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i never get calls but i do get lots of emails
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# ? Feb 13, 2025 07:03 |
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what do you say when the interviewer asks what you're an expert at? i'm not a loving expert at anything, i just know enough about a lot of things to not shoot myself in the foot, and i'm good at learning to understand what i'm doing before i do it so keep not shooting myself in the foot. i can write purely functional code if i try but i'm certainly not some kind of haskell nerd. i can write object oriented code with abstract classes and interfaces and virtual methods if i try but most of the time i don't. i can write c and c++ without shooting myself in the foot too much but i'm not too familiar with the new c++11 stuff. i've worked a lot with web stuff and databases (relational and no) and i know a vast catalog of common pitfalls, but i learn new things all the time. i have seven years of experience during which i've tried a whole lot of different poo poo, so i'm definitely the generalist kind of guy, not an expert at any particular thing.
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TheFluff posted:what do you say when the interviewer asks what you're an expert at? i'm not a loving expert at anything, i just know enough about a lot of things to not shoot myself in the foot, and i'm good at learning to understand what i'm doing before i do it so keep not shooting myself in the foot. i can write purely functional code if i try but i'm certainly not some kind of haskell nerd. i can write object oriented code with abstract classes and interfaces and virtual methods if i try but most of the time i don't. i can write c and c++ without shooting myself in the foot too much but i'm not too familiar with the new c++11 stuff. i've worked a lot with web stuff and databases (relational and no) and i know a vast catalog of common pitfalls, but i learn new things all the time. i have seven years of experience during which i've tried a whole lot of different poo poo, so i'm definitely the generalist kind of guy, not an expert at any particular thing. if you polish this up just a little bit it sounds like a good answer to that question (to my unemployed rear end)
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You're probably capable of doing whatever they want you to do but generalists are not sexy now or ever so you're better off just making something up
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It's a lame question imo that requires you to play to commodity-labor thinking bUT I would suggest that you identify a tech from the job description that you have used to successfully solve problems in the past and say that you can bring that expertise to the team. If they notice the switch from "expert" to "expertise" and press you on that then you're dealing with a bonehead.
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TheFluff posted:i've worked a lot with web stuff and databases (relational and no) and i know a vast catalog of common pitfalls, but i learn new things all the time. i have seven years of experience during which i've tried a whole lot of different poo poo, so i'm definitely the generalist kind of guy, not an expert at any particular thing. "I'm an expert at applying the appropriate technology to the customer's problem" or some poo poo like that. Basically your answer but throw the word "customer" in there (assuming you worked relatively closely with some in the past)
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"i can use arrays in bash scripts without googling" try that and see if you can keep a straight face.
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yeah, ive been getting multiple calls a day this last week after a couple weeks of nothing
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homercles posted:"i can use arrays in bash scripts without googling" try that and see if you can keep a straight face. code:
Gazpacho fucked around with this message at 06:33 on Jun 22, 2018 |
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Shaman Linavi posted:the most recent email i got from an amazon recruiter had the subject "Alexa, What is on my Calendar?" and i spammed it before seeing what the hell it was because i figured it was marketing bullshit I got one from amazon that quoted the red/blue pill Morpheus line
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Gazpacho posted:pffft who needs to google when you can roll your own posix compliant array implementation
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thanks for the advice, y'all
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forgot we had a jobseeking thread my job is less and less attractive as time goes on and i wish for a change, with the remote dream of leaving las vegas (i say dream because i'm terrified of uprooting) it's been a long time, is handing my resume to a recruiter a thing to do? or do i just listlessly apply at whatever local companies have an opening that i might be able to squeeze my programmer chops into, until either hell freezes or i give up?
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Ciaphas posted:forgot we had a jobseeking thread Applying to postings and using recruiters can work but it loving sucks. Try contacting ex-coworkers you had a good relationship with and see if they can put you in touch with anyone decent that's hiring. It's a good idea to get along and catch up with the more capable contractors that come into your org for <6 months because they bounce around enough to know who needs people and also which places are garbage fires. Our brains are hosed and referrals are valued way more highly than they should be.
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Kilometres Davis posted:Applying to postings and using recruiters can work but it loving sucks. leaves me nicely in the lurch because I know no one literally here and work and direct family are, quite literally, the only people I interact with but I also cannot stay with current job forever. so.
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step 0 is to fuckin fix that then are you near other puter touchers
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Ciaphas posted:my job is less and less attractive as time goes on and i wish for a change, with the remote dream of leaving las vegas (i say dream because i'm terrified of uprooting) Apply to one of the tech giants as they'll pay relocation.
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Fiedler posted:Apply to one of the tech giants as they'll pay relocation. funny, i never thought to look for openings at the likes of microsoft or google or whoever, thanks for the reminder ![]() not sure about google though, i've Heard Things about their work hours and culture, but hey, let he who lives in a glass house shut the gently caress up and all
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Ciaphas posted:funny, i never thought to look for openings at the likes of microsoft or google or whoever, thanks for the reminder
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apparently the interview i went on earlier this week went well, and i'm supposed to talk to a couple of teams to learn specifics about their work and choose between them if they sound good to me. hopefully the offer kicks rear end and gives me a nice bump in cash, because this is sounding pretty good.
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Ciaphas posted:leaves me nicely in the lurch because I know no one I was in a similar position when as a contractor I basically went all in with a single client for a few years and when that ended by surprise I found myself realizing I had no other prospects and no network beyond it. That was definitely a lesson learned. As said step #0 is fix that, step n is don't let it happen again.
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ShadowHawk posted:Google has healthier work hours and conditions than any startup I've ever seen. Amazon...doesn't. if I put my arms up and spun in a circle at my desk I would have slapped 4 people in the face
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do they still have osha compliance portapotties?
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could you elaborate in re: porta potties?
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Fiedler posted:could you elaborate in re: porta potties? amazon is famous for violating OSHA rules with respect to toilets per worker, especially for their white collar programming hives buzzing with the sound of men doing the pee-pee dance
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After your interview, before leaving the building, always take a poo poo. I have more tolerance for a messy codebase than a messy bathroom. YMMV
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Kilometres Davis posted:After your interview, before leaving the building, always take a poo poo. first read this as a traditional shitpost, but on reflection that's legit good advice ![]()
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Progressive JPEG posted:do they still have osha compliance portapotties? Some parts of Google are definitely crowded startup tables. Other parts are much more spread out in brand new buildings. People complain about moving desks once a year (or more), and I suspect that's a side effect of all the shuffling from filling into new buildings.
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Notorious b.s.d. posted:amazon is famous for violating OSHA rules with respect to toilets per worker, especially for their white collar programming hives this was specifically in Blackfoot, which is an awful rear end leased building that I cannot wait for us to leave. all of the amazon built buildings are much saner about everything. the spheres are very 👌 btw, ask your lunch buddy during the interview to take you there.
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FamDav posted:this was specifically in Blackfoot, which is an awful rear end leased building that I cannot wait for us to leave. all of the amazon built buildings are much saner about everything. take me to bezos's balls I say, never breaking my intense eye contact
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i applied to a place a couple of weeks ago, phone interview went well, programming assignment went very well. they asked last week for my salary expectation and i said a number that is higher than i think i could get, and higher than glassdoor estimates for the position (from one data point, lol) and i haven't heard anything since wednesday. part of me wants to think that they're just working it out internally and will come back and negotiate, but another part of me can't help but worried they're taking their time to work on a detailed "sorry, this won't work out, best of luck" response ![]() in the meantime i also responded to a recruiter who sent me an interesting position, except i haven't had time to actually talk on the phone with them since we're in crunch mode on my current project. not having time to look for a new job is a sign you need a new job, right?
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chmods please posted:i applied to a place a couple of weeks ago, phone interview went well, programming assignment went very well. they asked last week for my salary expectation and i said a number that is higher than i think i could get, and higher than glassdoor estimates for the position (from one data point, lol) and i haven't heard anything since wednesday.
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chmods please posted:i applied to a place a couple of weeks ago, phone interview went well, programming assignment went very well. they asked last week for my salary expectation and i said a number that is higher than i think i could get, and higher than glassdoor estimates for the position (from one data point, lol) and i haven't heard anything since wednesday. this is why you never, ever, ever talk numbers until after the interview it doesn't matter who "goes first" -- you can throw them a number, or they can throw you one -- but it matters very much when you first broach the issue! delay, delay, delay -- it's too late now. write this one off. for them, it's no longer worth wasting money on an interview, because you don't fit into the bracket assigned by hr. after the interview, the numbers are always more flexible
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seems dubious when 3PRs won't even begin to represent you without a number, and you can't just refuse to give one because they are idiot robotz
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if you've got to give a number because they just have to put something on paper, make it as broad as you can to the point where it's almost worthless as an answer. and definitely don't put the low end any less than significantly higher than what you're currently getting.
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like it's nice to think you can avoid the salary question right until the very end and maybe that's true if you have enough leverage in your application, but i think for intermediate-senior and down it's real easy to come across like a pikey because that level of worker isn't hard to come by.
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what is a broad number
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when theres a literal web form with validation that demands to not be blank i put $1
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lol yah I do that too. Thin numbers ftw
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# ? Feb 13, 2025 07:03 |
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i tried to be truthful on an app that was like “what is the highest salary you want?” and put NaN but that pesky validation got in the way
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