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I'm a developer because I want to develop software, and by working for someone else, I'm paying them (with my time) to deal with all the nonsense I don't want t
by AshFurrow 15y ago
I'm a developer because I want to develop software, and by working for someone else, I'm paying them (with my time) to deal with all the nonsense I don't want to do. Things like marketing, infrastructure, support, etc... I'm employing my employer to let me focus on exactly what I want to.
I'm pretty early in my career and I'm certainly open to the idea of working for myself. However, there are advantages to having a job and working a little part-time contracting on the side.
- scottshea 15y agoI find though that companies often place as much nonsense in my way as they remove so there can be a trade off.
- AshFurrow 15y agoFor sure - there's a trick in finding the right company.
- pavel_lishin 15y agoIn my experience, the amount of bullshit is directly correlated with company size.
- scottshea 15y agoThere is that... and of course all Public Companies in the US have the SOX BS baked into the process.
- pavel_lishin 15y agoHaving never worked for one, I have no idea what SOX BS is. Can you elaborate?
- scottshea 15y agoSarbanes-Oxley Act. It was enacted following Enron and Worldcom to prevent corporate malfeasance. Sadly it gave a lot of auditors a lot of power which translated to 'controls' placed on the work environment. Some make sense (e.g. no read/write access to production for development). Others make no sense (e.g. no access to log files from production for developers troubleshooting issues). It really depends on the company and the audit process.