent made it past a phone screening yet

Diva Cupcake
Aug 15, 2005

this is probably my nyc fintech leaking but i see nothing wrong with wearing slacks and a tucked in button-down to the office.

we're allowed to wear jeans at the new boston gig and just about zero people actually do.

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

feedmegin posted:

The only place I've ever worked that might give a poo poo about what shoes someone might wear was a lovely IT/business consultancy in New Jersey which I was very glad to get out of. This woud be a very weird take for like 99% of people in this thread, I think.

programmers are usually loving idiots when the entities in a problem are people instead of code

looking at your shithead peers is a really stupid way to choose your office garb, because no one has ever cared about what a programmer had to say on any topic. looking like a programmer is a great way to get treated like a programmer

look at the product people and the business people. because they're definitely looking back at you.

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

Munkeymon posted:

no, the market isn't thin here. it was where I grew up - that's why I'm here

I also don't believe I can get double what I make on the coasts but that might actually make it worth it to move to Seattle (maybe) if I could. probably not NYC though

nyc is a much more livable place than seattle

every idiot visits midtown manhattan and imagines that is what nyc is like. and it's not. midtown manhattan is a miserable hellscape where we go to work, just like the lovely office park where you go to work

the residential areas of nyc look like sesame street. (because sesame street is set in nyc)


Hunter2 Thompson
Feb 3, 2005

Ramrod XTreme

Ciaphas posted:

third to half the actual rejections ive gotten so far have been internal referrals

been almost 3 weeks and i havent made it past a phone screening yet

keep trying, you’ll get it eventually. those referrals did help you, since you got a call back. I can’t even tell you the number of job applications ive submitted in the last few months that got no response at all

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

Ciaphas posted:

third to half the actual rejections ive gotten so far have been internal referrals

been almost 3 weeks and i havent made it past a phone screening yet

it's a numbers game. stick to it.

Sapozhnik
Jan 2, 2005

Nap Ghost
If you're failing every single phone screen that's kind of worrying

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

are there any special considerations or things to ask when you're exploring internal transfers

prisoner of waffles
May 8, 2007

Ah! well a-day! what evil looks
Had I from old and young!
Instead of the cross, the fishmech
About my neck was hung.

Bloody posted:

are there any special considerations or things to ask when you're exploring internal transfers

determine someone within the org whom will have a better understanding of the overall situation than yourself whom you trust to ask that question.

ask them that question.

e: this is my way of saying, "there are lots of organization-specific concerns, I'm not sure forums folk will be able to help you pinpoint more or less important concerns"

Munkeymon
Aug 14, 2003

Motherfucker's got an
armor-piercing crowbar! Rigoddamndicu𝜆ous.



Notorious b.s.d. posted:

nyc is a much more livable place than seattle

every idiot visits midtown manhattan and imagines that is what nyc is like. and it's not. midtown manhattan is a miserable hellscape where we go to work, just like the lovely office park where you go to work

the residential areas of nyc look like sesame street. (because sesame street is set in nyc)



I know. I've spent a few cumulative weeks there visiting my sister and her husband. I've also spent a few cumulative weeks visiting Seattle and like it better :shrug: probably reminds me more of home because of all the Scandinavians

Ciaphas
Nov 20, 2005

> BEWARE, COWARD :ovr:


Sapozhnik posted:

If you're failing every single phone screen that's kind of worrying

you're telling me?

Hunter2 Thompson
Feb 3, 2005

Ramrod XTreme

meatpotato posted:

I interviewed today for a different position at the same big company i had the bad experience at about two and a half weeks ago and it went much better than before! unfortunately one of the interview questions was in an area i have nearly zero experience in, so I don’t think ill get the job. its too bad, I like the team and the responsibilities

holy gently caress they wanna give me an offer

i could be un-unemployed soon. :drat:

Hunter2 Thompson
Feb 3, 2005

Ramrod XTreme
ciaphas, keep working at it. it’s taken me about a hundred hours of study, failed phone screens, failed technical phone interviews, and failed on-site interviews scattered over three months to get this far. I haven’t posted about most of them here because honestly it stings and moving on feels more productive

if i, a lazy unemployed idiot with only a few years of experience making iot trash for rich idiots can get an offer for an offer at 一家很大科技公司, then you, a seasoned engineer who has written far more critical and complex software for a decade can do even better if you cast your doubts aside and continue to grind at it.

Ciaphas
Nov 20, 2005

> BEWARE, COWARD :ovr:


you're totally right, of course. i've never been good at casting away doubt long, especially not long enough to put on a performance, but, well

practice, i guess

Fiedler
Jun 29, 2002

I, for one, welcome our new mouse overlords.

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

nyc is a much more livable place than seattle

i'm certain this is true for some tortured, narrow definition of "livable," but it's very misleading.

Hunter2 Thompson
Feb 3, 2005

Ramrod XTreme
practice is key

I’ve had a few different companies use the same coding exercises on me now

i failed the first time i was asked one of them, but i worked out the solution after the interview under less pressure. the next two times i was asked to solve the same question in interviews, i vaguely remembered the process it took to get to the solution, talked it out, and got there

if you’re having issues with behavioral questions, think of examples for the standard ones ahead of time.

finally, learn to tame your stress. memorize the bene gesserit litany against fear or something, idk it actually worked for me

prisoner of waffles
May 8, 2007

Ah! well a-day! what evil looks
Had I from old and young!
Instead of the cross, the fishmech
About my neck was hung.

meatpotato posted:

holy gently caress they wanna give me an offer

i could be un-unemployed soon. :drat:

congrats

meatpotato posted:

an offer at 一家很大科技公司

您的figgies祝贺

Corla Plankun
May 8, 2007

improve the lives of everyone
guys can you please stop quoting workplace microagression stymie ty

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Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

Fiedler posted:

i'm certain this is true for some tortured, narrow definition of "livable," but it's very misleading.

it's more walkable, the public transit is better, taxes are much lower, wages are higher, and the spread between salaries and the cost of a house is smaller

what other definitions of "livable" would you want

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