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Heres where you should work based on the favorable/simple answers expected on those 10 questions. 8-10 : Start up 5-7 : Small Company 3-4 : Medium ($5B+) 1-

Heres where you should work based on the favorable/simple answers expected on those 10 questions. 8-10 : Start up 5-7 : Small Company 3-4 : Medium ($5B+) 1-2 : Large ($25B+) 0 : Very Large Otherwise you are interviewing at a wrong company. --- 1. Do developers in your organization have full admin rights on their own computer? 2. Are developers free to choose and install the operating system on their development machines? 3. How long does it take to run the CI for new merge requests? 4. Could you explain the process one needs to follow to get that fixed and how long does it approximately take? 4. Could you explain the procedure needed to get a new USB? 5. Could you explain the exact steps needed to get the code built? 6. Can you build the code and run tests on the local machine as if it was a standard desktop application? 7. Does this team or any of the related teams have a person who actively rejects proposals to improve the code base? 8. How many different IT support organizations do you have. Where are they physically located? 9. Could you explain the exact steps needed to get it fully operational? 10. Do you have a mandatory web proxy that everyone must use and enumerate all pieces of security and tracking software you have installed on employees' computers. </sarcasm>

dmitrygr 4y ago
What does “getting a new Universal Serial Bus” even mean?
- schwartzworld 4y ago
  If you read the article, you would know he left out the word "hub"
  - prmoustache 4y ago
    That is such a strange example. Whenever you get a laptop you usually get a docking station which is a hub. Desktops have plenty of ports. OP should have mentionned something like a real world example instead of an example from the late 90's: a ram upgrade, something to improve ergonomics (vertical mouse, special keyboard, chair/desk) or the purchase of a new software do get the job done more effectively. A developer is more likely to wish a 5-10$ per month subscription to a software/service than a specific piece of hardware.
    - schwartzworld 4y ago
      Again, had you read the article, you would know it was meant to be a trivial example.

dmitrygr 4y ago

What does “getting a new Universal Serial Bus” even mean?

schwartzworld 4y ago
If you read the article, you would know he left out the word "hub"
- prmoustache 4y ago
  That is such a strange example. Whenever you get a laptop you usually get a docking station which is a hub. Desktops have plenty of ports. OP should have mentionned something like a real world example instead of an example from the late 90's: a ram upgrade, something to improve ergonomics (vertical mouse, special keyboard, chair/desk) or the purchase of a new software do get the job done more effectively. A developer is more likely to wish a 5-10$ per month subscription to a software/service than a specific piece of hardware.
  - schwartzworld 4y ago
    Again, had you read the article, you would know it was meant to be a trivial example.