PinnedZhia ChonginThe StartupHow 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…18 min read·Feb 28, 2018--157--157
Zhia ChongIf you were to learn computer science from scratch today in 2021, how should you do it?This same article is available in video form.·2 min read·Jan 26, 2021----
Zhia ChongHow 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…·7 min read·Oct 19, 2020----
Zhia ChongIs This The Best Book for Coding Interview Preparation?A Twitter Software Engineer’s Review of the best-selling technical interview prep book·6 min read·Mar 14, 2020--1--1
Zhia ChongWhy 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…·6 min read·Feb 23, 2020----
Zhia ChonginThe StartupShould 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…·5 min read·Sep 13, 2019--5--5
Zhia ChongVideo Coding Tutorial: How to find the number of islands in a matrixWhen I graduated from college, I interviewed at Google. And failed horribly 😔·1 min read·Aug 21, 2019--1--1
Zhia ChongHow to become a rockstar engineerRockstar engineers are like unicorns. But you can be one in these 5 simple steps.·5 min read·May 7, 2019----
Zhia ChonginThe StartupA Dummy’s Guide to Distributed QueuesWhy we need queues, and how it’s used in modern architecture·8 min read·Apr 18, 2019--2--2
Zhia ChonginThe StartupA 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…·7 min read·Jan 28, 2019----