Random Thoughts - Part III The Search for Spark (No Politics)

[x808drifter]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

Argh, my phone (S9+) is starting to have screen issues where the colors will be washed out and grainy after having the screen on for a few minutes.

Yes, I stuck with this phone for this long cuz it has a headphone jack and the camera is decently good.

LOL I'm still running a 6+.
If it ain't broke don't fix it.

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by spike021

Bombed another interview. So embarassing.

Eh you learned something move on to the next. You're just a number to them, so they are just a number to you.

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[spike021]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

lol fuckem

Software engineer interviews are so GD frustrating. Of course I got a "hard" problem, the kind that you can't just solve in an hour with someone breathing down your neck watching your screen without already basically having it memorized.

Earlier this week in another one, the guy's first question was about counting set bits in an integer (i.e. how many set bits is 010010 or whatever). So you have to iterate over each bit, which you do by dividing to get each place, and you do that using logical operators. Well, I forgot that dividing for bit shifting is using ">>" and I just told the guy how I would do it but that I couldn't remember the operator to use because it's been a long time. His response was "eh this is a new grad problem. Anyway let's move on to the next one."

Originally Posted by p1l0t

Eh you learned something move on to the next. You're just a number to them, so they are just a number to you.

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A lot of it is just luck of getting some combination of:

1. a somewhat doable problem that's not extremely simple but not difficult either
2. a problem where it could be tricky but the interviewer doesn't mind providing hints or whatever and does *not* ding you for doing so

I haven't interviewed with a company yet to get that combination this go around. Hopefully soon.

I knew my problem this job search would be the interviews themselves; I've had 0 problems getting companies to talk to me. It's such a crapshoot.

My other issue is that I get severe anxiety leading to it and then when on the call I have basically a panic attack and I don't know what to do for that other than borrowing some prozac from @humfrz.

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by spike021

Software engineer interviews are so GD frustrating. Of course I got a "hard" problem, the kind that you can't just solve in an hour with someone breathing down your neck watching your screen without already basically having it memorized.



Earlier this week in another one, the guy's first question was about counting set bits in an integer (i.e. how many set bits is 010010 or whatever). So you have to iterate over each bit, which you do by dividing to get each place, and you do that using logical operators. Well, I forgot that dividing for bit shifting is using ">>" and I just told the guy how I would do it but that I couldn't remember the operator to use because it's been a long time. His response was "eh this is a new grad problem. Anyway let's move on to the next one."







A lot of it is just luck of getting some combination of:



1. a somewhat doable problem that's not extremely simple but not difficult either

2. a problem where it could be tricky but the interviewer doesn't mind providing hints or whatever and does *not* ding you for doing so



I haven't interviewed with a company yet to get that combination this go around. Hopefully soon.



I knew my problem this job search would be the interviews themselves; I've had 0 problems getting companies to talk to me. It's such a crapshoot.



My other issue is that I get severe anxiety leading to it and then when on the call I have basically a panic attack and I don't know what to do for that other than borrowing some prozac from @humfrz.

I'm so sick of working for other people. Just hate the process in general it's almost meaningless. Being self-employed has it's own risks but at least you get to write your own ticket.

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[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

You don't have kids do you? I bet I could find some stickers lying around and my kids are in their 40s. May not be monster ones but I could do receptacles in Spiderman and switch's in Superman.

You are reading way too much into this just to feel offended.

no kids, but the nephews can still be entertained with a puddle. who am i kidding. i'm entertained by a puddle.



or maybe you're taking my bland sense of humor a little too seriously

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

I'm so sick of working for other people. Just hate the process in general it's almost meaningless. Being self-employed has it's own risks but at least you get to write your own ticket.

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i'm sick of working. haven't figured a way out of it though.

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by soundman98

i'm sick of working. haven't figured a way out of it though.

You need the opposite of self-employed then. Maybe a state job..

I'll be honest though being a park ranger or something always sounded good to me. Just go get lost in the woods for 9 hours a day.. Well I guess that's a Fed job in most cases.

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[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by soundman98

i'm sick of working. haven't figured a way out of it though.

There's always a way out of it, you just have to be willing to adjust to the lifestyle you can afford with your new income....

[spike021]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

You need the opposite of self-employed then. Maybe a state job..

I'll be honest though being a park ranger or something always sounded good to me. Just go get lost in the woods for 9 hours a day.. Well I guess that's a Fed job in most cases.

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One of my local 86 friends is actually a county park ranger. It seems like a mostly fun job.

There are some depressing bits though, like occasionally coming across a dead homeless person or something out in the middle of one of his parks that he patrols, or when he has to help out with missing hikers or whatever.

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by spike021

One of my local 86 friends is actually a county park ranger. It seems like a mostly fun job.



There are some depressing bits though, like occasionally coming across a dead homeless person or something out in the middle of one of his parks that he patrols, or when he has to help out with missing hikers or whatever.

Yeah every job has it's glitz and glamour... and it's, well why it pays you and you don't pay to be there...

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[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

I'll be honest though being a park ranger or something always sounded good to me. Just go get lost in the woods for 9 hours a day.. Well I guess that's a Fed job in most cases.

I want to be a police detective in Hallmark Movies and Mystery Land. You never really have to solve a case because there are always good looking women around doing your job for you one of whom you are usually sleeping with.

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

You need the opposite of self-employed then. Maybe a state job..

I'll be honest though being a park ranger or something always sounded good to me. Just go get lost in the woods for 9 hours a day.. Well I guess that's a Fed job in most cases.

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My wife after flying back to US & see TSA ppl yelling at ppl before crossing the gate.

Wife: I wanna work for TSA!
Me: wait, what? Why?
Wife: you can be **** to ppl & get paid! Look at him! He’s yelling at an old women & he no fuck give!
*TSA guy stares
Wife: See! I chose a wrong career.
Me: SMH


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[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I want to be a police detective in Hallmark Movies and Mystery Land. You never really have to solve a case because there are always good looking women around doing your job for you one of whom you are usually sleeping with.

You don't want to be a man in any Hallmark movie, lol!

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[spike021]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

You don't want to be a man in any Hallmark movie, lol!

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Is that because 80% of them have to be Santa in at least one Hallmark Christmas movie per year?

lolz.