Category: interview
the database discovery
This is probably my most interesting story so far at this job. No lie, I really did discover a database in production that no one else knew existed.
It starts when Kobi, AppCard’s Operations Director, approached me one day and say, “Hey Viet, can you look into why one of our jbrains wasn’t backed up?”.
the data recovery
Many developers will have done this, some probably do this as a daily routine, but a recent work of mine on a data recovery job felt like a latest expression of my career’s progress so far.
fintech 1 interview
I got through the online assessment and first round interview with a NY fintech company. Here is the reflection I have on the two parts. A learning experience that’s for sure.
bombed interview 1
I bombed an interview on Friday. Here is the reflection on it.
5 interview questions: C++, Area 2
5 interview questions
It’s not 5 interview questions, it’s 5 categories of interview questions.
Goal: do these all in C++, Java, and Rust
Steve Yegge influenced a lot of people with this post.