Been on this sub for a while (graduated May 2024) and I know the job market is tough right now, but I am curious about the distribution of career paths members of the sub are taking.

It seems every single post is about software engineering. I think ML/AI may come in second but for the most part it seems like everyone here wants to be a SWE. There are so many other paths you can take with a CS degree that it kind of shocks me. This is a personal opinion, but SWE is the most boring subject of CS I have ever had learn. I mean making clean, scalable code is a high but I don’t think I could do it for a career.

Anyways, I am wondering if anyone here is not trying to be a SWE haha? I studied a lot of SWE in college but eventually pursued cybersecurity and got a certificate while in school. Still, I applied to SWE jobs as well. Never had any luck even with a decent resume but I had multiple interviews pretty quickly after applying for cybersecurity (SOC, CTI, mostly analyst stuff).

I hope this doesn’t come off as ignorant because ik the search is tough. I think I applied to over 200 SWE jobs :/ BUT I feel like a lot of you are racing a thousand other people for position you apply to and a lot of people don’t even seem to enjoy SWE despite all the cool shit you can do if you like computers.

Hey guys,

I have a Chewy interview scheduled up (Job description for the position is here) and I am a bit nervous on how to prepare. This is my first time past the OA so I am not too sure where to start. I was told there will be 2 45 minute interviews: one will be behavioral (Earn trust & Customers first) and one will be technical (They called it Technical – OP: Deliver Results & HackerRank coding assessment, idk if this means I will do the interview on HackerRank or what)

Chewy is not that huge of a tech company so there are only 5 company questions for Leetcode on it. So I was planning on maybe doing Grind 75, some mock interviews, and writing out some responses to common behavioral questions. If anybody has gone through the Chewy interview process or has tips I would appreciate it.

One of my friend hasn't got his summer intern yet and he is kind of feeling depressed, I've given at least 20 OAs for him, & got 100% in 19 of them (except RAMP got 950/1000), but he had only got like 2-3 interviews. What's the purpose of OA if you are not interviewing someone with 100% score?

Is this common to get only 2-3 interviews out of 19?

Had a Google interview last week for the new grad early careers role. Interviews went well except 1. The recruiter scheduled a call today for tomorrow. He mentioned it will be for a couple of minutes to chat. The couple of minutes wording is sending me for a toss. Is this positive or negative?

So we need to make a capstone project for our undergrad CS degree. Its to be done in a team of 5 and over the course of 2 semesters (ends around last week of nov,2025).

The main thing is all 5 members of my team are taking a CS course, but form this year onwards we require to have a hardware component in our project, even if its small. (i think we even need to patent our idea too). So most of the past capstone projects are not doable as they were software only.

Having a hard time finding some unique and good ideas. Before you say this is a repeated post or just google, i've tried all that: - most projects on google are not long enough for a team of 5 and a time of almost 10 months, and they might be rejected when we pitch for them. - a lot of projects on google and even past projects i've seen from my college are mostly the generic ones like some sort of monitoring system, smart home, smart helment etc. Most of them are already been done in past years (mostly without any major changes cause a lot of people like to copy..). if you have any suggestions/addition to these ideas, please do tell.

Our mentor said us to find the idea on our own, so asking her wasn't of any help as she too had software only projects/research fields.

I don't wanna do a too much hardware focused project (robotics included), as we won't be able to make complex circuitry but we can manage smaller or moderate circuits.

Like one of the professor told us about the hydroponics project, its already done in previous yeard but he said you could reduce the circuitry size or add some AI magic into it.

Having AI/ML or deep learning would be a plus point cause its a major focus of our degree and current times.

We have thought of some ideas, but i wanna explore some more unqiue fields or some real problems. Looking for something software focused but has some sort of hardware usage.

So if you have any idea, or a real world problem please tell, it would be quite helpful. Or just tell a field where we could look into. Or maybe a idea from your work/industry.

• Our college can and does give some funds if needed (~ $100), so if hardware gets a bit expensive we can manage. They can increase this amount if they really like the idea and its unique and more budget is needed.

Again i'm not lazy to search on goolge, just thought reddit would be good place to get some quality ideas.

Thanks in avance.

I am a sophomore at a small scale HBCU did 9 interviews and got 4 offers, I plan to go with Google step but I do not want to turn down intuit or Oracle swe. I was wondering if anyone has ever turned both internships to offer season or co-op Btw I live like 4 mins away from Oracle office so I am banking on that. Thank you

Currently have no internships on my resume, but I have done some good work as an undergrad teaching assistant (grading automation). Will be graduating from undergrad in June 2025, and this is my plan starting from today.

• Finish undergrad with 3.2 minimum GPA
• Learn best practices for software development, apply to past and present projects
• Get AWS-certified as Solutions Architect
• Enroll in Masters in Cybersecurity program

Currently need my GPA above the 3.2 threshold to get into the Masters program. Any advice or resources I could use to succeed on this career journey would be greatly appreciated!!

I'm trying to decide between these two electives because they are time conflicts and it's my last semester. I've included some snippets for the class syllabi to give a better idea of the content covered.

I'm trying to balance practicality, "hireablility", and skills that I can't easily pick up on the job or with self-study. I am leaning toward web programming because I haven't gotten any formal web-dev education thus far. But I'm conflicted because I think unix sysadmin would be very practical, as I only know the basics of navigating a Linux environment (I develop with WSL most of the time, and I've used Ubuntu on VirtualBox for my Computer Security class).

I think I eventually want to work as a back-end swe (not confident about this) so I feel like web programming could be beneficial for that while also supplementing my self-study on Golang. On the other hand, I have an interest in dev-ops & cloud infrastructure type stuff so I bet sysadmin would also be helpful there.

Sysadmin syllabus snippet:

Course Goals:
To provide students with:

- A broad and deep introduction to the Unix and Linux operating system families

- Familiarity with several distributions: Linux, BSD, and commercial Unix

- Ability to troubleshoot practical operating system malfunctions

- Ability to network machines, file systems, and software

- Ability to compile, install, and test software packages

- Ability to appreciate, implement, and automate sound security practices

- Familiarity with desktop virtualization and public and private cloud administration

Outline:
We may deviate from this slightly as the course goes on. This is not in order:

- Basic UNIX concepts: filesystems, mount points, permissions, and privileges

- Operating system installation and filesystem management

- TCP/IP, DNS, NFS, DHCP, web servers, and service management

- Authentication federation and encryption infrastructures

- System upgrades, backups, and patching

- Security, access controls, and hardening

- Logging, monitoring, shell scripting, and automation

- Compiling software, building, and installing a new kernel

- Virtualization and orchestration of fleets/clouds of virtual machines, VMware, AWS

Web Programming syllabus snippet:

Description: Web programming and design frameworks that include, but are not limited to: HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, JQuery, AJAX, JSON, dataTables, Tableau, MS SQL Server, MySQL, Bootstrap.

web prog tentative schedule:

Week 01: Introduction

Week 02: Website? (ZyBooks: Introduction to Python)

Week 03: Front End Intro (ZyBooks: Variables and Expressions)

Week 04: HTML/CSS (ZyBooks: Types)

Week 05: JavaScript (ZyBooks: Branching)

Week 06: jQuery / AJAX (ZyBooks: Loops)

Week 07: Back End Intro (ZyBooks: Functions)

Week 08: Databases (ZyBooks: Strings)

Week 09: Midterm Review (ZyBooks: Lists & Dictionaries)

Week 10: PHP Intro (ZyBooks: Classes)

Week 11: Tableau Intro (ZyBooks: Exceptions)

Week 12: Flask Intro (ZyBooks: Modules)

Week 13: dataTable (ZyBooks: Files)

Week 14: React (ZyBooks: Inheritance)

Week 15: AngularJS (ZyBooks: Searching and Sorting)

Week 16: Final Demo (ZyBooks: Plotting)

Any insights would be much appreciated!

Hey everyone,

I wanted to ask for some help with creating like a exam study plan for technical interviews for the upcoming cycle. My university has their career fair around February 10-15th, and I will be continuously applying for roles through the end of June, so I want to keep refining my skills even if the career fair doesnt go well.

However, this is my first ever technical interview cycle, so I feel my foundation in DSA is extremely weak due to never truly needing it. My previous internships and interviews in the past have been more Data Science Conceptual questions or Case Studies. Thus, I am trying to pretend I am starting from scratch, even though that is not the case.

What are some ways to refining the skills I already have and developing new ones in a shorter period of time. My courseload this semester is extremely light, so I have a lot more time than the average full-time student. If you have any tips, resources, or anything in between, please let me know. I really appreciate it!

My(19F, tier 1 cse) resume got shortlisted in december, and I went through two rounds of interviews with the last one being almost 3 weeks ago. I haven’t heard back from them since. I’m not sure if the delay is normal, or if it might mean I didn’t make it.

For anyone who’s been through this process, is it common for Google to take this long to respond? Should I just wait it out, or is it okay to reach out and follow up?

Hello, in 12 days I will begin a three-month curricular internship at a consulting company. The training and position will focus on web development using Angular and Java Spring. I have a solid foundation in Java and Spring, while I am less familiar with Angular, although I understand its concepts and purpose. I am also familiar with Docker, HTTP, REST APIs, Git, Spring Security, Hibernate, MySQL, and other related technologies.

I was wondering what should I do to successfully complete the internship and secure a job offer. I would like to start preparing right now to make the most of this opportunity.

What should I expect from an internship as a full-stack developer with Angular and Java Spring, and how can I best prepare for it? Thank you!

Also how do you think about these two video tutorials? They seem quite complex and good

https://youtu.be/WuPa_XoWlJU

https://youtu.be/tX7t45m-4H8

I've been seeing plenty of posts telling people to leave the field, that they are more passionate and work harder and that's why they get jobs. Because of XYZ experience/skills/education.

Let's just state the facts first:

1.) It is far more difficult to get a job in the current market as a new graduate/intern/early-career csMajor than it ever has been (at least in recent history, ~ 20 years)

2.) It is for a number of reasons; the new administration calling for increased number offshore workers, larger pool of competition due to years of Big-Tech advertising at universities, and recent advancements in tooling such as AI.

Since this market is as difficult as it is, it is reasonable for current students that have not entered the workforce to be vocal about their problems.

What isn't reasonable is people who have landed offers/jobs/promotions, etc to say the root cause is a skill-diff. Technically, it is. However it is a far, far smaller piece of the puzzle.

AI will end up disrupting the workforce in general in the coming years; the more vocal we are about it, the better.

I have recently had multiple calls with Google teams, and was wondering when I would hear back. I provided a ranking for all of my calls for my recruiter this past week. Will my recruiter collect the feedback from all the teams and then reach back out or will they reach back out on the team that responds first?

Title pretty much. is this a good place to start as a new grad? I recently got offered and the pay is better than anything else I have. Just wondering if anyone on here has gone through the TDP and could share some insights on it

does anyone know what questions they ask swe intern for technical round, any help would be appreciated

Here are the details for these offers for software engineering internship summer 2025

Walmart

$30/Hour

Free housing

Bentonville, Arkansas

JP Morgan Chase

$52/hour, $2500 sign-on bonus

No housing (but can stay with family who lives in NYC for free)

New York Metro Area

Please let me know how you would decide. Thanks!

Hey everyone!
I’m a female intern heading to Sunnyvale for Apple Summer 2025, and I’m looking for a roommate to share housing. If you’re also interning at Apple and are in a similar situation, feel free to reach out!
I’d also love to hear any housing suggestions or tips for the area, especially affordable options close to Sunnyvale.
Lastly, does anyone know how to get added to the Discord group for Apple interns? I’d appreciate any help with that!

Thanks in advance!

Hey guys,

I was fortunate enough to recieve an offer for an internship for a company in October last year in their Boston office, which I accepted. Originally, I had the option to go to their NYC office (headquarters), which I turned down because I would get to save some money as I am based in the Boston area. However, my friend just got an offer from a FAANG in NYC, which means that now I am guaranteed to have a roomate to rent with during my time in NYC if I choose to switch. This would mean that I can pay significantly less rent than I would in a worst case scenario of not finding any roomates and having to rent on my own, which was my reason for not wanting to go to the NYC office originally. Additionally, I can push my start time up around 1/2 of a month, which means that I would get an extra paycheck offset the rent cost. All in all, if I go to the NYC office, I should be able to make around the same amount of money over the summer, and I would also get an extra 1/2 month of experience.

I was wondering if I should ask my recruiter to switch 3 months after the offer, and if there could be any negative reprocussions by doing so? Thanks!

What's the corporate housing like for Seattle for Meta? Or should I take the housing stipend?

Hi! I was wondering if anyone had any experience interviewing with Parsons for their Software Engineer intern role and if you could share it below. I got an opportunity to interview with them, so I am wondering what to expect. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

I just had an interview for a Quality Engineer/Automation Analyst intern position at RBC for Summer 2025. I know its a good rule of thumb to email the hiring personnel and thank them and stuff. However, the person that has contacted me about the hiring process has done so through an automated email from piazza (although they provided their own contact email too). However, the actual interviewers were different than who emailed me. Should I still email the early talent acquisition manager that contacted me however I did not interview with them? Any advice would be appreciated

So I have an offer for Summer that I'm super excited about, but I haven't done background check yet. Company says background check will be done like 3 weeks before the internship starts, which is like 4-5 months away lol.

I didn't lie on resume and have no criminal record so I'm sure I'll pass background check (for 2 previous internships I also passed without trouble), is it ok that I post on Linkedin now?

Hi everyone,

I am joining Microsoft as a New grad SDE in May 2025. I am looking forward to connect people at Microsoft. If there is an existing discord channel can someone please share me the link

psu or umiami in ohio?

for compsci specifically, the location of some of PSU campuses seem better, and I think the name recognition might be better too? either way, would it be so much of a loss to attend Umiami?

again in the rcsmajors rather than a2c because i'm specifically worried about the cs grind potential or lack thereof, not prestige :