Compensation is not bad since the recruiters are so desperate to fill their jobs asap that you can ask for the world without any attention to internal compression.
It’s a dog eat dog world now. No longer is Gap the company that values or supports family or cares about employee engagement, loyalty or tenure. You move up by who you know and how you look. Forget about diversity in the workplace. That’s all lip service. If you’re white and tall, this place is perfect for you.
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?
Hello all, I am a CS engineer, graduated in 2021 with a tier-3 college. I worked for Accenture for 6 months after graduation but left it in between to prepare for upsc. I’m trying to get a job or internship again in the IT sector. Any leads would be really helpful for me Thanks all. #swe #engine...Read more
will employers be more forgiving of kids who lost internships or couldnt secure one due to covid and the merket?
When you count YOE, do you include the gap year and internship (3/6/9months)?
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
Hi everyone, I reside in Toronto, Canada and looking for job in IT. Back home I have experience of 6 years in IT followed by 6 years career gap. I had worked as java backend developer and upskilling myself on the same. I am a permanent resident in Canada and had been looking for jobs here for last y...Read more
I want to go into OS Security and I have an offer to do kernel programming. My reasoning is it will help me stand out for future security research roles like at Apple or Spacex. Should I take it for a semester or go back to college(none of my coursework is relevant)?
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
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...Read more
Hi All, I’m an incoming Jane Street quant trading intern, considering doing a gap year next year and doing a few off cycle internships. Anyone know companies that offer off cycle internships in quant trading or quant research?
Hi Former softwaee dev guy Had to leave due to some family stuff last year (March, 2023) Trying to get back into workforce with a year gap, but no luck My reesume looks like sht and practically did no dev work tho my titles says so (did all kinds of IT support work ranging from network teoubleshoo...Read more
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...Read more
I came to the US from Pakistan for my undergrad, after taking a gap year after high school because I hadn't planned on applying for colleges abroad. On top of that, my degree was a 5-year co-op program that included internships. I had to spend a year doing internships during what was supposed to be ...Read more
My work history is basically Small tech company - 2 years Small tech company - 1 year Intuit internship 0.5 year gap Graduate with BA in CS 1.5 years at Intuit 1 year at Amazon 1.5 years at Google. Most people on Blind have said recruiters will read that as 4 YOE. If I left off my graduation date ...Read more
Hello, Please help me out with an important decision. It's a bit of a complex situation but I could really use some advice. I'm currently on a gap semester and have 2 options: 1) Apply for gap-year internships that start immediately 2) Apply for Summer '21 internships 'Brief' context: I'm an in...Read more
Super hyped right now got a Google recruiter reach out for a 2023 Summer internship. I graduate Fall 2022. A whole semester gap. What’s the best course of action to turn this recruiter into a job post graduation? (Currently an intern) TC: $20 Midwest intern @googl
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...Read more
I was laid off in March and have been struggling to find a job since then. I was only at my previous company as a SWE for 6 months, straight out of college. Everything else is my life is going pretty well. I gym 5 times a week, have an amazing girlfriend, sufficient savings, no debt, and I'm also a...Read more
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
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...Read more