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qhat posted:Just found out today that the CEO offered my senior role to my report of 2 years industry exp, bypassing two layers of management who don't agree that the person yet has anywhere close to the technical or management experience required to lead this team. Not my problem I guess, lol. LMAO 2 years is pretty good, my boss has zero years of experience and got the job for being drinking buddies with the ceo on another note I've also put in my notice
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Gazpacho posted:view from the new job same monitor(s) as me it's not a very good model mind you serviceable though
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Dirk Pitt posted:hmm might be our current structure. but at 35 devs, engineering managers still have a lot of fingers in the day to day code on their respective platforms. if I ever get more than 5 people on my plate maybe it becomes a problem. but we also work in teams and I spend my job coaching my people to tell the product manager to suck poo poo (at times) if they have the data to back up their ideas. I have an engineering manager who is only really managing me and maybe one other employee and never touches any code. Then again he's the aforementioned guy who's primary job is to be the CEO's drinking buddy, so maybe not the best example of functional management he's not actually terrible as a manager though
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'strong sense of ownership' to me sounds like some serious blame game goes on regularly at the company not actually a red flag but that's what I'd think
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DONT THREAD ON ME posted:the worst part about interviewing is that the payoff is having to go to work
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ratbert90 posted:For me it means everything from kernel drivers to the web front end. i do this too, though not in infosec which i guess is the crucial part
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iospace posted:And the courts tend to side with the employer in these cases. There's gently caress-all the union can do in these cases, anyway. At best they'll pay for a lawyer for the already-lost case and maybe -maybe- will help prevent a negative reference.
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interviewing is going to be even more garbarge in the UK soon Brexit plans: Four in ten tech companies consider move abroad 
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Ciaphas posted:personally i've put a personal moratorium out on trying to read sarcasm & irony in text anymore, i'm bloody tired of it you're a lovely person mate just absolutely lovely, congrats
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I don't have anything against you I couldn't resist
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it's one thing to convert a random recursive function into an iterative one, it's completely another to do it for a fairly involved algorithmic problem (BST reversal) if I was ever doing the latter as part of my job I'd definitely use google to help
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Scionix posted:Just got my contract cancelled because I took two days off from work "on short notice" because I had a stomach virus. (I was also working 11-7 for this client to accommodate them)  as someone with pneumonia I feel bad for you, thankfully Europe is a little more understanding about things like that
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we did Kruskal at uni, dunno I think it's a fairly easy one
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Hughlander posted:Same drat bullshit all the loving time.
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is "ability to overcome naysayers and blockers to pursue management goals" among key capabilities a red flag e: I'm tentatively going with yea but I'll apply anyway Private Speech fucked around with this message at 22:15 on Apr 16, 2019 |
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it was sent by a recruiter among a bunch of other general things like "conscientiousness" and "great communication skills" it does offer about 15% above market rate (for the UK outside London, which is, uhh, somewhat over 40k pounds) the money is the main reason I'll give it a go, I can always drop it if it indeed turns out crap edit: on a semi-related note I know H1Bs get treated badly but the money is tempting sometimes Private Speech fucked around with this message at 01:23 on Apr 17, 2019 |
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frankly the whole ad is a bit shoddily written, I'd expect "excellent" communication skills or something, "great" seems out of place anyway there's a lot of jobs out there, I mostly posted b/c I found it funny e: I need to time my edits better, or stop posting when it's half past one Private Speech fucked around with this message at 01:37 on Apr 17, 2019 |
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Rex-Goliath posted:netflix google really should be FAAMG IMO
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I've been in almost exactly the same situation (well except for being the primary embedded SW developer, posted about it on here too, though I did work the period despite what people here said) and, well, best of luck. I'm fairly certain I'd have gotten sued too if I didn't work every last day. Worked one more day even to make sure everything is handed over and I get a reasonable reference. Annoyingly they were forcing me to work unpaid overtime almost every day but that's apparently fine because try proving that and not get screwed over. Private Speech fucked around with this message at 11:45 on May 2, 2019 |
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Xarn posted:e.g. in my country 3 months is 100% standard and it would be weird if it was different In the UK it's not, it's usually 4 weeks, statutorily it's one week per year and only one week for the first two years from the employers side: GOV.UK posted:The statutory redundancy notice periods are: though that is superseded by the contract e: for what it's worth Aramoro is in a management position in the UK, though he can be a bit harsh on developers I wouldn't really want to work under him to be honest Private Speech fucked around with this message at 11:40 on May 2, 2019 |
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Aramoro posted:What? I'm a Software Engineer, I do line manage some folk but I'm not sure I'd call it a management position. I don't think I've ever been harsh on developers? I certainly don't intend it to come across that way at least. it's just an impression I got from some of the things you've posted about the people you manage, I could be wrong, I'm sorry if it's offensive I didn't mean it to be I suppose it's always different from the other side
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I've done an assesment like that for a grad scheme with Centrica (UK energy supplier, rather scummy in various ways) and I did the whole corporate stooge thing after they've told me that they have all the engineering positions filled but they'd have a spot for me in the marketing department suffice to say I went with a tech multinational instead
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this is a bit lame and rather brit politics quip, still:uncurable mlady posted:this is the reddest flag quote:Then raise the scarlet standard high. it works pretty well for places with terrible management it's from the Labour party official anthem, "the red flag", which starts with "the people's flag is the deepest red" Private Speech fucked around with this message at 17:42 on May 15, 2019 |
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bob dobbs is dead posted:(small or medium business) always thought that was SME
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jesus WEP posted:it always applies it does but the variation is more like ~20k at most. Though with the salaries averaging 40k or so that's still quite a lot London is a bit higher
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speaking of the UK I just saw a bank software dev job come up today which offers almost double what everyone else in the area does (>60k) wonder how many applications they get, out of ~200 local software jobs on indeed they pay at least 15k more than the next closest competitor I'll probably put in mine too b/c you know, hey
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CLASS 2 PERVERSION posted:is this close to london at all? just wondering what it's like It's not but it's still in the top five for CoL. Honestly I was a bit shocked to see that salary, that's like management level normally.
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hobbesmaster posted:how many software dev jobs are going to exist in london after they leave the EU? wouldn't the overwhelming majority of it go to dublin or wherever else the big banks are going? A lot of the banking is actually international, the biggest one is forex which IIRC is a good chunk of the global market, also shipping insurance. The EU side of things is 'only' about a third
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feedmegin posted:British politicians did (given we're discussing No Deal). We are talking about bankers, talking to other bankers. It's funny because May's "No Deal is better than a Bad Deal" was clearly intended as a negotiating tactic but caught a life of it's own and here we are.
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Jimbola posted:yeah i think the process needs to be reworked really. it seems that the recruitment flow here (UK) is: Yeah this is my experience for the UK too, sometimes the test is on site instead but take homes are quite common. From what other people have told me assessment centres are used by some of the bigger companies as well, I've never had that misfortune yet though.
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feedmegin posted:Hmm, my UK experience is usually - non-technical chat with HR person/internal recruiter; quick phone/Skype screen (an hour or so maybe) with questions to establish things like 'do I know how endianness works' or fizzbuzz or w/e; then in-person interview for half a day or so. I don't know if the fact that I'm not in London, or that I'm an experienced senior-level guy and not a newbie, make any difference here, though. Could be, I only have a couple of years experience myself. Or it could just be anecdotal. For what it's worth companies without a lot of developers seemed better about it. Private Speech fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Jul 10, 2019 |
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iospace posted:Also be on the lookout for recruiters that demand a .doc(x) file. Legit ones will simply cut your info out and put it on their letter head. Shady ones will gladly put things you didn't do on there to meet numbers. I've had a recruiter do that to me with a PDF too sadly. Granted there's a higher barrier to entry. Humm maybe I could try one of those programs which convert the text into an image.
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Notorious b.s.d. posted:customarily your boss will give you better than two weeks severance, unless you are fired for cause *Glances at a p.i.p.* yes and that is very difficult to do
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Trimson Grondag 3 posted:apparently the job I was expecting an offer for last week had an internal candidate spring up at the last moment and they will get back to me with a yes or no on thursday or friday this week after they do some interviews. not much that can be done, they have to give internal candidates a fair shake or they complain later. serves me right for being cocky though. Not to be too pessimistic but you might want to look for something else, depending on how big the company is. For a smaller one I imagine they'd have a hard time passing on an internal candidate.
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Are they loving kidding me (abbreviated ad):quote:
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jesus WEP posted:are you interested in moving to belfast because my company is looking for people and they pay a lot more than that, also belfast is hell of cheaper than glasgow I might be, unfortunately my partner has phd offers from Glasgow and Leeds, so that makes it preferable if I could find something here. I honestly don't know
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Rex-Goliath posted:it really blows me away how atrocious tech salaries are in london. what the gently caress, you guys don't know what you mean, it's easy six figgies after tax a decade
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Looking up the company on glassdoor they have only one relevant review:quote:I worked at XYZ for more than a year Don't currently have premium or whatever they call the paid version of GD so can't see the rest of it, but I imagine it's not very good.
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Rex-Goliath posted:All you need is an account in order to read all reviews and see salary data. It's 100% worth signing up for. Just use a burner email if you're paranoid I have one, but I haven't posted a salary recently I guess? It says this: quote:To restore your access, we ask that you contribute. Write a Review or Add a Salary. Maybe I can make a new account instead. I guess that would work. e: did that, here's the rest of that review: quote:not understanding what are they talking about and their job. Engineers are more to LAPTOP WARRIOR/ EMAIL WARRIOR then practical jobs. Emphasize more on irrelevant topics rather then finishing up the job. Having tons of unrealistic schedules that the team couldn't catch up. On the outside looks professional but really dodgy when it comes to take up responsibilities. sounds like a fun place to work Private Speech fucked around with this message at 15:49 on Aug 28, 2019 |
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Comradephate posted:I've only worked one place that did bonuses. could ask for better benefits maybe if it's not too terrible? dunno
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