[Weekend Drop] Coding Career for College Students - Major League Hacking

<ul> <li>Slides: <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1GQjhDBiQ4raGcn4M7eXXuoJ_9VOGSgpd3RcIQ2dyXJ4/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1GQjhDBiQ4raGcn4M7eXXuoJ_9VOGSgpd3RcIQ2dyXJ4/edit?usp=sharing</a> </li> <li>Video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2X-RsCVRas">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2X-RsCVRas</a> </li> </ul><p><br><strong>Timestamps</strong></p><ul> <li>[00:00:00] Prepared presentation on Coding Careers</li> <li>[00:21:46] <strong>If you've worked with junior developers, what's the biggest mistake you see them making and how would you go about solving it if you were in their shoes?</strong> </li> <li><strong>[00:24:03] What should be the aim when job hunting big companies or startups?</strong></li> <li>[00:26:06] <strong>Can you expand more on the differences between being a junior software engineer in finance Two Sigma versus tech?</strong> </li> <li>[00:26:43] <strong>If you don't have contacts, do you have any advice in terms of contacting real people or companies to show yourself in the best light possible?</strong> </li> <li><strong>[00:28:31] How easy or hard is it to change your field?</strong></li> <li>[00:29:52] <strong>What do you think about product management and how would the graduate set of career path aim towards that?</strong> </li> <li>[00:33:13] <strong>What's the best or correct way of approaching a recruiter slash employee to get a referral?</strong> </li> <li>[00:34:28] <strong>When hiring someone and looking at OSS contributions, how would you rate it from very different projects are more well-known?</strong> </li> <li>[00:36:29] <strong>What's the benefit of a random employee spending the time on you for referral or talk about their job? I feel like it's one sided for the student.</strong> </li> <li>[00:37:44] <strong>How do you ask developers for conversations about their job or guidance?</strong> </li> <li>[00:38:45] <strong>how do I approach about the referral at the end of the conversation though?</strong> </li> <li>[00:39:5