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Re:Show HN: Code to Graph: Visualize JavaScript code as a network diagram on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @05:21AM (#18919627)
This is awesome!

Ask HN: Interview feedback biased?

Posted by employee123 on Monday October 09, 2017 @01:28PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I recently interviewed at a well-known silicon valley company that is public for a front-end role. I have been doing front-end for more than 3years now and I don't mean to brag but I can say with confidence that I am an advanced Javascript developer because for the past two years I have put in so much effort into understanding the deeper workings of the language from ES5 - ES6. At my current...

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Ask HN: Front-end engineering positions with Visa sponsorship UK/Canada?

Posted by employee123 on Sunday September 10, 2017 @02:09PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm a front-end engineer with about 4 years experience currently working for a big Co in Europe but looking to relocate to an English speaking country.How easy/possible is it to find front-end engineering positions in Canada/UK with companies willing to sponsor Visa. I know Canada recently has a Tech visa program.

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Re:Ask HN: Self taught programmers without CS degree working at one of... on Sunday July 02, 2017 @04:49PM (#14684264)
Thanks for sharing this, I'm currently using this https://teachyourselfcs.com/ as a study tool.
Re:Ask HN: What have the s/w interviews evolved to :( on Monday June 26, 2017 @06:02PM (#14640762)
Hi I found your post interesting. I'm a frontend dev myself for about 3 years and also with some full stack. I've been on the lookout for frontend engineers at the big4 & I wanted to know how the process is like? Is this CS heavy. If you don't mind can I email you? Thanks in advance.
Re:Ask HN: What apps have been sold or acquired before becoming a company on Sunday June 25, 2017 @04:51AM (#14629213)
Also curious about this too.
Re:Ask HN: Article from 2016 that graphed college major vs. prestige v... on Friday March 24, 2017 @11:03AM (#13949347)
Bottom line, if you want to earn more get an STEM degree. These Art degrees can't do much with all those fanciness.
Re:Ask HN: How do you differentiate yourself as an older programmer? on Thursday March 23, 2017 @02:14AM (#13937717)
This is completely irrelevant and useless.
Re:Ask HN: Anyone interested in connecting with a mentor? on Saturday September 24, 2016 @03:43AM (#12569925)
I am really interested in becoming a mentee.

I am a front-end developer and been coding for about 3 years now, I am currently looking to learn CS basics and transition to a software engineer. I'm looking for a mentor who can guide me through the path and give me useful advice.

Thanks in advance :)

Ask HN: Why does Booking.com have such bad reputation?

Posted by employee123 on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @01:13AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I am currently interviewing for a position at Booking.com, researching online, I found out that they have so much bad reputation about the way they treat their developers. I'm really skeptical about continuing with the interview. Are these just disgruntled employees or is their claim credible?

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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone been hired by the big 4 companies from outside t... on Saturday September 17, 2016 @11:32AM (#12520899)
Interesting, thanks for sharing this. Actually, I've been reading up a lot on front-end technologies and I'm pretty vast with them. I made it a habit to read one JS book every two weeks, and later moved to CSS. I only recently added data structure and algorithm to the list because of similar reasons.
Re:Ask HN: Has anyone been hired by the big 4 companies from outside t... on Saturday September 17, 2016 @10:51AM (#12520714)
Oh well, one thing I try to do is study a lot. I realised even if you could program well, it pays to know the buzzwords and how things under the hood really work, and that's what normally asked during interviews. I made it a goal to read a lot of books on Javascript, HTML5 and CSS3. I recently started learning data structures and algorithms, turns out this knowledge is useful not just as a programmer(sometimes, depending on what you do) it helps you when interviewing at big companies, especially if you want to get into one of the big 4 like I do :)
Re:Ask HN: Has anyone been hired by the big 4 companies from outside t... on Saturday September 17, 2016 @10:41AM (#12520672)
Thanks for sharing, you've really opened my eyes to a lot of things. Looking up O1, it says extraordinary ability in sciences or art. What exactly qualifies as an extraordinary ability. I'm a pretty decent programmer and the ease with which I get jobs at European startups pretty much validates that. But am not sure if it qualifies for an O1. Can you give a few examples?
Re:Ask HN: Has anyone been hired by the big 4 companies from outside t... on Saturday September 17, 2016 @10:28AM (#12520605)
I checked out remote job boards, found a couple of listings and applied. Did the interview (most of them took up to a month) and got the offer. You have to know that I have about 4 years experience coding, started while in college and have worked for a firm in my country that contracts out software devs to work as remote devs for startups abroad. So I have a lot of experience working remotely.
Re:Ask HN: Has anyone been hired by the big 4 companies from outside t... on Saturday September 17, 2016 @07:41AM (#12520115)
why is waiting 1-2 years outside the US unpleasant? kindly explain more.

Ask HN: Has anyone been hired by the big 4 companies from outside the US?

Posted by employee123 on Saturday September 17, 2016 @04:41AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I wanted to know if anyone has been hired by the big 4 from outside the US. How did it happen? what was your experience with the interview and most importantly what role? I want to know if this is possible or I should just forget the idea.A little about me:I am a front-end dev, with strong front-end skills currently taking courses in Data structures and Algorithms and bought the book Cracking...

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Re:Ask HN: Are these signs of a failing startup on Friday September 16, 2016 @10:06AM (#12514068)
the CTO told me that everyone, including the founders had their salaries slashed, save the senior dev who already left.

I'm not sure if there are new customers, maybe just one.

Ask HN: Are these signs of a failing startup

Posted by employee123 on Friday September 16, 2016 @09:43AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I just joined a startup which has been running for more almost 2 years now as a remote dev and have been with them for about 5 months now. Currently, we do not have any strong revenue coming in and have about 2-3 customers, it's a SASS/b2b product so I can understand if we don't have that many customers. Last month, the salaries of employees was slashed by more than 50% & I was told by the...

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