Timeline for Hired as a developer with no infrastructure in place to do my job [closed]
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| Aug 25, 2020 at 22:07 | comment | added | Aaron F | @Daniel a relatively simple way to work around your colleague wanting to pair-program in the evenings and weekends is to invent things that you already have planned. If he wants to work those hours then fine, but he shouldn't expect to be able to pair-program with you out of core hours. At 5pm every day you can look at your watch and say to him something like "Well, I have to go and <live my life> now, don't work too late! See you tomorrow!" (except for Friday, when you'll say "See you on Monday!") | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 19:04 | comment | added | Daniel | @TymoteuszPaul, yes the problem I needed solving is how to approach a company that has these kinds of issues. Do I just leave it? Is there an opportunity hidden in all these challenges? Should I have taken these concerns to a supervisor? What to do about what to me appeared to be a lack of infrastructure in place to do my job. | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 17:21 | comment | added | Lilienthal♦ | Casting a final close vote to put this on hold. As the first comment mentions, can you clarify what your key question / goal is here, rather than describing the frustration you have with your situation? Given you already have a lot of answers below, you could also look to those to see whether they get at the heart of what you actually wanted to address and edit your question accordingly. | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 17:19 | history | closed |
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| Aug 25, 2020 at 16:45 | comment | added | Daniel | hey guys, this institution does use Bitbucket, so it was surprising that if its already in use, why wouldn't the expectation be that my colleague and I would also be making use of it was my concern. In fact they have a whole set of Atlassian tools and it took three months to get us setup, actually they are kind of still working on that. | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 16:45 | comment | added | user3067860 | @user253751 Well, it's a very enterprise-y way of doing things, but usually they would buy the whole CI/CD pipeline, which can be efficient for companies that aren't really software companies but have to do software to support whatever it is they actually do...just get a whole set of tools that automatically work together and be done with it (theoretically), and you get some nice benefits like your ticket tracking system automatically updating from commits. If you want some evidence: atlassian.com/customers | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 16:22 | comment | added | Criticizing Israel not allowed | @user3067860 I wouldn't expect that either. You can install git on a server for free. Your IT department knows how to run and back up servers. They might even know how to run git servers. In fact you don't even need a specific server, just a shared folder somewhere. | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 15:44 | comment | added | user3067860 | @marcelm Github has Github Enterprise, GitLab and Bitbucket have full on self-hosted options. My own workplace which is very large uses a self hosted version of a commercially available web-based repository management system. | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 15:37 | comment | added | marcelm | "this is a huge financial institution and they did not have me setup with any kind of Github or Bitbucket account" - I find it worrisome that you expect any company (let alone a financial institution) to host their code with a third party like Github or Bitbucket. You seem to be conflating the concept of version control with a specific public service. You might be making that mistake on other issues, too. | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 15:35 | comment | added | Mark Rotteveel | I would be surprised if a financial institution used GitHub or BitBucket account instead of hosting a private git (or maybe SVN or another VCS). It sounds like maybe you are asking the wrong people for access and information. | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 13:57 | comment | added | Daniel | @user3067860, that was going to be my next move. Its only in the last couple of weeks that I realized that everything I was asking for, their offshore team already has and thats from pair programming with one of them and noticing "wait...did he just install a library onto his .NET environment?! How are we blocked from installing packages from npm and this guy is installing what he needs?" | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 13:53 | comment | added | user3067860 | Have you already tried directly appealing to precedent--that is, asking to be given exactly everything that the offshore team already has? | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 13:42 | comment | added | Daniel | @AaronF, good question. A huge part of the problem is my colleague, when we pair program and its already 5pm, he wants to just move on to more stuff. He seems to prefer to work until the we hours of the night. I am starting to set boundaries and let him know no thanks, I am done for today, but I get pulled in sometimes by being put in a position where the last task just seems to drag on. I am open for good ways to let this guy know, at 5pm I am done for the day. Also the working of weekends was his idea that he committed to and by default involved me. | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 13:26 | vote | accept | Daniel | ||
| Aug 25, 2020 at 13:22 | comment | added | Aaron F | "I have to work through late in the evening and on weekends" - why? What's stopping you from only working the hours you're paid for? | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 12:37 | answer | added | Mahendra Gunawardena | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 11:31 | answer | added | Dave3of5 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 10:53 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Aug 25, 2020 at 9:16 | answer | added | motosubatsu♦ | timeline score: 9 | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 8:51 | answer | added | Daniel | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 6:17 | comment | added | Aida Paul | This reads more like a rant than a question, is there actual problem you need help solving? | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 4:58 | answer | added | Malisbad | timeline score: 32 | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 4:10 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Aug 25, 2020 at 2:58 | history | edited | Daniel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 25, 2020 at 2:48 | history | asked | Daniel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |