greyostrich

I'm not sure if these are red flags, but I've never had a positive experience when I've encountered the following items: 1) Focusing on the salary. Whenever $$$ is mentioned, the interviewing process becomes tainted for…

An internal company recruiter asked me to list several dates and times for a phone interview. I selected three different days, and a range of four hours for each day. The recruiter decided to schedule the interview no…

I was given seven problems to submit via an online coding service called remoteinterview.io. Three problems included HackerRank style challenges. I was able to solve everything within an hour (though, it take me closer…

My university did a poor job of teaching either. Databases was not required, and it was mainly a graduate course. Operating systems was taught entirely theoretically with no programming assignments, so I practically…

I was invited for an interview with this company. I've heard nothing really positive. Apparently you get signed into an indentured contract for 2 years, where you get paid less working than at a McDonalds in exchange…

A year ago, I asked HN what can I do get an entry job. HN told me to keep on grinding. That I will get lucky. Some HN people offered to look at my resume. I talked to them through email, and they offered advice. I…

First: Objective -- yay or nay? Education -- bottom instead of top? I currently have it on the bottom, because my personal projects are on the top. Second (this is off-topic): Three months ago, I asked for advice about…

I graduated with a CS degree, May 2015. No one in my entire family tree has ever graduated high school, so I've never had any encouragement or mentoring for CS. I ended up in a very average university: is not in top 100…