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Pollyanna posted:Does this mean No, last year lol  I'm still working through reviewing CTCI, it does feel better this go around though.
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Pollyanna posted:Does this mean He's in the middle of a cage fight with his manager and HR. Pay attention!
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Dammit, I read "working at in December" and thought it meant they'd be starting something new in December - holy poo poo it's already December. WHAT THE gently caress
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Skandranon posted:He's in the middle of a cage fight with his manager and HR. Pay attention! If people don't appreciate the ongoing shenanigans I can definitely stop but my old managers I lean on for guidance basically told me they're super invested in my storyline at this point and that it's a highlight during otherwise dull days.
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Good Will Hrunting posted:If people don't appreciate the ongoing shenanigans I can definitely stop but my old managers I lean on for guidance basically told me they're super invested in my storyline at this point and that it's a highlight during otherwise dull days. No, no, don't stop. If you're going to suffer, someone should benefit. 
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Good Will Hrunting posted:If people don't appreciate the ongoing shenanigans I can definitely stop but my old managers I lean on for guidance basically told me they're super invested in my storyline at this point and that it's a highlight during otherwise dull days. By all means, please continue. I was in no way suggesting you stop, I was chiding Pollyanna for not paying enough attention to the true purpose of this thread.
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It seems I always end up in the sort of job where the motto is "get things done". I got on a famous unicorn startup and they wanted to redo a tech revamp on the frontend to react&redux and I'm like, yes, let's do this.. keyword here is wanted; currently I'm bogged down fixing bugs and putting new features on the legacy code while the tech debt cleanup keeps being pushed ahead, now it's 2018 Q1, but I bet it's going to be postponed again. I dunno, you'd think where there's a will there's a way, but doesn't seem like it
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Dec 5, 2017 18:01
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Honest Thief posted:I dunno, you'd think where there's a will there's a way, but doesn't seem like it The saying is true, unfortunately for you the will right now is to add new features to the legacy code.
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Munkeymon posted:Please don't kinkshame Sorry Munkeymon I will fart on your pillow in contrition. Honest Thief posted:I dunno, you'd think where there's a will there's a way, but doesn't seem like it Where there's a will and a dozen spare developers there's a way.
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Dec 5, 2017 18:20
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Jaded Burnout posted:Where there's a will and a dozen spare developers there's a way. We have a dozen spare developers? Great! That means we can implement all these features that we need for the deal I just signed that we need to start delivering on January 1st. Face it folks: code debt only gets addressed if it can be convincingly prioritized above feature work.
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Dec 5, 2017 18:22
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One of my previous places spent 2+ years building up tech debt to ship in a rocky political situation and then dedicated a full year for the whole team to paying it down. Got someway there.
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Good Will Hrunting posted:it's a highlight during otherwise dull days. Same, please don't stop 
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Face it folks: code debt only gets addressed if it can be convincingly prioritized above feature work. read this as "coke debt" which sounds like a good name for the features a coked-up sales guy promised
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Dec 5, 2017 18:31
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good jovi posted:read this as "coke debt" which sounds like a good name for the features a coked-up sales guy promised the sales pitch rails itch
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Dec 5, 2017 18:38
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I have never seen a "refactor" ticket get successfully finished, they always get pushed further & further away until presumably the heat death of the universe. What I have seen succeed has been adding refactor line items into existing tickets, for example, in the Corn Dog feature, you must* refactor the Hot Dog model before Corn Dogs can be implemented. That said, I think it's valuable to try to take a campsite approach to any new work and clean up any files you touch. Some argue that this makes code review difficult, but that's a lesser evil compared with "never refactoring". *for a given value of must
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Dec 5, 2017 18:47
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Skandranon posted:By all means, please continue. I was in no way suggesting you stop, I was chiding Pollyanna for not paying enough attention to the true purpose of this thread. What do you expect from me at this point? 
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Dec 5, 2017 18:48
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Jaded Burnout posted:Sorry Munkeymon I will fart on your pillow in contrition. Me? No, I'm only into cake farts.
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Dec 5, 2017 18:57
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Just seems the more work I do the more cornered I get into trying to keep an house of cards to not fall down, maybe if I stop doing my job things will change. I know I'm just venting, but eventually I've grown suspicious of most job offers because rarely I've been in a place where the initial hiring was what I ended up doing. And gently caress that "pay your dues" noise.
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mrmcd posted:Plus when the crypto bubble pops and everyone realizes none of these companies have an actual business or product, you'll be unemployed with no benefits for 2-4 months, *if* it doesn't pop going face first into a broader recession. https://twitter.com/ilyasu/status/931359362680893440
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I worry more about an explosion of crypto currencies, as everyone chases the "get in on the ground floor" angle. This will prompt the creation of some sort of crypto-exchange, which, if efficient enough, will cause the value of all crypto-currencies to wear-level down to each other, as they will all become functionally equivalent.
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Dec 5, 2017 19:15
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Crypto/blockchain tech comprosies easily 50% of the emails I get from untapt every day! **NO HASKELL EXP REQUIRED!!**
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Face it folks: code debt only gets addressed if it can be convincingly prioritized above feature work. I've discovered that since I became a consultant, I have a knack for managing to consistently position myself in a "Process Governance and DevOps" role in addition to the duties I was brought in for and implement review procedures to curtail debt where I can. This can also net me enough influence to tell my PM when debt needs to be prioritized and keep it prioritized, especially if I have a recent disaster to cite with "this could have been prevented"-ism. Sadly, this comes at the price of spending the first month of the project constantly saying "Jesus Christ stop emailing code, this world has Git! Your company even hosts a Git instance!" And the second month of the project teaching the team how to use Git.
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These are the questions you need to ask during an interview.
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Haha maybe I shoulda just said "a certain framework" or something. Goons hate cryptos, always have.
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Blockchain is still heavily associated with digital currencies, and that's the thing with all the baggage. The fans all seem to be weighted down by fedoras: libertarians, Silicon Valley snake-oil salesmen, and Magic the goddamn Gathering. Blockchain as a standalone tech will probably eventually gain credibility, but for now it's hampered by its complexity and perceived lack of a "killer app" outside of digital currencies.
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Doghouse posted:Haha maybe I shoulda just said "a certain framework" or something. Goons hate cryptos, always have. Lemme know when they actually have decent throughput and don't use more power than the entirety of Nigeria.
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Today’s update is boring. My new tech lead said even though he’s still new he’s very pleased that I’m on the team and has told Mr. Manager that many times. He also disclosed that Mr. Manager has asked him many times about me and he claims he told him he was very happy with me. I shared some of the things that happened yesterday and he was very taken aback. Then I asked him what I could improve on and we really didn’t have much beyond tips for dealing with Anus. He also said he’s had his PRs picked apart by Shithead and that Clownshoes lacks managerial skills and also lots of other poo poo, not that it really matters. He was pretty upset and asked me to at least see phase 1 through, I said “yeah sure I’m not gonna leave!!!!” because for all I know he could be a spy. HR has a few potential options on other teams and already figured out why I’m asking. It’s going to be escalated to the top of HR. gently caress this guy.
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Good Will Hrunting posted:Today’s update is boring. My new tech lead said even though he’s still new he’s very pleased that I’m on the team and has told Mr. Manager that many times. He also disclosed that Mr. Manager has asked him many times about me and he claims he told him he was very happy with me. I shared some of the things that happened yesterday and he was very taken aback. Then I asked him what I could improve on and we really didn’t have much beyond tips for dealing with Anus. He also said he’s had his PRs picked apart by Shithead and that Clownshoes lacks managerial skills and also lots of other poo poo, not that it really matters. He was pretty upset and asked me to at least see phase 1 through, I said “yeah sure I’m not gonna leave!!!!” because for all I know he could be a spy. That all sounds pretty promising for what is still a lovely situation.
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Gwh I don't think you posted the name of your company, but when you finally escape please name and shame so we can all gossip about it. Especially since you're in NYC.
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Oh, I will definitely go into detail. Already planning the Glassdoor review.
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No updates until next week when I have my meeting, sorry friends. After taking a few days to cool down, I'm still pretty bummed by this whole ordeal because my new lead and the senior engineer are honestly some of the brightest, easy to communicate with, and down to earth people I've worked with yet. Shame how one person can ruin it for a whole team!!!
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Good Will Hrunting posted:No updates until next week when I have my meeting, sorry friends. After taking a few days to cool down, I'm still pretty bummed by this whole ordeal because my new lead and the senior engineer are honestly some of the brightest, easy to communicate with, and down to earth people I've worked with yet. Shame how one person can ruin it for a whole team!!! 
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I'm looking for a new role. No interesting story about it, alas - project ran out of money. If anyone has any leads, I'd appreciate a PM. I have almost 4 years of full-stack experience in Rails, Node and Angular and a cert in project management. My background's primarily been as a consultant and I don't really like that world too much, so I'm looking to get a taste of working at a product-based company. I'm currently based in Portland, but I'm open to relocating or remote work.
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Where do you get your tech news? I've been following ArsTechnica for several years, but this past year their reporting hasn't been as good as I remember it and their comments area has a much higher noise-to-signal ratio than it used to. Hacker News has had some interesting stories over the years, but it doesn't really provide a good overview. A couple of my coworkers like The Verge. What are goon opinions of it?
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I like lobste.rs for tech reading, it's like hn with depth and without the vc circle jerk. https://blog.acolyer.org goes through a cs paper a day, and those are pretty good.
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I’m going to throw an unbelievable twist into all of this. I hooked up with a VP level employee.
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The saga continues
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Finally some shenanigans in this thread.
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Good Will Hrunting posted:I’m going to throw an unbelievable twist into all of this. I hooked up with a VP level employee. 
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