Lose the Battle but Win the War — I was put on a performance improvement plan recently. Trust me on this: it killed my confidence. But I rebounded quickly and landed another offer — one that made more money. I’ll tell you everything I learned so you don’t waste time. You Did Not Lose Money In fact you gained money. Imagine that! They…

You Will Spin Wheels and Go Nowhere — If you are deciding between a startup and a big corporate — read this. It will save you so much time. Trust me. I’ve worked in startups and I’ve worked in big corporations. I would take a big corporate every time. Here’s why. You Will Work Hard and Make Very Little Money Startups make you work hard. It is…

No, Your Cover Letter Does Not Matter — It will be too late when you realize that the chains clasped to your ankles and wrists were unlocked all along and you were always free to go. — Chateau Heartiste In the past 3 years I have landed over 10 100K offers for engineering roles. It’s not hard. …

2023 — All Of the Questions I was Asked with Answers — I interviewed for a Data Science role at Lyft in Early Jan. Here are the questions I was asked with answers. You will probably be asked similar questions. First Round Take-Home Assignment The first round typically involves a take-home assignment. In my case, I was given a dataset containing information…

You can get a 100K Data Engineering job without any Experience — “You are either hard working or smart. You cannot be both.” — @BowTiedBull Earlier this year I started working as a Data Engineer in Tech. I had no experience in the field. But I got 3 offers. I’ll walk you through everything I did so you don’t waste time. You need to be sending out job applications like it is your job. It’s…

I don’t have all the answers, but I do have the questions — We interview for Data Science and Data Engineering roles in Sydney constantly. In this post we are going to tell you the technical interview questions we were asked. You will probably be asked the same thing. Companies are lazy. They will probably recycle their questions. If you liked this and…

Real Interview Questions You Could Be Asked — I interviewed for a Data Scientist role at Expedia in Feb 2022. I made it to the final round, but did not get an offer. I’ll share the questions I was asked with you here. You will probably be asked similar questions. It is company policy to ask standardised questions…