#People say a good chunk of graduates cannot write code, how to know if I can?

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unique halo
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Bunch of seniors agree on this is it true, how to write code?

remote cobalt
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probably cannot write efficient/simple code maybe. The actual swe work done at a job is (usually) vastly different than what the majority of CS majors are learning in school

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so theres usually a learning curve with respects to how stuff is actually done on the job. Additionally, each company, and teams within the company have sometimes specific code writing styles that you probably won’t know. And other small things, you know when to elect for an array or just a hashset. When is using a stream appropriate. When to extract code and put it in a function instead. Etc etc

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idk at what point are u able to say “i write good code” i think other people would probably need to tell you that

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through PRs/CRs at a company you work for

prime nymph
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on the bright side, graduates are better about writing code than PhDs

unique halo
unique halo
gleaming kelp
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There's a different between being able to write hello world in a REPL and being able to compile a working application.

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Plenty of grads don't know git, and the vast majority don't know how to compile a working program someone would pay money for.

round quail
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If you can do fizzbuzz correctly in under 15 minutes without preemptively having worked through a solution, you'll probably be fine

vital echo
# gleaming kelp Plenty of grads don't know git, and the vast majority don't know how to compile ...

Idk where you live and work but afaik most people where I live that got jobs went to multiple hackathons to practice real world skills, knew at least basic Git, and had a deployed-working application or something before they got a job. Jobs are hard to get nowadays man (Dallas, TX). My university also sent a significant number of graduates out with knowledge in KAFKA and Elastic.

That said, stuff like Kubernetes, HELM, and other DevOps stuff is definitely stuff we learnt at the job. You could argue that this is a completely different field tho, much like QA.

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Sure, someone wouldn't pay money for a random application, but I think I would disagree with OP a lot. I think the main issue is that Big Tech hiring is so shit, that they have to idea how to hire capable candidates.

Look at this stupid post - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tylermcohen_google-acceptedoffer-application-activity-6955593806603837440-9i87

There's a fine line between perseverance and insanity. I'm still tr...

There's a fine line between perseverance and insanity. I'm still trying to figure out which one I have.

39 rejections, 1 acceptance

#google #acceptedoffer... 763 comments on LinkedIn

gleaming kelp
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Especially outside the US, the bar is much lower.

vital echo
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That might be true. I didn't go to a 'top' university, I wouldn't say, but its up there. I went to University of Texas at Dallas

acoustic needle
unique halo
unique halo
unique halo
round quail
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It's time to practice programming then. What type of programming doesn't matter a lot - just getting more used to writing code

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How long did it take you?

unique halo
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It took me aroundna year to get comfortable eriting stuff

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Tough im not good at those puzzle type wuestions that much

round quail
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I am not either, but the point of fizzbuzz is that there's not much puzzle to it (unless you don't know about the modulo operator, in which case that's fine)

unique halo
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As in what to test it with other thna fizzbuz

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Havinf projects?

unique halo
unique halo
round quail
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Leetcode easies are an option