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Originally Posted by hpanju
Considering you’re involved in the whole interview process for software engineers and jobs of that nature, got any tips? Things I should try and focus on as I’m going through university that’ll help me in the long run? Still in first year but I’ve already done major programming (mostly games) and always wonder what else I’ll need to do to be competitive
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Problem solving, curiosity. A good tech interview has nothing to do with knowing everything, everything to do with working through, asking good questions, validating assumptions...
Keep it simple. You'll thank yourself in six months when you have to fix a bit and have to figure out how the stuff you were works.
Be humble. Be honest. Know how to figure things out. The specifics keep changing, so being a super coder today is meaningless.
I've recommended hires out of college with zero experience in any of the tech we use with great results. I've worked with "amazing" people who wrote illegible code and were horrible to work with.