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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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 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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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 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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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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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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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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My company is probably violating LGPL, and I think I may be complicit [closed]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
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How to convince upcoming employees that it's fair to have a Saturday as working day? [closed]
In India, since childhood we have seen our parents, grandparents working 6 days a week and take off on Sundays. When I started my journey with IT companies into the corporate world, I was awarded &...
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How to tactfully disagree with someone more experienced?
I've gotten advice such as: "adjust resume to claim you have whatever coding skills the job requires- they won't actually test you", and "just work hard, you don't need to look up ...
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Should I stay in job if I am struggling with codebase and colleagues?
I have recently joined a new job as a Software Engineer with experience of 1.2 years. I have my graduation from a different branch, and I am a self-taught developer. I joined this company because of ...
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Nearly Perfect Offer, Except for Title
I'm about to receive an offer that is quite aligned with my experience, and the pay is excellent. However, I'm concerned about the implications of the title change based on my career trajectory.
At my ...
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Should I take a vacation 4.5 months after starting a new job
I am having a difficult time understanding what my manager wants. He is always polite when he speaks and in his words he said “I totally support you going on this trip, family is important so you ...
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How to recover from exhausted patience?
In my previous organization, the team I was on had to work with several other teams that left a bad taste in my mouth. Over the course of several years, upper leadership eventually took notice and ...
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What's the value to be realized in a 'team work agreement'?
We've recently hired a new Product Owner (PO) into our organization, which is a software engineering department inside an academic research institution. She recently asked her team to create a 'team ...
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Technical coding interview with no distractions
With LeetCode questions, I am able to solve up to medium/hard questions relatively easily (less than 30 minutes). I walk away from the computer and think it through, usually with a whiteboard or ...
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Leaving because of a coworker - professional way to explain (or not) reasons?
I am a software developer planning to leave my current job in December, unless something significant changes. This is entirely because of a single coworker within a small team, whom I think is harming ...
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How can I learn to lead at the client as a mid-level software developer in the workplace?
I was externally hired by a company to help them with software development. All people at the client are software developers too. I was asked to lead them, but I don't know how. I'm quite introverted, ...
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Shall a senior coach/correct Junior's behavior?
I am a senior software engineer in a company who has the role of code reviewing.
Last week I have rejected two PRs from juniors, one of them was simply duplicating a lot of code (~5K) lines with the ...
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How to get higher paying software developer job
I work at a position where the pay is pretty average, actually pretty low for the number of years I've been out of college. The software development process is pretty informal e.g. we don't use git/...
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Who (client, supplier, individual developer) should bear the costs of software code understanding/comprehension? [closed]
I am tasked to make some minor changes in our software product. The customer thinks that changes are minor and from the business point of view the customer is right.
But the software piece (very ...
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How much stalling is acceptable and fair when deciding between two jobs?
I'm looking for a new role after redundancy. I interviewed with two places.
(A) is a 12 month contract, great vibe, lots of learning opportunities and well-known. It would be ideal in many ways. I've ...
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How should I deal with being blamed for a production bug?
I joined a hot startup as a developer two weeks ago, and one of my first tasks was to review the work of another developer, test it, and deploy it. This is my first job as a developer, coming from a ...
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