When I started at Credit Karma, it was my first internship outside of Toronto. As a Computer Science student at the University of Waterloo, I have the opportunity to complete six internships; Credit Karma has been my third. So having done this two times before I had learned one very important thing: what you get […]
Summer started, class was over, and I had begun a 10-week journey with Credit Karma. Intern life was great: there’s free food, a foosball table, the sights and sounds of the city. However, the main point of an internship is to solve a problem, and in order to solve problems, you need to know how […]
As you are conducting your interview, you need to give the interviewee a chance to answer a question well. Here is a high level walk through of how to bring a candidate to the best answer they have. Our philosophy at Credit Karma is to get candidates comfortable. That is how they will be when […]
Working at a fast growing company while tackling high visibility, cross-functional projects can be challenging to navigate as an engineer. Teams easily become siloed. Knowledge and expertise can be slow to spread among many groups. The rapid growth and blurring of interactions between tools and services drive us to collaborate more so we can innovate […]
I recently made the switch from Quality Assurance to Development. It’s been awesome. Thanks Credit Karma! It feels great to learn something new, and to work in an environment that encourages learning and growth. I’ve never had a job that made the day go by so quickly. I’ve also never had a job be so […]
“Before I do anything, I ask myself, would an idiot do that? And if the answer is yes, I do not do that thing.” – Dwight Schrute There are competing schools of thought about how best to approach job interviews. At Credit Karma, our broadest hiring goal is to hire great people. To do this, we need […]
Why did you get first get started in software engineering? By process of elimination. I moved to the US when I was in 10th grade so my high school years were spent trying to catch up with culture/language while learning how the school system worked. At that time, I only knew of two main career […]
As a programmer, I often over-quantified my own impact. I wanted opportunities where I could do big things. This desire for impact was a part of the reason why I headed down a management track. I felt like the opportunities for me were only available through the ownership that comes implicit in management. This was […]
Tech Talks: Coaching Career Growth from Credit Karma on Vimeo. In this video, Matt Greenberg, Senior Director of Engineering, talks about Coaching Career Growth at the San Francisco Engineering Leadership Community meetup.
