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- Internship gap year Has anyone managed to pull an "internship" year i.e. have internships at 3+ companies over the course of 1 year? I am trying to do this before going to do my Master's. Is it worth it?
- vote Is off season remote internship worth a gap semester, no grad date change Basically, I can do an off season internship with no change in grad date, remotely from college town. Wondering if people think it’s worth missing the academics for a semester
- How much will resume gaps/lesser internships due to COVID impact college students for future internships/jobs? will employers be more forgiving of kids who lost internships or couldnt secure one due to covid and the merket?
- For the banks that aren’t extending return offers to their intern class, how are they bridging the gap in staffing? Have heard some shops aren’t bringing interns back, but how do you operate effectively without a class year of analysts if you’re losing most after two years to PE or wherever already
- Having to be endlessly productive It’s tiring. In school it’s grinding just a few years for college. In college it’s for a good GPA/internship/job. At work it’s for career growth/rewards/promo. So when can you actually take a break? When you retire? I want a long break where I can do absolutely nothing productive. But seems like ev
- Do amazon intern interviewers meetup after every interview? One of my intern amazon interviewers seemed to know the story I had shared in my previous interview. I had 2 interviews, spaced out with a 30 minute gap between them/ Do amazon intern interviewers talk to each other between interviews? #swe #intern #tech
- Saw another LinkedIn cringe post (probably the best one yet) Went like this - “9 out of 10 recruiters would have rejected Parag Agrawal’s Profile because of the gaps in his career and frequent job switches. If Twitter HR had done the same 10 years ago, they would have lost on gem of a talent who became their new CEO” The guy posting didn’t realize that tho
- How can i move to canada as a punjabi? net worth: 1 lakh inr currently in 2nd year Bsc. 6 months internship experience in front end reacts redux etc. I wouldn't mind working in india but seems i wont find jobs because I don't have btech degree. also have gaps and low marks in 12th grade. very much interested in frontend and other tech
- Would you put your incoming internships on your resume? I have no work experience (successfully grinded leetcode and took a gap year, though) and already picked up 2 FANG internships for both summer & autumn (looking for a spring one). Does it make sense to put them (autumn internship hasn't even started yet) on my resume so the recruiters & interviewers
- Offers india what to choose? How is work culture and company forecast for GAP hyderabad? Friend has 13 years exp got following offer at gap hyderabad sr.systems engineer 2, grade20 CTC 24lpa. Where he is local Is this good offer comparing to 22lpa offers from ibm, sonata SW, ACCENTURE in Bangalore ?
- Seeking job referrals (for my wife) Hi all, My wife has a gap of ~3 years since coming to the US as she didn’t have the work authorization before. She has a Master’s degree in IT and about 1.5 yrs of SWE experience in in mobile banking sector. She has been trying to get an internship as a QA or a Software Engineer in the field of HTML
- Amazon Returnship Program My wife received email from Amazon recruiter for Amazon Returnship program to schedule 1 hr interview. She has 4 years gap in career and wants to join back. It is for QA internship. Can someone who went through this interview process provide some insights? Are LPs important for Returnship as well?
- 2 year gap due to a failed start-up. Would background check disqualify me? I did an internship back in 2017, then I dropped out of school to start a company with my friends which led to nothing. It was a disaster. I am now back in school as of 2020 to finish Computer Science. The problem is.. I now have a 2 year gap (2018-2020) and I'm sure the background check will show
- made it to hc for google L3 will my 2.6 gpa ruin it Posting for friend My recruiter just reached out to me and I made it to hiring committee but they're asking for my transcript. I had a low gpa at a top school for CS (2.6-2.8, i'm not sure what I graduated at since I never saw my transcripts post graduating). Will this mean HC will automatically re
- Impossible to get internships Self-taught SWE, did freelance dev work for a number of years. Joined a community college to fill gaps in my knowledge, going for an associate's degree (3 years). The program includes several co-op terms in a row. No matter how many applications I've sent in (50+), I can't seem to get a single pho
- Popular posts on Amazon Channel 1. Boils my blood to see new hires make so much 😡😡😡😡 2. Onboarding Hell, 2 YoE, $375k, (no one helps with onboarding and folks are commenting no one should given that TC, OP should require no such onboarding) Many internal employees are rages with the new pay bands being offered to external hi
- Internship Referrals Previously at Amazon, currently at HFT (gap semester), have SWE internship offers from Akuna and Citadel/CitSec for Summer 2022, looking for referrals for Summer 2022 internships. Mainly looking for big N/FAANG/unicorn or remote-first companies. Don't need referrals for (currently in process): Capi
- vote Choosing offers - Canada, 2 YOE Need help choosing between 2 offers. I am inclined towards Fortinet despite the lower TC as L4s are usually pip fodder, but I wonder if it's worth giving up on the big salary gap + AMZN growth. Plus, the AMZN BIE role seems to be less engineering-based if I understand correctly, but I can save reall
- How to explain employment gap? My resume looks a bit tricky like this right now: Company A (6 months) internship Company B (2 years) Company C (9 months) Company D (11 months) All these jobs were straight after another, but now i been out for 4 months after company D. How can i explain that gap? The valid reason was i wasnt
- Do you think being a teller might be a good place to start your career? I'm currently taking a gap year off of college and have been working at a startup as an intern. I get to do some interesting stuff but I've heard that being a bank teller is also a good learning experience. Do you think this is true? I think it would teach me a lot about the finance industry? What d
- Intern vs. Full time at Google My friend who writes a lot of functional programming code for a Data Engineer was recently promoted to Data Engineer II at Amazon. She’s a problem solver and wants to move over to a formal Software Engineer role at Google or Facebook in the next 6 months. She has applied to the Online Masters in Co
- Leaving company 1-3 month after joining? I started rencently my first FT job and I find the work environment depressing, nobody seems to socialize. Furthermore the age gap between my team members too large, I fear I will be alone and stagnate. my commutes 3 hours long (both ways). I feel like quitting. Im a new grad so I can phrase my 1
- What does this mail from Google recruiter post interview mean? Info needed for moving candidature forward: Name, cgpa, internal refrences, expected comp, promotion summary, gaps in employment, achievements etc. Does this mean my interviews went good and they are moving to HC? Or does this happen irrespective of performance? TC 39lpa YoE 1.7
- vote Do tons of internships vs full time for a year I deferred my master programs till next fall (honestly, not even sure I will go) so I have a gap year. Did CS undergrad in mid tier school. I already did 4 internships, 2 at Big N (think Salesforce, Nvidia, Cisco) 1 at big pharma, 1 at medium size hardware company all in ML. Should I do a bunch of
- vote Should I lie about expected graduation date to get internship? Please read this before you answer. So currently I'm a sophomore student with an expected graduation date of June 2024. I just accepted a 6 month long internship abroad starting this summer, which means basically I have to take a gap semester. In the end I'm probably going to graduate June 2025, bu
- FAANG Better Negotiating Power if Previously Interned? I'm curious if anyone has insight to whether it's easier to negotiate for people getting a return full time offer after doing multiple internships at the same FAANG vs. negotiating when you come in with experience from different companies. Is one approach better than the other if optimizing for the
- vote Gap of 3 Years One of my friend graduated in 2017, and then he prepared for a competitive exam - not able to clear it. He then returned to IT industry in 2020 start and joined as intern in a startup. Now working as full time SWE with good pay in that startup, around a year experienced. He wants to apply at big t
- Should I list 4 month job on resume? I'm really not liking my job (software engineering) after 4 months and I really feel that I need to find a different company to work at. Should I list my current job on my resume given I only have held the job for 4 months (5 months soon)? How do I explain this gap/short job to recruiters? I'm als
- Company Tier list for Resume Throwing some names out for a company tier list. This is based on how good the individual companies are to have on your resume. I will edit the post to update with comments feedback. I’m just seeding with a few to get the conversation started any comment with above average likes will be incorporated
- vote Apple vs Facebook MLE Offer Hi, I am a Ph.D. student and I have recently received offers from Apple and Facebook. I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on the choices. 1. Apple Title: MLE Level: ICT3 TC: ~200K (exclude sign-on) TC: ~210K (split sign-on to 4 years and add to TC) base: 160K Sign-on: 45K RSU (4
- Can't get an entry level job, CS degree from 2019, need advice Posting on my friends account. 0 YOE (not counting internships but have done 4 2-3 month internships, 2 of which were at a FAANG company). bad gpa but many places don't ask for it. I graduated in 2019 with a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from a top 10 school. Since graduating, I did one internshi
- Getting entry-level SWE job after 5 year break? Posting for a friend. He graduated with a degree in computer science from a state school and did a few FAANG internships in college. He worked at Google for a year after graduation before he left for 5 years for personal reasons. He wants to get back in the game now but he has a huge gap in his res
- Asking for Referral Hello everyone, I'm looking for referrals to any FAANGMULA+ companies for full time SDE roles. I have an experience of 1.5 years and couple of internships in SWE and ML. Please drop a comment so I can DM you my info. Thanks! #swe #softwareengineer #jobhunt #jobopening #referral #layoff #ML #NLP #b
- CPT&OPT for onboarding at Meta I am an international student and planned to graduate in June. However, I just got an offer from Meta, but the hiring manager hopes me to onboard in late of March. I haven't applied OPT yet. Is it possible if I can use CPT to onboard first, and then transfer to OPT without a gap? Will meta allow thi
- vote Real talks: To make Amazon earth’s best employer I think leadership is drunk. Some changes which were made recently were nice but those were only duct tape. Still pay disparity between internal promos and external hires is a lot. 1. I think internal promos should be rewarded heavily with refreshers to make up for their hard work and to bridge th
- Renege accepted Amazon new grad offer. What is the consequence ? I received a new grad offer from Amazon after doing an internship. This was 8 months ago. Right now, I receive a better offer that doubles Amazon's TC. ( the better offer is based in U.S and the Amazon offer is not. This partly explains the dramatic gap in numbers ) Given that I will most likely
- facebook / out of work for over a year Hi everyone, I have been unemployed since the beginning of covid, and I just found out about Facebook's return to work program. To be eligible, you have to have been out of work for 2 years (and I'm getting pretty close to that mark). Is anyone here familiar with the program and how it works? I di
- Is FAANG pay anti-competitive, more than necessary, meant to starve competitors of talent? There is a huge gap in pay between FAANG, unicorns that recruit from FAANG, and everybody else. At the same time, so so many people want to work for FAANG that they have to reject many good engineers. Therefore I see a discontinuity in the supply and demand of labor for FAANG and yet these companies
- Try to apply to new companies after only 4-5 months? I accepted an offer with IBM back in April. I'm trying to move to a tech hub/city from my MCOL city in the southeast, so I was wondering if I should apply to new companies now, and if so, should I leave on my resume the IBM experience or just take it off and show a gap? IBM is the first "well know
- Google asking about employment gap after layoff So everything has been going very well with the Google interview, I have 3 team offers after team match stage, we are ready for hiring committee and recruiter had said “your interview feedback wa strong, I’m not worried about you” 2 weeks ago, but now recruiter asking “for more details” on employme
- Help for Marketing role! I have 6 years of international marketing experience in OTC & Consumer brands. I have done branding and marketing assignments in various South East Asian, Middle East & African countries. I have strong expertise in Brand lifecycle management including marketing plan, market opportunity, market analy
- Taking half a year off Has anyone taken off half a year as a self-financed sabbatical? I've been working non-stop in tech for 12 years now, and I'd like a long break before my next job. Plan to focus on physical health, mental health, hobbies, family, as well as LC and system design to stay sharp. I've always hopped from
- Asking for referrals Dear community, I'm an international CS student in the Bay Area for a semester abroad. I am looking for referrals to any FAANGMULA+ companies for internship opportunities. I am an experienced serial startup founder with proven track record of driving innovation in high paced entrepreneurial settin
- Working for a one year out of college then leaving for 5 years? Hello, I am college student studying CS. I interned at Apple and will be interning at Facebook, and Google later this year. I mention these because I hope it will help answer my question. I want to work for one year after I graduate as a full time software engineer and then leave the country for 4-5
- Referrals for self driving car companies Sorry for making another one of these referral posts but I am really passionate about working for autonomous vehicle companies and they don't come to my school's career fairs. I'm having a hard time messaging recruiters on LinkedIn and getting replies. I go to a top Canadian university and have int
- Questions about Jane Street SWE Internship Currently deciding between JS and a return internship offer for junior summer, and I had some questions for devs @ Jane Street: - How are engineers treated? Is there a big front office/back office culture divide like in traditional finance institutions? How significant is the pay gap between trader
- Will taking care of my mom throughout her cancer treatment reflect bad on my resume ? Hello blind, I'm currently a final year/semester computer science student. I unfortunately found out my mother has cancer a few weeks ago and have decided to take care of her throughout the course of her treatment full-time. This means I will have a gap in resume right after graduation. Is this a h
- vote Facebook London or Microsoft Seattle (Redmond) Still a student in Europe but about to graduate. Did internship in both companies and both got return offer. ## FB London comp excludes sign-on: 124k USD pros: - Pace and promotion are faster - Good sign-on bonus (26.5k USD) - London is more interesting than Redmond cons: - In UK, where comp is si
- vote Transfer to US or Masters for job? I study EECS at Imperial College London. Its basically best uni in London/2nd~3rd best in Europe for science and eng. I want to work in the US tech industry/quant finance. London offices seem to have much lower TC but not much gap in COL. To get employed, should I apply to transfer to medium tie
- Facebook rotational engineer advice Hey everyone, I am trying my best to get into a big N and I noticed a posting for Facebook's rotation program. I have a non traditional background of EE turned software engineer after doing a bootcamp. A recruiter reached out to me for the intially screening and I'm starting to get excited for the