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tayo42 ◴[] No.45421709[source]
Doesn't or didn't Netflix only hire seniors for a while when they were doing some of their most interesting technical work?

And shopify seems like an odd company from the outside.

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alephnerd ◴[] No.45421762[source]
Shopify experiments with hiring practices, and that's a good thing.

I've been following their program to recruit high potential high schoolers and have them work as junior SWEs while doing their degree part-time. I think this kind of a model is highly underutilized and would solve issues on both the hirer and the employee's end.

The issue is over the past decade, universities have dramatically reduced the scope of CS programs and removed foundational courses that have traditionally been gatekeepers to ensure some base maturity. Think like that theory of computation course, your CompArch course, or your OS Dev course.

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tayo42 ◴[] No.45421880[source]
Shopify had me do a timed test of multiple choice brain teasers. That is an odd thing to do...

I just checked the public school i went to and their required courses for CS include those that you listed

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1. alephnerd ◴[] No.45421899[source]
In Canada right?

Canadian programs haven't been watered down to the same degree as American programs and we can pay y'all 20-30% less than Americans.

If not, what program and year? The last few years of new grad hiring at portfolio companies left a bad taste in everyone's mouth so hiring shifted abroad.

Depending on the university in the US we might already be targeting them but then the cost aspect comes to play.

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2. tayo42 ◴[] No.45421992[source]
SUNY binghamton https://www.binghamton.edu/watson/student-services/advising/...
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3. alephnerd ◴[] No.45425440[source]
Binghamton is a good program. They and the other SUNYs affiliated with the NY Semiconductor Initiative have continued to use the same curriculum industry partners recommended.

They are a semi-target.