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> Sometimes you'll find out a 100 year old furniture company only has a dev team because the grandson thought it was a good idea. /r/oddlyspecific :)
by Razengan 5y ago
> Sometimes you'll find out a 100 year old furniture company only has a dev team because the grandson thought it was a good idea.
/r/oddlyspecific :)
- yardie 5y agoScene: Mid-city warehouse district. Me at job interview early 2000s. Me: So what is it you do here. The job description says you are looking for a developer? Them: Oh, we make and sell boxes. Me: Like the cardboard boxes you get delivered? Them: Yes, exactly! Me: Okay, so where does software fit in that? Are you aware of development cycles? {Other interview questions I can't remember} Them: Oh, we don't know the technical part too much. We want to automate some of it. Me: ...
- vangelis 5y agoThat's a job for a regular engineer.
- vadfa 5y agoI have been in the same boat. It wasn't 100 years old, and it wasn't a furniture company, but it ended exactly the way yardie described it :-) No one wants you there because they see you as a waste of money and a threat. A lesson to be learnt I guess.
- sdenton4 5y agoThey're well positioned to build whole new platforms.