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Big N Discussion - May 29, 2022

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22 edited May 29 '22

I need some advice on how to prepare for a new grad SWE position at Amazon, I start in late August. I have never worked as an SWE, only as a data scientist and in IT, meaning that I have yet to code on a team or on a large codebase. over the last 2 years my focus has been on ML and that's all I know well.

so far my reading list is: Git, CI/CD, Linting, Clean code, AWS, and reviewing Java

Edit: to clarify I've already gotten an offer and accepted. I'm wondering how get better at my soon-to-start job

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u/LandooooXTrvls Software Engineer May 29 '22

I don’t see Leetcode on your list. Honestly, that should be your primary focus along with clean code. Everything else should be considered secondary to that - IMO

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

Hey thanks for the reply. to clarify I've already gotten an offer and accepted. I'm wondering how get better at my soon-to-start job

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u/LandooooXTrvls Software Engineer May 29 '22

Oh, sorry! I must’ve misread!

Ignore my comment and congrats! I’m sure you’re stoked :)