The field trip to Surveymonkey was great. I had a great time with my classmates and my mentor, Ava. Ava works as a software engineer for Surveymonkey. She really loves Surveymonkey and I can understand why. I am going to just write about my takeaways from Surveymonkey.
"At Surveymonkey, you should ask stupid questions. And it's ok to ask stupid questions." The panel consisted of all the women involved in the techical fields at Surveymonkey. One of them is the CTO. One is a program manager. The rest are awesome software engineers, including my mentor, Ava.
Several takeaways from Surveymonkey here:
One, if you feel uncomfortable asking stupid questions to your interviewers for a job, then it is not a good sign. One of things I learned from Surveymonkey is that interviewers want to know how you do when you are struggling. If you don't ask, you can be stuck for days and that's not doing anything better. If you ask for you, it helps you as well as others who are totally supportive and willing to teach you since it also makes the work for everyone's lives easier.
Two, everything is always a learning experience, but you shouldn't feel alone when you learn or struggle. It's always good to ask for help when you are really, really stuck. Great software engineers always want to help and share their knowledge. Bad software engineers are those who are judgmental and only help themselves. Knowing this inspires me, making me want to be a great software engineer because I know I really appreciate all the knowledge and wisdom that I got from Hackbright and I certainly want to pass that on to new generation of software engineers.
Three, find a mentor or boss who can really support you as you grow in your position as a software engineer. You don't want to work for a boss who hinders your growth or not encourage any growth. A good boss will want what's best for you.
On the plus side, I actually saw the husband of Sheryl Sandberg, who is the CEO of Surveymonkey. What an awesome day at Surveymonkey!
<3 Kiki
"At Surveymonkey, you should ask stupid questions. And it's ok to ask stupid questions." The panel consisted of all the women involved in the techical fields at Surveymonkey. One of them is the CTO. One is a program manager. The rest are awesome software engineers, including my mentor, Ava.
Several takeaways from Surveymonkey here:
One, if you feel uncomfortable asking stupid questions to your interviewers for a job, then it is not a good sign. One of things I learned from Surveymonkey is that interviewers want to know how you do when you are struggling. If you don't ask, you can be stuck for days and that's not doing anything better. If you ask for you, it helps you as well as others who are totally supportive and willing to teach you since it also makes the work for everyone's lives easier.
Two, everything is always a learning experience, but you shouldn't feel alone when you learn or struggle. It's always good to ask for help when you are really, really stuck. Great software engineers always want to help and share their knowledge. Bad software engineers are those who are judgmental and only help themselves. Knowing this inspires me, making me want to be a great software engineer because I know I really appreciate all the knowledge and wisdom that I got from Hackbright and I certainly want to pass that on to new generation of software engineers.
Three, find a mentor or boss who can really support you as you grow in your position as a software engineer. You don't want to work for a boss who hinders your growth or not encourage any growth. A good boss will want what's best for you.
On the plus side, I actually saw the husband of Sheryl Sandberg, who is the CEO of Surveymonkey. What an awesome day at Surveymonkey!
<3 Kiki