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DuckConference posted:ugh late starts make it way harder to schedule doing stuff in the evening where are you from where late starts actually translates into late ends cuz like, i think the avg office hours are officially 11am to 4pm
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Sniep posted:where are you from where late starts actually translates into late ends its this. my midwestern brain cant handle it at all. we feel guilty if we're not 15 minutes early and the last to leave.
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Jul 20, 2017 07:36
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sssh don't tell anyone but the a lot of the techbro dudes who claim to do eighty hour weeks and thats why they get paid so much are lying.
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Jul 20, 2017 07:51
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i show up at 10 and leave around 5
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Jul 20, 2017 09:50
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I show up at 1 or 2 and leave around 7 or 8, though sometimes 10 if I feel like I'm being really productive.
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Jul 20, 2017 11:42
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7 to 3:30. Sleeping in isn't my thing
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Jul 20, 2017 11:43
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cis autodrag posted:my boss yesterday : people usually get here around 945 I like getting to the office early because I can get a good start to my day without distractions.
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Carepost: Stymie posted:yeah basically if you can't explain what you do, it's not because it's beyond the ken of mortal men, it's that you don't know how to communicate or teach properly that really depends on what you do and how much accuracy you want. Some jobs work in obscure corners of industries some people don't even know exist, and some people don't know the difference between "the internet" and outlook. I found it hard to explain what the hell was going on when I was working on real-time bidding optimization for retargeting campains. Ended up just saying "we run an auction system for the ads you hate on facebook and have to make it fast". I found it near impossible to explain what my job at Heroku was. Like what the gently caress is a proxy, an HTTP server, or a log router anyway? How do you start to explain certificate management and SSL termination to someone who doesn't even know what a website is? I ended up giving up and saying I worked on hosting websites for other businesses, which was still confusing enough as a concept -- people who knew what a website was and had a brief idea of things thought I managed server racks. Saying just "I'm a programmer" would have carried near 0 information but would have left them with a more accurate picture of my job. The core of it is that explaining something requires bridging the gap between what the person knows and what you want the person to know. You can do it carefully over a longer period of time so the other person gets all the intricacies, or you can do a fast job going for the broad strokes and outlines. In some cases though the gap is so large that at best the approximation you'll create is going to be so coarse that it's wrong for the vast majority of cases and it will be unclear whether you helped them understand or actually instilled bad concepts. Take for example explaining the following topics to a 12 years old: - good: explaining relativity through the "man on a moving train" frame of reference so people get an intuitive feel for it - okay: showing a subatomic model stopping at protons, neutrons, and electrons (good enough, who needs to know about quarks and leptons and bosons) - bad: whatever people try to do with explaining quantum physics and you end up with "anything is possible through the magic of entanglement" as a deus ex machina in lovely scifi - oh god why did you get into this: explaining how quantum computing works "If you can't explain it in one sentence you don't understand it well enough" is a good rule of thumb, but it has heavy assumptions about the expected background of the person you're explaining it to. The fun part is figuring out at which point trying to give a short and brief explanation harms more than it helps. To put it another way, even if specialists really understand how to remove an infected appendix with little risk, they won't teach laypeople how to do it, and every regular person will just stick to heimlich and CPR for the most part. MononcQc fucked around with this message at 13:10 on Jul 20, 2017 |
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MononcQc posted:Carepost: "i'm basically an air traffic controller for the internet. i make sure the websites don't hit each other on the way to your computer"
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Jul 20, 2017 14:20
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"I made your iPhone" --me explaining what I do at work
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The Management posted:"I made your iPhone" --me explaining what I do at work "I made the LCD screen in your iPhone work" --me explaining what I do at work
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Jul 20, 2017 15:23
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ratbert90 posted:"I made the LCD screen in your iPhone work" --me explaining what I do at work "i grew up in a decee environment that afforded me an education to obtain employment that pays me well enough that i never have to subject myself to the malware and ad infested clown show that is anroid" --me explaining what i do at work
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Jul 20, 2017 15:56
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finally csught back up and reading all the posts in this thread really makes me feel like i am missing out by not replying to all these big tech company recruitment emails. on the other hand i really don't want to move to the west coast
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Jul 20, 2017 16:26
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"it's really boring" -me explaining what i do at work
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Jul 20, 2017 16:37
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'nerd poo poo' describe what I do at work also where I do my yosposting
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Jul 20, 2017 16:42
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also my yosposting, minus the nerd
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Jul 20, 2017 16:42
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The Management posted:"I made your iPhone" --me explaining what I do at work I'm surprised you have the energy to post here after your 60 hour shift at Foxconn (and also surprised you're not blocked by the Great Firewall! How's Shenzhen today?)
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Jul 20, 2017 16:45
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i always try to go with just "i work on a website" but fuckers keep asking follow-up questions
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Jul 20, 2017 16:50
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Big interview today, it's for a fairly senior position at an SEO firm. I don't have all the skills listed for the job but they know this and still want to interview, so I'm hoping it's not a problem.
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Jul 20, 2017 17:31
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here's a very quick, accurate and precise way of explaining tech jobs: "i leech money from the productive sectors of society to enrich myself and degrade society as a whole" easy peasy
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Jul 20, 2017 17:36
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Stymie posted:here's a very quick, accurate and precise way of explaining tech jobs: "i leech money from the productive sectors of society to enrich myself and degrade society as a whole" No need to trash talk lowtax like that, he's actually an okay guy
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Jul 20, 2017 17:38
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anime motherfucking dogtits
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PCjr sidecar posted:'nerd poo poo'
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We just had a meeting on a new employee handbook. After the meeting they wanted everybody to sign it immediately "it's just an acknowledgment that you received it!" was their reasoning, which it wasn't. The end of the signature page was "I agree to follow and adhere to everything in this book I received". I didn't sign because there was a non-compete in it. What I did instead was scratch out all of the non-compete bullshit, go to the CEO, and told him I needed his signature next to it. We argued for around half an hour or so, and eventually, I said: I won't sign a non-compete unless you give me my raise you squelched on or equity. He signed immediately. No non-compete for me! (Also I don't care if he fires me tomorrow, I have 8 months of savings.) FlapYoJacks fucked around with this message at 19:44 on Jul 20, 2017 |
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Jul 20, 2017 19:28
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ratbert90 posted:We just had a meeting on a new employee handbook. After the meeting they wanted everybody to sign it immediately "it's just an acknowledgment that you received it!" was their reasoning, which it wasn't. The end of the signature page was "I agree to follow and adhere to everything in this book I received". gently caress yeah
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Shinku ABOOKEN posted:gently caress yeah
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feedmegin posted:How's Shenzhen today? answer hazy, ask again later Shinku ABOOKEN posted:gently caress yeah
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ratbert90 posted:We just had a meeting on a new employee handbook. After the meeting they wanted everybody to sign it immediately "it's just an acknowledgment that you received it!" was their reasoning, which it wasn't. The end of the signature page was "I agree to follow and adhere to everything in this book I received". arent non-competes illegal/unenforceable?
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Raluek posted:arent non-competes illegal/unenforceable?
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Raluek posted:arent non-competes illegal/unenforceable? other states...not so much (other states are also hilariously unwilling to duplicate california's One Weird Trick to attract tech workers and tech jobs)
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Jul 20, 2017 23:59
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The company I work for is under new management (thank god), but the previous owners fired a guy (for pretty lovely reasons) and then took him to court when he got a new job at a company tangentially related to ours for a non compete. I wasn't here for any of that but apparently they thought found out about it on linked in, and now no one tells anyone where they're going when they give notice, and I'll follow suit when I leave because that kind of lovely culture lingers even after the root cause has left
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FMguru posted:in cali there are get lucky with the federal government needing research into radar during wwii?
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feedmegin posted:I'm surprised you have the energy to post here after your 60 hour shift at Foxconn (and also surprised you're not blocked by the Great Firewall! How's Shenzhen today?) LordSaturn posted:answer hazy, ask again later
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no but see noncompetes protect the company's investment in the employee's skill in the form of training paid for by the compahahaha
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current whiteboarding status: still jumping into the poo poo too quick and having to backtrack through my garbage code when i hit a dead end overall better than last time though edit: also i take too long whiteboarding and then i didnt get to ask all the good question i had ready =( Shaman Linavi fucked around with this message at 04:27 on Jul 21, 2017 |
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Jul 21, 2017 04:13
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Cocoa Crispies posted:get lucky with the federal government needing research into radar during wwii? a lot of that was done at MIT too though and while boston is a bit of a tech hub its not silicon valley
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feedmegin posted:I'm surprised you have the energy to post here after your 60 hour shift at Foxconn (and also surprised you're not blocked by the Great Firewall! How's Shenzhen today?) I flew 12 hours to Hong Kong, crossed the border to Shenzhen, arrived at the factory at 8am, worked an entire day, then went out for drinks. so I know what it's like.
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had that seo interview today. i think i did okay but not amazing, but i always seem to get the jobs where i feel i sucked on the interview, so it's probably in the bag.
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i also never succeed in the interviews i think i nailed. my theory on that is when the interviewers are genuinely interested they will put effort in probing the absolute poo poo out of you, and will generally go quiet when they've lost interest (but also unintentionally making it seem like you've answered their questions adequately)? idk it's weird
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i think if you connect while you interview and can dispose of the formality a bit and just share a conversation it seems best?
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