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So as we all know there is slim pickings in this market. I have 3 YOE and considering moving across the country for an offer. They are offering a relocation bonus as well. I also have offers in my local area but they don’t pay nearly as much + state income tax. I’m wondering if relocation is even wise given that people get laid off a few months after moving for a company? AFAIK, I’ve never seen a “safety net” in my job contracts to prevent me from getting laid off after a move.

Personally, after having dating an ENTP, I much prefer them as friends. Generally I find them to have “too much” personality for me. Though they are very entertaining, quippy, and can be great at parties, that energy is too much for me in day-to-day life. My biggest grievance about them is their tendency to over-debate, play the devil’s advocate, and use distasteful sarcasm. Which is unfortunate because I connect with them great on an intellectual level.

Thoughts?

Apologies if I sound naive, but I have 3+ YOE working as a full stack engineer. I’ve worked with Vue/Angular/Typescript, NodeJS, and C/C++ lower level systems work, and Python for testing infrastructure and Linux tooling. I’m feeling the pinch to do something more specialized given the current environment in technology.

I’m doing grad school part time with an emphasis on ML/AI, and my course work will be something like: AI, ML, Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Distributed Computing and maybe a Cloud course. I’m planning on working on projects in my free time to show what I’ve learned.

Is there a specific subset of ML/AI jobs I should focus on or that I would have better luck with?

So as the title says, I applied to a few positions today and received the automated email telling me to take the OA with a deadline a week from now. Um… what?! I don’t feel ready for this at all. I haven’t bothered with LeetCode since getting hired three years ago. I applied thinking that the interview process would be long and drawn out. But the OA is this:

1. Coding challenge with two problems: 100 minutes. 1 traditional, 1 AI assisted
2. Work simulation: 15 minutes
3. Work style surveys: 10 minutes

So my question is, is it better to try to prepare and take it, and risk a failure? Or ignore the email and let the assessment expire? I’m not sure what the consequences are from either.

I have SWE II/III interviews coming up and I’m sort of overwhelmed with all the possible different approaches to each problem. In interviews, do they expect you to come up with every possible approach? Or just the brute force and the optimal?

Interviewing for companies like Google, SpaceX, and Fidelity BTW.

I just received a candidate questionnaire and a GHA about a week after submitting an application. I feel like I’m terribly unprepared with LeetCode, since I haven’t done it in a while. I can do easy’s maybe some mediums.

Can anyone suggest advice for completing the GHA? Approximately how long after I pass that does the first technical round come in? What is the general timeline here?

If you’ve been in the job application process, you’ll see that some companies have pay grades like so:

Zone A/1: NYC, LA, SF, Seattle
Zone B/2: Austin, Philly, …Boston???

This is what I’ve seen so far. Going down a pay grade is like tens of thousands of dollars less. I want to know why they think Boston isn’t as an expensive city as those in Zone 1. We know that the COL here is outrageous. PLUS, we have a state income tax! So, what gives???

I live in Merrimack, NH and was recently laid off from a good job with a New Hampshire employer. As I start my job search, I’m realizing that for better pay, benefits, and career growth in tech, I may need to commute into Massachusetts.

I’d like to hear from others who make that commute—what is it generally like traveling from southern NH into MA? I’m trying to decide whether it makes more sense to stay where I am or pack my bags and move to MA

My commute before was 15 minutes! I’m sort of dreading anything that’ll take close to an hour.

I’m a software engineer with about 3 years of experience working on embedded Linux systems and backend/full-stack (C/C++, Node.js, Vue). I was recently laid off due to restructuring, so I’m actively job hunting. I’m targeting full-stack, backend, or edge AI–related roles.

I’m currently based near Boston but applying broadly, especially to Seattle, and I’m fully open to relocating. So far, I’ve been applying pretty consistently but haven’t been getting as many callbacks as I expected, which is why I’m here. I’m trying to figure out if it’s a resume positioning issue or if I’m not framing my experience well for the roles I want.

I’d especially appreciate feedback on my experience section—whether it clearly communicates impact. I’m a U.S. citizen, so no visa constraints.

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Does anyone else experience this with their partner? For example, my boyfriend and I were watching a show where someone mentioned they wanted to move to Montana. He said, “Why would anyone ever want to move to Montana?” I said, “Because there’s great nature. A lot of people moved there for cheap housing from California during the pandemic.” He said, “Why would anyone ever move for that? There’s nature outside.” *points to a boring manicured lawn*. I’m like okay, I’m not going to try to explain to him because he just doesn’t “get it”. He’s also never been an outdoorsy person. He thinks everything he needs is in a city, which is fair. I myself, though, love nature and being outdoors. Mind you, he can be a jokester, but he is not joking here. He quite literally can’t comprehend certain things.

But also, he shows this pattern a lot. He questions a lot of things, like people’s behaviors, personalities, interests, hobbies, etc. He can jump to weird conclusions for the most mundane stuff. One time when he was giving a seminar (lawyer stuff), he came home, said it went great, and said, “I wonder why everyone was so bland? They should have been as chipper as I was!”

This is weird to me, it’s like he thinks people should behave the way he does. I’m not sure if I should be concerned, I’ve been dating him for 10 months now. I don’t know if this is what lawyers are like, but it really drives me up a wall.

Another example: he’s coming off of smoking as a habit. He thinks smoking occasionally doesn’t do the body harm. Even though I told him there’s irrefutable evidence that even ocasional smoking does damage, he refuses to believe it. The body keeps score, but it’s all hogwash to him.