Hello everyone  , I have always struggled with programming because my logic building skills were not good. My question is how to work on that ? I have few other questions too :  1. Suppose I am not...

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Hello everyone  , I have always struggled with programming because my logic building skills were not good. My question is how to work on that ? I have few other questions too :

1. Suppose I am not able to solve a problem , whenever I look into the solution at points I fail to understand their thought process . Is there anything that can be done ?

2. Should I focus on building my own solutions rather than understand other peoples code ?

Programming Logic !

Software Test - QA

Programming Logic !- Grapevine

been leetcoding on and off for 2 months now, and even today ive to see solution for most of the questions. idk where im doin wrong (final year undergrad) . welp

How do i get better at this shi?

I know the syntax of the programming language, but I am not able to think of simple logic as well. I have 2.5 yoe. The development I have done till now was replication or enhancement. When I got a new requirement last week, then the realisation hit me. How to improve logical thinking or should I switch as I am not where I am supposed to be after 2.5 years ?

Logic thinking.

System Engineer

I'm not able to solve DSA Problems (Med - Hard). I have my placements in 6 months and while I have good Development Skills but my DSA Skills are lacking. Every time I try to solve a question I get stuck and copy the code from the discussion section. I want to get out of this hell!! 😭🙏

Finding DSA quite Tough

Software Developer

I am a fresher. Currently in 4th year Engg, I'm currently interning at a US Medical Devices giant
Things here are so over the top
I've been assigned a task for a codebase I have no idea about. It's been three days and I have been giving the same update on my scrum calls

I'm extremely new to this corporate environment, and have already started feeling demotivated. Can someone please help me out

Please guide me

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30M here and currently working as a QA. My current ctc is 14LPA(6Y.O.E). Currently I'm on bench and looking out for projects. Parallelly I'm also looking outside, incase I don't get any projects in my current company. 

The problem  here is I'm not very good at writing programs(Or atleast that's what I think) and constantly face issues in programming questions in interviews. I have always been an A+ student, scoring in 90's throughout academics(Scored 100 in chem and phy in 12th). But never been able to clear programming interviews. This is affecting my self-confidence and I keep getting self doubts(One of my senior in my first company told me that, I'm good at theoretical concepts and I fail when it comes to the application of said concepts).

Now I'm into automation testing and as I was looking to switch, I kept seeing multiple openings for Mobile Development(Development in general, be it backend/front-end/full stack etc). The below reasons made me thinking as to why not switch to development:
1. My current CTC is low for my exp and testing usually don't have much openings
2. Testers don't have much respect in the Industry(Even from people working along with us)
3. Not much scope to earn more from testing field

My current thoughts:
1. Enroll into a Java course from any offline institute and learn Java thoroughly first.
2. Switch to a good company with decent pay
3. Invest time for 1-2 years and learn development and then try for some startups.

Any advice to my thoughts? Am I thinking in the right direction?
And also, if anyone who has done this transition(Or similar transition) could shed some light on how you did it and what difficulties you faced, I would greatly appreciate it.

Career Advice/RoadMap: Thinking to switch to Mobile Development from QA. Any roadmaps or advice in general?

I was learning to code when i was in my second year of BTech. I understood coding is not for all. It is a way of thinking. Some people naturally can code and some people work hard to get that way of thinking. Ultimately coding is about problem solving. Now one thing i understood is, my thinking and way of talking everything has got changed because of learning to code. Im making real life relations so complex. I have seen people who never think about how they think, who never go deep into why and what in day to day life, who just live their life without any stress but still earn good. What i am trying to ask is, is this normal for everyone. The more work you do, the more problems you solve, the more complex thinking your mind will start doing and this will affect your day to day life to think too much about ifs and elses in relationships.

Problem solving vs Relationships ( Not just love )

Data Analyst

Software QA(Automation) having 3 yrs of exp with Salary 12LPA , thinking of switching to Backend dev role . Although here are my few queries : 

1. Is QA domain good in long run with respect to salary .
2. Will Dev role be difficult to adapt , as i have exp in development but only in writing test scripts .
3. How much should i expect the staring dev salary to be as compared to my current CTC ?
4. Is it a good switch , say if i stay in QA domain for 2 more years then i guess CTC would be around the ball park of 18 - 20 LPA . But if i switch to dev and gain 2 years of exp will it be able to match the salary of QA ?

Thanks in Advance

is it a Good switch QA(Automation) >> Backend Dev

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Ask me anything except my company name, or things that can reveal my identity. I may respectfully choose not to respond to your question based on my own judgement.

Here’s a brief intro about me: I’ve worked as both software engineering manager & software technical architect over the last 18+ years on various tech stacks managing backend, frontend and a little bit of cloud. I have seen ups and downs in the software industry. Currently I’m working as a senior architect in one of the product based companies in India.

I’ve been an Engineering Manager before. Ask me anything.

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I have 8 yoe , looking for mentor to crack technical interviews for faaiv

Mentorship to crack google

Why AMA?-
New to GV. I see potential here; trying to gauge audience and perhaps I can talk about a thing or two; can definitely learn from ya’al otherwise.

Primer Qs (from some successful AMAs outside of GV)-
What tech has better future?
Is Ai going to kill our jobs?
How to increase Tc 5x, 10x, 20x+?
Startups vs big corps?

Background, Tc stuff-
Decade+ yoe
Started with <10Lpa. Crossed >10Lpm.
Life is fun and no amount of money is enough.
I’ve seen it firsthand that the investments and luxuries grow at far bigger rate than your comp, Can’t complain though.

A Staff engineer :: AMA

I am a fresher working as a Data analyst in a growing startup. My current role doesn't include much of coding just python and SQL and sometimes little bit ML work. Currently handling 2 projects, and some of PM work to define some roadmaps.
I like engineering and coding in whole and want to know more. So do I switch to some SDE role or is there are more paths after Data analytics? I know ML, DL and NLP but not sure will it be a great choice to make career primarily in Data science.
So, I am little confused. Please give all good advices.

Thanks
A curious Engineer

What after Data analytics?

How do you overcome this phase, it’s really depressing sometimes and makes me question will I ever be good in it! Seen that invact guy saying “itni toh tough nahi hai coding” and the current market it gets overwhelming at times. Btw i have two years of experience in service based company. Should i give it another chance or just do mba or masters in data related field? Thanks.

Coding is tough

Software Engineer

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Hi 
Wanted an opinion on how do you all tackle the assignment bit when it comes to assignments as part of hiring processes. One, how regular or normal is it at senior positions ? And two, I feel that a lot of times they just ask you to do everything that is expected of the job. Eg: Create a marketing strategy after analyzing landscape and top 3 competitors. Add graphs etc.
I always have a concern of getting most out of you. Since its at round 1 they would be getting multiple such assignments, which means by design lpt of this work will be a waste and lots of inputs freely sourced.
How do you all handle it ? Can you push back ?
P.S: Am from business/ marketing aide of things and not sure of how it works for techies/ product.

Assignments as a part of interview process

Brand Marketing Manager

Hi guys, I am working at an MNC as a front end developer. I am going to complete 4 years soon here which is no less than a nightmare.

I should have switched so long ago but I am still stuck here.  And it's wfh, so I have been feeling so depressed lately having no professional life. 

I gave some interviews last year but couldn't clear and have been feeling demotivated since then.

Please help!!

Feeling lost in life

I (27, Mumbai, India) switched from non-tech background ( commerce) 2 years ago , and started with learning  frontend development and grinded very hard despite all odds. And i recently joined (March to be precise) as a React JS web developer. We are a team of all freshers except for the TL of course. Before getting the job,  I only focused on the web development part and never learned DSA except for solving codewars sometimes. Now, in my non office hours, I try learning DSA and solving codewars/neetcode problems which takes all that time and I am also reading a book on javascript. But sometimes I get into a dilemma, like it happened today, where I wonder if I am correct to learn DSA and improve logic building and dive deep into javascript, OR should I instead invest my non office hours in diving deep into React JS and also improving my CSS skills (where I suck a lil). I really get into this dillema somedays and end up getting anxious. Please tell me what you think. It would be very helpful, and I would be grateful.  Thank you.

Am I doing the right thing? What should I more focus on?

The lack of critical thinking these days is driving me nuts. I've got a few people on my team who've somehow BS'd their way into roles they can't handle. They can't do anything that takes more than a minute of actual thought.

It's like all I get is copy-pasted ChatGPT output for the simplest questions. Makes me seriously worried about how they will get better over time (as a lot of us did).
We're churning out folks who can't think for themselves, and it's scary as hell.

Concerned by junior devs being over reliant on Chatgpt

What did it take to get to that point? I'm reasonably comfortable with mediums but hard problems feel like a few notches above in difficulty. Should I find the equivalent rating of mediums on codeforces and work from there? Or is it better to keep reading LC hard solutions until something clicks?

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