Steve French posted:

Wow, a computer with 4 whole gigabytes??

ratbert90 posted:

What's up Xeon/32GB/SSD buddy.

I have the exact same setup except a 500gb ssd.

MrMoo posted:

Volmarias posted:

How quaint, you build your code on your desktop.

Phobeste posted:

This isn't really a request for help because I know the answer- somebody (not me, I'm just the dev team lead) decides whether that new product launching on time is more important to the business than x y and z random feature, and we do our prioritized work- but more to say, anybody else who's caught between Agile and non-Agile teams, I feel your pain. Significantly.

Volmarias posted:

I'm getting into serverside programming after about 7 straight years of doing Android.

Click Beelay posted:

Crossposted from the front-end thread as I didn't realize nobody's posted there in a week, sorry!

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I hope this is the right place, looking for some insight.

I just graduated with a BSc in compsci and I've been offered a frontend position at a startup, which is owned by a huge company in my country, for pretty decent pay considering I have no real-world programming experience.

I'll be using JavaScript, React, Async, and Redux, and will apparently be given some exposure to backend (my preference) and mobile development.

Now the hosed up part, I never used any of those technologies throughout my degree. The last three I'd never even heard of until I started researching after the interview. I was very up-front about my experience and was assured it wasn't an issue, though I was made aware that I "will be learning a gently caress load".

The whole thing seems bewildering to me but I'm committed now, or at least intend to be after I receive the contract and it checks out - provided I'm not about to make a stupid mistake. That said, one of my circle of friends is made up of mostly mid-senior developers and a couple architects who've all seen my work, and assured me that I'll be fine.

So far, I've picked up the javascript fundamentals from Codecademy and I'm in the process of trying to wrap my head around React from the obvious resources I could find, and I'll be spending the weekend doing the same for Async and Redux. I'm also in the process of building every basic javascript app I can find tutorials for.

For reference, all my spare time is spent with coding, at the gym, gaming, or with the missus so I'm not worried about being able to fit in a lot of research and practice in my own time, after work, as it'll probably be necessary.

My question - am I hosed, or is it likely that since I have no experience outside of uni I'm overthinking the difficulty of being thrown into several technologies I've never heard of? Finally, could anyone recommend some learning resources for the four things I've listed?

Thanks.

Gounads posted:

I did that a few years back. I almost doubled my base-salary in the process. I was lucky that I previously did the hiring at the company I contracted for, so I knew exactly how much I could ask for.

Here's a few things to remember:

Assuming you're U.S., don't forget self-employment taxes. That's an extra 7.65% gone off the top.
Health insurance is loving expensive. (but self-employed people get to write it off their taxes.) Luckily, with the ACA, you don't have to worry about IF you can get it anymore.
Contractors have pauses between gigs. Your compensation should pay for the time required to find a gig.
You now pay for your own hardware, software, internet, phone, and maybe travel (depending).
Public companies often have weird motivations for reducing head count, and contractors don't add to head-count. They're willing to pay a premium for that. (efficiencies of capitalism!)
You're negotiating. Ask high, settle lower.
I had to form an LLC ($500/year here)
I had to get both business liability and professional malpractice insurance as part of the contract, that was another $1500/year gone. (I don't think that's common)

Munkeymon posted:

As in working for an agency?

Vulture Culture posted:

They always will, to try and pry it out of you. My stock answer is usually something like "I'd prefer any compensation discussions be based on the value I can bring to your company, not some other company."

Khisanth Magus posted:

Hmph, some consultant you are, not being a god level developer on every modern technology?

Che Delilas posted:

Regarding the bullpen: I'm curious as to how well that arrangement can be done. How loud does it get? Are there any marketing/support people with you (or really anyone with a desk phone, that's my normal metric for "will this person be a constant source of disruption for me?) or is it just devs in the bullpen? Is there a cultural understanding that discourages full-volume conversations? Alternatively, are there enough quiet spaces in you can escape to when you?

Che Delilas posted:

I am, for some definitions of "talk." Some people can hold conversations in the adjacent cube and I don't notice (I do use headphones but I keep those quiet too). Some people talk like they're in an auditorium without a mic, no matter the context, and it's THOSE people I want to strangle.

It sounds to me like I could live with such an arrangement, as long as there were an understanding that people don't try to talk to the back of the room.