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SilurianWenlockon Ask HN: Is back end dev generally easier than front end?

What do your interviews consist of for backend and for frontend devs?

SilurianWenlockon Ask HN: Is back end dev generally easier than front end?

Why so?

SilurianWenlockon If software engineering is in demand, why is it so hard to get a job?

How do you find contract work in London?

SilurianWenlockon If software engineering is in demand, why is it so hard to get a job?

Computer science has the highest levels of graduate unemployment in the UK

SilurianWenlockon Ask HN: I feel trapped in my job and city

I think generally data science/ML/stats will pay much lower than SWE outside of finance, fyi

SilurianWenlockon Ask HN: I feel trapped in my job and city

yes but if they are smaller, often you wont have heard of them

SilurianWenlockon Ask HN: I feel trapped in my job and city

whats the best way to prep for this sort of thing?

SilurianWenlockon Ask HN: I feel trapped in my job and city

>Google juniors are more like £40k in london.

Are you sure this is up to date? I thought they were 90k - 100k GBP for fresh grad

SilurianWenlockon Ask HN: I feel trapped in my job and city

Where do you find these?

SilurianWenlockon Ask HN: I feel trapped in my job and city

What sort of quant finance is hot in London? It hasnt been hot in London for years?

Also whats wrong with banks, this is usually where the majority of quant jobs are?

SilurianWenlockon The rise of the one-person unicorn

What sort of tech stack do you need for these types of businesses?

SilurianWenlockon How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe

Who are the others?

SilurianWenlockon Show HN: Reddit clone built in no-code in two weeks

Is there a github for this?

SilurianWenlockon The STEM Crisis Is a Myth (2013)

For what sort of jobs?

SilurianWenlockon Handling 100 Requests per Second with Python and Django

Why dont use just use Java?

SilurianWenlockon How JavaScript Works: deep dive into call, apply, and bind

Why not?

SilurianWenlockon Why did we ever think a student's first programming language didn't matter?

Why does web dev not use much formal cs in your opinion?

SilurianWenlockon Django for Startup Founders: A better software architecture for SaaS startups

Does anyone else find django-rest really confusing?

SilurianWenlockon Hire-to-fire at Amazon India?

"The work here isn't technically challenging at all"

Why isnt the work technically changing? What is this work likely to be?

What sorts of CS work is the OP hoping for?

SilurianWenlockon Hire-to-fire at Amazon India?

How hard is it to become competent at full stack development without working for someone else first?

SilurianWenlockon Hire-to-fire at Amazon India?

"Big companies breed big company problems that can leave engineers poorly equipped for the rapid delivery world of startups/scaleups. "

Why are big company employees not suited (or trained for?) to startup like environments?

SilurianWenlockon The Modern Mathematics of Deep Learning

mental toughness/endurance haha!

SilurianWenlockon Amazon's Controversial 'Hire to Fire' Practice Reveals a Truth About Management

What counts as really short?

SilurianWenlockon Amazon has a quota for the number of employees it would be happy to see leave

"This is especially the case when you consider that tech companies have repeatedly stated that the data shows that no one has such an ability"

Where is this data?

SilurianWenlockon Amazon has a quota for the number of employees it would be happy to see leave

How is Amazon in Europe?

SilurianWenlockon Potemkin Data Science (2020)

Why cant software engineers just do the data science role?

SilurianWenlockon Delivery Food Apps Business Models

Whats the data or logistics business exactly that they are in?

SilurianWenlockon Working at a startup is overrated, both financially and emotionally

Why do HP and Qualcomm want to offshore but FAANGs dont?

SilurianWenlockon Working at a startup is overrated, both financially and emotionally

Are the odds worth it if you are a founder or cant work at a FAANG in the USA?

SilurianWenlockon Working at a startup is overrated, both financially and emotionally

The math changes if you live in London/Europe where the big company salaries are much lower