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Laid Off, Now What?

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ChuckNorris89 wrote: post #320
ctvo wrote: post #312

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> I can't believe this is how interviewing works in this field. Everyone in every other respectable field (and ones that pay as well or better, and have worse consequences for hiring a "bad fit") seems entitled to some baseline level of respect and recognition for their experience and work. Having some smarmy piece of shit ask questions from Jr.-year computer science should be justifiable grounds for a broken nose. T…

>For 300k+ a year? I'll find a way to deal with it. I would too even for half that but unfortunately, in Europe, lots of the fancy tech corps. are adopting the SV style mult-day take home project/on-site interview grind but only paying $65-85k/year. I'm still thinking whether I can make it in this field till retirement(FIRE is out of the question at this pay) or if I should just change to something else while I still…

These only make sense when the signal to noise ratio gets bad, ie you get too many spammy applications.

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stack_underflow wrote: post #207
titanomachy wrote: post #47

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It wouldn't be so bad if Indians and Chinese could actually immigrate. They have to stay in this precarious H1B state indefinitely, since getting a green card is effectively impossible for people from those countries.

Hell, I'm Canadian and I also bucket into the India group since I was born there. Doesn't seem to matter that I was less than a year old when my parents immigrated to Canada either. I don't have high hopes for ever receiving a green card: https://medium.com/@happy_sushi_roll/the-endless-wait-for-a-...

Also because you are a citizen of India no?

I mean, it wouldn't be fair if folks could simply skip the line by going to a third country.

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Post by TheFiend7 »

creato wrote: post #244
rhexs wrote: post #116

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I think there's certainly some truth to coding interviews being an effective mechanism in shifting hiring towards H1Bs. It's much easier to say that Americans can't do the job when you create a test around studying for 500 hours to memorize hundreds upon hundreds of coding puzzles in order to build up a mental encyclopedia of how to quickly apply your algorithmic "training" to the puzzle of the day. I'd bet H1Bs are…

This is an absurd characterization of coding interviews. I've been on both sides of big tech interviews, and I've been at a few companies. I've seen two extremes. At one end, the company had pretty lax interviews, and I rarely interviewed anyone while I was there. The quality of people at this company was relatively low, from my small sample size of coworkers. At the other end, a company well known for challenging co…

I'm not necessarily anti coding interviews, but somehow convincing yourself there is any degree of innate talent is a myth. There is a linear relationship between practice and performance. It's as simple as that. Some people are privileged with better resources to practice more effectively, but at the end of the day, it comes down to who has done it more.

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Post by jgwil2 »

PragmaticPulp wrote: post #223
speedgoose wrote: post #204

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The nice salaries are also there to attract talented people despite all this bullshit.

It’s funny that our industry lets anyone, from any background have a fair shot at top paying jobs with only a few weeks or months of practice against freely-available practice problems that can be done from the comfort of your home. If you struggle, there is an endless supply of tutorials and YouTube videos to help you out. Did I mention it’s all free and you can do it on your own time? When I tell my doctor, lawyer,…

Of course, this is great for people on the outside trying to break in, but less so for people already in the industry. I can honestly see both sides of this. The fact is, once you've earned credentials, you would like to see them respected, rather than having to prove yourself again and again. Furthermore, it is widely acknowledged that these coding puzzles have little to do with the actual work. I'm sure your medical doctor friends would change their tune if they were forced to answer undergraduate organic chemistry questions (or whatever) every time they wanted to change jobs.

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Post by vecinu »

nrmitchi wrote: post #147
vecinu wrote: post #119

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I went through something similar but remember the name of the game is to not volunteer unnecessary information. Did you tell the agent you didn't leave after you were laid off? Or did you just ask for a new TN once you had a new offer? It seemed to me like being too truthful could hurt your chances more than to just ask for a new visa and let them process the TN as needed. Some employers wouldn't even report your ter…

Your point about not offering unnecessary information is, unfortunately, good advice. In my situation it felt as if the officer was going to every possible length to find a reason to reject my application. I was explicitly asked why I was no longer with my former employer, what my last day of work was, and what date I had previously left the US to return to Canada. Being untruthful about any of these easily-verifiabl…

Wow, I must have gotten really lucky I had no such questions and had no way to prove any of them!
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