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So have you been laid off or fired several times in the past few years? Do they tell you its because you can't do frontend or is it for performance issues? I

So have you been laid off or fired several times in the past few years? Do they tell you its because you can't do frontend or is it for performance issues? I feel like there's some key information missing here.

marcosdumay 2y ago
Are we really going that way? The OP fully reports a Kafkan maze of being hired for a job, and then asked to perform a completely different job; having a low performance because, well, duh; and then we expect him to explain his low performance?
- dangnotshit 2y ago
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throwawaybcknd 2y ago
> several times in the past few years? Several times in the past fifteen years, but it was that I got fired or quit. > Do they tell you its because you can't do frontend or is it for performance issues? The times it was involuntary, it was because I got moved to doing front-end stuff, my performance tanked, I told my manager or whoever was relevant, and sometimes I hear "Just bear with it a minute" and sometimes I hear things like I described above. This was the first time I tried saying anything about it during the interview. > I feel like there's some key information missing here. I don't get it either, so at least there's that sanity check: I don't get what's going on because it doesn't make sense as presented. That was what the questions were: I'm certain there is something I'm missing, I tend to be socially oblivious sometimes. I do not get it.
- llmblockchain 2y ago
  Maybe you should learn some front end and avoid the problem altogether?
  - onemoresoop 2y ago
    Hell no. Why"? Should a anesthetist do he work of a surgeon? It's insane how this industry brainwashed people into becoming jack of all trades, master of none.
    - llmblockchain 2y ago
      There's a difference between becoming incredibly good at frontend and knowing enough to get things done and be a productive member of a team (ie, not get fired like the OP).
      - onemoresoop 2y ago
        What if you don't want to? Being fired form a bait-and-switch shithole is a blessing in disguise.
        throwawaybcknd 2y ago
        Yeah, in that situation, it's better to get out as quickly as possible. I want to avoid getting into that situation, though.
  - throwawaybcknd 2y ago
    I know "some front end". Some things I have picked up like I always knew them, some things required study, some things I'm not going to be good at, and at this point, I'm old enough to know the difference.
    - dangnotshit 2y ago
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marcosdumay 2y ago

Are we really going that way? The OP fully reports a Kafkan maze of being hired for a job, and then asked to perform a completely different job; having a low performance because, well, duh; and then we expect him to explain his low performance?

dangnotshit 2y ago
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throwawaybcknd 2y ago

> several times in the past few years? Several times in the past fifteen years, but it was that I got fired or quit. > Do they tell you its because you can't do frontend or is it for performance issues? The times it was involuntary, it was because I got moved to doing front-end stuff, my performance tanked, I told my manager or whoever was relevant, and sometimes I hear "Just bear with it a minute" and sometimes I hear things like I described above. This was the first time I tried saying anything about it during the interview. > I feel like there's some key information missing here. I don't get it either, so at least there's that sanity check: I don't get what's going on because it doesn't make sense as presented. That was what the questions were: I'm certain there is something I'm missing, I tend to be socially oblivious sometimes. I do not get it.

llmblockchain 2y ago
Maybe you should learn some front end and avoid the problem altogether?
- onemoresoop 2y ago
  Hell no. Why"? Should a anesthetist do he work of a surgeon? It's insane how this industry brainwashed people into becoming jack of all trades, master of none.
  - llmblockchain 2y ago
    There's a difference between becoming incredibly good at frontend and knowing enough to get things done and be a productive member of a team (ie, not get fired like the OP).
    - onemoresoop 2y ago
      What if you don't want to? Being fired form a bait-and-switch shithole is a blessing in disguise.
      - throwawaybcknd 2y ago
        Yeah, in that situation, it's better to get out as quickly as possible. I want to avoid getting into that situation, though.
- throwawaybcknd 2y ago
  I know "some front end". Some things I have picked up like I always knew them, some things required study, some things I'm not going to be good at, and at this point, I'm old enough to know the difference.
  - dangnotshit 2y ago
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