ββIn 2017, I received offers from Facebook, Google, Microsoft. I thought I had just gotten lucky. But in 2019, I followed the same preparation process and replicated the results: After receiving offers from Facebook, Google, Snap, Square, and Uber, I realized I had found a repeatable process to ace coding interviews.
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β± 8 minutes read
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Medium
Ace the coding interview: How I got offers at Google and Facebook, twice!
In 2017 I got offers from Google and FB. A few years later I did it again. Hereβs my process to get the offers you want.
ββThe title of this post was a trending Quora question, with popular responses boiling down to βitβs not, the unemployment rate is 3.6%,β βthere are too many developers and not enough engineers,β and βitβs a natural consequence of microeconomic theory.β
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β± 6 minutes read
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Medium
βIf software engineering is in demand, why is it so hard to get a software engineering job?β
My response to an incredibly common question
ββNon-technical founders often donβt understand the value of developers. Developers are the fuel of a company if their products are tech products. I heard this story from a colleague. And this story is about his friend Paul (not his real name).
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β± 4 minutes read
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Medium
Revenge By a Programmer For Not Getting Salaries For 3 months
Donβt mess with programmers
ββIf you are a programmer and have been working for more than a few years, I wonβt be surprised if thoughts have gone through your head about whether you will still be hireable as you approach your forties and fifties.
β± 5 minutes read
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β± 5 minutes read
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Medium
Will You Still Hire Me When Iβm 50?
Many programmers wonder whether they will still be hired as they enter their golden years
ββWe donβt deserve the team we canβt inspire. Camaraderie, purpose, and appreciation need to be our priorities.
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β± 6 minutes read
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Medium
How do you inspire your engineering team?
We donβt deserve the team we canβt inspire. Camaraderie, purpose and appreciation need will become our future priorities.
ββI've used LinkedIn to find my last three developer jobs, and that was also my first three developer jobs ever. π¦
β± 4 minutes read
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β± 4 minutes read
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DEV Community
Want to have tech recruiters find you? Sixteen important things to remember
I've used LinkedIn to find my last three developer jobs, and that was also my first three...
ββHave you ever imagined getting fired on the first day of a job? I have seen it happen, and I have zero sympathies for the fired programmer. I am telling you the whole story.
β± 5 minutes read
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β± 5 minutes read
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Medium
My Company Has Fired a Programmer in the Fastest Time in History
And the reason was serious
ββThe End of Year Pay Report 2021 revealed the unbelievable salaries offered to developers.
β± 5 minutes read
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β± 5 minutes read
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Medium
Why does Roblox pay $1.2 million to a single developer?
The End of Year Pay Report 2021 revealed the unbelievable salaries offered to developers
ββThere are a lot of good reasons why salaries should be transparent. It helps candidates to not waste time on opportunities that pay less than they want. It shines light on pay gaps between genders and other groups. And it helps employees understand if theyβre underpaid in their current roles.
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β± 5 minutes read
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Medium
Data salaries at FAANG companies in 2022
What 4000 data points can tell us about the state of data salaries at top tech companies
ββDear Sebastian,
We regret to inform you that you have not been selected for the position of Software Engineer.
However, we would like to offer you a position as one of our Amazon Fresh drivers.
Thank you,
Amazon HR
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We regret to inform you that you have not been selected for the position of Software Engineer.
However, we would like to offer you a position as one of our Amazon Fresh drivers.
Thank you,
Amazon HR
β± 3 minutes read
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Medium
I Got Rejected from every FAANG β Here are the Rejection Emails.
Email 1: Google
ββThe Collison brothers build a 7-line code solution that developers can put on their website to get paid.
β± 11 minutes read
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β± 11 minutes read
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Medium
Two Programmers Turned 7 Lines of Code Solution into $95,000,000,000 Empire
A journey I desperately want all young programmers to read about.
ββYou'll know how good you are at programming and how to improve your abilities right away!
β±οΈ 5 minutes read
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β±οΈ 5 minutes read
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Medium
5 Unusual Signs That Youβre a Great Developer
You'll know how good you are at programming and how to improve your abilities right away!
ββThis article focuses on what goes on inside a developerβs head when they make estimates, why thatβs so hard to fix, and how I personally figured out how to live and write software (for very happy business owners) even though my estimates are just as brutally unreliable as ever.
β±οΈ 10 minutes read
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β±οΈ 10 minutes read
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Medium
Coding, Fast and Slow: Developers and the Psychology of Overconfidence
What goes on inside a developerβs head when they make estimates and why thatβs so hard to fix
ββAmerica's most stable companies are laying off so many people every day, and everyone knows why, but no one is willing to say it.
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Medium
Remote Work Destroyed America's Most Profitable Industry
How did tech become America's most troubled industry?
ββIn January, Google laid off 12,000 employees. This was a result of over hiring and over spending during the pandemic that did not extend today. Due to pressure from both investors and ChatGPT, Google decided to layoff 6% of their +186,000 workforce to recover some of the costs.
β±οΈ 4 minutes read
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β±οΈ 4 minutes read
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Medium
Why Google Didnβt Lay Me Off as 1 of 12,000
How to avoid layoffs at Google.
ββYou can get a highly paid developer job without tons of experience in 2023. Now, before you call me crazy, let me explain.
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Theseniordev
How To Find A Developer Job In 2025 (With Little Or No Experience) Β· theSeniorDev
Do you want to know a little secret? You can get a highly-paid developer job without tons of experience. Now, before you call me crazy, let me explain. For the record, Iβm a self-taught Senior Software Developer who mentored 230+ JavaScript developers, helpingβ¦
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ββBack in December, I got the unfortunate news that I had just been laid off from my job. Iβll never forget that moment β I was on vacation at Disney Worldβs Animal Kingdom, sitting on the bleachers with my AirPods in, eating cold $12 Dinoland USA chicken strips. As I watched Goofy and Pocahontas wave to the audience from their party boat sailing across the lake, I grimly listened to our CEO talk about COBRA and equipment return policies.
β±οΈ 7 minutes read
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β±οΈ 7 minutes read
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Medium
The Problem With System Design Interview Prep
My struggle studying system design and how I hope to make the process better
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