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Helena
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135 votes
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How can I filter out software engineering jobs where I'll be asked to write algorithms in the interview?

76 votes

Employee lack of ownership

62 votes
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How to refuse constant outside-office-hours meetings politely?

46 votes

What is a polite way to ask for a status update

30 votes
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Boss didn’t get a raise, so he quit. He hasn’t even left, and already things are melting down. Is it time to leave?

28 votes
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Not receiving feedback from raised concerns, what else can I do?

22 votes

Intern applicant asking for compensation equivalent to that of permanent employee

20 votes

Dev manager wants to do design

16 votes

Employee Complaints of “Micromanaging” about New Manager

14 votes
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How do I encourage team members to present proposals, not problems?

13 votes

How to say "my boss told me to do so" without sounding childish

12 votes

How should I deal with my Lead Dev

12 votes

How can I ask my boss to stop overcomplicating everything?

11 votes

Should I take the blame for an error by someone on the team I lead?

11 votes

What to do about a seemingly self-appointed, unannounced 'team leader' within our group when there's no official communication but some signs

10 votes

As a senior developer - architects/senior management making decisions based on their own (future) resume rather than company's best interest

10 votes

How to break this vicious circle?

10 votes

How to handle myself with a coworker who keeps requesting too frequent status updates, repeating my tasks completely and in full every day?

10 votes
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Can I criticise the more senior developers around me for not writing clean code?

10 votes

How to respond to a passive aggressive implication of gender bias

10 votes

incompetent manager

9 votes

New on job & uncomfortable with profanity

9 votes

More junior teammates don’t understand my work...and that’s my fault?

9 votes

What can I do to stop my employee from being frustrated?

9 votes

Is the qualification for a promotion doing your current job well or already doing the work for the position you're striving for?

8 votes

My boss gave me an end date for my job- but he wants a very complex project done before then

8 votes

Difficult peers are resisting Agile transition

8 votes

Disconnect between goals and daily tasks...Is it me, or the industry?

7 votes

How can I advocate for a change that a very admired colleague opposes?

7 votes

Risky to ask about tech stack and responsibilities before software internship interview?