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Questions about starting a new job, the etiquette required, and potential pitfalls involved.

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Should I quit my job if I am taking over a bad code base with not-so-good support from the o...

A lot of legacy code sucks. Even if the code was developed using best practices at the time best practices ten years ago are very often quite different than best practices today. But more than that, a …
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How can I say 'no' to a co-worker who is not my boss, but has an idea of the job requirement

I'd talk to your manager. One possibility is that this co-worker has been instructed, by your manager, to be your mentor (the fact that you used the tag "new-job" makes me think this). In this scenari …
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Team unresponsive after I signed contract

I am in constant contact with the HR who is also trying to make futile attempts of reaching them. The job position is still listed in their website. What should I make of this? Your inability to con …
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Pay increase for management responsibilities

I wouldn't. If you're gonna ask for more money every time your responsibilities increase then that's kinda a red flag right there, at least in-so-far as the company is concerned. Maybe taking on new r …
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When starting a new job, how to ask what they consider most important in a work style?

I'd just ask. What's more important at this company? Making deadlines or having high quality code? I'd argue that dealing with as many scenarios as possible falls under the umbrella of good code. Ap …
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Mistake during internship

For context, this same mistake was once made by my manager when I first started and they pinned it on me Do you have any evidence that it was your manager that made this mistake? Like if you're a de …
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