Posts must be related to careers in computer science or the tech industry.
All posts in r/cscareerquestions must be related to computer science careers or working in the tech industry. Non-career college-related questions like "Which school should I go to?" belong in r/csmajors.
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Posts must show thought, effort, and research.
Before posting, the post author should make an effort to do their own research, check our FAQ, search the subreddit, and provide details as part of their question. Low effort questions or posts will be removed.
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Some questions belong in daily stickied threads.
Some topics in r/cscareerquestions are restricted to rotating sticky threads. If you make a post about those topics, it may be removed and you may be redirected to the stickied thread. Full list of topics and sticky schedule can be found here.
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Survey or data-collecting posts require mod approval.
Posts which attempt to collect a large amount of data (such as salary-sharing threads or "homework assignments" meant to learn about careers in CS) or links to off-site surveys are generally not allowed in r/cscareerquestions. Please contact the mods for more information.
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Promotional or advertising threads are only allowed in the monthly stickied threads.
Promotional or advertising content regarding a person, service, or website must go in the monthly stickied thread on the first Sunday of each month. All other promotional comments or posts will be removed.
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Trolling or being a jerk is not allowed.
Be human, don't be a jerk. All posts and comments should be polite and professional. Egregious offenses will get you banned.
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Posts must contain a question or foster discussion.
Posts in r/cscareerquestions should either contain a question, or contain substantial content worthy of discussion. No rants, stories, links without context, or one-liners are allowed.
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Comments should be on-topic.
Comments in r/cscareerquestions are required to be relevant to the post/discussion.
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Comments should be professional and helpful.
Comments in r/cscareerquestions should be polite, professional, and helpful.
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Use ModMail instead of PMing moderators if you have issues.
If you have questions relating to the subreddit, such as having your posts removed, use ModMail to contact the moderators. Do not directly PM any moderator. Messages sent to r/cscareerquestions will be sent to ModMail.
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Name & Shames are only for behavior that is blatantly unethical, illegal, or exceptionally shitty.
Name & Shames should be for corporate behavior that is blatantly dishonest/unethical, illegal, or exceptionally shitty. Non-exceptional Name & Shame posts will be removed and redirected to Glassdoor, the Daily Chat thread, or the Friday Rant thread.
Here we discuss careers in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, and related fields. Please keep the conversation professional, adhere to the reddiquette, and remember to READ OUR RULES.
Share your current compensation and review the data submitted by other users in the two links above. More info about the salary survey can be found on the subreddit wiki.
Salary Sharing Threads
These are only posted by mods, following the schedule listed in the FAQ. You can find past threads here.
In addition to a chat thread that's newly spawned every day, we have a daily rotation for threads for certain topics. Please don't start new threads about these topics without getting mod permission first, lest we be forced to...intervene.
We could always do with more help and wisdom, friend! The better the FAQ, the harder we can come down on lazy posters with low-effort OPs, which means a higher quality subreddit experience for you.
