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Originally posted by TheDude View PostCompanies that ask for examples of talks you have given and code you have developed in your free time.
Quite a few people who talk at conferences do so to stroke their ego and are not the sort of people you want working for you. I know because I have worked with some of them.
I write code to pay for things I really want to do.Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by malvolio View Post
Agreed, but that works both ways. I would expect someone interviewing me for my kind of work to treat the meeting with a degree of respect.Leave a comment:
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Companies that ask for examples of talks you have given and code you have developed in your free time.
Quite a few people who talk at conferences do so to stroke their ego and are not the sort of people you want working for you. I know because I have worked with some of them.
I write code to pay for things I really want to do.Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by Lance View PostI wear smart casual or a suit. Depends on the client. I make a judgement call. I aim to not the be the the worst dressed person in the room.
Anyone who would ignore you because you're wearing a suit is an idiot. Anyone who requires you to wear a suit is an idiot.Leave a comment:
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I wear smart casual or a suit. Depends on the client. I make a judgement call. I aim to not the be the the worst dressed person in the room.
Anyone who would ignore you because you're wearing a suit is an idiot. Anyone who requires you to wear a suit is an idiot.Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostBeing judged on the clothes you wear rather than your ability to do the job.Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostBeing judged on the clothes you wear rather than your ability to do the job.Leave a comment:
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Being judged on the clothes you wear rather than your ability to do the job.Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by PCTNN View Post
Had a contract at rbs a couple of years ago. On week 1 I learned I was guy number 3; 2 other guys had left in the previous 6 months, the last one apparently had a rage outburst during a meeting, handed in his notice and proceeded to delete a fair chunk of his work. I lasted 4-5 months in what turned out to be the worst project in the most toxic environment I've ever experienced. Fortunately, the pandemic started, the project was canned and I was moved to another project which was slightly more tolerable.
I'm unix but looks like this windows guy had been dumped on a bit. Never met anyone so miserable in my life. He'd broken his arm so I tried to be nice and ask him how he was etc and I'd get one word answers. "So what you do?" "Fell". In the end, he seemed more interested in proving how he'd been so wronged and tried to shaft me.
And getting info from anyone was impossible, the two guys mentioned earlier didnt speak to each other and they'd just point me to the other one.
Lasted 6 weeks - my SC was lost so they used that as an excuse to terminate me in the end. I wasn't sorry at all.Leave a comment:
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