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| bio | website | jefflunt.com |
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| location | Evanston, IL | |
| age | 33 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 1 month |
| seen | May 18 at 1:18 | |
| stats | profile views | 68 |
I code because it is the single, greatest expression of creativity that I have ever found. Coding isn't just the ability to translate an idea into working software, it's the ability to focus creativity into reality.
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May 30 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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May 27 |
awarded | Convention |
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May 20 |
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How to deal with a “sensitive” employee The one other thing I would add is, if they come to you or other team members and ask you to stop - stop right then and there, and start a dialog with them. Encourage them to build their confidence, and join in with the team, but don't use their request to stop as a way to make them feel more uncomfortable. |
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May 18 |
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Second thoughts about “unofficial” vacation time edited body |
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May 18 |
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How can I put my resume online when I already have a job? Small grammatical changes. Cosmetic, really. |
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May 16 |
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Second thoughts about “unofficial” vacation time added 43 characters in body |
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May 16 |
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Second thoughts about “unofficial” vacation time @emory - You're right, but your example is something that (a) applies to everyone, and (b) is known to everyone. Neither of those is the case the OP is talking about. The boss can, of course, declare a half day for whatever reason, and even give people comp time on an individual basis (opm.gov/oca/pay/html/comp.htm), but that's not the situation we're talking about either. Comp time is usually recorded in HR records. A case that applies to everyone and known to everyone isn't so much a problem. The case where it's secret, and directly violates a policy is what we're talking about. |
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May 16 |
answered | Second thoughts about “unofficial” vacation time |
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May 16 |
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Second thoughts about “unofficial” vacation time added direct labeling as fraud |
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May 16 |
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Second thoughts about “unofficial” vacation time @Brad - in other words, I would stop with the unofficial time off if I were you, because at some level, someone is for sure committing fraud by not recording your time accurately. What the ramifications of that are really depend on if/when someone comes after you for it. If you choose to continue, talk to a lawyer and see if there is anything you can do to lower/remove your liability. Otherwise, it's an extremely dangerous place to be. |
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May 16 |
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Second thoughts about “unofficial” vacation time @Brad - I think you're definitely skating a fine line. It's fundamentally dishonest if your boss has to break a policy in order to give you something (and we're not talking about free pens from the office supplies here), but I think this is fundamentally an ethics issue - and it's up to you if you want to continue. I think it's good that you're wary about it. On the flip side, realize that if anything legal comes your way as a result of this, and its discovered that you were complicit (even if it's not a secret that your boss was also involved) you're open to potential liability. |
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May 15 |
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Different standards for new hires I'm a little unclear as to what exactly you want changed as well. So, the initial communicated focus was to clearly define the roles, but the response was both (a) mismatched from what you actually do, and (b) specifically says that they are "guidelines" and not rules? So, are you looking for something that can be more easily interpreted as a hard rule (for performance measurement), are you you frustrated that the team wasn't part of coming up with the descriptions? How would you envision the guidelines/rules fitting in with the meritocracy ideally? |
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May 14 |
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How can I improve a resume to avoid looking like a job-hopper? I'd quit the previous jobs, and always left on my own terms. So, the question was well placed. Knowing that people would be asking me that question for the rest of my life if I didn't change something, I vowed to stick it out at whatever job came to me next, through even the toughest of times, to learn the lessons that were there for me. It taught me two things: first, that hard times are temporary (even if they sometimes go on for 6-12 months), and second, that sticking it out taught me more about work (and what I did and didn't and didn't want to do for a living) than moving on did. |
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May 14 |
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How can I improve a resume to avoid looking like a job-hopper? One of the best favors anyone ever did for me was the person interviewing me for a job asked, "So, I see that you haven't held any job for more than 6 months. Why should I believe that you'll stay here any longer?" The interviewer wasn't rude, just direct. I was in high school at the time, but it was that clear, obvious feedback I needed to help me understand how the company viewed that part of my work ethic (or the impression of my work ethic). |
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May 13 |
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Are side projects acceptable “work experience” for an entry level worker? An additional thing about paid experience that's important to an organization that is looking to hire you, is the fact that you were able to get (and keep) a job. There's tons of intangible things that go into what makes a great team member (many of which cannot be seen in commit messages, and many of which have nothing to do with coding at all). Of course, so long as you break out what projects were paid work vs. open source/other projects, then you're fine on this point, and should absolutely include them on your resume. |
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May 13 |
answered | Does it matter what color tie I wear to an interview? |
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May 11 |
awarded | Enlightened |
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May 10 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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May 10 |
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What should I take into consideration when making the decision that it is time to move on and find a new gig? Cleaned up the intro, corrected some of the grammar, and a few other tweaks. |
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May 10 |
answered | What should I take into consideration when making the decision that it is time to move on and find a new gig? |
