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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:03 PM Author: Transparent home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775495) |
Date: November 26th, 2017 4:05 PM Author: Fluffy market gay wizard Nice work brother! Congrats. Are you gonna try to move into quant work? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775505) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:06 PM Author: Fluffy market gay wizard btw was the algorithm design manual recommended to you by a pumo? I was trolling HARD for it a couple of years ago on here. How did you like it? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775513) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:07 PM Author: Transparent home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775518) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:06 PM Author: Transparent home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775514) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:09 PM Author: Fluffy market gay wizard yeah thats kind of the way for common way for devs to break in. looks like you made it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775524) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:07 PM Author: bateful masturbator deer antler congrats, what kind of comp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775519) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:08 PM Author: Transparent home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775523) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:10 PM Author: grizzly center milk Fuck nice
Age (no doobs)? |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:10 PM Author: Transparent home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775536) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:20 PM Author: insanely creepy hell community account 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775599) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:21 PM Author: Razzle-dazzle Flesh Step-uncle's House holy fuck (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775605) |
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Date: November 27th, 2017 1:50 AM Author: zombie-like ceo university (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34779361) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:10 PM Author: Adulterous meetinghouse 180 I'm killing myself (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775535) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:13 PM Author: Sable Cerebral Giraffe 180, damn. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775553) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 6:23 PM Author: Vivacious amethyst son of senegal antidepressant drug Fuck my ass. I make more than that now but I am in my early 30s and spent more time/money in school than you. Where would you top out at in this career? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34776443) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 7:33 PM Author: Transparent home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34777004) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 7:09 PM Author: excitant dilemma Well done.
I'm starting to think I'm not making the best use is my CS degree, lol. |
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Date: November 27th, 2017 6:00 PM Author: Fluffy market gay wizard You couldn’t do what he does. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34784126) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:10 PM Author: Laughsome canary kitty Congrats!!
Base/bonus? Hours? |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:11 PM Author: Transparent home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775544) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:10 PM Author: Crusty Faggotry 180000. Very inspiring. Any advice for a polisci shithead who wants to do something similar? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775534) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:11 PM Author: Fluffy market gay wizard he has a stem degree from HYPSM fyi (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775540) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:15 PM Author: Crusty Faggotry jfc i have no chance (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775559) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:16 PM Author: Fluffy market gay wizard well you won't get a job like his that's for sure. but you could cop like $120k in a secondary market and you'd work fewer hours. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775566) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:21 PM Author: Razzle-dazzle Flesh Step-uncle's House (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775604) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:24 PM Author: Fluffy market gay wizard I'm not that familiar with their curriculum tbh, but a lot of ppl say it's good. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775617) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:25 PM Author: Razzle-dazzle Flesh Step-uncle's House (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775626) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:27 PM Author: Fluffy market gay wizard assuming you don't have a stem background, maybe 6 months to a year to learn the basics and the get proficient at some javascript framework. break in at about $75k and work your way up to a more chill senior role (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775641) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:29 PM Author: Razzle-dazzle Flesh Step-uncle's House ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775658) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:13 PM Author: Transparent home I can't speak to polisci. Honestly stem prepared me very well for the abstract thinking and problem solving. Practicing turning that into code still took the better part of a year to do well, and I know I still have a lot to learn.
If you're still in school, the best thing to do is just take a few CS classes and see if you like it. Outside of school I'm sure it gets a lot harder, but the move is probably to try some online classes in core cs concepts like algorithms, data structures, and operating systems on a platform like Coursera. |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 8:28 PM Author: Laughsome canary kitty What kind of STEM were you in before? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34777453) |
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Date: November 27th, 2017 10:16 AM Author: Transparent home one of math/applied math/physics (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34780572) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:12 PM Author: Tan sanctuary indirect expression I’ve made literally life changing money on crypto yet reading this thread makes me feel like a failure why (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775548) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:15 PM Author: grizzly center milk Dat stem prestige + real jerb (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775560) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:16 PM Author: Crusty Faggotry he has brains, skills, and the fortitude to apply them.
You? Clicked buy on coinbase. |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:16 PM Author: Appetizing corner associate You won the equivalent of a scratch off lotto and are a loser? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775569) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:16 PM Author: Transparent home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775571) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:17 PM Author: Fluffy market gay wizard crypto is just getting started (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775579) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:21 PM Author: Tan sanctuary indirect expression I literally want to do what you do. Prob doe myseld thoug and not foe the man. What is your throwaway (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775600) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:17 PM Author: rose coffee pot 200~300K for first job out of school is 180000000000 but lets be honest < 1% of CS bros with just a BS would cop something like this right out of school
congrats though and good luck
tell us some of the coding projects you did to prepare you for the interviews
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:20 PM Author: Transparent home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775597) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:24 PM Author: rose coffee pot give us couple of books you used for programming and systems design. did you focus on only front end or did you also work on back end/infrastructure stuff? what language? guessing python (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775618) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:29 PM Author: Transparent home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775655) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:43 PM Author: Fluffy market gay wizard I will say though, C++ will be much harder for someone without a stem background (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775731) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:51 PM Author: glassy trip turdskin C++ is harder for everyone just because it's a massive language which essentially has two programming paradigms (shitty C-with-Classes and actually readable modern C++) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775781) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:54 PM Author: Fluffy market gay wizard You need to be able to understand the old style. A liberal arts fag won’t understand memory management. Better to start with C and get the basics if you don’t have a background. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775802) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:55 PM Author: glassy trip turdskin It's one of the most straightforward things to understand, it's hard because if you inherit a bunch of pre-smart pointer C++ code it will inevitably be lubed up its pert boistinker with bugs. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775815) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:56 PM Author: Fluffy market gay wizard Obviously. Don’t overestimate what someone who has avoided math his entire life can handle. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775822) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:58 PM Author: Transparent home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775838) |
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Date: November 30th, 2017 1:17 PM Author: glassy trip turdskin It's more that some of it is just fucking weird (and hard to really get down pat unless you're regularly coding in C++ or a high powered IQ autodidact who memorizes every rule he reads) than a lot per-se, e.g. the idiosyncrasies of the T&& operator:
https://isocpp.org/blog/2012/11/universal-references-in-c11-scott-meyers
The worst part about C++ is really that nothing ever gets deprecated, so you're unlikely to encounter clean "new C++" code IRL. Places like good trading firms are probably one of the few exceptions, as they target top talent and are constantly iterating their codebases to keep pace.
Good job copping dat $$$ though. If I were you I'd sock away a shitton of money over the next 3-4 years and then move on to doing whatever the fuck you want. You'll have the flexibility (in terms of money saved and people who will hire you, or phd programs if you want to chill). I'm jelly |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:22 PM Author: Twinkling public bath Congrats. I’ve always advocated for quant CS. It’s easy money. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775607) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:22 PM Author: Nudist Mad Cow Disease Plaza I find 250k/50 hrs/fintech/straight out of school hard to believe but ok (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775611) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:24 PM Author: Twinkling public bath I haven’t heard of this either. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775615) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:25 PM Author: Transparent home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775623) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:25 PM Author: Fluffy market gay wizard programmer here, it's true. he did stem at a TOP school and learned competitive programming. most of us would have our resumes trashed by the place he probably works. and he's prob in NYC or SF (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775624) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:27 PM Author: coral vengeful church building boltzmann (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775640) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:45 PM Author: Nudist Mad Cow Disease Plaza https://www.cmu.edu/career/documents/2016_one_pagers/scs/scs-ba.pdf
Still significantly out of the normal range for a top school
I haven’t looked recently but I am highly skeptical that’s Facebook starts people out at 200k. |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:46 PM Author: Transparent home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775754) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 5:31 PM Author: bateful masturbator deer antler https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-salary-for-new-grads-starting-at-Facebook-in-2015 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34776049) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 7:10 PM Author: Nudist Mad Cow Disease Plaza base salary not that impressive. Stocks and signing bonus to chain people there. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34776844) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:26 PM Author: bateful masturbator deer antler FB pays that. Top trading firms will pay more. 50 hours is prob on short side tho (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775631) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:33 PM Author: honey-headed mediation water buffalo *puts gun in mouth* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775682) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:37 PM Author: Razzle-dazzle Flesh Step-uncle's House (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775703) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:39 PM Author: Autistic spot idea he suggested Damn...why... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775712) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:39 PM Author: mahogany digit ratio lodge I'm doing 7 years of grad school and residency to make the same as OP. I'm a FAG. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775715) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:40 PM Author: Razzle-dazzle Flesh Step-uncle's House (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775718) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:41 PM Author: aquamarine chad mother not to mention you're paying 200-400k med school tuition, LJL
plus he probably gets equity, which doctors don't |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:42 PM Author: Fluffy market gay wizard (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775726) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:44 PM Author: Transparent home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775741) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:45 PM Author: aquamarine chad mother with the right investments, you will have a much higher NW than doctors will just because you have 10 period head start. it's the time value of money. their future earnings are discounted to the present.
Put everything into index funds and crypto and you will be golden - you might be able to retire by 35 |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:46 PM Author: Autistic spot idea he suggested What index funds would you recommend for him (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775752) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:47 PM Author: aquamarine chad mother VTI VXUS
crypto (serious) - I think crypto has potential to be even bigger |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:50 PM Author: Autistic spot idea he suggested Which Crypto? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775779) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:51 PM Author: aquamarine chad mother i am 90% into ETH, but buying some more BTC...I think it will grow to over 20K soonish
I am done with shitttcoins fwiw, although i hold a few thousand tttezos |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:56 PM Author: Autistic spot idea he suggested Why total market approach vs S&P 500 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775823) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 5:01 PM Author: aquamarine chad mother I have SPY too, but I asked exeunt a while back and he recommended not doing SPY
VTI's expense ratio is lower than SPY
VXUS and VTI returns have been better recently than SPY
Fwiw, I also do individiual stock investments. I'm not sure I recommend it though, b/c I'm no expert. For the most part they are shit, except my Alibaba investment has been 180.
I think I averaged around 18% returns for the past year outside of crypto (and this is with some shitty stock investments). |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 5:12 PM Author: Transparent home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775931) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 4:45 PM Author: Autistic spot idea he suggested "help people" lol You basically spend 60% of the time covering your ass so you don't get sued or have a complaint filed against you |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 5:02 PM Author: exciting cheese-eating box office 180 brother (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34775862) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 5:25 PM Author: Autistic spot idea he suggested If you work hard you can probably retire by 49. Healthcare costs are a bitch though...even if you stay single and childless (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34776003) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 5:30 PM Author: Autistic spot idea he suggested I know a chick doing full stack development who graduated from Princeton. She makes 140K not including sign on bonus... Didn't realize new grads were getting so much (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34776044) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 6:28 PM Author: aquamarine chad mother lol, new grads have been making 100k+ for the past 10-15 years
i graduated from college a decade ago and they made six figs back then too plus signing bonus and equity |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 6:30 PM Author: Vivacious amethyst son of senegal antidepressant drug How much do you make now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34776482) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 7:11 PM Author: Nudist Mad Cow Disease Plaza i don't understand it. Salaries top out at 300K too, even at places like Google. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34776850) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 10:47 PM Author: bateful masturbator deer antler lol no they dont. for 4th years, maybe
a senior goog eng 10+ years out is making 400-500+ |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 8:11 PM Author: Autistic spot idea he suggested Why are so many CS grads aiming for Goog, FB, etc instead of these quant jobs? Do you have to know any data science/scripting, modeling (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34777327) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 10:44 PM Author: Transparent home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34778305) |
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Date: November 27th, 2017 1:44 AM Author: glassy trip turdskin they're extremely hard to get and typically work longer hours
plus recruiting is much less transparent |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 8:35 PM Author: kink-friendly burgundy stage Mid 30's partner at midlaw firm.
EE mymasters from top school with 3.8GPA (got it a few years ago before a firm change). course load was heavy in CS courses. Can code.
can i quit and become a coder?
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Date: November 26th, 2017 10:46 PM Author: Transparent home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34778326) |
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Date: November 26th, 2017 8:36 PM Author: Razzle-dazzle Flesh Step-uncle's House im 28 and make 80k but job is kinda shitty
should i do this or just chill? |
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Date: November 27th, 2017 3:53 PM Author: aquamarine chad mother (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34783031) |
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Date: November 27th, 2017 5:25 PM Author: Transparent home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3809469&forum_id=2#34783843) |