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- does anybody have experience with CareerFoundry’s UX Design program? also looking into General Assembly, Flatiron and others. CareerFoundry has a job guarantee or your money back, heavily portfolio project based, all online go at your own pace with dedicated mentor (min 8 years exp in UX) and career advisor. i preferred in-person but it seems like you dont walk away
- Traditional Architecture/Interior Design to Product Design hey blind community, Im a traditional architect/interior designer (YoE: 6) trying to break into the UX/product design world. Theres much more growth and opportunity in tech. Any tips on how to do this without having to start from 0 or take a general assembly course? I have all the design thinking/
- How do you break into quant trading from traditional l/s hedge fund with no coding background I worked at a few multi billion l/s equity hedge funds for about 4-5 years but don’t have any knowledge of coding. Graduated from one of the top 3-5 schools with a major in Econ. I took math courses up to diff eq (was considering double major until sophomore year) but that was +10 years ago... Are
- Google, Facebook, Microsoft PM/APMs. How technical were your interviews? Hi, I’ve been preparing for possible APM interviews for Fall ‘19. I’ve been doing a lot of research and reading up on the PM role, but one thing I’m looking for clarity on is the extent of programming knowledge that required for the noted companies above. I’m currently an IT ‘Project’ Manager, I’ve
- Too much experience outside of FAANG? I have 8 years of UX experience and I currently lead a team of 12 people. I have excellent references, have created curriculum for General Assembly, etc. and been a Lead for a household name brand, as well as Head of UX for an international brand, and founded a start up. I struggle with feeling conf
- Jack of all trades vs Specializing Hi Blind, Is it better to stay general or to try to specialize in one thing? Currently, most of my career has been with companies where I have been in a general support role more than any one specific path. This has included end user support, industrial machine programming, SQL database management
- How smart are Amazonians in comparison to engineers from Fb, Google, Microsoft and Apple? I had internships in Google and Facebook and now I work for Amazon a second year. While I'm proud that the company had achieved as a whole I feel that our top SDE2/3 across the company are on the level with an average Google / Facebook engineer at the best. It was a normal that the person who works
- Data Science Bootcamp Choices Galvanize vs General Assembly vs Flatiron School. I'm looking at the 13-15 week immersive in-person courses for each, in Denver. Seems like the differences would be in: -The instructor -Networking -Classmates (acceptance rate) -Tutors I'm coming into this with 4 years as a financial analyst, worked
- vote Help with Tesla Manufacturing P3 Offer Evaluation Hello Blinders! Just got a verbal offer from my recruiter - 130k base + 175k RSU/4 yrs. The recruiter also gave me min, mid and max numbers for the P3 band and based on those numbers, it seems like my offer is on the higher side of P3. How strict are the max numbers on these bands? Job is for Fr
- link Looking for a front end engineer for a crypto project -- fast timeline Hey folks, I help run/populate an investment community on a discord that is mostly focused on crypto and a little bit on stocks/options (been around since 2017). We've assembled a team of folks from that discord that are going to fork a few existing projects into one new project and throw it on BSC
- What would sway you to hire a SWE with zero YOE? I recently convinced a friend to take an interest in SWE, despite zero prior relevant experience. (My own experience: non-CS major at a small school, busted my ass off and am now in my second FAANG company) Since it's been a while since I've been on the open market, and I've noticed an increasing n
- Tips for Switching to Data Science for someone NOT from Comp Science background? Hey, planning to do a course in Data Science to make a switch from Supply Chain to Data Science. I am on my OPT and currently working full-time in Supply Chain after graduating in May 2020 with a Master's Degree. I need some advise from current Data Scientists on OPT/H1B who are NOT from Comp Sc
- The entire concept of "work" is becoming abstract Back in the old days, the idea of work was very concrete. You screw together N widgets per day on an assembly line, or write M number of TPS reports in a white collar job, and you are getting your work done. In modern day, the work you are assigned is more abstract and it seems like you spend all yo
- Tech Sales or Product Management or Finance? Hi everyone, I’m at a point where I’m trying to decide which direction I’d like to go in. I have been an entrepreneur for the past 10 years. My travel business, however, folded due to the pandemic months ago. During the lockdown I decided I would take a product management course with General Assem
- Graphic designer career change... advice?? After ten years in all aspects of talent acquisition, I want to go after my dream job. I’d love and greatly appreciate to hear if anyone has made a transition into anything graphic design, UX or even front end web dev, etc. I’m probably more inclined to go graphic design and try working my way into
- AAS in cybersecurity, B.SC in Computer Science - is a JD/MBA dual program worth it? Blinders, I love politics. I am passionate about law also. But when I had to come to the U.S, I applied for a cybersecurity course of study to increase my chances of getting a student visa. I attended the first day of class and fell in love with technology while still pursuing my passion for law an
- product designer with 2 years experience and an inflated title needs advice Went to RISD, dropped out to avoid student loan debt. Moved to SF, took a short course from General Assembly and did contract ui/ux work for a few start ups. One of the contract employers wanted to hire me full time. I was working under their one design director. Company was small but had been opera
- Hardware Career Advice Needed I see so many posts and advice about SW here. Wanted to see if there are any experienced HW engineers out there that can advice me on how to grow in the HW field. My experience so far: 1) 3 years in IC Package Design (FCBGA, Wirebond, FCCSP, WLCSP) 2) 2 years in Mechanical Design (Jig design, autom
- My brother wants to get into tech, what should I tell him? My brother is in his mid-30s and it's just him and his wife with no kids planned. I've been working as a UX designer for about 8 years now and I've been largely remote for the last 2. He has run his own small business and also worked as a part time nurse for the last few years but I think he's looki
- Is it hard to increase emotional intelligence when you're working on software all the time? I'm a SWE. TC $300k EDIT: I'm NOT asking for help/advice as I'm going to quit my job soon. I'm asking for other people's perspectives (preferably firsthand experience) to see if others have noticed the same problem. I've been trying to increase my emotional intelligence and being more aware of non
- Thanks Microsoft, yet bye! Generation Y was still attracted to Microsoft. I grew up on Windows and played Xbox. Great signing bonus and a good first manager helped, and first year was amazing. Yet, leaving the company this last Friday I reflected on the second year, and what happened, and what could make the company better,
- Sharing my experiences with cancer in the workplace Hi, I'm sharing my experience here in the hope someone here might feel less daunted by the diagnosis. TL;DR: Cancer does not necessarily spell doom. Treatment protocols for certain cancers are almost assembly-line-like. It is good to be wary, but also important to remember that there are teams/co-w
- Moving to Tech from E-Commerce/Retail Hi, Looking for some advice on how to rate my experience as I’m looking to move into the tech or fintech space. I’m currently a Sr. UX manager at a large women’s fashion retailer. I’ve been here for 2 years (was promoted from manager to sr. Manager about 6 months ago). However, this was my first ex
- How to crack a technical ME job into the West Coast Automotive? Posting for an immigrant friend of mine. I'm just relaying words. I have faith in this community to help my friend. Would be glad to covey your responses. I was recently laid off from one of the automotive big three after working for 6 months (not related to performance, the management decided to g