Is it weird to message people working in the same department at a place you want to work at instead of just the hiring manager/recruiter

Dont wanna make a weird impression but will do anything that gives me a leg up lol

where is the new discord server

on linkedin? Approach with caution, professionally

i have a friend who used to devour a java textbook of our school's library, he never did any graduation beyond highschool but hes always employed in the development field, that studying led him to beat bullying and shyness too, now hes married and has a son, thats inspiring tbh

textbooks are good because theres tons of exercises and tips

sent my email feel free to slide ur resume

yea nothing wrong with textbooks i just find it easier to use online resources, i think most college students these days feel the same

that studying led him to beat bullying and shyness too, now hes married and has a son, thats inspiring tbh

this s*** has me dead tho

Bet i sent it over to your email thank you

neetcode solving leetcode problems for 24 hours straight

thank god ive never had to grind leetcode s*** is so stupid

took some time off my rust project but i think im gonna have to learn it

need to come up with a different starter project tho

agreed. it's so bad, but that's how you get into FAANG sadly

are you just learning rust to learn or for another reason?

faang seems boring as hell just well paying

gonna be working in fintech, they cared more about my crypto knowledge and projects in the interview, only did pseudocode and system design questions with pen and paper

was thinking for solana smart contracts but those can be written in c++ too so i might just keep practicing that

i can see why people who love rust do but writing in c++ is so much faster

idk im working on two projects now that i probably wont be done with before i start work so i probably wont get around to a rust project this summer even tho itd be nice to since its trendy

have you written anything in rust before?

why do you want to work in faang?

gotcha, that's dope man.

i've never used rust, but always seemed interesting for its safety and concurrency. just never had a need for it though.

been thinking about learning something new, but i don't know what exactly

higher TC. that's all i really care about tbh. just increase my pay for a few years and then join a startup or at least command a higher salary at places i care about

imo if there is something you care about and want to start/join a startup doing that you should be looking for a job that will help you learn more about whatever it is you care about, youll likely be paid well anyways, and then even better when you make that next step in your career if you have some more niche knowledge/skills

TC is nice but my biggest pet peeve as a cs student is the kids who choose it as a major since they hear youll make a lot of money, but are then lazy and act like its harder than it is since its viewed as a high paying profession, when theyre really only going on to be web devs

if you want to learn a new language rust seems like a great option

what languages do you know and what kind of projects are you working on in your free time right now?

you're def right, but i feel like joining FAANG as quickly as you can is a shortcut to getting that TC if that's all you care about or if it's your top priority.

could be awhile to get into a position you love/care about and make the money you do, especially if it's a little niche and doesn't really have an entry point like VR or something

might look into it.

i mainly know python and javscript (not incredibly well though).

tbh, i haven't worked on a serious project in like 3 years (outside of work). want to pick up iOS development or maybe data science, but those fields are competitive and my macbook struggles to do iOS stuff lol

im not an expert on this and im still in school but if you dont know much c/c++ you should probably focus on that before rust

gonna be doing mostly ios dev for work this fall, im not that excited for that part of the job but itll be cool for personal projects once i have the experience

any free resources other than the Neetcode videos y'all suggest for mastering DSA for interviews? I'm tryna enter the matrix and get a FAANG position someday

2 weeks into a JPMorgan internship and I hate Scrum lmao

meetings all the damn time