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Hi everyone, I have 2 years of experience in a service based industry as a Java developer, and I am eager to work hard and switch to a reputed product based organisation, but I am not getting proper time to study and practice data structures and algorithms, as I have so much to learn and understand things which are related to my project. Any suggestions would be appreciated and I'll try to inculcate it. Thanks in advance! Amazon Oracle Samsung Microsoft Cisco Salesforce Arcesium Uber
Guys , whoever is interviewing and planning to join , do ask project availablity on priority basis before you take decision. On Java front looks like there is some project issue due to recent slowdown in market. My offer was not revised even after agreement with recruiter because of this.
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In Philly, before the superbowl I went to a 5am Friday morning tailgate event called wingbowl. Said I had an 'appointment.' Showed up onsite around 11am and fell asleep in the bathroom. I woke up at 6pm to a dark office building. Checked myself into a local hospital and wore the wristbands into work Monday morning. Apologized like crazy, and people were cool about it.
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Sometimes it works well. My friend was working in the twin towers. On the fateful day, fortunately he overslept. He lived to tell the story.
It happens. Frame is as a personal emergency or conflict. People will understand.
Internally, you could admit to what actually happened, but pretty limited upside in doing that.
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No one will ever question a intestinal issue.
For sure. Overslept on a global workshop just the other week. I was supposed to share my screen for the 5 hour session. Woke up 20 min after session start. It happens
Got blackout drunk till 3AM. Alarm did not go off.Got a wake up phone call from the hotel because my coworkers were worrier about me.Showed up 4 hours late to work and completely hungover. Would 10/10 do it all over again. Can't really call yourself a consultant if you havent done something crazy.
Few years ago, I changed jobs and the last week on the finishing job was crazy - worked all weekend and Monday to finish the project. Started new job on Tuesday and had new joiner starting Tue-Thu from 7:30 AM to 6PM plus dinners.
Finally I got to see my desk on Friday morning. By 8:30, I thought I’ll close my eyes for couple minutes - and next I know my neighbor woke up and told me I was snoring!! First week in job, first day with my cubicle buddies and that was my introduction.
Just remember that you are probably making it out to be a lot worse than it actually is. Don’t do it again and make up for it in your deliverables and efficiency on that project and move on.
Last day of my internship slept until 1pm and missed 4 meetings
It happens! I slept through a call with a notoriously difficult client stakeholder which the analyst handled like a rockstar. It became our secret towards senior leadership 🤭
I’d been sleeping like shit and took something to help me finally get some much needed zzz’s amongst my raging anxiety. Took it a little too late, next thing I know, I’m waking up 27 minutes late to a call that I’m supposed to be leading with some of our most senior clients. Fortunately, I have a reputation of punctuality and always being early to meetings/calls but still spent the next 48 hours apologizing. Make up for it with deliverables and work ethic and no one will think twice, so long as it isn’t a habit. This happened to me like 4 weeks ago and no one remembers it but me, I guarantee you.
I didn’t make an excuse, I owned up to the fact that I made a mistake. I don’t recommend getting in the habit of trying to make excuses. But in terms of your anxiety, try and take some time off, that really doesn’t sound healthy. Find someone you can talk to (both in and out of work) and maybe see a doctor too. I’m an MD myself and actually prescribe myself daily antidepressant that covers anxiety too and it really helps to keep me more even keeled. Will things slow down for you at all? I hope so because I hate seeing people’s work take such a toll on them
When I was an associate I was on my first travel project and had stayed up late working on a deliverable for the Director. I went to bed, shut the blackout curtains and set my alarm for 7am. My blackberry malfunctioned, alarm never went off, phone calls went straight to VM. I woke up well rested at 10am and rolled in at 11am thinking I was toast. Team gave me a hard time, the director had a chat with me but it was all forgotten in a days time. Was the first one in for a long time after that and set multiple alarms for a while!
When I was in the Marines, I overslept a Saturday funeral where was I suppose to be on the rifle detail (21 gun salute). Went hard the night before with some other Marines and, well, let’s just say I got my ass handed to me by my boss. Never made that mistake again.
It was epic...probably the best one I ever got
Overslept and showed up 15 min late to an internship interview my sophomore year.
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I overslept and missed a 3 hr train to the client for the final report read out as the engagement manager. There was no other train that would get me in time for the meeting and rental car places were still closed at that early in the morning. Super awkward call to the partner. I ended up dialing in but I’m still embarrassed about it.
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I overslept when I had a client in NYC and went out with my friends who live in the city the night before (until 3am!). I didn’t have to be in the office the next day until mid-morning but did need to join an 8am call. I woke up at 10am. Oops. I felt bad, didn’t really get in trouble for it...apologized and moved on.
I overslept once and walked in 15 minutes late to a client meeting. In my defense though I was jet lagged, woke up at 3 AM, and then fell asleep at 6 for some reason. I had to be up by 7 but woke up closed to 7:30. My manager was pissed and I was embarrassed but it was what it was and I made sure to be better in the future
Have totally overslept meetings before. Sometimes it’s an issue (usually in that case there were already working style conflicts with the manager), most of the time people are understanding about it as long as it’s not a habit. Definitely less awkward than the call I had to make once: “Uhh... I’ll be traveling to the client city X week but won’t be able to come to client site... because I’ll be under house arrest.”
I landed on the east coast coming back from Coachella (i.e. zero sleep for 3 days) at 1 AM, and woke up about 20 min before my 8:30 flight was going to take off. I immediately changed my flight, then called my manager and said that I had gotten a slow start that morning, there was bad airport traffic, and I'd be on the next flight out. I got a couple reminders from my manager to allow more transit time, but then he dropped it because it was the only timeliness issue I had ever had. Any functional team should have the ability to flex in a no-show emergency, as long as it's a one-time issue and you apologize profusely.
It's ok. Things like this happen to everyone. As long as it's not a habit, I wouldn't beat yourself up over it. Just apologize and explain that you had an emergency to your immediate manager.
Forgot to set my alarm, was exhausted on a project. Just woke up naturally at 12 30. Sprinted into the office and apologised profusely. Wasn’t a great look but I didn’t have a history of being unreliable so all was forgotten in two weeks