2021_summer

[dapper shard]

my setup

at college anyway

[formal finch]

Anyone knows of good L desks

[obtuse pivot]

ur setups are dope, i prefer zsbash tho

Mac>

ur monitor is so nice

@formal finch

[dapper shard]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087BRQJ5W/?coliid=I35ACTQMNPPFS0&colid=2PZ3IK4QSFMB7&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

[formal finch]

I got it for super cheap lol

[dapper shard]

this is what i want to get when i move into my first apartment

[formal finch]

I paid like 400 for it

[obtuse pivot]

my old setup was like peepo’s

connected random desks

[split fractal]

OK

[formal finch]

This was my setup before the big ass monitor lol

[dapper shard]

This is my current setup at home

do you enjoy that monitor? like what do you use it for?

because i want to get a third monitor

but honestly i think i will just build another PC tbh

[formal finch]

tbh I kinda prefer three monitors

The 49 inch monitor is bit wide at times

[obtuse pivot]

im just dual rn , third would be dope

[formal finch]

Playing games is so fun tho 🙂

[obtuse pivot]

idk how people do single monitor

[dapper shard]

three monitors is hella nice

i want to get rid of my monitor on the right in that picture of my setup

and then get two more monitors that are 1440p 144hz

so that all three of them are 1440p 144hz

[obtuse pivot]

1ms

[umbral heart]

I wonder how triple ultrawides would look

[dapper shard]

yeah

[split fractal]

we got the same water bottle

mine is green

best water bottle ive ever had

[dapper shard]

bruh that water bottle is op honestly

[split fractal]

always feel like drinkin it down

[formal finch]

Contigo is literally the best water bottle

Contigo water bottle from middle school is still strong

[obtuse pivot]

get on my level

Jk

Kargo sent me a thermosp

thermos*

It’s nice i guess

[formal finch]

I got a free ultra wide before lol

It was old guy that didn’t realized that he didn’t plug up the power supply lmao

[charred roost]

bruh

[formal finch]

also u could buy used monitors from your school bulk sales

alot of schools have surplus stores that they auction "old" tech away

[charred roost]

yeah this is an easy way to get some tech/furniture

[formal finch]

i need to go one of these days to buy a TV lol

[charred roost]

lol

[craggy shuttle]

Salesforce Merch 😛

[charred roost]

damn they gave you an infinity gauntlet of bags

[craggy shuttle]

Each bag contains an item

so u basically unbox each bag each day for the first week

so 5 bags 😛

apart from backpack

which is reallly nice

[charred roost]

oh nice

[dapper shard]

bruhhhhh

i wish salesforce wanted me 😦

[abstract wagon]

bro wtf I want that school bag

[craggy shuttle]

Hahhaha

[craggy shuttle]

U ll get it dw 🙂

[formal finch]

imagine hearing back from Salesforce

[abstract wagon]

Imagine hearing back

[sweet pollen]

I’ve been literally mostly only wearing Salesforce clothes for the past several days

They’re comfy

[craggy shuttle]

Hahaah

I really like the backpack though 🙂

[sweet pollen]

Same 🙂

[obtuse pivot]

@craggy shuttle beautiful

[round osprey]

Motherfuckers cancelled my final fuck them

[dapper shard]

i mean i did get salesforce and Tableau interview

failed interview and rejected after OA

[formal finch]

factz dawg

Fuck Apple too because they don’t want me smh

[frosty ginkgo]

whats ur specialization?

i remember oski telling ppl that apple is very team dependent and they have to reach out to you

and that you gotta specialize in smt cs related

[strong dove]

I used to be hella active until I received my offer and now I just scrolled through 3667383 messages lmfao.

[charred roost]

lmfao whats up monty

didn't know you were in here

[dapper shard]

You do need to specialize with Apple. You also need to network with them. They interview by team.

[strong dove]

Ayy my man @charred roost

[formal finch]

Like my whole resume is web dev and a little bit of iOS

[charred roost]

It's been a while lol

How'd the rest of your semester go lol

[formal finch]

I been getting interviews with Apple but they just don’t want me lmao

[strong dove]

Yessir, been a while.

[strong dove]

Ended up w a C in 233 but other than that, p good. How about you?

[formal finch]

That’s true but you can cold email them and if you have the exp, they will let u in

[charred roost]

I managed to end with an A- in 233 and then Bs in everything else lol

I got so lucky with my 233 final

All my questions were from the practice

so I had the practice exams open on one window

[strong dove]

I ended up w a C in 233 and A in everything else haha. I just gave up on comp arch though. Stopped doing labs and quizzes and what not.

[thorny gorge]

[charred roost]

and the actual exam on another

[charred roost]

Nice

Yeah 233 became a hassle towards the end lol

[strong dove]

Wyd for the summer?

[charred roost]

Got an internship at Glassdoor for the summer so gonna be doing that

And then going to do some leetcode too

[strong dove]

Auyy

Glassdoor SWE?

That's sexy af

[charred roost]

Yee

Wbu?

[strong dove]

I gave up on SWE altogether.

[charred roost]

: o

[strong dove]

I'm going to Yahoo as a Product Management intern.

No more lc for me.

[charred roost]

Nice

[strong dove]

Imma stick to non swe CS.

[charred roost]

Nice

[strong dove]

How much they paying?

[charred roost]

Still pays well lol

Glassdoor is paying $40/hr

Really solid

[frosty ginkgo]

yea thats prolly why

[charred roost]

meanwhile I applied to Apple with 0 iOS experience and only Android projects on my resume lmao

[strong dove]

How many weeks and how much for the entire summer? $40 is solid tho.

[charred roost]

12 weeks though I gotta cut it short a week since classes start up during the last week

and I gotta move to campus and get used to campus

[strong dove]

I gotchu on this part.

[charred roost]

Thanks lol

[strong dove]

Haha. So like 18k for the summer?

[charred roost]

Taxes bring it down to like 12k lol

Fucking California taxes

[strong dove]

Damn wtf

I'm sorry my man

[charred roost]

It's all good, I'm not doing it for the money

[craggy shuttle]

shift to TX for this summer 😛

U ll be paying the taxes from where u intern

so u can make some frineds there 😛

[charred roost]

🤔

Down

[craggy shuttle]

And I believe Austin will be a hub soon

[charred roost]

I need a change of scenery lol

[craggy shuttle]

for tech

hahahahah

Yeah

[charred roost]

Tired of the Bay Area

[craggy shuttle]

Although i ll come to bay area if i could get an offer for fte 😛

[frosty ginkgo]

ull be going to chicago soon 😛

[charred roost]

True

But I've also never been to texas lmao so why not

[craggy shuttle]

chicago ?

[frosty ginkgo]

yes

chicago good city

[charred roost]

yes

[frosty ginkgo]

i saw that

[charred roost]

[thorny gorge]

[frosty ginkgo]

im bored

i should try and remake my resume in jakes resume

[charred roost]

yes

[formal finch]

i think a lot of orgs still need ppl on web for internal tools lol

i dont think u actually need to be goated in ios

[charred roost]

yeah apple definitely has some web teams lol

you've got a chance

[sweet pollen]

TFW you did a million extremely retarded things on a day in which your mentor was away and another team member was giving you a task and now that team member has no doubt that you’re extremely retarded

[formal finch]

yeah I think the iOS teams are def hard to get into

The competition is at a higher bar

[terse torrent]

rly

[formal finch]

idk every iOS ppl that interview for Apple r like wwdc scholars lol

[terse torrent]

true

[formal finch]

Then again, it might be the sample size that I been speaking with lol

yea but I don’t think I will ever get into Apple for iOS lol

I’m more proficient in web than iOS

[craggy shuttle]

never hurts to apply

[round sparrow]

Apple hiring bar is super team dependent

[formal finch]

yea similar to tesla

ngl im surprised that I got interviews from both of them lol

[crimson brook]

Fffff issok I'm sure you're doing ok dwai

[crimson brook]

Also side note how do you go to one of the most liberal/progressive unis in the world and still use the word "retarded" that's crazy u got big balls man

[sweet pollen]

… I used to use the word “dumb,” but I took an electromagnetism course last semester in which we studied retarded potentials and retarded green functions

So that word stuck to my mind

I only use those words to refer to myself

I’ll stop using those words

[abstract wagon]

I definitely have retarded potential

Lots of it

[low epoch]

that was the most roundabout hilarious way of saying "i use the word because my brain is so huge"

[sweet pollen]

… it’s true, though (not that my brain is huge, but what I explained) @low epoch

Jackson's Classical Electrodynamics is full of this stuff

[stray spoke]

That word should be completely fine to use

[low epoch]

(as a fellow huge brainer, i think the word is not acceptable in most fields anymore but it's cool lol)

except the field of physics because hell yeah physics

[livid anchor]

Can someone here explain to me what really goes on during "onboarding"

[crimson brook]

Makes sense still would be careful in case cancel culture creeps up

[livid anchor]

like when I start my job in a week what in the world goes on during this process

[crimson brook]

Probably getting you used to culture and setting up your dev environment

Amazon's onboarding takes deadass 2 weeks

[livid anchor]

Mine that my "onboarding specialist" will be in contact with me "from now until about the 60th day"

[crimson brook]

60 day onboarding? Maybe the person's also your mentor?

[livid anchor]

It's an HR person 😂

[sweet pollen]

Is it okay if I only use it to refer to myself/things I do?

[muted apex]

Holy shit LMFAO

[low epoch]

I'm sure most people who let it slip, including yourself, don't mean any harm. The word was acceptable some time ago (and an actual medical term). But I wouldn't suggest using it anymore. Words get negative connotation, their usage changes, it's just how language works.

[sweet pollen]

I'll definitely stop

I feel very bad for ever having used it

[gaunt mirage]

Anyone know some good sites to find cheap temporary housing fast?

[obtuse pivot]

facebook groups

subleases

[gaunt mirage]

Ok thanks

[sweet pollen]

TFW you’re about to miss a deadline for the second time in your internship

[shrewd karma]

you already have deadlines for your internship that you just started?

was that explicitly stated or are you selfimposing deadlines

at least when i was in SF everyobdy was pretty chill about deadlines and didnt' have any hard deadlines for things

[runic tinsel]

"You're about to".... you still have time then 🙂

[round sparrow]

I got a deadline for next Thursday and I haven't done shit lol gonna do some work over the weekend

[sweet pollen]

They’re deadlines for logistical things like filling out timesheets and publishing my V2MOM

The intern website says “You will work with your manager to complete your V2MOM by the end of Week 2!”

But… my manager literally hasn’t mentioned this

And my mentor only sent me an email with examples

So I’m really lost

(Today is the end of Week 2 for me)

[shrewd karma]

v2mom is a load of bs

[craggy shuttle]

I sent an email to my manager, saying excited to start this coming week. He sent me reply : "Great" 😛

Seems like they are pretty chill

[sweet pollen]

I have literally absolutely no idea of how to start my V2MOM and the deadline probably has passed already :/

We only decided what my intern project is today

It makes me nervous not to know what the consequences are for missing the V2MOM deadline

Do you happen to know what they are @shrewd karma?

Inb4 I’m fired

[velvet badge]

you arent going to be fired for this lol

need to take deep breaths

itll be okay

[shrewd karma]

more info should be in internal docs but you can always google it

i literally did 0 of the things on that timeline they give u

if ur manager hasn't mentioned it already, i wouldn't worry about it and like the other dude said, take a deep breath

[charred roost]

^ Yeah if you manager hadn't mentioned it I wouldn't worry about it too much.

Maybe your manager wanted to enjoy their memorial day weekend and casually forgot it lol

[shrewd karma]

i would just worry about making sure you ramp up quickly enough and be sure to do pair programming w/ ur mentor to clear stuff up. i didn't do enough of that at first and my internship proj got delayed a bit

[sweet pollen]

Pair programming? I haven’t been told to do that

I was mostly just given task after task

I should start my internship project sometime next week

[sweet pollen]

I enjoyed doing this. Sometimes I daydream of clearing up my team’s entire backlog

[lunar dagger]

would it be weird if I used the apple sticker that came with my macbook lmao

[grand tiger]

Has anyone havong problems with their work laptop?

I have been trying to log in and now stuck with IT support

[frail birch]

Was just at Whole Foods and apparently all payment processing systems are down for all locations they said. Had to pay cash

Amazon interns what did you do???

[runic tinsel]

V2MOMs take 10 mins tops

[shrewd karma]

It's something you can ask your mentor if you (hopefully) have one once u start ur proj

[frosty ginkgo]

make sure to underestimate and overdeliver

works wonders

[sweet pollen]

How? I’m not sure about what to put in any of those fields

[frail birch]

You did this at an internship? Was it faang / big N

[velvet badge]

hes still in high school bro

[frail birch]

LOL

I gotta be careful listening to people in here

Wtf is he doing in the 2021 summer channel lol

[velvet badge]

hes not wrong tho

[frail birch]

That advice can be good in some situations but it’s not necessarily universal

Look at Elon musk, constantly over promises and under delivers loll

So I am curious if it applies to a competitive internship.

[frosty ginkgo]

naw heard it when browsing r/cscq

imma do it tho next week and see how it goes

[frosty ginkgo]

i got one for the summer :

[stray spoke]

He said underestimate and over deliver👀

[frail birch]

?

[stray spoke]

Nvm thought you got it backwards

[frail birch]

oh lol

[abstract wagon]

Im starting an internship On tueday

I have used 0 of the tools / frameworks will be using

how tf am i going to be writing code LOl

[sweet pollen]

You somehow just do it @abstract wagon

I’m in the same situation, except that I didn’t know in advance

[frosty ginkgo]

just pick it up

and start console.logging/printing stuff to understand wtf is going on

[abstract wagon]

what new tech are u using

welp okies

[lunar dagger]

lmao my internship is all in react and js

[abstract wagon]

my interview was asking java questions and now im using scala react and typescript

[lunar dagger]

and I don't even know js

[abstract wagon]

same..

SAME

LOl

[lunar dagger]

you pick it up p quick tho

[silk ridge]

go and kubernetes and dont know either too

[lunar dagger]

have you coded in java or c before? The syntax is a little familiar then which helps

[craggy shuttle]

sameeee

[velvet badge]

honestly

[lunar dagger]

also it helped me to like

[velvet badge]

usually places give you a few weeks-month to get caught up w stack

so dont be afraid

[lunar dagger]

pick up a small project

on my own

[frosty ginkgo]

yea just console.log() and printLn() as needed

[lunar dagger]

and teach myself stuff

[frosty ginkgo]

typescript isnt that bad if u know java or c

[abstract wagon]

ye i know java and c a bit

[frosty ginkgo]

react i reccomend watching a course ; you're gonna have to juggle react fundamentals + html/css/js simultaneously

[abstract wagon]

ive done html / css before in the past but by no means am i am expert

i just google " how to do this in css"

lmfao

[frosty ginkgo]

as we all do lol

[abstract wagon]

LOL

do people

actually know css well

[charred roost]

no

[abstract wagon]

yeah im going through a react course rn

[charred roost]

and ppl that claim they do are lying

[abstract wagon]

LMAO

[frosty ginkgo]

for me i essentially remember some parts just bc ive done it so many times

[abstract wagon]

all i got is background-color

[lunar dagger]

https://reactjs.org/docs/hello-world.html

[abstract wagon]

ahh

[frosty ginkgo]

like display flex , justify content center, align items center

[lunar dagger]

I found this really helpful

to start out

[abstract wagon]

yee

[craggy shuttle]

I mean we all use dev tools 😛 and stackoverflow

[abstract wagon]

thank you!

i mjust worried

of being asked

to pair program

and just being like" hmm i dont know react yet"

[lunar dagger]

you'll be fine lmao

[abstract wagon]

has this ever happened to anyone

oh

[frosty ginkgo]

idt theyll make u pair program on the first week lol

[lunar dagger]

I remember my interviewer now boss was like

oh u don't know js or react

uh

[abstract wagon]

my entire team said i dont know have to know react / type script or scala

but then im like why u hire me then

[lunar dagger]

thats gonna be a bit rough ngl but we'll help you out

[abstract wagon]

wow

thats so nice

[velvet badge]

just know flexbot in CSS

[abstract wagon]

what do u mean help out

[velvet badge]

and just google everything

[frosty ginkgo]

like for my tech stack im 50/50 w/ it rn but ik i can learn it on the spot

[abstract wagon]

like thy give u time to study?

oo

[velvet badge]

know concepts about CSS thassit

[abstract wagon]

or do i go home after work

[lunar dagger]

like basically just guide me on stuff if I'm confused

[abstract wagon]

and work on it

[velvet badge]

you google everything anyway

[lunar dagger]

also yeah my schedule is super lax

[frosty ginkgo]

yea lol

[abstract wagon]

oh

[velvet badge]

you just need to know what to google

[abstract wagon]

welp

thats my whole undergrad

career

[velvet badge]

bro they arent goinna expect you to know the tech stack as soon as you start

you'll get a good month to learn

[lunar dagger]

also if they're telling u ur not expected to know this stuff

[abstract wagon]

right right

[lunar dagger]

they're not lying

[abstract wagon]

okok phew

[lunar dagger]

they took you on as an intern to teach you

and hopefully bring you on full time

[abstract wagon]

hopefully LOL

thanks guys

this is my first internship and last one before i grad

[lunar dagger]

aight so you're set man

[abstract wagon]

never coded in like a real professionl environment

thanks thanks

[lunar dagger]

and like never be afraid to ask questions

[charred roost]

yeah don't worry about that too much

[silk ridge]

for what its worth i was super nervous for my first internship and it definitely turned it to be for nothing

[charred roost]

Your team will help you out

[frosty ginkgo]

if ur not asking questions, then ur doing smt wrong @abstract wagon

[charred roost]

and get you up to speed

[lunar dagger]

yeah

the expectation

is that you have absolutely no idea what in the flying fuck is going on

[abstract wagon]

welp thats me

aight ive been holding back on questions tbh...time to unload all of them on orienation day

[lunar dagger]

y'all ever think about the fact that we're really out here learning how to do like

leetcode mediums and hards

only to center divs all day

[abstract wagon]

wait one more question. im filling out a i-9 or some shit

for my address do i put my home

or like where im staying for the summer

like is "current residence" home or just a random airbnb im renting

[lunar dagger]

I'd put ur permanent address

[sweet pollen]

I feel really bad for having missed my V2MOM deadline

The tasks my team was giving me seemed more important to do 😦

I feel so lost

I don’t know what the consequences will be

[velvet badge]

Maybe SWE isn’t the best fit for you if you’re going to worry this much about nontrivial things, you just gotta realize they aren’t going to fire you or not give you return offers for small stuff...you’re trying your best. Communicate with your mentor and manager and you’ll be okay

[abstract wagon]

Maybe you should try for like product management

[little fiber]

i dont think that's really good advice

every job is going to be stressful at times and have deadlines

assuming you're not self-employed lmao

I think @sweet pollen should find ways to address the root cause of some of the issues they've been having, that being chronic anxiety

[hexed wave]

So what is a better option...

[abstract wagon]

what is v2mom

[stray spoke]

What about v2dad

[remote geyser]

well Whole Foods does have its own intern program lol

[sweet pollen]

A Salesforce thing

[muted apex]

oh shit are you at Salesforce this summer

[abstract wagon]

I could only dream of getting Salesforce

[sweet pollen]

Yes. Why the “oh shit”?

[dapper shard]

salesforce good asf

[lunar dagger]

Yeah highkey

Maybe see a therapist or something and they'll help you deal with your anxiety?

[muted apex]

nothing bad, it’s like a, “oh shit that’s amazing!” lol

[hexed wave]

The amount of money you’re making

[sweet pollen]

They cost ~$150/session and you need multiple sessions to get any benefits :/

I bought propranolol to help with my anxiety

So I’m waiting for that to arrive

[lunar dagger]

It's good that you're taking steps to help manage your anxiety, but I do think professional help is important here. If money's an issue, there's a ton of free or cheap alternatives. I would check in with your school's mental health department and see if they have any resources. There's also this thing called myssp which is a free online mental health counseling service that I think might benefit you at least a little bit. https://myssp.app/ca/home

[humble pendant]

PM is a very stressful job - lots of meetings, you design the roadmap of the product and if something goes wrong, you're the primary one responsible. don't think that because PM is less technical that its any easier. People just need to choose jobs based on their strengths and what stress they can handle.

[abstract wagon]

Yeah I realized once I said it you're completely right

[humble pendant]

yeah I just wanted to point it out since PMs are some of the most stressed out people I know 😓

[sweet pollen]

Other people already replied to this, but I just wanted to say — it’s not the programming part of it that I’ve been failing on, it’s the logistical stuff like submitting my V2MOM and my timesheets on time

My manager probably just sees me as an extremely autistic serial deadline-misser now :/

[humble pendant]

don't overthink it. you just started and it can be hard to keep track of everything you need to get done. just create a list of things you need to get done by what date and put all of it on your work calendar.

[abstract wagon]

Yeahhh :/

[stray spoke]

You’re not failing on submitting your V2MOM, if you’re really worried you can ask your manager about it

[bitter onyx]

You can also talk to your manager about how you’re feeling but that you want to complete the work on time and shit

[sweet pollen]

That would be an extremely awkward conversation to have with him

Especially since my last message to him was letting him know bout another deadline I missed (the deadline to fill out our timesheets for the first week) and that was on Tuesday and he never replied

I'll talk to my mentor

But it feels so bad to know I did that

I'm fucked :/

[formal finch]

Don’t worry too much lol

Even FTE ppl missed deadlines lol

[thorny gorge]

anyone have a good resource on what i should do during my internship aside from the work
like setting up coffee chats, setting weekly goals with my manager etc during an internship

[ancient flower]

leetcode

[thorny gorge]

thats alr part of the plan lmFAO

https://tenor.com/view/see-it-like-final-hamster-scared-gif-14498643

[ancient flower]

lmao

what is your leetcode count then

and what is your target

[thorny gorge]

grokking and blind 75

[ancient flower]

icic

solid

[thorny gorge]

thats prob as much as i can do in 3 months time

[ancient flower]

go higher

[thorny gorge]

be sad now and be happy later

[ancient flower]

lol

[thorny gorge]

[ancient flower]

you can probably do more, i went frmo 168 -> 400 problems in the last 3 months with less than 10 hrs a week on leetcode

[thorny gorge]

i guess ill see

😩

i just wanna make the most outta my internship

any tips would be great !

[velvet badge]

communication is everything

always communicate issues/ask for help from mentor/manager

keep tabs on your progress

etc.

[thorny gorge]

[hexed wave]

How wtf

[ancient flower]

What's so shocking about that lol

[hexed wave]

That’s a lot of problems lmao

[ancient flower]

Okay well 3 months is about 90 days even If you do 2 problems a day that's still like 180 problems which is a similar amount

[slender sundial]

My employer name is icici . For a moment I got curious why’s anyone talking about such an obsolete company

[last mountain]

Are there still any places looking for summer 2021 interns anymore?

Like I'm not sure I've ever heard of anyone applying at this point so I thought I'd ask

[stray spoke]

Plenty on LinkedIn

[terse torrent]

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tristanwedd_arkus-technologies-is-looking-to-hire-a-couple-activity-6804131125158576128-_mQ6

Summer intern

[fluid peak]

I'm still looking for a summer internship

[solemn frost]

tbh what happens if you just pretend u have a competing lol

[south kraken]

I don't think we can negotiate intern offers. Can we? 🤔🤔

[slender sundial]

Just pray with them for more money

[solemn frost]

i have before for a small company

[round cloud]

think MLH fellowship with FB is still taking apps

not 100% sure hto

[dapper shard]

you could be like the guy who was here a long time ago

got rejected from verizon

lied and said he had a competing offer but would still like to work at verizon

they reinterviewed him and he got a verizon offer

(don't do this at all, he got insanely lucky)

[stray spoke]

Time to do this with google

[dapper shard]

i think someone did that with stripe actually

they tried to email randomr recruiter

and say they never got a response on setting up the phone interview

and they didn't even get the OA

idk how that turned out tho

[abstract wagon]

What's that?

[stray spoke]

Going for the high reward with the risky play

[stray spoke]

New track in production engineer partner with Facebook

[abstract wagon]

where does one apply for this

[stray spoke]

MLH website

[abstract wagon]

ah okay sounds good ty

[simple saffron]

first day of internship tomorrow.. pretty nervous wish me luck

[charred roost]

Good luck!

I've still got another week until mine starts

still haven't recieved any of my tech though lol

[simple saffron]

i got all my equipment this weekend so i think you’re fine!

and thanks 🙂

[charred roost]

I hope so lol

[craggy shuttle]

where r u interning ?

[simple saffron]

seattle startup

[craggy shuttle]

Nicee

[simple saffron]

tyyy

r u working

[craggy shuttle]

Yeah, My intern starts tomm as well

[simple saffron]

ahh where are you working

[craggy shuttle]

Salesforce

[simple saffron]

congrats that’s awesome

is this your first internship

[craggy shuttle]

2nd, i did one co-op with local company nearby in last Fall

as fullstack dev

[simple saffron]

awesome any tips for someone entering their first one?

[craggy shuttle]

Hope this one goes good, very nervous and aiming to get return so I had to grind a lil less for new grad interviews

[simple saffron]

yeah salesforce is a great new grad landing spot

[craggy shuttle]

Naah, just be curious and keep asking questions this is what i have been hearing

[simple saffron]

thanks!

[abstract wagon]

In an interview if I get asked a question like "Do you know TypeScript" but I only know a little bit about it, then what should I say?

[velvet badge]

That you only know a little bit about it lol

Never lie about your experience in an interview, 9/10 they can pick up on bs very fast

[abstract wagon]

Should I say something along the lines of: "I have some exposure to it, but I'd love to use and learn more about it "

[sweet pollen]

Fuck

I restarted my work computer and it now won’t turn back on — oh, it just did, after 5+ minutes dead

TFW the computer says “About 9 minutes remaining” and you thought this would be a quick mandatory patching update

[formal finch]

idk I lie during my interview

It works

Just don’t make up crazy lie like I built the whole backend by myself like a chad

[obtuse pivot]

extrapolating the truth is ok

[velvet badge]

Ye I just don’t risk it cuz it could literally kill the interview but if you pull it off why not

[formal finch]

true

[craggy shuttle]

It was a madator patching i think its fine

I did it too

took me 10 mins i guess although it was mentioneing 36 mins

[simple saffron]

bro i looked at my codebase today

and i am so lost lmfao

[split fractal]

start from the top

when it initially executes

and then flow down

do a DFS

[round osprey]

Tfw u dont know whete it initslly executes

[abstract wagon]

LMFAO I was thinking the same thing

[sage hinge]

Honestly u just gotta start at one point and just flow thru

[sage hinge]

Startups gonna expect more from u so don’t worry if u feel lost at first

[round osprey]

Annoy people till u understand it

Ur there to learn

Ur getting paid to learn

[narrow patrol]

^^

[sweet pollen]

Awesome, I’ll have to show my extremely bad 50-word V2MOM to my manager (who hasn’t replied to my last message in 1+ weeks) before publishing it. And he’ll know that I’m very late.

No chance I’m getting a return offer

I acted so poorly in my first (and last) meeting with him. He spent almost all of the time talking about what makes software engineers great, and I don’t think I sounded interested on what he said at all (even though I’m constantly remembering what he said)

He probably doesn’t even want to think about me anymore after I acted so poorly during that first meeting :/

Also — my manager said he wanted me to work on an 8-week project, but that’s literally not possible anymore because our PM has been busy with other things and everything keeps getting delayed

:/

[abstract wagon]

What year are you in?

cause it's literally only been one month. You have time to bring it back and learn and produce good results.

Regardless of that, so what if you don't get a return offer to one company ,it looks great on your resume and you can move forward and go to another company. This is a learning opportunity

[upbeat fossil]

you'll perform a lot better if you don't worry about whether or not you get an offer

[formal finch]

ngl u prob doing better than their expectations

interns have a low bar expectation

so don’t sweat too much lol

[abstract wagon]

^

[upbeat fossil]

well... i wouldn't say it's a low bar, perhaps lower relative to the FTers

[abstract wagon]

Yeah I mean there are expectations but I think they have alot more leniency

[formal finch]

the only expectation I see with my internship is just passion for learning

and just being a good coworker

[abstract wagon]

That's the biggest thing

[formal finch]

factz

[abstract wagon]

I'd rather have a good coworker than a piece of shit who knows alot

That's my opinion ig

[formal finch]

yea same here

ngl culture is sleep on bro

like I get that u need to qualified for the role, but you literally spending 8 hrs with a homie

so, u want find someone that you enjoy to be around with

[upbeat fossil]

i agree that a passion for learning is a must. i just think that if you're constantly underperforming it might not be enough

[abstract wagon]

That's fair but I feel that in the first couple of weeks maybe even one month there's a large environment change and general steep learning curve

[thorny gorge]

the imposter syndrome lmfao

[upbeat fossil]

@sweet pollen Message your mentor (and/or manager) for a 1:1. If it's been over a week since you've spoken to him, there's something wrong

[abstract wagon]

Yeah defo^ I talk to my mentor multiple times a day

[thorny gorge]

when the codebase is in languages/tech stacks youve never used

[abstract wagon]

but you gotta realize the logic behind it all is quite the same, you just need to get used to the syntax. I think the biggest thing that I've been told from developers and stuff is that you're not expected to know every damn language in the world, it's about knowing the ins and outs of the logic and just getting used to the syntax

[upbeat fossil]

my manager gave me tech debt tickets on my 1st day. now 3 weeks in i'd say i'm pretty comfortable with the code base and ruby/rails even though i've never worked on it before

i thought that was a pretty good way to get someone familiar with the code

[formal finch]

I literally talk with them every few hrs

[round sparrow]

I only talk to my mentor if run into a blocker on my project, so some days I don't talk to them at all lol

[velvet badge]

I feel like I won’t be talking much with ppl from my team since each of them are either staff/principal engineers

But ima bug them nevertheless lmao

[abstract wagon]

IF you wanna go back to the company

Get to know them

[velvet badge]

If I get the location I want I wouldn’t mind returning but I’m prolly not so idk

[round sparrow]

I'm scared to bug them about questions I could figure out on my own

[round cloud]

If you think you can figure it out yourself, try yourself first

but if you get stuck then obv reach out for some direction

[formal finch]

Usually I try to figure out for 1 to 2 hrs before reaching out for help

Idk if that’s too long or short

[upbeat fossil]

i think 1-2 hours is fair

[thorny gorge]

fr and im the only intern in my team

[formal finch]

Same I’m the only full time intern but I have part time intern on my team but he’s working on different project

[thorny gorge]

these first 2 days are super slow

[shrewd karma]

did ur manager say you even have to do the V2MOM?

all the interns i knew who did well were all chill af and didn't stress tbh

[thorny gorge]

setting up your enviroment be like ass

so many firewalls and approvals to be made

[lunar dagger]

I didn't write a single line of code for the first 2 weeks lmao

[lunar dagger]

Same

The closest I have is this new guy who they onboarded a day or two before me

[thorny gorge]

wow, for me the newest guy was like december 2020 but man

theres so much to learn

[lunar dagger]

Yeah

The place in at is expanding a ton

[lethal ore]

Same

[sweet pollen]

he never mentioned that, but the recruiters did say I needed to do it

[shrewd karma]

recruiters schmecruiters

i cant remember the last time i listened to a recruiter who didn't just repeat rules from an employee handbook

you should ask your manager and see what they say, i bet they don't care as much

[mellow zodiac]

Did anyone recently received an offer from Equinix for the Software Engineering Intern starting June 21?

[golden ginkgo]

those mfs ghosted me then accepted once my current internship already started

[craggy shuttle]

I feel so lost 🙃 after attending meeting with my team.

[thorny gorge]

same

[craggy shuttle]

🙄🙃

[formal finch]

Ngl I don’t know what’s happening in standup and sprint planning

[split fractal]

which company

[craggy shuttle]

SF

[split fractal]

what is SF

[charred roost]

Salesforce maybe

[round osprey]

Ive gotten my project changed for the third time now

Project 1 was too easy and too interny, project 2 was too hard and abstract, was scheduled to finish next yeat, and now project 3 at first glance I dont even have an interest in tbh

And all 3 times it was the team that decided to switch me lmao not me

Yea he did the cool one and now im here sad n shit

Did uk Frank

Yea lmao thing is the team has 2 interns this time and I think they where expecting 1 lmao, the other person has a proper well defined project and mine is kinda meh, lots of changes to what im doing

[formal finch]

where r u interning at?

[craggy shuttle]

Salesforce

[split fractal]

oh

yeah makes sense

[craggy shuttle]

How much time does it usually takes to get upto speed ?

[split fractal]

TONS of internal words, acronyms, platform specific stuff that you probs wouldnt have heard unless you are a salesforce admin or certified

[round osprey]

SF unicorn

[split fractal]

idk about usually but I got up to speed in a week, setting stuff up and understanding org/code structure, and created my first full PR today

[formal finch]

It takes about two or three weeks to get up to speed from what I experienced before

[abstract wagon]

Took me two days to set up my dev environment

[abstract wagon]

Whoever got McDonald's internship for SWE, what did they ask you

[split fractal]

lmfao

[abstract wagon]

Yeah lmaoo it's real their senior vice pres messaged me today

Apparently it's super competitive 😂

their work is actually pretty cool though

So I went last year to their chicago office

When I used to work as a crew there (had lots of involvement with executives cause of projects) they're working on a LOT of AI stuff

Lowkey they're gonna get bare backlash with how many jobs they're gonna cut

Like they recently just started testing 10 McDonald's in Chicago
with fully automated drive thru's

[umbral heart]

hmm, automated french fries

[weary delta]

thats super cool

[abstract wagon]

agreed but apparently alot of it like their jobs aren't even advertised gotta know someone to get in

so rip

[weary delta]

if their work is that cool i'm surprised tc isn't more competitive

but regardless sounds like a great experience

let us know how it goes 💪

[abstract wagon]

Oh I didn't get it LOL I was curious as to who the person was that got it

[weary delta]

Ohhhhhh jk

Well still cool info

[lime heron]

Can anyone share their experience with their internships thus far? I start my first one on Monday and will be working with recommendor systems which I have no experience with so I'm pretty nervous. I know each company is different but am just wondering how everyone has adjusted

[hexed wave]

My internship has been pretty good so far. It’s almost like it didn’t start

[lime heron]

I'm not following you. It's almost like it didn't start?

[lunar dagger]

First two weeks I did basically no real coding. It was mostly reading documentation, trying to figure out wtf is going on in the codebase, and building up a plan of what I'm doing this summer

I'm finishing up my third week and I've been doing tickets related to my task + picking up minor bugs here and there

[hexed wave]

I just meant my internship didn’t start either

[lime heron]

Okay that's a little reassuring to hear. But you feel your transition has been pretty smooth? I'm feeling a bit of imposter syndrome atm, especially since machine learning is pretty new to me 😬

[lunar dagger]

Bro I'm feeling so much imposter syndrome

But I think that's p normal

I've literally been like

console.logging everything lmao

[lime heron]

ahh gotcha yeah i'm trying to enjoy my last days of freedom before i have to start waking up early T_T

[lunar dagger]

trying to figure out what's going on

also like I'm doing work in react

and my entire backgorund in react

was a crash course I did a few days before starting lmao

[lime heron]

lmfao

[runic tinsel]

to sing "pa da pa pa pa"

[hexed wave]

Definitely normal. No one knows what they’re doing

[lunar dagger]

^^^

[abstract wagon]

sounds accurate

[lime heron]

yeah that was definitely me, crash course also XD

And okay, glad to hear nobody else knows what they're doing

[lunar dagger]

but it seems like my team basically expects me to know nothing starting out

so they've been super helpful making time to answer questions + walk me through things

my biggest suggestion would be to ask for help in your team slack channel if you have one

that way you'll get to know your other team members

and you'll get help a lot faster

[lime heron]

that's awesome! i hope my team is the same. okay i will definitely do that, ask lots of questions and yes, get to know my other team members

[lunar dagger]

plus if you're working on something someone else made, it's helpful to be able to talk to the person who designed that piece of code

[lime heron]

are your team members other interns or FTs or a mix if you dont mind me asking?

[lunar dagger]

they're all ft

[lime heron]

very true

[lunar dagger]

I'm the only intern on my team lmao

[lime heron]

oh shit lmfao

thats kind of nice though

well, i can see it from both perspectives tbh lol

[lunar dagger]

yeah I have no one to compare myself to, and it forces me to get to know my team better

rather than only talking to other interns

[hexed wave]

Those connections are gonna be op

[lunar dagger]

one thing you should be prepared for though: you're gonna feel like you're bumbling around with very little idea of what's going on

which can be stressful

but console printing is your friend

same with stack overflow lmao

[hexed wave]

My internship is not even an internship. It’s a warm up for the internship next summer

[lunar dagger]

and don't expect to be able to pump out tickets like eveyone else. Something that takes a ft engineer 30 mins is gonna take you a few hours

mostly bc you'll be scouring through documentation trying to figure out how stuff works

all of which is normal

[lime heron]

yeah that's a very fair point. i'm not sure if i'll be the only intern on my team or not. and yeah that makes sense. it's all a learning experience, need to remember that and chill out

i kind of hope i'm the only intern on my team now 😅

[frosty ginkgo]

just keep in mind to underestimate and overdeliver

works wonders

[lime heron]

well underestimating has never been a problem before so hopefully it won't be now XD

[frosty ginkgo]

oh no i meant during tasks

[lime heron]

ohhh okay i see lol yeah i do that for research all the time and you're right, it does work wonders

[thorny gorge]

fr, this past week (my fist week)
idk whats going on LMAOOO

so i was like fk it and asked a senior swe on what I should research for this proj

the imposter syndrome be REAL REAL

[runic tinsel]

a HM at a top company posted something about hiring (summer?) interns who can "start immediately". I reached out to him 2 days ago on LinkedIn but haven't heard back. Can I assume I was ghosted?

Actually, I filled out a google form but was wondering if I should direct message him too? Or does that look too needy/desparate 😦

[abstract wagon]

just send him a follow up

he might have bare messages

[runic tinsel]

had to fill a simple google form, didn't message him already

but yeah he might actually have bare messages

[abstract wagon]

hope it works out for you

[runic tinsel]

I really do hope so man. I'm starting to feel so depressed every fucking day and its eating into my study time too.

Can't stand how luck is pretty much the only thing you need in this process

[hexed wave]

Lol

[abstract wagon]

tell me about it, I have internship experience + good GPA + TA experience I haven't gotten one call back in the past 2-3 months

[lime heron]

What year are you? I didnt get my first internship til this summer and I'm graduating in December. There's still time. I get it with the depression though lol

[runic tinsel]

Masters student

[runic tinsel]

Are you looking for summer internships?

[abstract wagon]

fall

[runic tinsel]

waymo has some fall intern openings

[abstract wagon]

they want C++

I don't know C++

[lime heron]

Ah okay I see. It's a tough time right now with COVID and I'm sure your masters program is difficult. You will find something I'm sure. Hang in there! I feel it too though, I'm really burnt out

[low epoch]

it's easy, i can teach you all you need to know right now

• pass by reference vs pass by value
• learn cout/cin stuff
• always use smart pointers
• include namespace std; in header
• when you look up documentation, copy the most convoluted looking code snippets

[soft hound]

the waymo posting is broken

[abstract wagon]

I'm a python scrub C++ looks like some next shieet

[hexed wave]

I never learned about smart pointers in my c++ class

[sweet pollen]

I’m going to DEMO SOMETHING IN 5 MINS TO MY MANAGER MY HEART IS JUMPING OUT OF MY BODY THE PROPRANOLOL I BOUGHT IS GOING TO ARRIVE TOMORROW BUT THAT’S WAY TOO LATE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[abstract wagon]

Good luck it'll be fine !

[sweet pollen]

I did it

[abstract wagon]

And how was it

[sweet pollen]

I’ll take 5 hours to physiologically recover from this

It was okay I think

[abstract wagon]

I'm sure it was great

[hexed wave]

Damn didn’t know internships were that stressful

[lime heron]

I know ^ mommy i'm scared 😩

[split fractal]

yeah bruh chill

they are human too

[abstract wagon]

look at mine

I wanna die on a daily basis

[hexed wave]

Lol just apply to PwC. Being at Deloitte you should get an interview

[abstract wagon]

I don't wanna staay in consulting

[night surge]

there was a small data science youtuber who got a job at deloitte and started end of august. before then they uploaded frequently and proposed a new schedule bc of the job. he hasnt been online

[sweet pollen]

My V2MOM is like 50 words long and I had to ask my manager to review it anyway because I know myself and there’s no way I’m going to make it better any time soon :/

No return offer for me

[charred roost]

Rip

[abstract wagon]

[night surge]

is it you?

[abstract wagon]

Maybe

[night surge]

[rose cipher]

if you're offered a return offer at the end of the summer, does that mean they are gauranteeing you a job after graduating the following Spring?

[abstract wagon]

Probably

[night surge]

some may include part time during the semester into full time following spring

if ur into that, im sure you can push that off

[runic tinsel]

anyone have any tips to ignore feelings of inadequecy because of not finding a job so I don't fuck up my final exam on Tuesday? Does any method work in ignoring these thoughts for now?

[lunar dagger]

Honestly I'd try talking to a counselor or something if I could. Or even a close friend. I completely get where you're coming from, and often feel pretty similar. I think the biggest thing is to take a step back, spend some time with friends, and do something fun

If you're ever feeling especially bad or need someone to talk to

Dm me

[craggy shuttle]

You can spend time building some projects around this summer. Not a big deal and keep hunting for fulltime after taking a short break.

[lime heron]

i always feel better after a good workout or yoga. my anxiety is pretty bad atm so i'm going for a bike ride. i agree with babib about counselor also. do you have school counselor you can utilize?

[runic tinsel]

I do have a counselor but our meeting is only on Monday

[lime heron]

are these feelings of inadequacy persistent? if seeing your counselor isn't enough, there's no shame in getting additional help. but also like jane street said, you can build projects over the summer to fill up your time

[runic tinsel]

Yeah it’s been ever since I didn’t get a return offer at faang

And just added more damage to other feelings of inadequacy I guess

[lime heron]

but you interned faang? that in itself is impressive so you should definitely give yourself credit. things tend to work out as they're meant to so i would just try and forget all that for now, focus on studying but remember to take breaks in between and do something nice for yourself

[hexed wave]

^

[runic tinsel]

Yeah I did. Honestly I don’t have much time to find a job here (I graduate December) and my home country (india) is in the middle of a big recession rn so going back there is just not an option

[lime heron]

just focus on your exam that you have tuesday and then maybe set a reasonable goal of how many jobs you want to apply for a week. something will come up

[lunar dagger]

Yeah

Also having fang on ur resume will help a lot

[runic tinsel]

i mean, it clearly hasn't gotten me over the line because the only thing that matters is whether you can solve leet regardless of its difficulty

should i DM a HM who posted about a PM intern role? I filled out a google form he linked on his post but idk if he's seen my linkedin profile or not

[lime heron]

i would

[runic tinsel]

On a Saturday? Or should I wait till Monday

[lime heron]

I don't know if it really matters. You might not get a response til monday but it's up to you. either way i think it's a good move to make

[lime heron]

and i still think having faang on your resume will help a lot, that is a huge accomplishment regardless

[lunar dagger]

Leetcode, you can work on! Your fang internship is gonna help you a ton in getting interviews. Also, I'm sure having that fang internship will help you if you apply full time to that company later on (like new grad position)

[lime heron]

^ exactly

[runic tinsel]

Yeah maybe, my “cooldown” period from my internship that I failed to convert is passed now but idk if they’ll take me back let alone without more experience

[lunar dagger]

The only way to assure you 100% don't get that ft offer is to not apply

I'm sure you'll be fine

Especially with covid

Just keep your head up and keep trying

[lime heron]

i wouldn't look at it as a failure dude. you literally got an internship from faang, that's huge. keep applying and doing lc, something will definitely come up for you

[hexed wave]

I mean nothings wrong with failing. It’s how you bounce back that matters

[lime heron]

very true

[runic tinsel]

True that

[frail birch]

why didn't you get a return offer? did they say?

[runic tinsel]

needed too much handholding with some db optimization part even tho there was 0 documentation in the org

[frail birch]

see that is what i'm nervous about. at my internship lots of people give the advice "ask lots of questions" but then i hear about stories like yours

[runic tinsel]

@frail birch where are you interning?

at the end of the day it's all about how the team takes it. my team didn't wanna help me out and my manager only took me on to boost his people axis so he could get a promo to engineering manager, so yeah he kinda wanted to take the back seat and not do shit with me

[frail birch]

one of uber/lyft/airbnb

[frail birch]

what about your mentor

[sweet pollen]

Never heard stories like that 😦 I guess I’ll stop asking questions

[runic tinsel]

i didnt have one throughout the internship, the one who was initially assigned changed teams and went to a different city

[sweet pollen]

@runic tinsel where did you intern?

[runic tinsel]

ive kinda hinted where ive interned lol

[frail birch]

amazn or facebook is my guess

[restive falcon]

you need to ask good questions

my mentor rly liked my questions b/c i started off with "I tried X and this didn't work because Y but it helped me figure out specific detail about Z. [some more specific question about Z]"

[frail birch]

i'm still in the stage of writing the tech spec

i think it will be the most difficult part because i'm trying to both learn this new complex system as well as design different approaches/solutions to one of its problems/limitations, at the same time

[sweet pollen]

TFW you've needed too much handholding so far so won't get a return offer

[velvet badge]

Lol

[restive falcon]

have you had a mid performance review yet?

usually your mentor should tell you if you are on track for a return offer there

[sweet pollen]

No

[boreal orchid]

You can also ask for feedback whenever you want. If you think you're not on track to a return offer, I would ask what you can improve on ASAP imo

[formal finch]

If u don’t mind asking, how long have u been there?

tbh if it’s under 5 weeks, u should be fine in terms of getting help

It’s take awhile to ramp up to speed

If then, ppl who are coming in as new grad takes about 6 months or so to get to speed with regulars

FTE

[formal finch]

Just don’t flood their dm with questions every min

tho

[craggy shuttle]

damn i pinged my mentor like too much

but he is kinda helpful and responding me toooo fast hahaha

[round osprey]

The thing i hate with remote is i cant tell when my mentor is busy

So idk if im annoying or not

[formal finch]

yea and u can’t read their body language too

I’m unsure if they are annoyed or pissed thru a message

[sweet pollen]

That’s what having autism is like all the time 😅

[dark junco]

My internship is a little overwhelming, there is just so much going on, so many technologies and I don't fully understand the process

[frosty ginkgo]

what you working with?

[sly egret]

im kinda scared to start my internship on monday ngl lol
mainly the meetings / presentations sound scary

[gaunt mirage]

My internship starts tomorrow and I have nowhere to live :(

[split fractal]

why are you starting later? didn't school end like half a month ago?

[terse torrent]

:(

Do u guys participate a lot during meetings

I feel like I should but at the same time I don't rly know what to contribute

[abstract wagon]

I would say typically know the work you're working on. I wouldn't really think they would ask you explicitly

[terse torrent]

Yeah I do talk Abt my project but like i feel like I can't about other stuff

[abstract wagon]

Such as? You mean like engage in a general conversation or something?

[split fractal]

this is normal, but you should read up on history of slack messages and try to get involved in everything

while the words they talk about may seem complex it's not that difficult to digest if you break it down, just understand what they are talking about and speak your mind

[hexed wave]

I’m scared to start my internship on the 14th

[terse torrent]

Yeah general conversation about other projects

[lethal ore]

Same

My first week is like orientation ending with do this dothis do this

[low epoch]

They sent me the wrong computer and tech support has been unhelpful so far. I start monday. They just told me “your issue is in the ticket system” but nothing else. My supervisor knows

I asked for mac but they sent windows lol

[dark junco]

Node, react, and express which is fine but all the docker, kubernetes, aws, etc stuff is confusing

It's also weird cause it's my first time with such a big codebase

[pliant hawk]

Same

[frail meadow]

Anyone starting their internship tomorrow too?

[lime heron]

I am, I'm pretty nervous but also excited. I don't have experience with what project I'll be working on though which is recommendor systems but hoping I can pick it up and have a good mentor

[lime heron]

You have nowhere to live? Why?

[sly egret]

didn’t want to burn myself out

[gaunt mirage]

I thought I had apartment but it turned out to be full of cockroaches

[coral geode]

First day tomorrow. Nervous 😬

[lime heron]

Same I'm getting pretty nervous as well now

Plus I start at 7 in the morning because they're 2 hours ahead and ever since schools been out I've been on a terrible sleep schedule 😩

[charred roost]

Oof

[frail birch]

i did 1:1s with my team the 2nd week and just started the conversation about with generic questions about their background at the company and usually they ask me about stuff about myself and it kinda just goes from there.

[remote geyser]

Its okay because west coast > east coast

nyc gets an exception tho

[mossy rain]

Any tips on how to receive a full-time return offer from your internship?

[charred roost]

From what most people say here, just try to be an effective member of your team that actively participates in meetings, asks a lot of questions, and works hard

[frosty ginkgo]

make sure to not steal the entirety of company snacks or harass anyone

i vaguely remember a thread and those 2 were mentioned on how not to get a return offer

[lime heron]

True I don't mind finishing work at 3 but I really should've pulled an all-nighter and reset my schedule 😬

[mossy rain]

I'll make sure to do that

Do you think I should be upfront and ask "Am I on track to get a return offer?" or is that too much lol

Maybe it'll just depend on the vibe of my managers

[charred roost]

I think it might just depend on your manager's tbh

But I'm not 100% sure myself since I haven't even started my internship lol

[mossy rain]

Same, mine starts tomorrow

[charred roost]

Mine too

My sleep schedule is so fucked up, gonna be hard waking up on time

[mossy rain]

My internship on EST while I live on PST, looking forward to it lol

[charred roost]

Oof, good luck and have fun

[simple saffron]

anyone just absolutely lost? lol

nobody ever tells you about the actual internship, just about getting one

[solemn frost]

^ facts

[vivid lintel]

Nah it's fine to ask that. If anything, it shows that you know what you want.

[vivid lintel]

If you're ever lost in a meeting, or a conversation is about to start and you know you won't have the necessary context, just ask for someone to give you that context. Say something along the lines of "Sorry for interrupting, but I'm having trouble following the conversation. What is XYZ [project/jargon/whatever]?" Usually people are pretty understanding and will briefly summarize what's going on.

I've been asking shittons of questions after I started full time, and my only regret is not having asked more questions during internships.

[sly egret]

first day tomorrow as well, very nervous as well haha

[sly egret]

wait so your manager doesn't ask you a LC hard during the 1:1's??

[sly egret]

any advice for getting over nervousness for meetings & the presentations they have us do?

[vivid lintel]

What kind of meetings, like standups? For presentations, my main recommendation would be to practice until you can give the presentation naturally and without any notes.

And do dry runs with different team mates ahead of the actual presentation to get feedback

[sly egret]

ah ok & this is my first internship so idk what type of meetings they usually have but i guess more design discussion type meetings

[vivid lintel]

Ah ok, np, thanks for clarifying. I'd suggest remembering that meetings are ultimately just conversations where people are trying to solve some problem or coordinate some task. Everyone is working together towards a common goal, so it's never in the team's interest to put one specific teammate on the spot, if that's the type of thing that worries you. Other than that, just be prepared for meetings (it helps me to take 10min before a serious meeting to lay out my thoughts) and be honest when communicating. Ik this is probably standard advice, but there isn't any magic to it imo lol.

[sly egret]

gotcha, yea being put on the spot was my main concern
thanks for the advice

[vivid lintel]

np man, always happy to help

[ember stream]

Happy first day of work to everyone that’s starting their internship today!

[charred roost]

Lmao

[lapis summit]

Cheating:
Cheating includes:

• Leaking screenshots of Online Assessments
• Asking for assistance in an Online Assessment
• Asking for questions asked in a specific Online Assessment/Interview; topics (binary trees, strings, etc) are allowed to be shared - specific questions are not

[gentle tangle]

man he's really not giving up is he

[frosty ginkgo]

Lol ban the guy

[lunar dagger]

Wait who

[charred roost]

A guy showed up saying he had an OA from Robinhood and asked for people to help him

[soft hound]

isnt robinhood not hiring rn lol

icant find posting

[charred roost]

No clue

[sweet pollen]

Me: does things at a glacial pace, feeling guilty almost every second for getting distracted or getting things wrong or otherwise not making progress faster
My mentor: “That was quick!”

[charred roost]

You're definitely working a lot better than you think you are

No need to be so hard on yourself, you're doing just fine

Interns arent expected to be super genius senior level engineering smart

[pliant hawk]

so at my internship interns are required to read a book throughout right
I start in 1 weeks cuz quarter system. They started a week ago
Am i about to have to play catch up on the book cuz theyre gonna have multiple meetings for the book thing by the time i start

[charred roost]

nah I don't think so

My internship has two different start dates to accommodate different school dates

And they both have onboarding time periods

[frosty ginkgo]

you're not expected to work all 8 hrs

i maybe work 3-4 hrs max out of the 8 hrs and watch yt/mess around and my mentor says im ahead in the one on ones

[charred roost]

Damn

[stray spoke]

Where are you interning if you doing mind?

[charred roost]

Damn the moment I start setting up my dev env, my internet decides to stop being speed smh

[lime heron]

I feel kind of depressed after my orientation today ngl 😩

[charred roost]

Impostor syndrome definitely starting to hit after orientation ngl

And after taking a took at the instructions to set up my dev env, I feel kinda stupid too lmao

[stray spoke]

I am having impostor syndrome being in the MLH Fellowship lol

Every other fellow is like way better than me

[lime heron]

No kidding 😭 Also I can't really understand my manager's accent so I'm pretty sure I said "okay" when he was asking me a question

[charred roost]

Dude all the other interns at Glassdoor are masters students and MBA candidates

[stray spoke]

I got in with a simple Alexa app and there are people working on open sources and coding since they're 11

[lime heron]

But it was on the phone so it was already hard to hear

[charred roost]

And then there's me and one other undergrad intern

So I feel really out of place

[charred roost]

Lol rip

My manager seems to be a chill dude though

We had a one on one meeting and he came in a lil late bc he was busy listening to music

[lime heron]

Yeah I feel the same, I feel out of place also. Yeah I have a 1:1 tomorrow so hopefully I will be able to hear him better then and touch base better ugh

[lime heron]

Lol that's funny

[stray spoke]

He's real chill lol

[charred roost]

Yeah it should go fine, your first 1:1 meeting isn't gonna be super stressful

[charred roost]

Yep lol

The company as a whole seems pretty chill ngl

We even have a wsb channel in our slack

And people are taking about their GME and AMC investments

[stray spoke]

That's real cool lmao

[frosty ginkgo]

just a startup lol

[stray spoke]

That's pretty nice haha

[ember stream]

My first day was just me doing a tutorial saying insider trading is bad lol

[upbeat fossil]

It's never too late for 1:1s, i'm in the same position as you. spent the first 2 weeks meeting half the team, forgot about the other half. probably going to hit them up tomorrow for some time this week

[lime heron]

How would you suggest setting up 1:1s with the rest of the team? Emailing them and asking to meet?

[restive falcon]

yes, give some suggested times perhaps as well

[lime heron]

Okay thank you

[abstract wagon]

don't give them suggest times, as an intern you want to be respectful and work around their schedule as they're probably busier than you are

[lime heron]

Okay how should I even word it? Just say I would like to meet with them personally, hear about their experience, etc if they have availability?

[abstract wagon]

Hey {inset name}

Hope you're doing well and staying safe, I'm Heather an intern on the team, I was wondering if you had time some in the near future for a quick coffee chat to talk about your experiences, and any general advice you could give me. Thank you so much for your time and take care.

Sincerely,

Heather

idk something like that lmao^

you could probably explain some more regarding being an intern on the team and maybe their experiences being like a senior (if they're like an older person on the team) etc

[lime heron]

Okay thank you, that sounds really good lol

[abstract wagon]

np lol

[upbeat fossil]

ask them if they're free this week or next, usually they'll tell you exactly when they're free or tell you to pick a time in their calendar

[round cloud]

If ur company uses Outlook, jus ask if their calendar is up to date and book it urself if they reply it is

gets things moving a lot faster than asking back and forth for availability

[lime heron]

Okay yeah my company uses outlook. That's okay to do? Just book myself in their schedule? Lol

Ugh dude I have to get up at fucking 5am tomorrow

[low epoch]

"Hi, I'd like to meet whenever's convenient to chat. We can meet around x or y time/day or i can also book something on your calendar for x or y day"

i guess somethin like that lol

[lime heron]

Yeah that sounds good and cuts to the point

[low epoch]

that was too brief/direct but u get da point

[lime heron]

That's good saves those dreaded back and forth emails that give me anxiety

[low epoch]

yeah emails are just: direct, respectful, we can do x, or we can do y"

[lunar dagger]

The 195 iq move is to book yourself a full time offer interview after graduation

[abstract wagon]

depends on who it is, if it's my senior I usually talk to her like "yo Idk wtf I'm doing tbh"

she's like my "buddy" that basically helps me and shit

and we're the only two brown people on the team LOL

[dark meteor]

is anyone currently doing IBM accelerate program?

[wispy lynx]

Does anyone know if there's any similar program like the CodePath Summer program? I'm looking for a way to practice for interviews this fall on top of just doing Leetcode

[noble solar]

^ also curious

[quartz roost]

^ curious +2

[tropic relic]

if u didnt get into the program you can always audit it and have access to all course materials. @noble solar @quartz roost Additionally theres a server where a few of us are going to be going through the course and meeting weekly to basically simulate the course. PM me if you want the server invite!

[noble solar]

I would love the link. Im actually going through the intermediate course as a spectator and would love other people to go through the course

[coral geode]

All the other interns for my job are from GOAT schools then there’s me

[lunar dagger]

That says a lot about the work you put in to get to where you are dude

Be proud

[charred roost]

^

Just means you're also goated

[frail birch]

Same

[wispy lynx]

me too!

[sacred glade]

how are your summer internships going

also, what do y’all talk about during 1-1s

[split fractal]

life

progress

troubles

jokes

[formal finch]

memes

lmao ppl at tesla love to use in the chat when pipeline fails

HAHA

[charred roost]

Lmfao

[prime prairie]