I have a lot of driving ahead of me, around 60 hours in the next two months. I can only consume written media through audiobook while driving or exercising due to follow-on effects of a medical issue. I can use written media as reference material, sure, but just sitting down and reading through it i...Read more
What is expected for level 7 Engineers in terms of scope and impact? How are they measured? What does it take to be successful? Once successful is it possible to sustain with reasonable work life balance? Joining Broadcom via VMware acquisition. In VMware, level 7 is a wide range. We have people wh...Read more
I got a competing offer from US bank for an architecture role. I want to know if us bank gives access to check emails or reply on chats via phone.
This one is definitely my favorite -- "Design Microservice Architectures the Right Way" by Michael Bryzek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6ow-UemzBc I never imagined that code generation (via gRCP or specs) could be so useful. What are some of your favorites? #engineering #software
I just did my first interview on pramp. If you're a swe or a project manager that's an amazing resource. I'm more of an infrastructure guy, trying to land a role as a Solutions Architect with GCP, AWS, or Azure. The questions on pramp aren't really tailored for what I'm trying to do. Does anyone kn...Read more
What are some of cool tips/tricks to complete architectural/domain tasks via code? My career goal for next year is to switch to swe . Family commitments take personal time :| so time beyond office hours is not possible to utilize. I don't want to develop bad habits by using github copilot or ChatG...Read more
After I cleared the MGMT round (which was more on the architecture side) there’s an invite from the recruiter for a technical screen for an hour. I can take it f2f or via phone, what kind of questions I’m expecting and how different it’s from onsite tech screen if I actually take the F2F for this as...Read more
Working at a start up as lone designer. Hats I’m wearing; UX research, UX design, UI design, info architecture, content writing, marketing via website, you name it. Am I digging myself a hole with future opportunities by spreading myself across disciplines rather than mastering one? Company focuses...Read more
Myself: 24 YoE GCP, Architecture, Agile Delivery, Digital/Agile Transformation, mainly FS but transferrable industry sills US 18 YoE, UK 4+ YoE Currently in London Looking For: - Anyone wanting to refer me into their company since applying via LinkedIn hasn't yielded much - Any tips to reach the top...Read more
What companies are paying the most for LLM talent? I know lots of people are pretending to be LLM experts these days because they can call a REST API. Hats off to you! But this post is for real LLM experts! What companies are paying the most for someone who can scale training to 10K+ chips at SOTA...Read more
I'm a seasoned professional with experience at Google and High-Frequency Trading (HFT). Having successfully cracked interviews at multiple HFT firms, I'm here to guide you through your HFT interview preparation journey. My expertise spans C++, Operating Systems, Network Protocols, and Computer Arch...Read more
I have Deliverr onsite coming up in three weeks. Has anyone recently been to their virtual onsite? On the zoom call Recruiter told me there will be, (She is going to send me more details via email) - 2 coding rounds - 1 Algorithm round - 1 Bar raiser with data model or design - 1 Architecture r...Read more
Folks, It’s an obvious “ search the web “ for jobs. Or look on indeed. I am looking after 15 years for a new job. ( have 25 years of experience in IT operations & engineering ) currently run 5 teams ( 35-40 employees) Done quite a few large architectural deployments, cloud infrastructure and init...Read more
I got the square on site coming up (split into two days) - 3 Pair Programming Interviews (via CodeSignal again) These should be the same as the phone screens so i think i’ll be okay here - 2 Q&A Sessions (Past experience as well as Architecture/Design) Kind of nervous for system design, i don’t ...Read more
I am a generic software engineer right now and work on writing backend services, calling them from the front end and adding some monitoring and metrics to the service. Service Oriented Architecture in short. The services I contribute to already serve millions of customers. But all that is handled ...Read more
- 15 YOE software development (Java/Python) along with 5+ in management (lead a team of 10+ engineers) - Expertise: Building Large Scale Data Architectures (more on breadth vs depth though I understand the nuts and bolts of DB like query execution and query optimization), Networking - Very Hands-...Read more
For real-world architecture/system design, earlier in your career, is it better to learn more passively first by taking your time learning from others/attending meetings, or by actually doing it and actively participating from the start? Is good feedback/mentorship what truly matters or is it feasib...Read more
Looking to invest into myself 1 year of training. Living situation covered. My initial thoughts are to start from first principles and learn how to learn and how to make information stick. Then I plan to learn the evergreen skills/fundamentals such as problem solving in software, design patterns,...Read more
I have 12+ years of experience and unfortunately never had any senior technical member in the team to review my code or discuss architecture. I followed various forums, talks suggesting to reach out to people via LinkedIn etc and get reviews. But no one actually cares when you ping them privately. ...Read more
Hi fellow Blinders I had interviewed for Google Cloud Customer Engineer role last week. The interviews were NOT that hard at all. I had interviews in RRK & GCA themes. RRK was 1 hr, mostly testing broad Cloud Knowledge, Architectural Patterns for various scenarios, Application Modernization pattern...Read more