Author: ssangela Cui
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One month into Tech Start @ Liberty Mutual Insurance
Inspired by Aaron B.’s intern update post on LinkedIn, I wanted to share an update for my experience as a Tech Start SWE Intern at Liberty Mutual Insurance! It’s been almost a month since I started my internship here in Seattle, WA this summer. Almost everything besides the Agile methodology and Git was new to…
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How to approach a technical interview pt. 2
Communicate Proactively! When you don’t communicate…
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How to approach a technical interview pt. 1
I’m taking Meta ABCS and wanted to share my notes from the first class. These are just surface level things of the great things this program offers so go apply for the next application opening!
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My Journey to my First Internship Offer (Summer 2024 edition)
Through the highs and lows of a job search, Liberty Mutual’s TechStart Program became my beacon of opportunity. A victorious technical interview, coupled with a serendipitous call, paved the way for an exhilarating offer to intern in Summer 2024.
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My Journey to my First Internship Offer (Spring 2024 edition)
Amidst missed chances and unforeseen twists, my path to securing a Spring internship at TechWithHeart underscored the significance of grabbing hold of second opportunities. Despite initial worries stemming from an unanswered message and potential doubts, my distinctive background and skills distinguished me from other applicants, underscoring the importance of diverse experiences. This journey not only…
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Angular: File Upload, Links, and Caching?
It’s been a while since I’m written here, but I am learning Angular at the moment so I decided to share a bit of what I’m learning and some problems I’m running into. What is Angular? Angular is a framework downloaded through npm package manager where the roots of the programming languages in Angular consist…
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lossless, dependency-preserving 3NF decomposition
That is a mouthful of unfamiliar vocabulary to me… Let’s start with the first term: Lossless Lossless is a type of data compression method. The opposite of this is lossy. Lossless keeps all data which in the sense of databases can be extremely useful. However, it can also become repetitive if the data is repetitive…
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Unit Testing
For a class I’m taking called Software Engineering, my role is being an admin for Phase 1. In short, this course is a group-based project where the team creates a mock-up of Reddit. There are total of 4 Phases in the course and we just completed Phase 0, which was the tutorial phase. Now, I…
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SQL queries
I am writing this today as I have a midterm tomorrow for this class. I have an assignment due as well and figured to write this in light of some of my frustrations I encounter as I go through the assignment. Note: I cannot disclose the entirety of this assignment or its details since it…
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Coding Challenges
I found this site in courtesy of John Crickett on LinkedIn. I explored the site and it seems very cool! There’s a lot of different challenges from easy to hard. Coding Challenges: https://codingchallenges.fyi/challenges/intro LeetCode is often used for coding interviews: This specific set is very useful for coding interviews. Some other platforms for free coding…
Angela Cui 