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Demonstrate these skills by bringing the ad with you to the interview and sarcastically read it to the interviewer while doing the  motion throughout.
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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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Apr 17, 2019 01:34
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i wish there were courses in how to get better at being a contrarian naysayer so i could be more effective at fending off these idiotic managerial and consultant visions that roll around every once in a while
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Apr 17, 2019 02:34
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Private Speech posted:it was sent by a recruiter among a bunch of other general things like "conscientiousness" and "great communication skills" I mean £40k like $55-60k, which is a pretty poo poo wage for a tech worker anywhere in the states. H1b is good if you're getting paid literally 3-4 times that amount, which is not hard at all there.
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Apr 17, 2019 03:02
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Thanks for reminding me why I should never go back to the UK though, among the long list of many other reasons lol.
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uk peeps go “on holiday” for months at a time. their poo poo pay is factored into that
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obstipator posted:uk peeps go “on holiday” for months at a time. their poo poo pay is factored into that Don't think this is true. UK minimum holiday is 20 days, which is the worst in Europe. Still miles better than anywhere in NA, but nowhere near enough to account for the fact they get paid not even half as much.
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qhat posted:Don't think this is true. UK minimum holiday is 20 days, which is the worst in Europe. Still miles better than anywhere in NA, but nowhere near enough to account for the fact they get paid not even half as much. for the next six months anyway
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Cross-posting from the Oldies thread: I've been lucky enough to receive offers from Indeed and Wayfair. I was hoping to hear other people's feedback on comparing them, especially from those who have worked at these two companies or lived in Austin/Boston. Background on myself: 4 YoE as a full stack developer + CSE undergrad. In a weird situation where I decided to go full time to business school (graduating in May) but preferred SWE to PM, so looking to return to a SWE role. Offer from Indeed (Austin, TX): Technical Business Analyst (80% coding), TC: $97k: $85k base + up to 15% bonus. Offer from Wayfair (Boston, MA): SWE2, TC: $160k: $125k base + $7k relo + RSUs What is important to me: - Living w/o roommates - Short commute (15 minutes <) I was leaning towards Indeed since CoL is cheaper in that area versus Wayfair. It looks like I'd have to pay around $1.3k in Austin for an apartment versus $2.6k in Boston. On the other hand, the Wayfair position is closer to what I would want to be doing career wise. I've read the horror stories about Wayfair, but the team I'm isn't customer-facing, so I don't think I'd need to deal with it. Even if I did, I feel like I've grown accustomed to working in companies with terrible engineering practices with my previous experience. Any advice?
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ProSlayer posted:Cross-posting from the Oldies thread: living w/o roomates in boston is gonna be godawful expensive but i think you figured that out e- also live within 15 minutes walking distance because big lomarf at the T during rush hour
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ProSlayer posted:...preferred SWE to PM, so looking to return to a SWE role. Wayfair in a sec because it's actually a role you want and pays more. Idk poo poo about Boston but there's absolutely a commutable nice neighborhood for cheaper.
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Apr 17, 2019 15:57
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Mao Zedong Thot posted:Idk poo poo about Boston but there's absolutely a commutable nice neighborhood for cheaper. if the goal is a 15 minute commute, no there is not
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probably not to copley where wayfair is located. i work in seaport and live in east boston. blue line and walking is roughly 20-30 minutes and it's a cake commute compared to my previous hoboken to midtown nyc one. e: you can probably do it from east boston in 30-45 though. blue line is pretty reliable. Diva Cupcake fucked around with this message at 16:13 on Apr 17, 2019 |
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Apr 17, 2019 16:08
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What the gently caress does "Do you have any experience with quality code or would you be interested in getting into a highly visible project involving quality code review?" mean? Is "quality code" some new buzzword or is this guy for real just asking me if I'm good at my job
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ProSlayer posted:Cross-posting from the Oldies thread: wayfair. i managed to live without roommates in boston on an 85k salary, you can absolutely make it work on 160k
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ProSlayer posted:4 YoE
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Apr 17, 2019 20:21
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holy gently caress rescinding the chase offer was like breaking it off with a needy guy you went on one date with I’m moving to nyc 
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JawnV6 posted:4 YoE
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cheese eats mouse posted:holy gently caress rescinding the chase offer was like breaking it off with a needy guy you went on one date with goondolences
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Apr 17, 2019 20:27
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lol - getting past naysayers and blocker The incumbent must have a keen sense of the boundaries of post authority and the direction that superior leadership would adopt in response to an evolving situation. you have to do it without being told E: Whoever wrote that line, didn't anticipate the obnoxiousness of using superior in that context. or - they did
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Magissima posted:What the gently caress does "Do you have any experience with quality code or would you be interested in getting into a highly visible project involving quality code review?" mean? Is "quality code" some new buzzword or is this guy for real just asking me if I'm good at my job Code Quality is using things like SonarQube to remove lovely code from your projects. Technically the code works, but it's unmaintainable dogshit.
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cheese eats mouse posted:holy gently caress rescinding the chase offer was like breaking it off with a needy guy you went on one date with men are such loving garbage
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Apr 17, 2019 20:30
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got my offer signed today, should be working by mid-may 
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Apr 17, 2019 20:58
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qirex posted:got my offer signed today, should be working by mid-may 
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qirex posted:got my offer signed today, should be working by mid-may   just kinda pretend you can see the hi five, there
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Apr 17, 2019 21:05
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Got a "thank you but no thank you"  Though I'm considering it a de-rust interview, retroactively, but still hurts.
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Apr 17, 2019 23:59
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lotta s lately gj goons edit: iospace posted:Got a "thank you but no thank you" and keep it up to those who haven’t made it yet! PIZZA.BAT fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Apr 18, 2019 |
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Apr 18, 2019 00:55
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I saw some Amazon people getting offers for 140-150k base in Vancouver, Canada, can I assume the same ranges for Microsoft and Apple here too?
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Acer Pilot posted:I saw some Amazon people getting offers for 140-150k base in Vancouver, Canada, can I assume the same ranges for Microsoft and Apple here too? https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Apple,Amazon,Microsoft&track=Software%20Engineer
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thanks! data is a bit scarce in canada apparently but works for me
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The company I asked to expedite the process a bit, decided to pass. This was after I handed in my code sample. I asked for feedback on the code, and got back. "There was no feedback. I think there was a change in focus where they are looking for someone who is a very senior/lead iOS developer. If I get any specific feedback from the team, I will let you know." You're an internal recruiter you should know what the reqs are if they've changed. This is pretty frustrating as I thought I handed in some solid code. Does anyone know iOS and have time to give me some feedback on this code? I'm pretty flustered right now.
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That sounds like internal wrangling, it doesn't sound like they're really sure who or what to hire, if anyone at all. It's entirely possible they put the ad out to gauge the talent on the open market and then ultimately decided to reorg internally. Who knows, interviewing is garbage.
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it is impossible to overstate just how shambolic most companys hiring practices are, and theres no profit in trying to figure them out from the outside based on limited information. just move on and keep applying
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I unironically am looking forward to seeing how the hiring process that got me aboard at newjob actually works, in the way one looks forward to seeing the cause of a traffic jam (it will, admittedly, be productive for my anxiety to see how much of a fuckclump it all is)
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Offer signed today! I had 2 offers in 2 days. I really appreciate all of you posting in this thread (and the other SA threads related to programming), your questions and especially your advice for everything related to interviewing made a significant difference for me. I should have been a racecar driver, it would have been less stressful and more predictable. I remain cautiously guarded about the on-boarding.
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Gallatin posted:
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just got confirmation yesterday that two of the three people on the team i'd been interim leading had been making more money than me, one by like 50% sad to leave those people but i do not miss that company one bit. last day was yesterday, mexico vacation starts tomorrow,
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Gallatin posted:I should have been a racecar driver, it would have been less stressful and more predictable. I remain cautiously guarded about the on-boarding. Sign left Gallatin! Nooooo!
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raminasi posted:just got confirmation yesterday that two of the three people on the team i'd been interim leading had been making more money than me, one by like 50% Rofl what a total joke. Company got what was coming to it.
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raminasi posted:just got confirmation yesterday that two of the three people on the team i'd been interim leading had been making more money than me, one by like 50% And when you confronted them about it what did they say?  Congrats on the btw!
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