Questions tagged [software-industry]
Questions with this tag should be specific to the Software Industry, or to workplace elements commonly associated with said industry. The Software Industry deals with the creation, maintenance, and distribution of software. In addition, the creation of any associated training/documentation, as well as any consulting work, is included under the auspices of Software Industry.
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How to handle accountability for mistakes in a team as a manager?
I currently have a position as a team leader inside a company (20-30 employees) who offers a service while using an internal software. My team is of 5 developers and a product manager, and our main ...
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What next certificate or focus area should I have to become a better Software Developer? [closed]
I'm currently thinking of being a better well rounded developer and wanting to become an architect (some day): Is it better to go for a Scrum Master 1 (I already have PSD), TOGAF (Foundation), ...
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Small projects for improving development
TLDR: How big and what kind of programming projects do you create just to learn new things as a software developers?
Recenlty, I realized that due to some legacy projects I worked with, my programming ...
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How should I explain my plans to exit my new job to my manager and recruiters?
I understand it may seem unprofessional and indecisive to decide to leave a job very shortly after starting, but the situation is relatively messy and was through no action of my own.
I've been ...
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How to politely decline a take-home test task
I recently applied for a software engineering job and the company responded back with a take-home test task which, in their words, should take between 2 to 3 hours.
Currently, I'm about 2 and a half ...
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What are some coding interview strategies for those like me with dyslexia?
Overall, I'm lucky that I've had a good but challenging career in I.T. with dyslexia for 23 years.
I perform horribly during 'leet code' or Big Tech style coding interviews (Ironically I've worked at ...
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How can I stop getting fired? I have been fired 5 times
The past 5 jobs I had were ones I got fired from. Usually within 1-2 months. The longest I lasted at a job was 2 and a half months. I want to end this cycle.
I am a junior programmer with a degree in ...
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Non-web dev jobs, especially for someone well past college age
I'm basically the target market for a lot of bootcamps: I'll be 40 this year, I don't have a CS (or any) degree, and I'd like to switch over to coding. I enjoy what programming I have done (I've got ...
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How much will it hurt my career progression to take ~1 month of medical leave 3 months into a new job? [closed]
I just accepted a job offer as a software engineer at a medium-size company which is known for being very selective with hiring (more difficult to get into than the average FAANG company) and having ...
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Convince my employer to acquire a software product that I made in the past?
There is a software product that I was developing in my free time, before starting the current job. It has some user base, but no huge success so far. Some good marketing probably could fix that. And ...
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My company is probably violating LGPL, and I think I may be complicit [closed]
Background
I am one of the newer members (a bit over 2 years by now) to a small company based in the US that makes specialized hardware, with software that goes along with it. The company is around 20 ...
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Is having to split time in two teams for 6 months while waiting for new role to be created exploitative?
I'm currently working at a company as a software engineer and I've been looking for internal job opportunities for personal growth and change of domain.
I've heard news of a new role (first of its ...
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Do new software developers get fired if they can't solve a certain bug? [closed]
I'm going to start applying to software developer jobs. I have a fear that if I can't solve a bug I'll get fired.
There was this port bug for a personal project I spent hours on and couldn't figure ...
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Explain to my manager that the current position is not a good match for my experience?
I started working in this team a bit more than a year ago, and it was supposed that it's a position of C# programmer but 95% of the job that I actually do here has nothing to do with C# - it's ...
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How do I protect myself from scam recruiting companies?
I immigrated into the US recently, I'm a software developer with a decent resume, but I'm really struggly to get a job here.
With that premise, I'm receiving a lot of calls from people from mostly New ...
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Quitting instead of accepting Performance Improvement Plan?
I was spared in the recent layoffs at my company which is based in California, USA. First, they let go/forced out many leaders and replaced some of them. Then, many middle managers including mine and ...
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How to prepare a lecture? [closed]
How should I plan an oral, technical presentation to colleagues? It will be my first.
If I started to just record myself at home, begin to talk and see what happens ... that would be experimental, and ...
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How do I make agile process more comfortable for introverts?
This article "Agile vs Introverts" resonates with me a lot. To quote,
I had this thought: most of the “Agile” methodologies and tools are
invented by extroverts ...
Introverts are not ...
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Should I avoid Friday interviews?
Is avoiding Friday interviews generally a good practice, especially for technical rounds in the software industry?
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I had a rather rough interview on Friday that shook my confidence.
It opened ...
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As a team lead how can I bring changes into the team without resistance from team?
I have been joined to new team and new project as a Team lead. This position is first time for me. I am leading 3 modules. I am above the 3 module leaders. I have identified few areas where ...
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How to improve team collaboration in different time zone?
Recently, I started a new job where team collaboration seems difficult.
Several of our business team members work in a different time zone that differs by ten hours.
The only time I can get in touch ...
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How to deal with a boss who has lost touch with modern software development?
I work (as a junior developer) for a medium-sized company which is the sole market leader in our industry. Our software mainly consists of old code which has been hastily ported/copied to a 90s ...
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Duplicate project activities in corporate R&D
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work for a large corporate providing HW/SW that often lacks alignment between sites across the world.
In the past three years I was fortunate enough to be allocated to a corporate project where we ...
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What is interviewer looking for when asking about past technical projects?
I have been asked interview questions like these: "Tell me a technical project which was most challenging?" or "Tell me a technical project where you learned most?" or "Tell ...
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I am wondering what went wrong during a software design phase? [closed]
I need your advice about my career situation. My typical performance review feedback/complaint (for years now) is my tendency to take a long time to deliver my pull requests. Despite potential ...
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As a software engineer, what can I do regarding my (remote) job application to stand out from other candidates?
To preface this, I decided to ask this here since this isn't exactly related to software engineering, but rather to the process of applying to remote software engineer jobs. To be more precise, I am ...
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Got invited to apply for a job for which I don't qualify. How should I take this?
I contacted someone at a company that I was interested in applying for. He then contacted me back and told me that they would be looking to hire someone at the end of summer and that I should apply ...
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Which transcript to submit to job?
I will soon be graduating with my master's degree; I also completed my undergraduate degree at the same institution.
As I've been applying for jobs, several companies have asked for a copy of my ...
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An exodus of software engineers is taking place at my company. What are the pros and cons of staying and what should I be considering?
I’m a junior developer just a few months into my first full time job. At full strength, our department is at 10 developers, including the lead.
We were down one developer who has yet to be replaced ...
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As a non-technical client, how is a requirement for a custom-built software produced?
I'm a software developer joining a Finance Department to look into some of the problems they're having, and one of which is a custom software vendor hired to create an RPA (Robotics Process Automation)...
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Junior Software Developer Looking for Career Advice due to Worry of Job Security with AI
I am a recent computer science graduate turned junior full stack engineer working his first year in Software Development. I am liking my job currently and do not plan to leave but I have been hearing ...
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How to answer "Give me an estimate on how long this will take you?" [duplicate]
How do you answer the question "Give me an estimate on how long this will take you"?
My boss has presented a list of items he would like me to complete, 3 of which I have no idea what he's asking ...
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Why spend money on improving a product, if the customer is willing to pay the same for a worse product
The company works on website, for each hour worked on the website the customer gets billed 1 hour.
There are lots of things that can be optimized in the company (beter pipelines, tools and writing ...
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I'm a Senior computer science student and want to apply for an internship, but I'm not sure where I'm messing up [closed]
I would say I've been exposed to more internships and jobs then my friends, but I'm finding it harder to find an internship now. Previously I interned at a company in Lebanon for a basic technology ...
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Should I be concerned that one of my direct reports still has one to one meetings with my manager after I was promoted?
A few months ago, I was promoted to team leader for a small team of 3 (including myself).
Before my promotion, me and the rest of the team reported to the person who is now my line manager, and had ...
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How to talk about depression in interviews
I am a "new grad", looking for graduate roles at companies.
In my sophomore and junior years, I was a victim of clinical depression (due to conditions created by the pandemic).
Interviewers ...
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How do I ensure a project I'm interviewing with is managed by a flexible 'agile' managment style?
I've identified a few things I need in a contract to be a good fit for me, and one of those is a flexible management. I want a team and management that doesn't micro manage, is capable of adjusting ...
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How can I overcome "years of experience" requirements when applying to positions?
Summary: I have 2 years of experience, but want to get a job that explicitly requires 3-7 years. I consider myself with sufficient skills. How can I get a job that requires more years of experience ...
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job title for my half technical half managerial job
I have B.Sc in Computer Software Engineering and because my passions were located somewhere between software engineering and industrial engineering or management science (such as Business Analysis, ...
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How to approach getting permission to remote work outside the US as a programmer for a US based company/staffing company? [closed]
I am a US citizen currently based in New York and just got a job as an android developer (W2, 1 year contract, hourly rate) for a major US company through a staffing company that is also based in the ...
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Contract says joining bonus to be returned if contractor quits within a year. Is 1 year the only value they see? [closed]
Update: This question was closed as "asking legal advice". I'm not asking for legal advice. I'm asking about the mentality/objective companies have in mind when doing such things.
When a ...
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Was I too conservative in asking my team to test a production database mass-update script? [closed]
Before you say this is a no-brainer, I should qualify that the script is VERY simple. I agree with the developer who wrote the script that the probability of something going wrong was somewhat remote....
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Do part-time programming jobs exist?
For reasons of illness and disability, I have not worked for years, after my first job that lasted only a year. Right now, my situation is stable enough that I am able to start working again, slowly.
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Is being able to drive a prerequisite to system administration and network administration job? [closed]
I'm based in Nepal. Is it mandatory to have vehicle license for every kinds of this job?
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Short-term options to mitigate burnout and demotivation while working with painful colleague
In summary, I've been a tech lead on a project for over a year now, and during that time I've worked almost exclusively with one developer, who is probably one of the worst I've ever worked with (...
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Refused access to make changes directly to the live site
As a junior developer, I have been working on a project for 4 months. My project has been configured via the version control system TFS, whereas my teammate's project is configured by SVN. The project ...
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Don't quite understand why companies ask LeetCode problems in software interviews?
I am seeing so many companies ask LeetCode questions for software engineering jobs. (even for just developing website's front end).
Those questions can be very specific and not something that a ...
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I can freely choose the operating system on company workstation. Any workplace concerns to be aware of?
I'm taking a new job soon. The new company will let me install any operating system of my choice on the company workstation. At my current job, I was given a choice between Ubuntu and MacOS, so I am ...
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Mentioning technologies you have little experience with in your CV
I recently went through the interview process for the position of software engineer. I did pretty good at all the interviews and now got a fairly good job offer, but I am very bothered about a few "...
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Accepted Offer, What to do About Remaining Interview?
I've accepted an offer recently, and have let most of the other companies know that I accepted.
However, there is one company that I've applied to many times over the years, which would be a dream to ...
