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Questions regarding the Workplace interactions and considerations that are involved in the process of designing, implementing, testing, deploying, etc., a software product. Please refrain from posting coding questions, as those belong to Stack Overflow instead.
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What would be the downsides of having a “you break it, you fix it” policy in the dev team wi...
One thing I have not seen mentioned here is that this strategy calcifies the code. Presumably the code of the different developers must interact. Say that one developer introduces a bug that is best f …
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When a company tells you to only spend an hour on a programming interview project, what leve...
I have had to do this a few times, with that same requirement of under an hour. (and I have always made it to the next round with these).
Firstly, in under an hour, it is more of a check that you ca …
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Do you think I can skip being Junior Developer
Get more money? Perhaps. Skip it? No.
There are definitely companies where you would be a junior+ developer with your devops experience (particularly the smaller ones where deployment is handled by d …
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Why are developers averse to maintaining software? They quit at the end of a project or leav...
I would be very reluctant to do a job which was mostly maintenance. Here is why:
It is bad for one’s career (internally). Heroic efforts to keep software working are almost never recognized as peop …
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Our top dev doesn't want new challenges
they all have rotating people to cover emergencies and other things. John's team, on the other hand, does not, because only he knows how to solve most issues that could arise.
So his experience w …
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Industry awards for software engineering
I would argue that this would likely be destructive
Sales is largely an individual sport. Development is a team one. As a result there are fewer awards for it as individual performance is harder to de …
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How to gracefully refuse customer request?
I agree with all the other answers on that you need the contract info to make these decisions and pass the negotiation of features onto whoever is handling those. That needs to go to them.
However, I …
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How should I handle a blunt response to a code review comment?
The environment matters a lot here
Code review is one of those things dramatically shaped by other factors.
Is the sprint ending?
Is it a bug that someone in management wants fixed urgently?
Are …
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How to convince project lead we need a UX designer?
Consider that it may be intentional.
My Dad used to work for one of the large corporate tech integrators (think IBM/Accenture/CGI) and when it came to government, the idea was to build as much as poss …
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Dealing with a co-worker who is a shameless careerist? He is deliberately bad at things that...
Most companies have a lot of "work" which actually doesn't achieve anything.
Most meetings come to mind. I spent an hour and a half today in a big round table update meeting, where everyone else tal …
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How to deal with half my colleagues overriding development processes under the slightest pre...
You basically need the organization to value it as a whole.
I was with you a few months ago. I am now one of those developers you are frustrated with.
The reality is that people have certain timelines …
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How can I filter out software engineering jobs where I'll be asked to write algorithms in th...
Just decline them if presented
Whether companies use this or not would be difficult to consistently determine from the application. At my current organization, no algorithmic questions were asked of m …
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Why is it so acceptable for software engineers to job hop? I'm tired of constantly recruitin...
Tl;DR: Raising complaints is expensive. Leaving is cheap. The hunt to leave can be fun. There are lots of places for engineers to go. Companies do a lot of things to make people want to leave without …
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Are QA's meant to be slaves?
This will vary by company
At my job, QA is only sent finished stuff. So even if you have a long story, they are just given that at the end of a sprint. The QA then tests, makes a list of issues to co …
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Should I tell a colleague that he probably won't be taken on?
I am going to make a conditional case for yes.
I would personally very much like such a heads up were I that dev.
Unfortunately there are those who would take it personally or believe that you are …
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