A lot of people at doordash hired during Covid were upset about the WeDash requirement for SWEs to do mandatory dashes to learn the product, so Tony has agreed this morning that random full time dashers will be placed on SWE teams for one sprint cycle per month to “learn the product” that they use. ...Read more
Joined Amazon 2yrs ago straight from school where i went for electrical engineering thru probably the easiest tech interview ever. I didn't know ds & algos, i still don't know. I feel like I'm a mediocre engineer who just completes sprint tasks at best. Recently got promoted and i feel like i should...Read more
I'll be starting at FB soon. From the convo I had with existing engineers and manager I have come to understand that there are generally no sprint cycles or daily stand-ups? And are people working on 6 month long projects? So as an E5 engineer am I supposed to come up with most impactful project o...Read more
Hey everyone- I am looking for sign up for verizon fios and verizon wireless? Any tips on discounts or anything else? The quality is great but the fees and taxes add up. I dont need an unlimited data plan but thats what they always push. I am good with the 6GB prepaid plan but it doesnt come with ...Read more
Hello, I am wanting to get into distributed systems work. Right now I'm just a generic full stack dev with no real specialty. I'll get a sprint of work and have 80% or more left of the sprint when I'm done. I've written design docs, implemented design docs, completed projects with cross team partner...Read more
Hi everybody. I’m looking for new grad referrals. 😅 😅 😅 A little bit about me: -4 internships at Uber, Blend, 2 Big N (or companies similar to these :D) -Finished the recommended problems for EPI + grinded LC ~~ 300 LC lifetime -Did all the EPI DP problems and most of the variants (can help if ...Read more
How does one go about fixing their credit history? Mine is at 560 :( I left the states a couple of years ago, and am planning to return in a year. Now I am worried that I will have trouble getting a place to rent or even a phone connection. I was working on a startup when I was in the states, so e...Read more
Am currently working in a 7 years startup and am finding it very hard to even convince other teams to improve their software architecture. Features are built on top of poorly designed softwares and even after suggesting possible execution plans that can be jammed into sprints to slowly transition th...Read more
I hit the rock bottom and again try to get my shit together to get up. This has been a constant cycle of battle since last 10 years. I started working out. I live alone in Seattle. Haven't completed my office work since last sprint so working in the weekend to complete it. I don't have self discipli...Read more
Hi, I joined IBM last year as a new grad SWE. I interned in the same team for 2 semesters prior to joining as full timer. My team is not one of the dead team at ibm and does tons of great work. I never had a conversation with my manager about how promotion works from band 6 to band 7. I have this o...Read more
I just found out my startup will interview with YC. Does anyone know roughly what the chances are of getting into the accelerator once you’ve gotten the interview? I know about 150 companies get funded each cohort but wondering how many they interview. Also if anyone has interviewed in the past I w...Read more
Want to start something healthy and ongoing, a habit. I want to start running, I live in SF and the weather is always gloomy, this year it has been raining. I always decide to run and have no interest or motivation to do so. I have sprinted in the past as part of Barry’s bootcamps or HIIT bootcamps...Read more
Engineering driven timelines has become a buzz word but I rarely ever see it get practiced fully. Maybe it’s far too utopian of a concept. Every time a sprint team comes up with a LOE , it gets pushed back to be done in half the time and that leads to sub par release quality because of missed scope...Read more
Previous manager retired. The new manager plays it by the book and tends to micro manage. They said they are trying to promote a learning environment, which is a good initiative but its starting to show bad effects. For example, last month they asked all designers to take devops related work, which...Read more
Any tips? It's been getting kinda bad lately, really don't want to work and find it hard to get myself to start, but once I get going I can deep dive and complete things pretty quick. I end up saying "oh I'll do in the evening", evening comes, "oh I'll do it in the morning", morning comes, "oh fuck ...Read more
I’ve been asked in interviews with Uber and InVision about my comfort with visual design. Up to this point I’ve admitted to recruiters that my visual design skills are behind. Its something I know about and I work on a lot. I feel really comfortable with UX stuff, wireframing, usability testing, des...Read more
Hey, I have been recently converted to FTE SDE(L4) position and this is my 3rd week. Previously I have worked as an intern here at same team. I thought FTE going to be easy after the internship but damn it is tough. I feel overwhelmed by so much stuff that I don't feel life doing anything like Op...Read more
I am a mid level Software/ML Ops Engineer. In my previous company, I worked on a team that productionized ML models. They were heavily sprint based. The data scientists built the cool models and took ownership of solving the overall use case/problem. My interests have always leaned towards the dat...Read more
I was suppose to get pivot doc on Monday, but my manager keeps delaying my focus. I lied to him and told him I got an external offer to see if he’ll play the Games Of Amazon (GoA). Initially, I thought he was trying to help me, at least based on what he was saying. E.g. “focus on interviewing, it’s ...Read more
hi everyone - i recently joined a new startup in the career education space (no it’s not bytedance so pls don’t clown me on that) what tips do you guys have to be a successful PM at a startup? what do you do to understand problems in your product? what do you wish you knew as a first time PM? one ...Read more