Thread for those of us who actually work in tech to tell workplace stories, complain about coworkers and management, share advice on how to progress in careers, and discuss the technologies we use at our cagies.
>tfw time for performance reviews >need to write Self Assessment In my write-up, I'm going to tear myself apart and make it look like I'm the worst engineer at the whole company. In theory, they should "manage me out" with a severance.
Thoughts on this plan?
Oliver Baker
>Making rookie mistakes >unable to focus >Stressed beyond all compare I think I'm burnt out anons and I'm tired of getting burnt out because my so called unlimited time off is not unlimited
Josiah Martinez
Seeing how we have the same exact thing going on I'll wager you work for a redhead and her company does not care about engineers and stresses them the fuck out due to poor leadership
Austin Wright
You'd be surprised. Just go
Zachary Moore
I hate it when two meetings are set up at the same time and both are really necessary. The companies should solve this problem already. Do they expect me to clone myself like agent Smith?
Christopher Ross
They expect you to tell the responsible for the interviews abaout it, so they can reschedule.
Matthew Peterson
It took me many years to understand that giving a fuck about something and stressing about it are two separate things. Now I care about my work tasks and at the same time I don't stress that much about them.
This is what I did.
Landon Harris
Is unemployment still decent in burger land? Thinking about finding a way to get let go so I can get unemployment before I get a new gig
Kayden James
basic PHP knowledge - you should be able to complete most of the stuff from this tutorial w3schools.com/php/ . Std library, syntax, how to run your programs you should have knowledge of all these regardless of what language it is
basics of OOP - be able to define inhertance, polymorphism, interfaces, abstract classes, and encapsulation. Understand how to use it and how it can fuck you over if you use it wrong (class heirarchy too deep, poorly named classes, poorly scoped classes). Know the difference between OOP/procedural and functional styles. Many classes in PHP provide interfaces in both of these styles!
minimal SQL understanding - know how to build a basic query for retrieving, updating, and deleting data. Again, go to w3schools.com/mysql/ and work through the tutorials
Ok mine's not THAT weird. He's weird in a bro-ish sort of way, but also kind of awkward... hard to exactly describe
Austin Ortiz
I envy you
Brandon Smith
>first week of the job that a friend got me >got another offer for double the current pay at a startup Do I burn this bridge? The startup product doesn't even exist yet, I'd be their first developer.
They will rape you in both mind body and soul with no decent benefits
Liam Torres
I would wait at least 6 months to leave, personally.
Landon Ross
They said they want to hire 7 other developers by the end of september, I just happened to be the first one they contacted. >with no decent benefits I did ask about stock options, the CEO said there's no stock options *yet*, but there will be in the future. Don't really have that time, it's a take it or leave it situation UNLESS they're willing to talk again later.
Brody Rodriguez
>finally got an interview for a help desk job after sending a shit ton of applications What do I do now?
study basic Windows, GNU/Linux, and networking stuff
or whatever it seems like they want you to know. you can make an anki deck and grind a bit each day
Parker Morgan
My knowledge is not as uniformed as you are guessing, sorry. I am still thinking it's some kind of competitive trial where they skim best candidates off after these classes. I am very grateful, m8. Thanks for response. Also what kind of test assignment can there be?
