cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20260044
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- 2 years
Isn’t it wonderful when your VPN client refuses to connect repeatedly until you realize you need to reboot your PC or restart the VPN service… and then go change your underwear.
- 2 years
Me when I badge into my office, and the reader doesn’t let me in on the first swipe.
- 2 years
Having a job sucks. Not having a job, and constantly being ignored or rejected does a number on my mental health too.
A company I applied for gave me a take home assignment, I said that I would only do it if they pay me. They said they would pay me. The project took me about 2.5 months. Now they have rejected me saying it is not good enough, didn’t pay me for the work I have done. It has been an all-around hell week for me. I hate being taken advantage of like that. Fuck whatever enables people or companies like this.
- 2 years
Bro, which company expected you to do a take home assignment that took 2.5 months? Name and shame the fuckers.
- 2 years
The company is called GeoStru, which is their Sales and Marketing. The offshoot of that, that is responsible for development is called Engsoft SRL. It is located in Romania.
- qarbone@lemmy.worldEnglish2 years
We need to signal boost this, if true, because that is an egregious waste of someone’s time and a theft of their due compensation.
- 2 years
Two and a half months is insane for a practical skills demonstration for a job interview. Those should be a couple of hours at most.
- 2 years
Perhaps the biggest joke was why they rejected me. Apparently I only used “basic concepts of object oriented programming.” I found that to be the best because using anything more advanced might diffuse the logic too much, something I didn’t like. But, no, they probably think I should use everything in “Clean Code” because they probably worship that book.
- 2 years
i hate that our profession has been overtaken by that snake oil. my goal is to some day fill my own development company with developers smart enough to see through that bullshit and reject it.
no leetcode interviews, no take home tests, no bullshit. what a dream. now if i could just stop getting scammed by clients who don’t pay…
- 2 years
I am too poor to open a development company. But, if I ever did, I would want it to be employee owned, with employees having power to oust the entire executive team. Clients who don’t wanna pay are too fucking common.
- 2 years
I have never got a job that required a live coding challenge, yet I’ve worked for major Fortune 500 tech companies, and have advanced my career about as far as one can go. Thankfully there are plenty of jobs that evaluate your merit based on what you’ve done in the past, and what you know, instead of whether you magically know if they want recursion or not for a deep loop in some obscure coding challenge that has little in common with real world problem solving.
- 2 years
“Clean” because all the code that does anything is split into countless three line “atomic functions” and buried under layers of observables and factories I bet.
- 2 years
Pointless abstraction is a tool to ensure repeat contracts by vendors, not a good coding standard.
2 yearsHaving a job sucks.
Not having a job wouldn’t suck if it wasn’t for the fact it usually means you also have no money.
Having no money sucks.
It would be cool beans to not have a job, but have money.
- 2 years
Having a job is fine. Having something that gives you purpose is actually healthy for you. But I guess it depends what you do and you need to work for someone nice. It is the mandatory part and the “squeezing every penny out of you” part that sucks most.
Also, switching jobs when it gets tedious might be a good plan. Make sure to stick around for a couple years though, or else they’ll see on your CV that you won’t stick around long enough to be worth the effort.
- 2 years
2.5 months? You got robbed. You need to file criminal charges against this company and sue them
- 2 years
I haven’t got any resources. Company’s HQ is based in Romania, while I live in India. I just have to take this L and be even more careful next time.
- 2 years
I’m sorry that happened to you. For future reference, anything beyond an hour or two is excessive, and anything they could actually use for profit is out of the question.
- 2 years
When they initially said about the project, I refused it. But, then they said they would pay me for the project. I signed a contract that stated that I would get paid. But, now they backed out of it saying my work is not upto their standard and they are terminating the contract.
- 2 years
Is there a clause in the contract that gives their claim teeth?
- 2 years
Pretty sure it does. The contract was always favored towards them. But, I decided to let it slide because I was pretty desperate. Now, that has come back to bite me in my ass. I might just decide to leave working in software after this debacle. It’s not worth it. Corporations have gotten too used to treating people like machines. I have been working on setting up a small horticulture or floriculture business.
I spent so long learning software development. I always wanted to work on developing software specifically for engineering. That is something I am really passionate about. Stuff like CAD, simulation, etc. But, seems like companies have taken that as a license to exploit. Also, the overabundance of software devs in the job market have made it easier for them. Better to give up.
- 2 years
Start applying for jobs in the US. Or if you can swing it, get your visa and come here. Most of my coworkers are Indian, and they’re making bank.
“Is anyone else constantly getting logged out of slack?” - The last message I ever got from my favourite co-worker.
- Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish2 years
This hit too close to home. I’m now in my second forced job change in 3 years, and honestly I’m trying to make the most of it by using this job change to move to a larger city, just like how I used my last job change for a big bump in pay and benefits. It’s been a goal to move for better resources for my special needs child, but now it’s also about ensuring more resiliencey in my finances because if the next place lays me off I’ll actually have no shortage of places to work within a 30 minute commute rather than commuting an hour like I did a year and a half ago and like I’m likely to start doing again soon. This shit makes me seriously wonder how people manage to work at places for 20 or 30 years straight
Or for the political bent, we need to make layoffs more expensive and tip the balances on mergers and acquisitions to make those far harder. Force companies to pivot to meet a competitor or die
- 2 years
This is way too real. Company I work for has 100% layed people off, pulled access, and until they call in saying ‘something’s wrong’ there’s no warning. I’ve seen entire departments get gutted, only to see all of those jobs outsourced to WiPro.
- 2 years
I thought I was the only one who lived this experience. It’s fucking suffering constantly wondering if I’m next because my team is in a downturn.
Cool.
Post it across as many parallel subs on the fediverse as possible. Nobody will notice. It’s not like they’re connected or will stack them together based on when you post them or anything.
- Isoprenoid@programming.devEnglish2 years
- Upvote one
- Downvote the repeats
- Block the user
- Move on with my life.
- Smile
- 2 years
Except it’s cross posts, which isn’t even a repeat, it’s just the same content. They just got their panties in a twist because the world didn’t work the way they wanted it to for 3 whole minutes.
- 2 years
Oh no you noticed. Maybe I shouldn’t make this post a crosspost that literally links to original /s
It’s for people that don’t subscribe to both subs. You can always ignore the second one and scroll away.
- 2 years
Don’t get attached to a company unless it’s your own gig.
If you get fired and you’re good, you’ll get hired again within weeks.
