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You have to be willing to game the system juuuust a little bit. "Yeah, sure, sounds fun". Then don't go. If your actual coworkers instead of the HR drone apprec

You have to be willing to game the system juuuust a little bit. "Yeah, sure, sounds fun". Then don't go. If your actual coworkers instead of the HR drone appreciate you, noone will care. If they do give you shit for "not being a team player", go find another job. But in my experience the former situation will be much more common. You just gotta get past the braindead HR stuff.

ghaff 3y ago
If someone in an interview basically says they just want to be left alone to program (or whatever), that's at least starting to send a red flag up the flagpole. I'm sure there are some of those at many large companies but the most influential developers I've know were pretty good at working with people and casually interacting.
- lnxg33k1 3y ago
  I'm very active in companies chat, always step up to help when I have a solution, always step up first when I notice something can be improved, I am not sure how you went from not be willing to socialise/be drunk/be around drunk people, to "be left alone"/"not able to casually interact"
- mytailorisrich 3y ago
  On the other hand, there are companies where devs are expected to wait for a Jira ticket to be assigned to them, code it, test it, merge it, goto 1. That's the reality of the job whatever they might claim externally. "I just want to be left alone to program" seems like a perfect fit: will do the job, will not ask for anything.
  - ghaff 3y ago
    In that case--although it won't happen--I'd expect to be told that I'll be a cog who will be dropped or replaced at any moment. Perhaps a contractor position.
- joquarky 3y ago
  Is social anxiety disorder not protected by the ADA?
  - lnxg33k1 3y ago
    I have no social anxiety, at my last company I was praised by manager because I’d be the one asking questions and keep discussions going without suffering from timidity, anxiety etc., I just don’t care
  - philosopher1234 3y ago
    No it’s not

ghaff 3y ago

If someone in an interview basically says they just want to be left alone to program (or whatever), that's at least starting to send a red flag up the flagpole. I'm sure there are some of those at many large companies but the most influential developers I've know were pretty good at working with people and casually interacting.

lnxg33k1 3y ago
I'm very active in companies chat, always step up to help when I have a solution, always step up first when I notice something can be improved, I am not sure how you went from not be willing to socialise/be drunk/be around drunk people, to "be left alone"/"not able to casually interact"
mytailorisrich 3y ago
On the other hand, there are companies where devs are expected to wait for a Jira ticket to be assigned to them, code it, test it, merge it, goto 1. That's the reality of the job whatever they might claim externally. "I just want to be left alone to program" seems like a perfect fit: will do the job, will not ask for anything.
- ghaff 3y ago
  In that case--although it won't happen--I'd expect to be told that I'll be a cog who will be dropped or replaced at any moment. Perhaps a contractor position.
joquarky 3y ago
Is social anxiety disorder not protected by the ADA?
- lnxg33k1 3y ago
  I have no social anxiety, at my last company I was praised by manager because I’d be the one asking questions and keep discussions going without suffering from timidity, anxiety etc., I just don’t care
- philosopher1234 3y ago
  No it’s not