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Identifying good fresher for programming job [closed]
How I can identify a good fresher from 500+ application for a single programming position? Should it be completely based on academic records ? How I can screen them ?
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Optimal number of years per job [closed]
Some developers keep their job for too little, as if they have commitment issues.
Some keep their job for too long, as if they're afraid to leave their safety zone.
What is the optimal number of ...
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Counter offering a job offer when original offer is acceptable? [closed]
I just received the first offer letter and it is better than what I asked for. So I am tempted to just accept it but many people and sites say you should always counter. What do you think?
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Is there a significant difference between working for a development company vs for a single company? [closed]
I currently work for a development company where my job includes managing/updating existing client applications, as well as working on new client applications.
I've never worked for an in-house web ...
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Which job should I choose [closed]
I have a two job offers currently one from a upcoming funded start up (I) and other from one of a large established software giant (A)
I is paying me less than A but I has potential to pay me better ...
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Joining a Team on a Broken and Non-Controlled Project, Possibly Developed by Beginners? [closed]
Context: A firm which markets oneself with all kinds of partnerships and like a programming firm, but feels to me to be a firm employing cheap students at low wages to work on their major product ...
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When should a graduate apply for a programming job at tech companies? [closed]
How early do tech companies expect job applicants to apply, and whats the shortest amount of time it will take from applying to a company to beginning to work there?
For example, if I'm graduating in ...
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Who usually does the use case analysis in the team?
I've just started my first IT job in a team with two developers (junior and senior), a project leader and an architect. My role is not yet completely defined and I said I'd be ok with both programming ...
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Changing from Frontend Development to .Net
On of my colleagues is going to change jobs from full time frontend developer(jquery, css,html) to 50% frontend 50% .Net (MVC 3 with razor)
What are good techniques to get him up to speed asap. I ...
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How should I go about learning a very large and complex application?
Being a young and fairly inexperienced developer recently employed by a "real" software company I'd like some opinions and pointers on how to do the following:
Approaches on how to get familiar with ...
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Graduate to Lone Developer [closed]
I have read some of the Lone Programmer questions here and elsewhere and I have one of my own. I recently graduated and got a job as a lone developer at a small company. Since I have been here I ...
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How do you refrain from doing too much when maintaining code?
At my previous job, I was in a relatively easy ASP.NET developer role that had me turning over a large number of small database systems for internal use within the company. I churned out the required ...
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What to do when you are not doing what you are supposed to at work?
First off, I think my title is maybe a bit vague, so feel free to edit.
My current situation is as follows. I recently decided to leave the previous company I worked for due to a number of reasons, ...
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Tips to succeed in a new job for my situation [closed]
Here is my situation:
I am switching to a new company in a new city as an engineer [code, test, performance etc].
I was not particularly successful in my previous role [at least not as per my ...
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Balance between workload and helping new-hires
I've been at my first job for about 2 months and I've started to notice that there is a delicate balance between workload and helping new-hires. Since there is a lot of pressure from managmanet to fix ...
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My company won't let me listen to music anymore [closed]
I began programming at the age of 14 and over a decade has gone by, during this time, a day hasn't gone by when I don't listen to music, radio or podcasts.
When I'm programming at home or in work, I ...
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job handover checklist
I have resigned my old employer to start a new job, and I need to prepare a handover [documentation to be taken by some new employee that haven't arrived yet, and would be some weeks from when I go to ...
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How to create Job Security? [closed]
I just started a new programming job and have been told that I am doing well.
However, I'm worried about being laid off because of the economy and how the company is faring.
Currently, I'm quietly ...
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How do I know how much to ask for in salary? [closed]
I'm heading into my first job (i.e. they're bringing me on for a full position) in Software Development and am quite nervous about how the whole salary negotiation thing goes. Glassdoor.com says that ...
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2answers
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Contract-to-hire - determining rate? [closed]
I'm in discussion with a company for a full-time web development position. Since the position would require telecommuting or a relocation of my family, we've agreed on doing 2-4 weeks of contract work ...
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Deciphering foreign code
What is the best strategy to go about understanding some one else's code for a medium sized project, if the code is not well documented and does not adhere to many coding standards?
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Non-Solicitation clause in my offer letter - Prospective employer says this is non-negotiable. Is this a deal-breaker? [closed]
I recently received an offer from a company that I'll call ACME. In the NDA that came with the offer this clause appears:
2.Non-Solicitation. I agree that so long
as I am employed by ACME and ...
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Why do companies tell me they want me as an in-house employee, not as a contractor?
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Money is not what is at issue here. What is at issue is independence and to make sure I will contribute by working at my field of expertise, tactfulness, and ensuring everyone's expectations ...
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1answer
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Starting a job in the financial sector, advice needed
Starting a job in the financial sector in the next couple of weeks. I have never done financial programming (EG Loans, mortgages, etc).
Just to get acquainted and familiar with this kind of thing, ...
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Job in other country - relocation package [closed]
I have the opportunity to work in an 'overseas' country. I have passed the technical interviews and I am at the 'offer' stage. Everything is ok, except for the fact that I am expected to pay for my ...
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1answer
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Does work experience gained while waiting to join a company, count?
My cousin has got his offer letter from a software company (he got placed while in his final year of engineering), but the company has said that he'll have to wait for an unknown number of months ...
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Is it a good idea to take a dev job knowing you'll be leaving shortly?
I'm currently in a very stable, comfortable dev position where most of my growth as a developer is solo. My current team doesn't really discuss software development and not everyone is interested in ...
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How many second chances have you got in an interview?
A few days ago I had an interview for a medium company (130 people) for a developer job position, and at some point the interviewer gave me a wild bunch of question regarding TCP, Network flows and ...
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Test task : real tasks or not?
Just had a discussion with coworkers about test tasks for programmers. Is it morally appropriate to ask programmers do some helpful work for the project in their test tasks or such company just uses ...
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What hardware do newly hired programmers get at various companies? [closed]
Looking at various pictures/office tours of software companies (Facebook for instance), I see a lot of the same hardware in terms of monitors (Dell monitors). I was wondering when companies hire new ...
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Is there value in having new developers (graduates) start as testers / bug-fixers?
Hi Programmers Community.
What are your thoughts on the following:
Is there value in having new developers (graduates) start as testers / bug-fixers?
There are two schools of thought here that I ...
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New grad with my first programming job lined up: What is the advice you wish you had at this stage?
I am a new grad with what appears to be my first job lined up (1 solid offer, another place still courting me, so not sure exactly what I will be doing yet).
What advice do you wish you had when you ...
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Proposal for a new position at work
I have an idea at work for a new Product Manager position at our office. I work with several developers, and it would be helpful to have someone working in a type of "Scrum Master" capacity, dividing ...
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Is this Job Smell?
Went for an interview and from what I could gather from the interviewer:
Development is done to a 'wire-frame' specification where users get constant feedback and can change their mind at will
I ...
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1answer
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What strategy to use when starting in a new project with no documentation?
Which is the best why to go when there are no documentation?
For example how do you learn business rules?
I have done the following steps:
Since we are using a ORM tool I have printed a copy of ...
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Dealing with a fundamental design flaw when you're new to the project
I've just started working on an open source project with around 30 developers in it. I'm working on fixing some of the bugs as a way to get into the "loop" and become a regular committer to the ...
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What job is better for a newbie, one that requires you to create a new program frequently, or something like software maintenance?
One of my friends has just completed his college degree and is ready to join the programmers' world. Today he has two offers, one with new projects every time, and another with software maintenance.
...
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How to earn team members respect as team lead
If you were hired into a new company as a team lead (say a team of 10) one of the important things to do is to earn the respect of the members of the team. In the early days the new team lead may know ...
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How do you go about training a replacement?
I recently asked about leaving a position and got a lot of great answers. One of the common threads was that being around to train the new person would be expected and could go a long way.
Now ...
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At what point during a project is it unreasonable to leave?
Assume that you are working at a company as a sole developer, that is producing a single piece of software.
Now assume that a fantastic job with better pay is offered to you.
At what point in the ...
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Is it appropriate to ask for reasons after rejected after the interview? [closed]
I thought I did okay in the interviews but apparently the interviewers didn't think so. Is it appropriate to ask for a reason after I have received the rejection email? After all I don't want to annoy ...
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New Starter Introduction and Induction Process
First day at work for a new programmer.
Assuming that the company has covered all the usual corporate stuff (benefits, paperwork, health and safety and so on), What are the things you should be ...
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4answers
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Reasons for looking to change a job - What do you give [closed]
What reasons do you usually give when you are looking for a change to your prospective employer/recruitment consultants?
I need a change, which is basically this question but here, I am asking it ...
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New job and my boss is frequently absent [closed]
So I just started a new position at a great company that is pretty much a dream to work for. The only problem is that there's a steep learning curve for the type of data I will be working with, and my ...
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4answers
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Recruitment Agencies specializing in software industry
Are there any recruitment agencies, recruiting for either UK-based roles or telecommuting roles that specialize in the software industry?
I'm specifically talking about agencies whose clients (and ...
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What should you leave behind for your successors?
Assume that you're a sole developer leaving a job. What kind of information/material, outside of the code itself, should you create and leave behind for your replacement?
An obvious answer is ...
