3rd Q&A with
Answers to YOUR questions about software engineering, based on my 30 years at Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Oracle, etc.
Table of Contents
00:00 Introduction
01:26 How a senior SDE can maximize first 6 months at a new company?
06:07 How to get good at architecture and design
11:07 How to maximize first few years as new grad SDE since we're in a recession?
16:55 Is it a good time to switch companies or teams?
19:06 How do we proactively protect our career in economic downturns?
24:05 Should you intern for free?
25:50 Are SDE expectations different for different countries, e.g. USA vs India?
32:05 My opinion on reverse engineering jobs
34:08 How often do front-end engineers make it to Staff / Principal and beyond?
36:30 Are Assembly and BASIC dying out in modern companies?
39:01 Is microcontroller programming better than cloud for career?
43:10 Is 25-30 programmers enough to do Twitter's core work?
48:38 Did any particular orgs help me with networking in engineering?
52:14 Do you have to be good at math to be a good SDE?
54:34 What books help in managerial career?
57:10 Do you have to be aware of politics when working in big tech?
1:01:45 Thoughts on interning for CIA?
1:03:17 What do you think of having two full-time SDE jobs?