Always Be Coding – How to Land an Engineering Job • Hacker News Board

davidbyttow wrote: post #10

callmeed wrote: post #9

Really good post, thanks David. I'm really curious as to how you landed an interview at Google (let alone a job) without a college degree. My understanding is they are very strict about that and it's hard to even get a foot in the door without a degree. [disclosure: I'm on a 10 year "hiatus" from my senior year in college]

I had six years of experience in video games and was a hardcore C++ programmer. To be honest, I was surprised they called me. Nowadays, showing a body of work speaks volumes. Show, don't tell!

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Re: Always Be Coding – How to Land an Engineering Job

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Post by 31reasons » Wed, May 22, 2013, 5:08 AM UTC

nbroyal wrote: post #16

To properly prepare for these interviews you have to invest quite a bit of time. At this point in my life (late 20s), my time is one of my most valuable resources. So, the last thing I want to do is spend that time effectively preparing for a data structures and algorithms exam. Each time I sit down to brush up on the details of Prim's algorithm or the exact implementation of quicksort, my eyes glaze over and I start…

I feel exactly the same. I can master any and all graph algorithms under the sun if I want to but why? Just for a job? I would rather be building things.

Re: Always Be Coding – How to Land an Engineering Job

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Post by losethos » Wed, May 22, 2013, 5:11 AM UTC

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Re: Always Be Coding – How to Land an Engineering Job

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Post by whirlwind23 » Wed, May 22, 2013, 5:12 AM UTC

jgh wrote: post #5

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Re: Always Be Coding – How to Land an Engineering Job

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Post by ivanist » Wed, May 22, 2013, 5:20 AM UTC

Little bit of nitpicking: If x = y = 1, then value = 0. I wonder why he didn't just choose value to be 100y/x.

Re: Always Be Coding – How to Land an Engineering Job

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Post by pvdm » Wed, May 22, 2013, 5:20 AM UTC

Log(1)=0 If you interviewed once and got the job, your score would be 0.

Re: Always Be Coding – How to Land an Engineering Job

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Post by davidbyttow » Wed, May 22, 2013, 5:26 AM UTC

31reasons wrote: post #25

nbroyal wrote: post #16

To properly prepare for these interviews you have to invest quite a bit of time. At this point in my life (late 20s), my time is one of my most valuable resources. So, the last thing I want to do is spend that time effectively preparing for a data structures and algorithms exam. Each time I sit down to brush up on the details of Prim's algorithm or the exact implementation of quicksort, my eyes glaze over and I start…

I feel exactly the same. I can master any and all graph algorithms under the sun if I want to but why? Just for a job? I would rather be building things.

The idea is to get in the door. Unfortunately, the bouncer is extremely flawed and often gets it wrong. But once you're in, you should refocus on building things.