PinnedInThe StartupbyZhia Chong·Feb 28, 2018How I landed offers from Microsoft, Amazon, and Twitter without an Ivy League degreeThis is for those of you out there who are about to start your job search and who may be worried that you can’t land a top-tier tech job…A response icon158A response icon158
Zhia Chong·Jan 26, 2021If you were to learn computer science from scratch today in 2021, how should you do it?This same article is available in video form.
Zhia Chong·Oct 19, 2020How I landed a job at Twitter as a software engineerThis is the story of how I landed a job at Twitter as a full-time software engineer, what I went through, how I prepared and why I finally…
Zhia Chong·Mar 14, 2020Is This The Best Book for Coding Interview Preparation?A Twitter Software Engineer’s Review of the best-selling technical interview prep bookA response icon1A response icon1
Zhia Chong·Feb 23, 2020Why Your Resume Is Being RejectedIf you are a new grad looking for an internship or full-time position at a top-tier tech company, or you know someone who’s currently in…
InThe StartupbyZhia Chong·Sep 13, 2019Should You Go to College or Coding Bootcamp to Be a Software Engineer?If you’re currently thinking about how you can be a software or whether coding bootcamp still makes sense in 2019, then this article is for…A response icon5A response icon5
Zhia Chong·Aug 21, 2019Video Coding Tutorial: How to find the number of islands in a matrixWhen I graduated from college, I interviewed at Google. And failed horribly 😔A response icon1A response icon1
Zhia Chong·May 7, 2019How to become a rockstar engineerRockstar engineers are like unicorns. But you can be one in these 5 simple steps.
InThe StartupbyZhia Chong·Apr 18, 2019A Dummy’s Guide to Distributed QueuesWhy we need queues, and how it’s used in modern architectureA response icon2A response icon2
InThe StartupbyZhia Chong·Jan 28, 2019A simple guide to building an amazing technical résuméWhether you’re an aspiring software engineer or a seasoned developer, there are times when you need to give your résumé a boost to make it…