hessproject

Location: Tokyo, JP - looking to relocate back to the US. Los Angeles preferred

Remote: Yes, onsite/hybrid OK as well

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Python, Java, JS, AWS

Most recent work experience - 4 years @ Amazon, 1 year @ Capital One, 1 year contract @ JPMorgan Chase

Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/hessproject

Email: hessproject@gmail.com

I mean really you already nailed it on the "anyone can clean a toilet or cook a burger". This is only from my own experience working in a chain restaurant kitchen, but to a pretty high level. You don't need to be a great chef or anything to be a standard line cook, even if you don't know how to cook they can teach you in one or two training days, everything is timed to the second and all the equipment beeps to let you know when it's done. I was 18 at the time with no experience, my interview was "what days can you work, and are you comfortable staying until the bar closes" and for every one of me there were 30 people ready to take over when someone quit, including high school kids and people fresh out of jail without many other options.

Senior software engineer, ~5 years experience at both large and small companies. Laid off today due to Covid-19

Location: Los Angeles, CA (west side)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python (Django and Flask), Java (Spring), Javascript (Node, React, and Angular 1 and 2), Cloud (AWS and Azure).

Resume/CV: http://linkedin.com/in/hessproject. Full resume on request. Most recent jobs are:

-Senior Software Engineer @ Currency (Fintech startup)

-Senior Software Engineer @ Capital One

-Contract Software Engineer @ JPMorgan Chase

Email: hessproject@gmail.com

I'm a few years older than you it sounds like but likewise, I found FCC through reddit and finished my front end cert (back when it was still AngularJS based). It definitely wasn't easy getting my first job, and I was lucky to have helpful bosses/mentors to help me bridge the gap from "self taught" to senior dev, but it showed me that it's definitely possible to make it in this industry with a bootcamp or other non-traditional background. I agree with the tweets that you should take graduating/hiring numbers with a grain of salt and be weary of income sharing, but I think the people in this thread totally dismissing bootcamps as a valid path to development are off base.

Economics falls under the business umbrella at most US universities. An Economics degree will almost certainly have included finance, accounting, and marketing classes. Some schools, like my own, don't even differentiate between majors on the granted degree - any students in any of those majors just get a BSBA despite the different focus.

Wharton is similar in that all undergrad degrees are in "economics" even though students still select a major.

Just my two cents, but as a candidate I much prefer the tests to a whiteboard. I've had interview tests for a majority of my recent (senior level) positions in NYC, but the questions generally aren't to this extreme, certainly not basis for a new startup level problems.

More like "we've laid out an API contract, implement these 3 endpoints in a language you like along with these few extra small requirements and some unit tests". Usually takes 2-3 hours and I think it's a more fair assessment of my work and at least I get to use my own environment and work on my own time with tools I know rather than with someone sitting over my shoulder and a marker. It also helps drive the discussion during in-person interviews away from the binary tree puzzle type questions and focuses more on design decisions and other considerations I took in to account.

The major difference here being that congestion pricing is only going into effect in Manhattan south of the park, where public transport is absolutely a suitable option.

For one, the crowded NYC sidewalks are at least partially caused by the sidewalk narrowing efforts to make room for cars: https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2016/07/01/the-new-york-of-2016-...

Not available at this exact moment, but looking to relocate to LA in 2020. Trying to put out some feelers/network a bit with people in the LA area or offering remote, ideally in fintech

Location: Currently NYC, looking to relocate to LA

Remote: Sure

Willing to Relocate: LA only

Technologies: Java/Spring, Python/Django/Flask, JS/React/Angular, AWS, have others as well but that is my current daily stack

Resume: ~4 years exp. Currently at Capital One. Previously at JPMorgan Chase. Full resume available on request

Email: hessproject@gmail.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/hessproject

Just pointing out the number they're referring to

For the record I'm an LIC resident and generally opposed to Amazon under the proposed plan

That figure comes from the taxes paid by the people they employ

Yeah and I think there is definitely still a solid use case for jQuery. No need to buy a yacht if all you need is a canoe.

Not OP but I work at a major bank and we have casual dress/ping pong/a game room. It's a pretty popular trend right now for major banks to build/buy offices specifically for tech and separating it from the suit and tie culture of the HQs

I work on a SOX compliant project, it works pretty much as described. As a developer I have no access to prod, relying on other teams to make system changes and creating a lengthy mandated paper trail for the SOX audit team to look over. Not to say there aren't headaches with the approach, but thankfully at a big enough organization it's become a relatively smooth process.

Any plans to include compatibility outside of Oculus Go?

As someone who also lives in Long Island City, my opposition comes mostly from the fact that other companies like Google were able to bring similar types and amounts of jobs without the media circus or significant tax breaks. I fear that articles like this make it seem like Amazon is doing some great service to us by being here when they clearly have plenty of business motivation to be here as well. It's not exactly a secret that companies are having difficulty hiring experienced engineers, and the NYC metro has one of the largest talent pools. But what is Amazon bringing that those other tech companies aren't?

I'm also concerned about lack of housing stock and potential displacement of people in relatively affordable neighborhoods like Astoria and Sunnyside. Plus, even with the addition of CBTC The 7 train seems ill equipped to handle its current daily ridership of 800k+.

To me it seems unfair to simply brush aside legitimate criticisms of a deal as lack of understanding or political posturing.

Worth noting for people unfamiliar: Long Island City is a neighborhood in Queens, a borough of NYC. While both Brooklyn and Queens are both technically on the physical island of Long Island, "Long Island" generally refers to Nassau County and the areas to the east.

I don't love the idea of personalized ads in general, but I'd sure love to listen to a full podcast without an ad for meundies and stamps.com

I stopped using Wag due to their terrible customer service. I had an incident where a walker, despite explicit instructions, did not put my young puppy (~6 months) back in her crate and left her free in the apartment unsupervised. The walker report card said "I saw you said to crate her but she looked thirsty so I left her out!".

I called several times where they said "we tried to contact the walker but couldn't so we can't help you". So I had to leave work early and still came home to a torn up couch and plenty of chewed up plastic that had to be surgically removed by a vet. Wag compensated for this by trying to offer me a "5 dollar credit for your next walk!"

streaming or broadcasting so that any portion of the Unity Software is primarily executed on or simulated by the cloud or a remote server and transmitted over the Internet or other network to end user devices

I could be wrong, but the "is primarily executed on" bit sounds to me like it is more aimed at preventing creation of a service like geforce now or playstation now where a user plays the game but it is streamed from the remote system where it is actually running

The thing about web development is that the definition of "web developer" can vary wildly. Web development is a big field and can include a wide range of skills. Making a static html info page is web development. Building a SPA with a database and auth and user uploads and deploying it on aws/azure and scaling for a million users, also web development.

If you are thinking along the lines of the first example, eg. the "I know html and css, I can build a website with pictures and operating hours for a mom and pop shop" developer, this market is shrinking with platforms like wix and squarespace where regular people can build these sites and maintain them easily and for cheap. Not to say you can't still make a living doing this, but it is something to be aware of if it is the route that you choose to take.

If you are thinking more about the second example, yes, there is a high demand (and rapidly growing market) for this kind of developer at startups and fortune 500s and everything in between.

Overall, the answer is yes, web development is still a growing field and it is absolutely a viable career choice, but it is important to keep learning and be aware of the market and adjust accordingly

This is the reason I ditched the iPad for a Surface. Windows isn't my preferred environment but the ability to run my normal tools (IDEs, command line tools, etc) really was a game changer.

iPad Pro is great for creative workflows, but it's a shame it leaves programmers in the dust. It would be really great even to see something like XCode come to iOS

Strongly disagree about culture and basic needs, I have two grocery stores walking distance to me (urban market, food cellar) and several delis/pharmacies, the 7 is closest but the E and M are subway options from Court Square with the N/W from Queensboro, there's a great park (Gantry), plenty of art studios, a few museums (MOMA PS1, Museum of Moving Image a few minutes away), a quick walk/uber to Astoria or Greenpoint for other nightlife or food.

It's also in Midtown, which is likely not an ideal situation for a family. Check Queens or Brooklyn with more ideal family situations (and still reasonably short commutes) and you'll get a lot more space for less money

of which Central Park is the largest example

The most well known maybe, but not the largest. Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx is more than 3x the size of Central Park

NYC certainly isn't perfect, but there's been significant investment in bike infrastructure (and the expansion of citibike) and is quickly improving. Anecdotally, I find I have to plan my trips a little bit, but can get from my apartment in Queens to most places in Manhattan without leaving a protected bike lane for more than 2-3 blocks

Many MOOCs are beginning to address the "expertise" and "other students" issues that the article mentions.

For example, in my spare time I've been taking music production and gamedev courses. In both cases, the courses are still at your own pace, but they provide official ways to contact the instructors and they respond within 24 hours, and they also provide either a discord/slack channel or a facebook group for sharing/pairing/asking questions with other students.

While I'm typically the 10% completion type of student the article mentions, I've found both provided forms of communication to be very helpful in keeping me motivated to work through the courses. When I get stuck on a concept I can take a break and reach out to the instructors, and I find the ability to share and see others music/games gives me some inspiration to continue learning and working.

Finding a shower no, but depending on how long he's been an alcoholic getting sober could be a different story, and alcohol withdrawal is one of the few withdrawals that can be fatal and frequently requires medical supervision

LaGuardia is funny because you go to terminal C and D, newly renovated with nice restaurants and fancy tablets at every table

...Or you could walk 10 feet to terminal A and B and get drenched by the gallon of water leaking out of the ceiling

While I don't doubt some are hired out of desperation, most of the people I know hired out of bootcamps went to bigger companies that have the means (both funds and senior developers/mentors) and time to grow junior developers. While they don't have the CS background (notably data structures and algorithms), they usually have a step up on new grads in terms of collaborating on code, using modern frameworks, etc. They also generally take lower salaries than CS grads. So there's pros and cons to hiring bootcamp grads.