Very impressive story with career advices for data scientists from the lead of Yandex.Eats Analytics

language: Russian, time: ~40 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT0hj0zNfg4

While preparing for my next interview, I came across a very cool problem (Trapping Rain Water from leetcode.com) and its cool solution explanation with all the thought process

https://youtu.be/HmBbcDiJapY

The list of organizations participating in the Google Summer of Code 2021 (GSoC) is available now (since March 9th), and applications will be accepted starting from March 29th.

"Google Summer of Code is a global program focused on bringing more student developers into open source software development. Students work with an open source organization on a 10 week programming project during their break from school." © GSoC website

https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/how-it-works/#timeline

Hello everyone! Now I am going to share with you Raduan’s manual with the title “Cracking new grad hiring process.”

Original message from Raduan translated by me:
“During the 2020-2021 hiring season, I received 6 new grad offers from companies such as Citadel, Microsoft, Bloomberg, DataBricks, TikTok, and the Japanese startup. I have formalized all the knowledge that I have been able to gather on each element of the new grad job search process abroad as a single document to share with everyone else.”

I believe that Raduan has spent a lot of effort by writing this document and I hope that it will be useful for all of us.

Internships:
1. Yandex — yandex.ru/yaintern — Backend/Frontend/Analytics/ML/Android/iOS
2. JetBrains — internship.jetbrains.com — Backend/Frontend/ML/QA/Research/Marketing
3. Tinkoff — fintech.tinkoff.ru/ — Backend/Analytics/QA/DevOps/Marketing
4. Intel — summer.russia-students.ru/ — AI, ML, CV/Graphics/Concurrent Programming
5. Kontur — kontur.ru/education/programs/intern — Data Science/Backend/Frontend/iOS

More:
github.com/MrHakimov/russian-internships

How to choose which problems to solve from LeetCode?

1. If you are waiting for an interview with a specific company, then the best idea would be to purchase a LeetCode Premium and solve problems from the curated list of problems of the company. Thus, you are likely to solve the problems that you will be given at the interview or very, very similar ones, or at least understand what level of problems to expect.

If you can't afford the premium for whatever reason, there are several ways to do that:
- Buy a subscription for several people - to do this, you need to find like-minded people or just suggest it to your friends.
- Find people who have a premium or ask in thematic communities to make screenshots of the lists, metrics, or whatever you need. But please do not spam people or communities all the time. Once or twice is fine, more is not polite.
- Try to find these lists yourself on GitHub or similar platforms. The main disadvantage of this point is that such lists are pirated and it's not polite. Moreover, they are not updated constantly, and there is no guarantee that you will be able to find lists for the last six months or at least a year. But such lists are free and give at least a general understanding of the level of the proposed problems.

2. If the interviews have not yet started and you are just getting started and don't know what problems to solve, then I can advise you the following: there are several patterns/topics/whatever they called, that are widely used in problems and it is quite useful to know them, so you can start by solving problems on unfamiliar patterns or patterns in which you don't feel confident enough.

Where can you find these patterns? There are a lot of lists with problems split by patterns, even at LeetCode itself:
1) Here, for example, are quite popular easy-level problems, split by patterns:
https://leetcode.com/explore/interview/card/top-interview-questions-easy/

The same lists are available for both medium- and hard-level problems.
2) You can split problems by topics at LeetCode itself at the right corner on the problems page.
3) You can also start with problems here or here. These lists are also quite good and curated and have fewer problems.
4) Also, you can take a look at this list:
http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZXg8-VkK3UQxYxra7oYJeX1joHKSyz3U0WG7SUjrzy0/edit?usp=sharing&hl=en.
Here you can sort problems by the topic of interest and by the number of likes, which also can be useful. The same can be done with LeetCode Premium, by the way.
5) If you have a premium, I can advise you to solve problems by their frequency as well.

If you like to read books, then you may like "Cracking the Coding Interview" by Gayle Laakmann McDowell, "Grokking Algorithms" by Aditya Bhargava, as well as a course on educative.io - "Grokking the Coding Interview: Patterns for Coding Questions".

But, remember that the fact that you know from which list to solve problems is not the main thing at all, the main thing is just to solve. Yes, it's that simple. The more problems you solve, the more topics you will cover, the more confident you will feel at the interview, but you need to balance solving problems with system design and everything else as well. So, good luck!

Some random but interesting lists of companies/startups to look for when choosing where to apply or to sign an offer with 😉:

— AI 50 2021 by Forbes — https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-top-startups-2021-companies-rise-europe-
— Top Cloud Companies List 2021 by Forbes — https://www.forbes.com/cloud100
— Top LinkedIn Europe Startups on the rise — https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-top-startups-2021-companies-rise-europe-
— Top internships sorted by salary/compensation by Levels.FYI — https://www.levels.fyi/internships
— Top Multinational companies by Outtalent — https://docs.outtalent.com/outtalent-target-companies/top-multinational-companies

Нашел у себя в notion.so классную сохраненную доку по поведенческим интервью (behavioral interview) и решил поделиться с вами (см. закрепленный файл)

source: https://t.me/frontend_engineer_blog/124

P.S. включил реакции на канале

Where to apply in 2022?

— AI 50 by Forbes — https://www.forbes.com/lists/ai50
— The Cloud 100 by Forbes — https://www.forbes.com/lists/cloud100
— Internships sorted by compensation by levels.fyi — https://www.levels.fyi/internships
— Top Companies by glassdoor.com — https://www.glassdoor.com/Explore/top-software-engineer-companies_IO.4,21.htm

List of companies by outtalent.com:
— Top 50 Companies — https://outtalent.com/us50/index.html
— Target companies — https://docs.outtalent.com/outtalent-target-companies
— Top local companies in Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Russia and Ukraine — https://docs.outtalent.com/outtalent-target-companies/common-employers-before-big-tech

Seasonal internship lists for 2022-2023:
— https://github.com/coderQuad/New-Grad-Positions-2023
— https://github.com/pittcsc/Summer2023-Internships
— https://github.com/almaszaurbekov/2023-faang-internships
— https://github.com/Onlyartist9/European-Tech-Internships-2023

Links for tech resume creators

My top-3 guides:
- Resume for Google
- Killer SWE resume
- DOs and DON’Ts for the CV

Templates:
- Overleaf resume templates:
https://www.overleaf.com/gallery/tagged/cv

templates I would recommend to use:
- click
- click
- click

Grammar check:
- Grammarly (Chrome extension available)
- LanguageTool (Chrome extension)
- FluentExpress
- Native-speaking friends (find one)

Resume review:
- @mock2help
- @sns_internships (mostly interns and recent grads)
- @resume_review (mostly experienced candidates)

Useful links from this channel:
- resume check-list
- action verbs
- guide for recent grads

Other useful links:
- Technical CV for big companies
- TechLead’s resume workshop
- Cracking the Coding Interview (it has a chapter with resume advices)

Bonus:
- Main resume tip by Tilek from outtalent.com

год подходит к концу, поэтому давайте подведем какие-то итоги.

приятно видеть такие цифры, особенно с учетом того, что рекламу я никогда не закупал)

особенно впечатлен количеством просмотров и количеством шейров, еще более впечатлен числом, которое получается если поделить число просмотров на число постов.

друзья, спасибо, что читаете и делитесь! честно говоря, я уже давно не знаю какой контент писать в канал, потому что весь мой контент-план почти исчерпан, но я думаю превратить его в технический или личный блог, а также буду рад услышать ваши мысли тоже, так что пишите в личку, если хотите что-то предложить. если есть идеи коллабов, то тоже welcome) спасибо!

в этом году мы сделали проект @mock2help, вышел мой самый любимый пост про резюме, собрал список реферов в репозиторий.
у меня еще осталось несколько идей для постов, я их постараюсь выложить уже в 2023 году.

сегодня услышал замечательную мысль, что за ночь мы не становимся другими людьми и это правда, но новый год - отличный повод начать то, что давно хотелось начать, построить тот самый продукт, о котором давно мечтал, сказать все то, что давно хотел сказать и посетить все те места, которые давно хотел посетить! вот такая вот небольшая тавтология, но надеюсь, новый год принесет всем нам больше положительных, ярких эмоций, больше путешествий и больше крутых возможностей и идей для постов 😅

на этом пока все, желаю всем хорошо встретить новый год!
всем любви и мирного неба над головой! 🕊

my resume template
https://github.com/mrhakimov/resume

Advice for Less Experienced Software Engineers in the Current Tech Market

- Consider joining a support group (@sns_newgrad, @sns_internships or CS Career Hub, for example)

- Apply to as many companies as possible, including 'unsexy' ones (big tech companies may receive thousands of applications to entry-level positions). Find companies, which do not spend their money on advertising their open roles on LinkedIn. Use platforms like https://www.indeed.com/

- Tailor your resume to each position

- Build your experience while you are job hunting — the one who spends time applying, but also built a side project, contributed to an open-source is more likely to be hired than the one who spends 12 months applying nonstop

- Contribute to open source in non-trivial ways. Contribute to production-grade projects, so you can stand out. You can find something here: click

- It's more important that you get started over getting a perfect start. So if you only have one offer: take it.

https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/advice-for-junior-software-engineers/

Outtalent’s shortlist of companies that are hiring
(well, at least senior+ engineers)

https://airtable.com/shr7wxAbnh1VCrwOu/tblcydLZABcIZxaWE

2023 Solution Challenge by Google

Открыта регистрация на хакатон Solution Challenge от гугла!
Если коротко, то суть хакатона заключается в том, чтобы предоставить решение для локальной проблемы, которая соответствует одной из 17 целей устойчивого развития ООН.

Призы
— первые 100 команд получат футболочки, а также менторство
— участники из топ-10 команд получат по $1000 каждый, возможность выступить на лайвстриме, мерч и менторство
— участники из топ-3 команд получат по $3000 каждый и все то же самое, что и участники из топ-10 команд

Кстати, все топ-100 команд также получат сертификаты

On resume preparation

— Resume is an important part of the process — it allows to pass the initial filters and to show your strengths
— Preparing resume is an art, not a science — customize your resume for each role you're applying to

Tips:
— Focus less on what you did. Lots of resumes are full of "I built X using Y technology". Instead, focus on the impact of your work: how much revenue did it bring in? how did it help the company/org achieve its goals? You want to show that you can bring value to the place you're applying to and operate at a higher level.

— Talk about your role: Lots of people can write code to build a feature. Can you go above and beyond and lead a project? Mentor others? Drive collaborations? Make that clear in your resume, and highlight what you did.

— Sell yourself: Highlight the projects you're most proud of. Focus on the highest scope projects (largest impact, most engineers/users affected, etc). I generally hate bragging but if there is one time to brag, it's during an interview.

https://mhlakhani.com/blog/2023/01/tech-job-market/

Приветы! Пришел к вам с рекомендацией канала 3.14 at Google.

Его ведет Нурбек, он является сотрудником гугла и рассказывает в канале о жизни в Цюрихе и работе в гугле, а также делится полезными материалами для стажеров и ньюградов.
Например, можете почитать в канале про опыт прохождения на стажировку в гугл с полезными советами или полюбоваться осенним Цюрихом.

#рекомендация

приветы! я запустил рассылку на Substack, где буду писать разные посты с саморефлексией и делиться полезными, на мой взгляд, материалами.

как только наберем 100 читателей, я расскажу про свой опыт получения оффера на стажировку в TikTok и офферов на фуллтайм в Google и Meta.

поэтому, пожалуйста, поделитесь этим постом с теми, кому это может быть интересно.

подписаться на рассылку:
Substack: omtiness.substack.com
Telegram проекта: @omtiness
Instagram проекта: instagram.com/omtiness

The Third Door

Life, business, success… it’s just like a nightclub. There are always three ways in.

There’s the First Door: the main entrance, where 99 percent of people wait in line, hoping to get in.

The Second Door: the VIP entrance, where the billionaires and celebrities slip through.

But what no one tells you is that there is always, always… the Third Door. It’s the entrance where you have to jump out of line, run down the alley, bang on the door a hundred times, crack open the window, sneak through the kitchen — there’s always a way.

Whether it’s how Bill Gates sold his first piece of software or how Steven Spielberg became the youngest studio director in Hollywood history, they all took the Third Door.

https://thirddoorbook.com/

Прочитал описание книги и сразу же подумал про поиск работы. Для меня подача заявки на сайте — the First Door, подача по рекомендации сотрудника компании (a.k.a. через рефера) — the Second Door, а вот людей, которые пользовались “третьей дверью”, я знаю очень мало (привет, Максим).

Давайте сделаем подборку таких прикольных историй! Отправьте вашу историю в любом удобном для вас виде, будь то текст, аудиосообщение, видео, мем или комикс, в @fooglerbot, и вместе придумаем как ее рассказать в канале (ну, например, обговорим формат, анонимно/не анонимно и тому подобное).