Christian McCarrick The best answer would come from someone who has worked for both companies.  I have not worked for either. A majority of Amazon jobs are in Seattle, while Uber is in San Francisco (soon to be moving to Oakland). I would look at sites like Glassdoor to see what people say about each […]

Christian McCarrick You mention this is for an Intern position.  I assume it will only be for a short-duration? If it is an intern position, I would not worry too much about the money.  Yes, your money will go a lot more in Chicago, but an Internship should not be about the money. I would […]

Christian McCarrick Yes, you can get a software developer job without a degree, but since you are already at university I would recommend you finish your degree.  During your studies you can also continue to learn software development during your spare time.  Contribute to open source projects on Github to get some experience.  Take online […]

Christian McCarrick Three potential roles come to mind: 1. Start your own company.  All of the press these days is about building these huge unicorn companies, but the majority of startups are actually very small companies that bootstrap.  If you go down this route you will certainly be doing most of the work yourself, particularly […]

Christian McCarrick My advice would be to start with the opportunity first unless you have a founding team that has been wildly successful before.  In that case start with the team as that is ultimately what they are investing in anyway. The investors are looking for the problem and the ultimate size of the market […]

Christian McCarrick Based on recent hires I would say that salary is pretty much in line with the market.  Things that will affect that are other parts of the package like medical benefits, vacation, bonus, stock options etc.  Of course the stage of the company and your specific technology expertise makes a big difference as […]

Christian McCarrick This will be a rather broad answer since the question was not specific. Here is the definition of a software developer from Wikipedia: Software developer It will really depend on the company that you work for.  In a large company you might be developing software for a very specific piece of functionality, but […]

Christian McCarrick What is your existing background?  Do you come from a traditional science background? Here are some of the things you need to know in order to pass a software engineering interview: 1. Very good working knowledge of at least one programming language.2. Know your data structures by heart and be able to manipulate […]

Christian McCarrick You must have been good enough since you passed their interviews and exams. If you want to prepare I would find out the technology stack they are using and start learning it.  Find online courses from Udemy, Pluralsight, code academy, etc. and start learning.  Make sure you actually setup a development environment and […]

Christian McCarrick Everyone has to start somewhere. You say you have been programming for three years.  Is that with a job or just doing things for yourself?  Are you a computer science graduate or self-taught? Technology is moving so fast today that I would not worry about not knowing everything; however it is important that […]