I was in BE team but recently there are more FE tasks that they want me to help with.

I know basic React like I can build simple ToDoList with React

But the FE tasks require more advanced FE knowledage which I don't have

I know that I don't have a big picture/knowaleadge of React.

Then I asked CTO to buy me a course on Udemy cause I'm not exceptional in React.

He said no, I prefer you to ask around other devs here.

Ngl I don't wanna bother other devs, they got their own tasks to do.

So I said ok and I just bought the course for like 50-60USD with my own money ;(

As the title says.

Ps. this is a small team with 6-8 devs. My CTO also sometimes do Customer Support's job since we are a small startup/scale up lol

To put it simply, people on CS subreddits are just constantly denying reality right in front of them. Like for example, some will completely deny the effect that AI has on the work force by thinking it's 100% useless garbage that serves zero purpose at all. Or shit on others if they dare vent about their struggles by calling them a bot or saying some other delusional shit.

The copers will continue denying reality right in front of them and then lie to others who are seeking the truth. It's both disingenuous and moronic.

I’m currently a graduate student studying AI and data analytics and am unsure of what types of internships/jobs I should be considering applying to or what skills I should be looking into building.

For context, I finished my undergrad earlier this year in a loosely related computational neuroscience degree that included basic programming, DSA, and data science courses but didn’t go too in depth into any of these topics. I also have internship experience in both data science and ServiceNow, and both my last and current job have been basic IT jobs managing tech support requests and diagnosing network connectivity issues at a small business and at my university.

I feel like I have lots of interest and skills in multiple relevant fields, but am not skilled enough to actually enter any of them. Due of this, filling out applications for any internships is even more stressful and extremely time consuming because my resume seems long but rather unspecific when untailored, but feels weak when trying to apply it to any specific internships.

I see this position listed more than ever these days.

Long story short: rejected after a first round technical interview, got the problem right but it took me the entire interview time, felt like i explained my thought process, drawbacks and advantages each time i proposed a solution.

I live in a major city but one that definitely isn’t a tech hub. feeling pretty dejected as this was my only interview out of the 50 i applied to (to basically every company in my city).

this entire new grad process has really soiled my passion for cs, how do i get it back? how do i approach the job market?

Stats:
US citizen, T100 no name uni, 3.7 GPA, one prior F100 cybersecurity internship (no return offer due to budget)

Specifically downtown Toronto where the banks are. I currently work in cloud engineering in one of them. Went to a popular after work bar and sat at the bar. Seemed mostly finance people as they were in suits but a couple in polos.
Was tempted to start approaching random people like my college days lol. But didn’t know if it would come off cringe/unprofessional.
Any suggestions? There are a few events hosted jointly with aws and the like, might have to save my energy for those.

I want to get into software development and I have the opportunity to talk to the CTO of a tech company on Friday. What questions should I ask him and why should I ask those questions.

4 and a half years ago i asked (from an old account) if it were better to career hop or not, and my post kinda sounded like i don't want to. people roasted me in the comment, saying that it was the right thing to do, and (as close to the quote as i can remember) they"hate when people are clearly not gonna take the advice". so i took it. I have 4 jobs on my CV (and 2 internships before that)
sep 2021 - dec 2022
jan 2023 - jul 2023
apr 2024 - apr 2025
may 2025 - now
the gap between the second and third is mentioned in my freelance section.
EVERY INTERVIEW THEY ASK ME WHY I CHANGE JOBS TOO OFTEN.
Some just say it in the reply to my application: direct quote
"Passed onto the team - unfortunately they said there's been too many job switches. Thanks for reaching out."
Sooooo now what? I kinda need to leave my current job, things aren't going well for the company. even if i somehow get over this in now, a new job will only make things worse for me later.

I'm a backend engineer highly motivated to pivot out into something more technical and interesting like embedded/systems programming.

I've been spending my free time learning C++ and studying operating systems. I know that the best (and only, I guess) way to showcase my capabilities in these domains, since I don't get to do it at work, is to list personal projects on my resume.

This feels awkward though, having professional experience yet trying to highlight little personal projects I've done.

For anyone who has done this successfully, I'd really appreciate any advice you might have.

Long story short I joined a team a few months ago now, and most of what I do is make small one off business logic changes to a few scripts that are like 10k lines long in a single file.

I’ve been working / picking Jira tickets related to some more front end work when it’s available, but it seems like the majority of my work has been related to the former. Am I going to be completely screwed when it’s time for me to leave this company in terms of lacking exposure to real / traditional software development?

What's your take, be brutal honest here.

We were split off from a larger company to work on our own niche software. This was about 7-8 years after PE made the investment which I was told is when they want to start to see the return.

This is what I've seen over about a year since I've joined:

• company split, of course
• consolidation of teams
• change in management style
• switch to quarterly reviews
• more aggressive deadlines

On one hand, why would they be doing any of the above, letting everyone know, with the intent to later lay off some portion of those folks? Surely layoffs sooner would save them more than later.

On the other, there might be timing involved with layoffs, so all of this has to be done anyway? Does this sound like a playbook anyone has run into with PE owned companies?

I like programming but im gonna major in data science because it looks like employment will look good in the future.

Theres alot of similarity between computer science and data science, and data science just has shit more about stats and data. But you take programming and math classes in both majors.

I was just wondering, if there was any down sides of data science that led you away from the field.

TDLR: I just dont want to take the risk of going into a comp sci degree since its very hard for juniors right now, and data science has alot of programming that it uses so I just thought it could be more worth it.

(I have programming experience in c# from making games on unity)

I'm curious how much technical interviews have changed now that tools like Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor are part of many developers' daily workflows.

Most of the interviews I hear about still focus on algorithms, live coding, or system design.

Has anyone been through an interview where you were explicitly encouraged to use AI tools?

I'd be interested to know:

• What was the actual task?
• Could you use your own IDE and preferred AI tools?
• Did they observe how you worked, or just review the final code?
• Did it feel more representative of real engineering work than a traditional coding interview?

Especially interested in firsthand experiences, including bad ones.

I know this market is hard on new grads, but would it be hard to re-enter this field with 2 years of experience? I know that isn’t mid level of course, but just curious. I live near a government contractor hub as well.

So for context, I’m a Canadian CS grad of June 2026, from a mid-tier university, definitely not a “top” university(for tech, but it’s still respected decently overall). I graduated with honours and a 3.7GPA, but I know that means almost nothing, it’s just context.

I’ve concluded that the type of tech job I originally studied CS for probably won’t materialize - at least not anytime soon. I had planned on the classic pathway of writing code to build stuff, and at the entry-level that’s increasingly and easily automated. Learning advanced architecting isn’t exactly something one picks up in a day, and I’m uncomfortable with how AI is already operating at increasingly abstract levels and fear becoming a glorified PM who just says “use Python to make X, don’t use kubernetes”

I have experience in the basics of programming and DSAs, and am slowly developing a “specialization”(so to speak) in data: SQL, databases, pandas, and all the fun simple and complex tools around that. I’ve already built a 20-30)I’m very tired and don’t have the number on me rn) table database for a little group of mine. UI is a WIP, but functional. Frontend is somewhat annoying.

I’ve had pretty bad luck with direct SWE jobs, not even a single real interview for those positions. Did a couple online tech pre-tests, aced them, but never went further. But I’ve had decent luck getting interviews for non-SWE tech and tech-adjacent roles like solutions engineering, data analysis, and QA engineering. No offer yet, but I think it’s due in part to my being a noob when it comes to interviews(as well as the lack of proper tech work experience, but with my projects and some chatting, I’ve managed to make up for it a decent amount of time).

So I figure, given that I don’t like where SWE is going and I’ve had better luck with other roles, what opportunities might people who are more in the know about tech suggest for someone like me? I don’t care *too much* about pay, but I would prefer if there were opportunities for advancement; either within the position itself, or from gaining enough relevant, credible experience to find a better job. I don’t mind putting in more work or some self-learning, but I’d prefer if the options involve things I can pick up without having to spend 6 months studying an in-depth field and building all-new projects before I can apply for my first position.

Thanks in advance, have a lovely day.

I have a cs degree with 7 years of experience. When I first started I was a buffoon, total idiot, etc. But WHO ISN'T when they are 23 right out of college?

If I was graduating right now, I would be absolutely cooked.

Now, am I all doom and gloom like this sub usually is? No, I do think CS will stay and you can make a lot of money working in CS.

But the bar to even get an entry level job is so high its INSANE.

I have been in hiring committees the past 3 years. Mind you I have zero say in the hiring process, I just have to give feedback on the candidates.

We have turned down CS grads for low salary junior jobs that were 5 times better than me when I graduated college.

It makes me think, what is the average CS grad even doing these days?

It seems like you either have to excel or you are cooked.

Mind you, I have a friend who barely passed the NCLEX and is a total idiot BTW, it took him 3 times to finally pass. And you know what? He still is gainfully employed and is able to get a job easily.

I have a friend who graduated in accounting with a 2.8 GPA or some crap like that, but he still got a low level accounting job after a couple hundred applications.

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Hello everyone I'm currently enrolled in a dual masters in computer engineering and computer science at UHCL I'm located in Houston near NASA but may want to move to Colombia where my family is from at some point. I'm on a full scholarship. However I'm having doubts about where to go for a career. I have 3 years of experience in web development and general IT and an undergrad in IT. I really am just looking for something I can make it into before AI wipes the entry level of the field, I also want something that interests me and that is stable not as hectic as web development. Although everything in tech is fast paced. However I can't quite decide my main 3 areas of interest are embedded systems, cybersecurity and networking. Each has pros and cons. I seem to like embedded systems the most but I worry that even AI can do embedded code now as well. I don't know other areas of hardware engineering that are perhaps safer. I liked cyber but it was impossible for me to break with my undergrad as it's extremely competitive. I had a networking role which was okay but I was more like this fine I liked some things on the job especially the physical parts. Some parts felt boring. The pay was abysmal but pay isn't my main driver. I took an AI course and found it pretty interesting especially the topics with edge AI. I also want to be a professor at some point in my life I'm 26 so I don't know right now. I like building/making things. I don't mind detective type work either. I just feel lost right now and don't know where to go for my career.

Any advice is appreciated.

https://catalog.uhcl.edu/preview\\_program.php?catoid=25&poid=7072

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Title – with all the layoff news, if your company did a large wave of layoffs in light of "restructuring", would you begin applying elsewhere? Why or why not? What factors would influence your decision?

Example, with Netflix – great comp and perks, but is that reason to avoid preparing for the worst?

Hello all,
I have an interview for the FAST internship at JPMORGAN. It had an analytics track and data science track which I’m interested in. After applying I received an email from a recruiter and I have an interview. I was wondering if anybody know how this interview is conducted and what type of questions are asked

I have my first technical interview with Google coming up, I wanted to ask is it true that they do the interview on Google Docs?? How exactly do we do test cases in that case and how strict will they be on syntax errors?

Thanks :)

I'm currently working in person 2 days a week in California with 1 year and 4 months at this company but have to move up to Oregon by May 2027, which will be just about 2 years.

I know the job market is still extremely tough and I'd like to still work at this company for as long as I can and hopefully ask my company to work fully remote or come to the office once a quarter kind of thing if that is necessary.

How would you approach this kind of talk with the company and when would you suggest doing so? I'm thinking I need to step up and take on some more work or projects to demonstrate value and contribute so I can show I am valuable to the team or something like that. This is my first software job from coding bootcamp so I don't have other experience besides this as well.

I know there are some fully remote employees but I don't personally know them and if the company can allow remote employees in Oregon due to taxes or other things.

The in office culture is really chill too as it's 2 days but really people typically only come once, the other day is pretty sparse and even my manager often doesn't come the 2nd day and if you need to wfh both days just need to notify beforehand.

I'm curious to hear from developers who are a few years into their careers.

When you're starting out, there are so many things to focus on — DSA, projects, system design, new frameworks, certifications, networking, and interview preparation.

Looking back, what actually made the biggest difference in your career growth?

• Getting better at DSA and problem-solving?
• Building real-world projects?
• Learning system design?
• Switching companies?
• Networking and referrals?
• Something else entirely?

I'd love to hear what genuinely helped you grow, what turned out to be a waste of time, and what you'd recommend to someone starting their career today.

Is anyone able to give advice for getting into UKG? Still on the job hunt 9 months after mass layoff at my company. Thank you!