Work-life balance is amazing for those with families.
Very supportive culture in general, and the values aligned with mine.
Lack of mentorship on my specific teams.
Lack of clear onboarding for junior devs that left me floundering a bit.
Make sure your dev teams have a clear path for Juniors. I was thrown to the wolves, and it ended up building a heavy sense of imposter syndrome that I think has slowed me down greatly in my productivity. I'm less willing to commit code frequently or take risks as a result. This rough start has me feeling like I might have been better off with another company that has a more structured approach to developing its juniors.
The initial coding challenge are two variation of the sliding window problems, which I saw something like that previously but did not get the O(n) solution. I finished the problem, but runtime is too slow (not O(n)).
There was a brief phone conversation to talk about the company and just see if I would be a good fit. Then, I was given two hours to complete a remote programming assignment. After that, I was brought in for an in-person interview with a couple of
I attended a non-technical interview with the manager and one team member, though for a different role. This interview consisted of questions related to my professional background and problem-solving thought process. I was invited back for a second
The initial coding challenge are two variation of the sliding window problems, which I saw something like that previously but did not get the O(n) solution. I finished the problem, but runtime is too slow (not O(n)).
There was a brief phone conversation to talk about the company and just see if I would be a good fit. Then, I was given two hours to complete a remote programming assignment. After that, I was brought in for an in-person interview with a couple of
I attended a non-technical interview with the manager and one team member, though for a different role. This interview consisted of questions related to my professional background and problem-solving thought process. I was invited back for a second