List: Career & Interview Tips | Curated by Jonathan Chao

Jul 20, 2023
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Career & Interview Tips
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What I Learned that Gets Me Noticed at Work (aka How to Get Promoted)Something I noticed: Important projects always go to certain individuals.
Jul 20, 2023
Jul 20, 2023
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Maybe It’s Time to Let Go Leetcode Problems when Interviewing?I’ve heard stories regarding candidates using ChatGPT to cheat on interviews. Without being able to prevent it, maybe it’s time to let it…
Apr 8, 2023
Apr 8, 2023
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“I Don’t Want to Be A Software Developer Anymore.”You might think you’re done with this field, but are you really? Ask yourself these questions before deciding.
Apr 14, 2023
Apr 14, 2023
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The Secret of How to Face New, Complex CodeHow do you dissect a piece of complex code? We can develop this strategy from a famous Art Professor from Harvard
Apr 1, 2023
Apr 1, 2023
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Amazon Announced Return-to-Office Policy. Is Remote Work Coming to An End? Short Answer: No.Amazon just announced employees should work in office 3 days per week. This adds to the latest trend of tech companies asking their workers…
Feb 18, 2023
Feb 18, 2023
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Your Comments to Code Is Your Way to Talk to Your Past SelfYou are a new employee with little knowledge of how the company’s product and code base. You’re then tasked to implement some small changes…
Jan 26, 2023
Jan 26, 2023
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Want to Accelerate In Your Career? Learn to Manage Up.Whether we work in a big corp or a small startup, we have hierarchies in organizations. Unless you’re the CEO of the company, you most…
Jan 12, 2023
Jan 12, 2023
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Chat GPT: What Is It? Is It Taking Over Our Developer Jobs?What is ChatGPT? What does it do? Are our jobs in danger because of it?
Dec 8, 2022
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Dec 8, 2022
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Make ChatGPT Practice Coding Interview Questions with YouBy now, you probably know the buzz about ChatGPT and all the powerful functionalities as well as shortcoming of it. Some people even worry…
Dec 14, 2022
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Dec 14, 2022
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Quiet Constraint — A New Form of Quiet Quitting?We’ve heard of quiet quitting, a term that has gained popularity since the pandemic. But what is Quiet Constraint?
Dec 2, 2022
Dec 2, 2022
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Stage of Rejection In Interviews. What You Need to Improve at Each StageIt’s safe to say that most of us have faced rejections during our job search. It’s frustrating, but it happens. What we can only do is to…
Nov 22, 2022
Nov 22, 2022
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Meta Lays Off 13% of People.Meta just laid off 13% of its workforce. Here are the mental mistakes we make during these times and how we can prevent it.
Nov 13, 2022
Nov 13, 2022
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From Slashie, Great Resignation, to Quiet Quitting, What Has Our Jobs Done to Us?In the last decade, the term “slashie” has become popular. Slashie, for those unaware, means a person who have multiple titles, usually…
Nov 3, 2022
Nov 3, 2022
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Companies Have Hire Freeze, but This Might Be Your Chance to ShineWe seem to be entering recession. There are many companies, including some big names, who are declaring hire freeze. This adds to another…
Sep 15, 2022
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Sep 15, 2022
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Twitter Might Soon Let Go 75% of Their Employees.A recent report shows that Elon Musk, who bought Twitter in a mega deal, plans to lay off 75% of its employees.
Oct 22, 2022
Oct 22, 2022
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How to Answer “Why Do You Want to Work at <Company X>”You’re in a meeting room, nervously twisting your fingers. You find yourself sweating a lot and hope whoever comes in that door won’t…
Oct 13, 2022
Oct 13, 2022
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How to Keep Your Mind Sharp For Your Work?You work for the whole day. 5pm comes. Your brain is fried. You can’t seem to come up with any meaningful line of code anymore. You go…
Oct 1, 2022
Oct 1, 2022
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You Feel You’re Burnt Out From Work. Now What? Remember These 2 B’sBefore I start, if you’ve felt so much stress that it is affecting your appetite, sleep, and motivation to do things, even worse, if you…
Sep 22, 2022
Sep 22, 2022
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7 Things I Regret Knowing Too Late for the IndustryWe can all agree that academic and work can have a gap in between. Some basic knowledge applies, but the way to go about it can be…
Sep 9, 2022
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Sep 9, 2022
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Leetcode — Yes, Go Ahead and Check the Solution If You Are StuckIt’s safe to say there has been a debate of when to check the solution when you’re stuck on one question. Some believe that you have to…
Sep 1, 2022
Sep 1, 2022