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by majormajor 1625 days ago
From friends and acquaintances in other industries with similar income distributions, "knock out 4-to-6 programming problems in a short amount of time" is one of the least-arbitrary and most accessible ways to jump from one group to the more highly paid one. Not to mention that if you can knock out those problems, you may not even be required to have a degree or other formal credentials.

That's not even getting into how hilariously unrealistic "trial periods", for instance, are. Why am I going to leave a job for just a trial period without any more thorough attempt to check fit before hand? Why would I invest that much time in side work if I'm doing it before quitting, when I could get a FAANG offer instead for single-digit-days-amount of brushing up?
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tubby12345 1625 days ago
>least-arbitrary and most accessible ways to jump from one group to the more highly paid one.

exactly. i mean like try to apply to IB at a BB and see if anyone even skims your resume without an ivy+ on it. they can't fathom how good they have it because they've never done anything else (which is, of course, what breeds entitlement).

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lordnacho 1625 days ago
Do people get a FAANG interview with no recognizable credentials? Surely they have to sift the CVs somehow?
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girvo 1625 days ago
For the F in that list, at least, definitely. Though that was because they used a different metric to sift/choose me for an interview (and a decade of experience) despite my lack of tertiary education.
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lordnacho 1625 days ago
How did you get the interview? They must get a lot of junk applications, what did you write to make them actually look at you instead of direct to trash, and then decide to interview?
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girvo 1621 days ago
They contacted me directly, likely because of my (admittedly small) feedback on their beta github.
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tubby12345 1625 days ago
easiest way to shortcircuit the process is to reach out to someone through linked in and ask for a referral. if you're really who you claim to be in your profile here then you shouldn't have any trouble getting an interview.
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lordnacho 1625 days ago
Well I'm not looking for myself. Was wondering if it's the case that they'll interview any CS grad?
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tubby12345 1625 days ago
of course they need credentials but undergrad at decent state school is much more widely available credential than ivy+. hell FB hires high school grads into their FBU program (for the gap summer between high school and uni).

like you don't get it: go here https://www.hudsonrivertrading.com/careers/job/?gh_jid=35621... and find the dropdown for school ("what university are you currently attending").

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