Jobs in STEM

Need some advice. A recruiter said that the salary top band is $100k. After being successful with the job application, i was given $87.5k as the top band. Like bruh?

Would you report a coworker who consistently relies on AI to complete work they clearly don't understand?

You enjoy your work, your team is great, and your manager supports you... but you're being paid noticeably below market. Would you stay because you're happy, or leave for a higher salary? What's your ...

Is it still worth it to learn how to code properly? Or is it easier to learn how to get AI to write the code for you?

You finish all your work by 2 PM, but everyone else stays until 5. Do you leave when you're done, even if people might think you don't work hard... or stay just to be seen?

When a posting says "on-site preferred" instead of "on-site required" but you really want to work remotely or at least hybrid, do you still apply? I'm trying to figure out if that phrasing is just a g...

One thing nobody warned me about is that half of my career would be explaining things in PowerPoint to people who won't read the slides anyway. What's one thing you'd get rid of forever at your job?

What's a good way to tell a colleague who is constantly prying into your life and offering unprompted feedback on your work to back off? I’m trying to find a polite but direct way to tell him to mind ...

Imagine you're sitting in your annual review, and your manager offers you a choice: a 20% raise or a permanent four-day workweek. You can only pick one. What's your decision, and what made you choose ...

It seems common for entry-level workers to face imposter syndrome, but what about people who have been in the industry for three to five years? If a mid-level engineer still feels like they're pretend...

I can't help but notice that more than half of my department has one foot out the door. Morale has completely tanked, and it's hard to be productive with the free-for-all environment. Are others going...

With the job market being so rough right now, walking away from a job you don't enjoy anymore still seems like a bad idea. Is sticking with a miserable but secure job really worth the toll it takes on...

Do you think college degrees are becoming less important for technical roles, or are they still a major advantage?

How do you deal with adding the fact that you were laid off from a job in your resume? Do you actually mention it or just leave the job as if it was still on going? Any pros or cons?

I was caught in a recent round of layoffs and want to set realistic expectations. If you were laid off in the last year, how long did your job hunt take from start to finish? I'm trying to figure out ...

Spent 10 hours on a backend take-home coding test last week. Submitted it, and now the recruiter has completely ghosted me. Why do companies demand this much of our time and then not even bother to se...

Does anyone draw a complete blank at interviews? Only interviewed for a few roles and I just keep forgetting really basic things

I am apparently a Claude Power user among my peers... not sure how that is even possible but it comes to show you that not many people have incorporated Claude in their workflows. Are more willing to ...

I'm prepping for a technical interview next week, but I have a question I wanted to ask that may seem irrelevant. At the end, when they ask for questions, is it unprofessional to ask about their dress...

How is it possible that in every company and institution I have worked for, there are people who don't know how to flush a toilet? Can anybody explain this frustrating and disgusting behavior?