Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion - Page 10453

On July 23 2021 09:12 TheEmulator wrote:
Are you failing at the interview stage or just having trouble getting them in general? Hard to say whether it's your resume, tech/soft skills during the interview, shit market in your area, etc. On another note If you absolutely need a job asap and you're applying in a major tech hub, I'd consider looking at some smaller cities at first and then transition back to a tech hub when you have 1-2 years of experience.

I'll be honest I kind of lucked out and got a referral to a great company (which pretty much guaranteed at least an interview). Then I got some whiteboard questions that I had already done multiple times in my DS/Algo course lol.

edit: (adding some basic tips that could maybe apply to you)

Most basic tips without knowing your situation that I can give would be to just continue working on your skills. Build interesting shit, practice your ds/algos if you are targeting companies that whiteboard, have someone look over your resume (honestly ask eieio maybe? he's a senior at a very major company, he most likely does interviews). Reach out to people on Linkedin and related sites. Go to any meetups/career fares, ask people you know for referrals, etc.

Finally, keep a hold on your mental health. As someone that has battled similar issues that you have for years, I can say if you aren't in a good place mentally then that's easily your #1 priority atm. Good luck with everything though

On July 23 2021 23:16 Erasme wrote:
i would also suggest to start playing around with unity/unreal engine

On July 24 2021 00:19 eieio wrote:
comeh, if you're making it to the interview stage but struggling to pass and want some kind of help I would be happy to get on a call with you or smth. I have conducted probably ~200 or ~250 software dev interviews in the last few years.

Also echoing what emu said that by far getting the first job is the hardest. And interviewing really does get easier over time.

On July 28 2021 01:13 Comeh wrote:
Hrm, I guess I'm having trouble with all stages of the process - getting interviews has been tough (though i've had some luck lately!), but yeah, interviews are hard. Haven't had a whiteboard interview in a LONG time, but those have been pretty hit or miss for me. Just standard technical interviews lately, which are pretty rough as I almost always mess up some of the question or don't know stuff. Just seems like there's so much to know, and its hard to focus on any one thing for me (though I'm probably not putting as much time into it).

What's a good way people recommend practicing algorithms? Its definitely a weaker point for me, but is there a good book to learn from, or a website people prefer? For whiteboard practice, i've done stuff like hackerrank and leetcode - is this one of those services that its useful to actually spend money on?

Yeah, mental health hasn't been great; kind of been in a stressful / mentally taxing relationship and trying to work through it, but that and covid and unemployment (money-wise, i'm fine though) has had its mental toll for sure. Currently shopping for a new therapist as my old one wasn't getting the job done, though.

On July 29 2021 00:31 PassiveAce wrote:
The pandemic ended two weeks after my second dose bruh

On July 29 2021 00:51 Erasme wrote:

theres already talk about a third dose bruh
also delta is shredding the uk

On July 29 2021 01:05 PassiveAce wrote:

I heard that Pfizer vaccine is resistant to delta strain and further doses would be needed in like six months or a year?

I'm not like an anti-masker or anything but now that I'm vaxxed up I'm just ready to live life.