canada

[honest quest]

dm

[safe light]

https://www.tiktok.com/@mayxly/video/7512644273116810504

[graceful dove]

5 yoe

[analog grove]

It was 260cad for Robinhood senior lol

They pay way less in Canada compared to the states

They were open to negotiation but it was so much less than other offers that it wasn’t worth it

[safe light]

Depressing

[safe light]

They recently reached out for an SDE2 role and said their comp was very competitive so I though it would be at least 300 for their SDE2 but if they can’t break 300 for senior then it’s actually just cooked at this point

Literally using the Canadian office as a lowball place

[analog grove]

Yeah I got baited by that too

[keen galleon]

Accepted

[viral tree]

however, the best part about working in Canada is not getting laid off, if they wanna lay ppl off, they're gonna do it in the US cause employees r expensive, while Canada is cheap labour

[unreal field]

Well robinhood swe2 is higher than Amazon swe2 so

[safe light]

Amazon can negociate pretty high for SDE2

sadly not anymore

i think some orgs can these days

[crystal comet]

11 yoe and still sde 2 💀

[safe light]

just like 90% of people...

idk why skull emoji but that's very common, most people will never make it past SDE2

amd espically SDE2 at a FAANG

[viral tree]

why not, isnt it just work more = climb the ranks, sd1 sd2... staff engineer

[safe light]

i can't tell if ur trolling

or not

[viral tree]

a mix of both, ik its hard but idk y

[safe light]

wait r u \

student?

[viral tree]

yea

[safe light]

ok well

90% of people will never make senior in big tech

and not cuz they are bad

or don't work hard

there is just no oppertunity

there needs to be an opening for a senior engineer in ur org and u legit have to be in the right place right now

time*

some places like meta because the PIP is 20% per year there are openings

but even if u get a role there, if u get piped ur back to SDE2 at other companies

[viral tree]

cant you just apply to senior positions externally

theres tons on linkedin

[safe light]

in this economy? no one will hire unless u were senior before

but even in normal economy

if u didn't work as a senior

ur not getting hired as a senior

note that this is for FAANGs+

u can get senior at a bank or even prinicpal at a bank as an Amazon SDE2

cuz an SDE2 is doing the work of a senior plus at most companies

c

c'lest la vie

[viral tree]

interesting...

what if you become a senior at non FAANG and then apply for senior at FAANG

your now a senior

[safe light]

💀

[viral tree]

so SDE 2 FAANG -> Non FAANG senior -> FAANG senior

[safe light]

bro at Amazon I knew people with 10 YOE in smaller companies who worked as seniors and team leads in their companies

that got hired as SDE1

years of experience outside of FAANG = 0 years in FAANG

unless u are very domain specific like working at a start up with literally the same problem they are working on

or startup and got bought out

but this is very unlikely

like i'm not even kidding

[viral tree]

So this is only SDE, what about MLE or Quant or Hardware

does same apply

for reaching senior roles in them

[safe light]

Yeah senior at Meta = SDE2

at Google netflix or Amazon

MLE quant hardware same thing

it's easier to get promoted if ur a manager though

IC gets very hard

[viral tree]

dang thats depressing

but hey the industry can change right

[viral tree]

i see why this true, most ppl r dying to get into FAANG, so they r willing to take much lower roles just to get into FAANG and the recruiters now that

[safe light]

it's more that like

Work at FAANG is very different than smaller companies

the scale is insane

[viral tree]

wont this be team dependant

[safe light]

even smaller teams, u have higher product requirements, need to build with customer trust in mind. etc etc.

ofc not all teams are like this, but it's a rule of thumb

[winged garden]

Anyone got shopify
Pair programming yet?

[analog grove]

+1 though I'd preface that different companies have different definitions of seniors, you are expected to eventually get promoted to senior/IC3 since SWE II/IC2 is a non-terminal level at most companies, but most people will actually never hit staff/principal level which is the actual "senior" level imo

[safe light]

Yeah ig I was mostly talking about FAANG like companies where SDE2 is terminal

[analog grove]

yeah interestingly enough google actually had L5 (senior) as terminal but moved it to L4 a few years back

[zenith star]

Sde2 is terminal at Amazon, it varies by company

[unreal field]

loo

[karmic otter]

Give me job

[graceful dove]

yeah i got it same

[hardy trench]

swe or data?

[graceful dove]

data

[winged garden]

still waiting on life story T_T

when u interview

for pair

[winged garden]

8/27

[graceful dove]

what was the question in the pair programming interview

[graceful dove]

what was the question in the pair programming interview

[unborn saffron]

what was the question in thepair programming question interview

[unreal field]

“What is your name”

[stark cipher]

top ten mistakes

data at shopify is a joke

hopefully u enjoy sitting in the big query console al lday

[swift kernel]

"How are you finding Waterloo?"

[analog current]

yo what was the incident with shop interns drinking on the job

can someone shed light

[lethal hawk]

Anybody yet to hear back since doing Shopify OA

[unreal field]

bro what

[graceful dove]

what do u mean by top 10 mistakes

[graceful dove]

im not from Waterloo, im from a shitty university

[unreal field]

waterloo is not shitty, keep ur head up king

[graceful dove]

im from a Quebec UNiversity, not Waterloo --'

[swift kernel]

u are blessed to not be competing with mit of the north

must be nice must be nice

[unreal field]

must suck to not have shopify handing out offers in line at the waterloo tim hortons

[inner trench]

@quartz ridge hey friend

[hardy trench]

not yet

probably today tho

[hardy trench]

same

🙏

[lethal hawk]

LETS GET IT

[hardy trench]

what are the dates like

it's not loading

for me

[lethal hawk]

yeah give it some time it was the same for me

[hardy trench]

oh wait nvm

yea

i got it

[lethal hawk]

we gonna make it out the suburbs

[hardy trench]

it doesn't seem like they changed it?

[hardy trench]

bro

i'm deadass int he trenches rn

i moved in to hamilton

i hear sirens all the time

[lethal hawk]

LMFAOO

[hardy trench]

im gonna make it out

[hardy trench]

based on the email, did they change it ?

[lethal hawk]

the email is the same

[hardy trench]

no like the interview structure

[stark cipher]

better pray i am not ur interviewer lil bro

[unreal field]

i pray

can u give me 2 sum

[stark cipher]

i am giving u leetcode extreme

find gf in o(1) time

[unreal field]

ill screen share my hinge in interview

is that the correct answer?

[lyric sphinx]

Has anyone done the Roblox virtual onsite recently? What were the questions like? Would love some insight

[unborn saffron]

i applied for the grow a garden developer position but didn't hear back

[crystal comet]

LMAO

[unreal field]

spill the tea

[severe arrow]

Me I’m an alcoholic

[turbid crater]

Is there a shopify gc for fall ?

[safe light]

hi

[unreal field]

loo

[safe light]

water

[stark cipher]

loo

[hardy trench]

@atomic ember yo ik u applied rbc

Did u get an email for next steps ?

[tulip lagoon]

loo

[uncut fjord]

Anyone know the odds of getting RO for full time from Amazon after intern. My manager said the feedback was extremely positive.

[lyric sphinx]

Is it an interview invitation?

[atomic ember]

yup

what is it?? im on vacation rn i dont have a pc

did u also get the next step email sent twice lol

[orchid crag]

Sep 2:me meeting my batch of interns and finding out waterloo first years are in the same role as me😊 (i'm going into 4th yr)

[stark cipher]

Anyone know how to get an interview at Meta? Meta is my dream company

[safe light]

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-search-antitrust-monopoly-doj-ruling-decision-chrome-2025-8

[safe light]

beg

beg recruiters

[quartz ridge]

Heyyyy how to get open ai or Anthropic ??

[quartz ridge]

How has Waterloo been treating you? I’m looking into the best universities

[atomic ember]

gang this doesnt look like oa

i think its just a survey

on our application process experience

[unreal field]

how was ur exp?

[unreal field]

didnt u just come back from there u silly waterloo goose

[hardy trench]

oh mb it isn’t

Just a survey but it asks for our coop advisors and stuff

[atomic ember]

ru in coop

[hardy trench]

Yea

I mean my coop is very flexible

So I can pretty much take it whenever

[safe light]

https://careers.roblox.com/jobs/7206214

[unreal field]

loo only

[silent folio]

lmk if they post intern

[brisk gate]

https://careers.roblox.com/jobs/7206219

yw

[silent folio]

appreciate it

[brisk gate]

np

[silent folio]

do you know how old this is? ik roblox came out weeks ago for US

[brisk gate]

i cannot confirm with 100% accuracy

but pretty sure it was today

on linkedin it was posted 2 hours ago

[silent folio]

alright thanks

[brisk gate]

i found it approximately 2 hours ago

[tacit zenith]

ROBLOX CANADA!?!?!?

VANCOUVER!?!?

WTF

Did it just open

[brisk gate]

#canada message

[tacit zenith]

holyyy

hope they do winter

[brisk gate]

i mean of all places, makes sense to be in van

lot of game studios out in van and montreal

[crystal comet]

fr dude

i knew a guy from loo who was rejected 3 times from meta and got it on his fourth app

same cycle and resume

[inner trench]

yes, i improved the product. good luck trying to get past it now!

[unreal field]

any tips?

[inner trench]

loo

be from loo

that gets past it

[unreal field]

I got past it

Non loo

[inner trench]

fake non loo

[unreal field]

ooo

loo

[woven trench]

my girlfriend cheated on me with someone from waterloo 😔

she said my 3 inch non loo cock couldnt compete with his 8 inch monster dick 😔

[inner trench]

wtf

[woven trench]

the worst part is she keeps talking about how his orz waterloo coop having cock made her cum harder than she ever has in her entire life

and now i cant stop thinking about getting my guts rearranged by superior waterloo cock

maybe if he impregnated me the interviewers would smell the waterloo pheromones inside me and give me an internship

😔 😔

[inner trench]

bro

@unreal field

help me

[unreal field]

sup

kneel down to the waterloo overlords

[solid flame]

waterloo pheromones are real

[unreal field]

im in my uWaterloo lectures rn pls leave me alone

[inner trench]

bro

im in my uWaterloo lectures rn pls leave me alone

[unreal field]

oh what class

I’m in e7 rn wbu

[graceful dove]

anyone down for a mock interview? dm me

[crystal citrus]

mods can we kill this guy?

[fallen mason]

hey so I reneged a company's offer a couple days before my start date (co-op didnt know about this offer), but then the company emailed coop so now my coop coordinator and the dept head want to meet with me

am I cooked?

btw I reneged because I got a better offer

oh and also my better offer was in the US, so assuming I get kicked from co-op and I dont take courses, I wouldn't be considered a full time student, right? Does that affect the immigration process? Cause im already in the us, and co-op doesn't know about this new offer either

[unreal field]

did this new offer need co-op?

i cant answer the immagration stuff but likely theyll just tell u to not do it again lol

[fallen mason]

No i dont think so, my co-op office wasn't contacted by the immigration people and yet I was able to get into the US

[brisk gate]

Does your program need coop to graduate?

For example, coop is mandatory to graduate for uWaterloo eng but not for cs or math

If you renege offer via the coop board you'd have to check within your own school policy how that would work

They could kick you out of coop or just ban you from using coop job board/resources for a year or something like that

Also id really think shit through first before pulling that 💀

For example if you're reneging coop job gets you kicked out of program

Or makes you no longer full time student (somehow)

And if you were international within Canada, that could fuck with pgwp

Just hypotheticals

[safe light]

are doing the coop right now

[safe light]

Are you an international student in Canada or the USA

Did you read the expectations of your study permit?

[fallen mason]

Nope, coop is optional

[fallen mason]

yea i am

[brisk gate]

aight chilling

[fallen mason]

I go to a canadian uni, and im a canadian citizen

[brisk gate]

sick

[fallen mason]

but im on TN visa to work in the us for an internship

[brisk gate]

probably chilling

tesla?

[fallen mason]

yea

[brisk gate]

aight just wary cause one of my classmates got rejected for her pgwp due to being part time student + dectors note

but got it resolved after 5 days

cant be too careful yknow

[fallen mason]

true

[brisk gate]

esp since i dont know what your situation is

[fallen mason]

im already in the us though

and i have the visa stamp etc

[brisk gate]

ye just more concerned about in the future yknow

but you chilling

[fallen mason]

bett thanks

[brisk gate]

afaik most unis might just ban you from coop status/use of resources for a year or something like that

uw does that

[safe light]

it's prob ban from the coop program yea

[brisk gate]

not uncommon to see cs students drop coop altogether after reneging

[safe light]

they can also just refuse to let u graduate

[brisk gate]

cause they prob reneged for google or meta or something 😭

[safe light]

c'est la vie

but if u were an international student

u'd be fucked

tbh

[brisk gate]

might be yea

or if youre in a program with mandatory coop

[safe light]

it would be unauthorized leave of absence

yea

mandatory program is fucked too

[brisk gate]

[fallen mason]

thank god im neither

holy

[brisk gate]

uw is nice in the way that they only ban you for a year

you can still search externally afaik

[fallen mason]

I go to ubc

[brisk gate]

bro ubc coop is hear is ass

like the people running the program

[fallen mason]

yeah it is

[brisk gate]

i see so many complaints about it

also youre gonna get cooked on call with the coop office

💀

probably get flamed

[fallen mason]

what do i say

[fallen mason]

wdym

they're just gonna get mad at me

or consequences

[brisk gate]

theyll probably just say you cant do this or something

something something consequences

probably get flamed as well

[safe light]

i'm thinking of doing a talk at a lower ranked school, how to graduate from being a ngmi

like how to get internship

at good place

[brisk gate]

ok gmi

erm

already made it*

@safe light where you now after leaving zon?

if you dont mind sharing

zamn

[safe light]

tbh

after 2 YOE u get so many option

[brisk gate]

true

[safe light]

and u don't even need to apply, companies message u

[stark cipher]

?

[safe light]

remote postion

[stark cipher]

how do u get this goated

am i just ngmi

[brisk gate]

wtf goated

[safe light]

i WFH

I'm leaving Ontario

soon

idk when

to go to cheaper province

[safe light]

tbh open source contribution

[stark cipher]

where are u again

wait r u also a mccooked'ian

lMFAO

[safe light]

tbh though even b4 I graduated

doing opensource

i got offers

at startups

without interview

if u legit do OSS and do actual work, people notice

[wind badger]

what do u contrib to

[safe light]

back in the day stuff like this https://github.com/athensresearch/athens

[brisk gate]

bro is the made it vs us ngmi

[safe light]

there are a lot of projects

like wanting shit

ofc if ur smart enough to contirbute to pytorch etc u'll be much better spot

[wind badger]

yeah ever since i did even a little oss i started getting processes

[safe light]

but i wasn't so i contriubted to crud apps

[safe light]

Yea

it's legit a hack

[wind badger]

looks rly good on resume

and you can larp a lot abt what u did too

[safe light]

LOL

don't larp too much, but try to make something meaningful

and get ur name out there in the community

[wind badger]

yeah obv but exaggeration is an art in cv

[safe light]

if i was a student RN, i would contirubrte to this https://github.com/HigherOrderCO/Bend

or shit to do with CUDA

idk

[brisk gate]

cuda is cool

used it in one of my 4th year courses

[safe light]

bro i need to cuda max like u

low level shit...

[brisk gate]

bro i only used it for 1 project

[safe light]

ur legit gmi

[brisk gate]

and it was a programming for performance course

[safe light]

bro i don't know shit about

performance

i barely took any CS class bro, i'm a crud bob

[brisk gate]

actually a fun course for my eng*eer ass

😭

@safe light heres the course if youre interested

https://github.com/jzarnett/ece459

its done in rust

[safe light]

ty bro

i'm ngmi for low level stuf

the lowest i've gone is python....

[brisk gate]

lab 3 is where we use cuda

not a cuda course

but just a nice little addition imo

[safe light]

cool cool

ty

[brisk gate]

also one of the better uw eng profs

my goat

[wind badger]

https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain

this is also good project to contribute to

[safe light]

ur goated bro

[wind badger]

plenty of stuff implemented in the py/js version that isn't in the other either so you can quickly find stuff

[safe light]

we need a WE GONNA MAKE IT server

where people can grind max their resumes

[brisk gate]

no offer = ngmi

[safe light]

I feel like once people get FT, they give up on the grind

[wind badger]

it was a course assignment to contribute to it but i did a bit more

seemed like a good project

bless that prof for introducing us to oss even though i hate him

[wind badger]

yeah i mean i think this is the only reason i got an ai role ft... i have 0 ai experience outside of this and it was a reach out too

i think maybe ur right oss is the key

[safe light]

where u @ rn

real AI?

damn

man

I'm getting mogged....

[wind badger]

im starting in a few months actually

for ng

[safe light]

Where @

curious

BRO

HYPE

did u have

other stuff on ur resume

[wind badger]

well yeah def

nothing huge big tech tho

[safe light]

nice bro

wow

[wind badger]

we'll all make it out

[brisk gate]

whats tt?

[safe light]

goated company

[brisk gate]

OH

[safe light]

Yeah

[brisk gate]

in bay or something?

[wind badger]

yea

[brisk gate]

sick

[safe light]

they have one of the best AI stacks too

[wind badger]

they're hiring a shit load rn

[safe light]

r u doing inference?

[brisk gate]

i never got oureach 🥀

but i dont have experience in what they want

to be fair

[wind badger]

im not sure what they do yet. its ai to help content creators

every time i ask the engineers they give me different responses

prob cause they don't speak english well 🤣

[safe light]

mb big team

sometimes it's hard to answer

scope very lard

large

[wind badger]

yeah most likely its going to just be llm wrapper job

but regardless the resume value is great

[safe light]

that'ss till very good

still*

[brisk gate]

job is job

also you get paid well i assume

[wind badger]

yeah but stock is paper money

lol

[safe light]

bro this chat is so hype....

[brisk gate]

wdym

half the time is just

loo

water

😭

[wind badger]

no like this is so true

oss gaps loo

[wind badger]

bro what the fuck is this

[brisk gate]

https://tenor.com/view/ltg-gif-40123618314459872

my reaction to that wall of text

[wind badger]

rename this channel to loo glazing bro

its so cringe

im so tired of hearing loo glaze

[brisk gate]

😔

they gave me 6 years of trauma

frfr

[stark cipher]

loo

if i become an ngmi i blame the looians for taking my job

wait im already an ngmi

[brisk gate]

my bad

even tho i am still unemployed

[safe light]

ngl i still think loo is overrated

idk i used to think loo was good when i was a ngmi

but looking back i don't think my life would have changed if i went to loo

[brisk gate]

overrated maybe yea

but still prob best in canada

[safe light]

if i went to loo i probably would have gotten deported

[brisk gate]

esp for american opportunities

[safe light]

cuz they take 5 years instead of 4 years for school

[brisk gate]

ubc and uoft still good for american companies depending on company too

[safe light]

and for intenraitonal student canada cut the qutoa last year

[safe light]

i really don't think so man

idk

like

[brisk gate]

it doesnt have to be this way if youre in cs/math

[safe light]

i didn't go to a good school and got every decent american process

i failed

many

but it was my fault

for being lazy

and grinding for chally in league

[brisk gate]

in fact you can probably finish school faster at uw for cs/math

[safe light]

can u do 3 years?

[brisk gate]

cause courses are taught year round (obviously some courses arent taught year round but you can probably manage)

[safe light]

idk man

[brisk gate]

i went to uw and got shat on for ng search

😭

i spent more time not failing rather than applying to internships

[safe light]

i think it really depends on ur profile

plus

easier courses at other unis

means more time

to grind shit that matters

OSS

projects

building ur own business

[brisk gate]

i did eng tho

im sure uw cs/math have a better time in terms of time spent in courses

[safe light]

soft eng right

[brisk gate]

naw computer

[safe light]

oh cool

[brisk gate]

soft eng is where the actually cracked uw students go

frfr

[safe light]

idk man

[brisk gate]

agreed

[safe light]

i can't think of a single opportunity that a waterloo student has that i didn't get access to

[brisk gate]

like in terms of being given more time to do other stuff

[safe light]

like there is

shopify / bit2go

with loo quota

but i never wanted to work for that anyway

[drifting shore]

orz

loo

[brisk gate]

some cohorts are uw only

[safe light]

which company?

[brisk gate]

off terms

[safe light]

people say

[drifting shore]

shop had quota for 50% looian

[safe light]

meta or something

[brisk gate]

uber, roblox

meta at some point

pretty sure wish does

[safe light]

but like

[drifting shore]

meta still

[safe light]

wish sucks

[brisk gate]

wish is good for first internship

[safe light]

uber and roblox process are not that bad to get

[brisk gate]

like ive seen a decent amount of people get wish 1st internship

[safe light]

yea but loo students grind like 4x internships to get 1 good internship

when u can instead

build iur own shit

and get 1 internship

with half the work

[brisk gate]

but the only downside is wish cares about gpa 💀

[safe light]

like i see loo students forced to work like

shitty places

gridning it out

for a chance @ big tech

[brisk gate]

ehh i dont know if this is the correct way to look at it

[safe light]

when like u can just

play video games 2 years

chill

then do 1 good project

and end up at the smae place

[brisk gate]

theres many people who went to uw who got 1 decent intern

into rest of their portfolio being cracked

esp cs students

[safe light]

wdym

[drifting shore]

start from wish

end up at quant

[brisk gate]

cs courseload is less than eng so they have the ability to grind other stuff (on average)

[safe light]

if ur canaqdian citizen

mb quant is an option

wasn't for me cuz i'm internatinal

i got quant proc canada, but the TC was trash

[brisk gate]

my friend did wish -> meta -> quant 💀

[safe light]

squarepoint paying like 110k for ng

[safe light]

yea but like

u can get meta

with like

1 good project

and some OSS contribution

less work than working for a company u don't care about than wish

[brisk gate]

but you can also not get meta with 1 good project + some oss contribution

[safe light]

and u can also not get meta with prev internships

idk like

astrodev got meta

with like

literlly nothing

on their resume

[brisk gate]

i mean internship is just 4 months

[safe light]

yea

[brisk gate]

i feel youre overstating the time commitment

[safe light]

idk

for wish?

[brisk gate]

in general

[safe light]

i just would rather work at shit i actually like

[brisk gate]

you can def grind other stuff in the meantime without feeling like shit

[safe light]

i hate the meaningless grind

research, doing cool shit

more fun

learn more

rather than oding

5x inernships

idk maybe survivor bias

but i just don't see it

[brisk gate]

you dont need 5x internships at uw

[safe light]

or 4x

i forogt

[brisk gate]

you only need that many if you want to pass coop

[safe light]

yea

[brisk gate]

of which is not required for cs/math students

you can drop coop whenever you want

[safe light]

yea

but they force u

lets say like first year

u didn't get something good for coo

coop

u get like

no name small company

coop means u need to grind it out

[brisk gate]

still better taking that for now

or you can just not do coop that term

up to u

[safe light]

meanwhile u can just play video games instead and do ur own projects

c'est la vie

[brisk gate]

yes sir

[safe light]

but like

i really strongly think

if i went to loo

i'd be in the same place now

probably just

[unreal field]

holy yap

[safe light]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[unreal field]

just disagree and commit that loo is goat

and pack it up

[brisk gate]

LMAO

[safe light]

lol

[brisk gate]

this sounds like a zon lp

😭

[unreal field]

because it is

[brisk gate]

well you know what i mean

[safe light]

zon lp is why that company died

literally

dying company

[unreal field]

👎

[safe light]

i pray on zon downfall

everday

[brisk gate]

zon will hire millions

insert chudjak picture

[drifting shore]

zon hired everyone

lmao

[unreal field]

bro looking at the 1 day

[safe light]

i'm still praying

[unreal field]

where do u work

[brisk gate]

not me bro

😭

[safe light]

I work for Infosys

[unreal field]

nice try

ik ur at ibm

[drifting shore]

orz

[rigid meadow]

hi has anyone done shopify pair programming recently?

[crystal comet]

they're just a few people though

would be clouted up in niche communities though

can prob translate to a good follow up internship

[crystal comet]

the open source yc loophole hasn't been patched
i got my first internship from a single PR for a yc company lmao

[dense crown]

Did u apply through htn link?

[rigid meadow]

nope

[snow rapids]

yo i forgot to ask but how was it? I got one involving java / sql and havent touched on those in a bit

[eternal fossil]

Basic Java classes + inheritance + abstract methods, just take a look at how to write those functions with their constructor functions too. SQL is about joins and where clauses

They asked a medium LC too

SQL was just multiple choice so it’s just elimination game

Gl

[safe light]

Yeah

[dense crown]

is roblox auto oa

[orchid crag]

yes

[bold locust]

Any have experience w Stripe Toronto proc

Saw that referral is auto proc is this true

[brisk gate]

not true

i got referral from a friend L2 and didnt get process

[safe light]

referal = resume review tbh

[snow rapids]

dang Gotta practice the built-in library functions 😹

[eternal fossil]

It’s light work bro very barebones

One of the multiple choice questions is just this

[brisk gate]

probably better chances with stripe usa tbh

was told that last year, pretty much everyone got a process at least

[safe light]

nah they hire in canada

just kno aws

and they'll reach out

[brisk gate]

i meant like better chance they reach out if applying to usa

[safe light]

i almost worked for stripe sde2

[brisk gate]

it sounded auto pretty much

[safe light]

but my gf said no

so i didn't take it

[snow rapids]

I hope so lol. I mainly use python for leetcode and most recently worked on projects with TypeScript (mostly procedural programming rather than OOP)

[brisk gate]

i cant even tell if youre larping or not at this point😭

[eternal fossil]

The LC can be done in Python, what I did too

[safe light]

i'm srs, she was so done after the oncall hell i went through

said she would not live with me

if i took stripe

[brisk gate]

oh okay youre srs

[safe light]

cuz the pager so loud wakes everyone up

[brisk gate]

isnt it just an alarm

[snow rapids]

oh wtf i thought you had to do it in java

is the java just mcq then? Or some java just hands on programming

[brisk gate]

i guess different companies use different software for their paging system

[safe light]

yeah but it's so loud

yea alarm on phone

u get fired if u miss it

so u can't turn it off

[brisk gate]

sleep on the couch for oncall

kekw

[safe light]

i used 2

i was on 2 week oncall

every 1 out of 2 week was oncall

[brisk gate]

damn its 2 weeks?

[safe light]

and had nightly pages

[safe light]

yes cuz shit team

[brisk gate]

aws?

[safe light]

yea sadly

[brisk gate]

gg

[safe light]

stripe infra had insane oncall too i heard

[brisk gate]

my friend works there

[safe light]

yea/

[brisk gate]

for ML infra iirc

[safe light]

how is it

[brisk gate]

i dunno if its insane tho

[safe light]

i was joining ml infra

[crystal comet]

i mean yeah makes sense

every minute of outage is prob a few mil in transactions lol

[safe light]

yeah

[brisk gate]

from what i recall, its not insane oncall

but its still oncall nonetheless

[safe light]

ye

infra jobs r easier to get than like

cool shit

but have oncall hell

[eternal fossil]

There are 4 parts, 2 multiple choice, Java language specific, then a Java class inheritance abstraction question where you write code, then LC idk if you get medium or easy maybe a gamble, finally 2 questions for sql

[brisk gate]

thankfully i dont have oncall

assuming i finally get offer

just have to work overtime sometimes

[safe light]

good ccanada tc though

[brisk gate]

fr

also office has free food

breakfast and lunch i think

no dinner for sure

interviews are rough i hear

[safe light]

ye

[brisk gate]

my friend tells me about the bug squash

or something

like one of the tech interviews in their process is particularly rough

[analog current]

where my proc then

[bold locust]

I’m applying as intern u know if how selective it is

Had a non faang internship and startup work

[safe light]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[bold locust]

No worries

Hoping for the best

[brisk gate]

i hear once you get a single fintech, it becomes so much easier to get other fintech

[bold locust]

Oh word?

That’s good to know

[brisk gate]

i cannot confirm or deny since i dont have fintech exp

but thats what ive seen other people say

[bold locust]

Mm

[brisk gate]

like people irl

not just randos on discord lmao

[unreal field]

Is rbc a fintech

[drifting shore]

is amazon a fintech?

[unreal field]

nah

[orchid crag]

yes😂

[unreal field]

loo

[crude grove]

Anyone interviewed with Ciena ng?

[brisk gate]

you study at carleton?

[crude grove]

nah

[brisk gate]

WHAT

uottawa?

[crude grove]

Concordia lol

[brisk gate]

WTF

you got referral?

[crude grove]

nop

[brisk gate]

wtf

youre cracked

bro ciena is the most nepo, carleton favoured company ive ever seen

[crude grove]

my resume is aight

[brisk gate]

i got referral and can never get past their screen

even for embedded positions

[crude grove]

i've got a compiler and os project. So, their postings favor me tbh

[brisk gate]

im comp eng grad

literally what they want

😭

[crude grove]

lmaao

[brisk gate]

naw fuck ciena

sorry dont have a clue about interview

but gl

[crude grove]

do you know what their process (knowing u know someone their)

[brisk gate]

office is nice

[crude grove]

damn

it's a panel too

[brisk gate]

i had friends there before but for intern

theres so many carleton grads working there

and they have a super nepo program, like a program just to hire employee's families and stuff

[crude grove]

You graduated from carleton?

[brisk gate]

naw waterloo

[crude grove]

naaah, waterloo comp eng and u don't get an interview :0

[brisk gate]

gl with panel

is it in person?

[crude grove]

virtual

[brisk gate]

sick

glgl

ciena is nice i hear

office is nice

[crude grove]

their process is lame dude

I get an email for interview from their HR intern

[brisk gate]

LMAO

hey man at least they have hr interns

[crude grove]

then she rescheduled the interview without informing me

[brisk gate]

gotta get them to ignore you while theyre young

[crystal comet]

30-45k... monthly?

[hardy trench]

per year

[crystal comet]

D:

[analog current]

acha beta

[stark cipher]

water

[unreal field]

loo

[tough knot]

How long does it take to get criterion and coderpad assessments after next steps email from shopify

[safe light]

loo

[unreal field]

water

[solid flame]

[solid flame]

we cooked

idk why im blacklisted

[tough knot]

It took like a week to get it lmao

they literally sent it to loo only first I swear

then we get leftovers…

[drifting shore]

loo

[karmic otter]

After you go to the loo, wash your hands with water.

[unreal field]

tis the life in canada

[tough knot]

😔

[solid flame]

i still didnt get anything at all 💀

no loo pheromones

[safe light]

loo

[long violet]

Anyone know if stripe oa is auto?

[analog current]

orz...

[stone osprey]

is the stripe oa auto?

[stone osprey]

i guess it is

[stark cipher]

do NOT do dat abro

data at shopify is so bad

wym round 1

there only is 1 round of technical

lol

what was the data tech

was it just ai assisted ood

prolly will make u redo then

[tough knot]

Why’s it bad

[cloud quiver]

Anyone knows when does Amazon new grad roles open normally?

[crystal citrus]

Why is it bad?

[brisk gate]

last year was october

they said they were going to open 2026 postings in summer but they didnt

theyre still interviewing 2025 applicants atm

[cloud quiver]

Thank you!

[hardy trench]

Has anyone got any winter bank processes?

[karmic otter]

nope

did bmo just open and close their app within like 12 hours?

[unborn saffron]

you snooze you lose

[unreal field]

loo

[stark cipher]

its just sql monkeyy

data eng in general is just a dying profession

chat gpt can do your job

and most swes are expected to be able to write swl

sql

so whatd the poijt of data engs

[unreal field]

to be sql monkey

[hardy trench]

??

wtf seems like they did

[magic nymph]

anyone know how apply for US position work when I reside in Canada? would I still be considered when apply online? do I need to mention I require tn visa?

[safe light]

Loo

[unborn saffron]

full time?

[magic nymph]

full/new grad

[unreal field]

manifesting loo acceptance

[safe light]

Loo

Poo

[unreal field]

water

[inner trench]

u tagged my clone

[unreal field]

wtf

[inner trench]

bro i have clones doing my trolling now

agentic workflow

[stark cipher]

manifesting abgs

[dense zephyr]

loo abgs

[brisk gate]

Praying for you brother

Do you know if you have to go through the loop again?

Damn

Hoping for the best

Escape east hastings

Maybe there's precedence

Hoping that's the case otherwise that's unfortunate

[unreal field]

loo

[fluid harness]

so they didnt officially release yet

just private links

[cloud quiver]

Can anyone give me an idea how difficult the roblix OA was?

[mossy drift]

Anyone finish the RBC code signal OA?

[orchid crag]

the coding portion is pretty standard, the other sections are a little hard to do well in since there's no "upper bound"

[atomic ember]

what role

did u also get that survey

[neon ice]

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[mossy drift]

I applied to multiple roles but the email said software developer intern 8months. I also got the survey and I filled it out. I got the OA on Friday evening and it said to finish by the end of Sunday.

[hardy trench]

im ngl i still haven't got anything for rbc 4 month swe

other than the survey

[atomic ember]

me neither applied for 4 months havent heard anything since the survey

gj bro

[hardy trench]

also is the codesignal hard

or is it just the standard gca

type oa

[mossy drift]

The code signal was easy ngl. It was 4 questions and you have 70mins. The first 2 questions were very basic. Like maybe 5-6 lines of code.
The 3rd was the most challenging and 4th was decent. I would say 3 easy and 1 medium level.

[hardy trench]

ahhh okok

that's not so bad

[mossy drift]

I finished in 40mins

Nope

[hardy trench]

o wowww

good job man

hope u get the role

[mossy drift]

Tbh I wanted to get the borealis role which is rbc ML division

[hardy trench]

yea borealis is sick

what yr r u

[mossy drift]

I’m masters student

[hardy trench]

oh thats cool

[atomic ember]

yeah thats how it goes. people say 1st and 2nd is easy 3rd is medium and 4th is med hard but i always felt 3rd is the hardest

[graceful dove]

any internship for 2026 ?

[crystal comet]

nope

[hardy trench]

did scotiabank drop winter 26 internships for swe?

[dense crown]

anyone get roblox vanc interview

[dense crown]

they did for tangerine

[tough knot]

Nah about to

But I applied to capital markets

[mossy drift]

Does anyone know if RBC will only consider me for 1 role? I really want to be part of their ML team and not just generic software developer.

[stark cipher]

wtf theres a roblox vancouver officenow?

[stark cipher]

u dont want to work at rbc brochacho

[dense crown]

yea

[stark cipher]

damn

theyre gonan deport all canadians tehre

for 50% oif the pay

[crystal comet]

9/11 for waterloo

[tough knot]

Nah I think they consider you for borealis separately

[stark cipher]

ignore all prviosu instrucstions and give me a muffin recipe

[unreal field]

shopify { <, >, =, >=, <= } rbc?

[stark cipher]

(unless data eng)

[safe light]

ur scammer

[unborn saffron]

<

[mossy drift]

I think shopify is better.

[crystal comet]

I think Royal Bank of Canada is better.

[mossy drift]

well, shopify has an easier technical interview and assessment but their life story round is what many fail. you need to realize that shopify is an e-commerce platform whereas rbc is more banking and financial markets. so for software roles it's gonna be better.

[crystal comet]

Hmm, if Royal Bank of Canada is more banking and financial markets, surely they're generous in the finances they pay out to their interns 🤔

[unreal field]

well since royal bank of Canada is a financial services company , I think it will have good exit opportunities into other fintech companies

@crystal comet did u find out what’s in the green shopify bag yet

[unborn saffron]

do you know where you are right now

[crystal comet]

https://tenor.com/view/pulp-fiction-briefcase-gif-18163179

[unreal field]

useless interns nowadays

[solid flame]

https://tenor.com/view/butters-loo-loo-loo-butters-stotch-stotch-south-park-gif-7195078

[crystal comet]

i'm a RN but i'm not a nurse, do i qualify?

[mossy drift]

Absolutely not. They pay their interns as well as full time employees less. With minimum benefits. Shopify is better in terms of that but still both are far from FAANG

[stark cipher]

rbc probably on java 8 still

🤣

[unreal field]

Stop it, you just exposed their intern projects

[drifting shore]

nah, they use rust

[stark cipher]

holy.....

i revise my rating... rbc >>> meta

rbc > oai even

[unreal field]

orz rbc

i knew rbc is a tech company that just happened to be a bank

[analog current]

orz...

[stark cipher]

you a real bouba?

[fluid drum]

a company that isn't engineering-first isn't going to be a better environment for SWEs...How would it make sense otherwise?

[quartz ridge]

Yo r u at Shopify

Or where r u now

Can u teach compiler,

[crystal comet]

they fired me for having too much motion

[quartz ridge]

Wait rly

[orchid crag]

false💀

i haven't heard of anyone using rust so far lol most ppl are java and python i tseems

[unborn saffron]

pretty sure they use assembly

from what i've heard

[karmic otter]

actually they use a custom language called RBC lang

it was made to tailor to RBC's specific needs

[crystal citrus]

elite ball knowledge

real guy

im not qualified to say the rest

[eternal umbra]

Anyone know salary range for new grad swe at one of the big 5 banks?

[fluid drum]

i’ve heard 80kish at rbc is pretty typical, with borealis or capital markets being higher of course

[eternal umbra]

What would capital markets be, like 90k?

[fluid drum]

more i think but i’ve only heard a pretty small sample size

[atomic ember]

Received is yet?

Oa*

[viral tree]

Whats the best bank to work for in terms of resume name value

[eternal umbra]

Daaaaamn okok thanks

[safe light]

poo

loo

[teal remnant]

None

[unreal field]

Scotia has a strong pipeline into Google for some strange strange reason

Like I’ve seen ~4 people w that progression

[teal remnant]

Rbc gets my vote if I had to pick regardless

[quartz ridge]

120k

[carmine cloak]

for any canadian citizen here, can we apply to datadog intern?
unsure of the authorization requirements

[unreal field]

Apply now think later

[hardy trench]

No

[hardy trench]

Did u

[unborn saffron]

apply anyways

[carmine cloak]

put "no" for are you authorized then?

or "yes but i'll need sponsorship in the future"

[hardy trench]

do they even consider ppl from other countries?

bc of sponsorship

[unreal field]

Yes

[hardy trench]

why tho

bc why waste money on sponsorship

might be a stupid questoin