AndreyErmakov

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by AndreyErmakov 10y ago
In Germany (and possibly in certain other countries) there is a special language people use in written references to issue a positive reference (others aren't permitted) yet include certain information "between the lines". Th
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by AndreyErmakov 10y ago
>> Going through this process also lets you know if you actually want to work with the person. This. That's the idea of an interview, to see if there is the right chemistry. It's like going on a date: the description/ph
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by AndreyErmakov 10y ago
Agreed. And many software developers who like to approach work by carefully thinking things through will not be able to accomplish anything in this setup. Also, many are simply not comfortable with the situation and too stressed to be engag
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by AndreyErmakov 10y ago
There are different ways of asking questions. You may be asking about things because you genuinely need to learn/understand something, in which case doctors are often eager to explain their stuff. Or you may be asking questions trying
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by AndreyErmakov 10y ago
Apparently, he was expecting a constructive dialogue which was never planned to take place. When a professional comes in, he expects to be treated like one. Most people learned to solve basic coding problems when they were at the university
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by AndreyErmakov 10y ago
It was the right thing to do, but it was done with the bad timing. This personal preference should have been communicated right after the first contact and before going on the first date, polite and firmly. That way nobody's time would
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by AndreyErmakov 10y ago
To simplify the idea, this transformation into a senior engineer starts to happen when you stop caring much about technical stuff and discover new interest in solving bigger problems to which technology is just an instrument. Basically, whe
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by AndreyErmakov 10y ago
Maybe people wouldn't feel "the need to strike out on their own" if they were better treated by their former employers. It's the number one reason why people generally attempt to "strike out on their own" - lac
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by AndreyErmakov 10y ago
P.S. Sorry for the typos. For some reason the edit/update function has no effect for me so can't fix them.
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by AndreyErmakov 10y ago
It substantially depends in what region you are located or more to the point from what culture you are coming from. Different cultures have massively different attitudes to independent workers and personal failures. In Asian cultures the co
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by AndreyErmakov 10y ago
What you probably don't realize yet is that there are two problems here, or in other words, the problem is twice as grave as you might think it is. Most recruiters and agencies are utterly incompetent. It's the fact that practical
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by AndreyErmakov 10y ago
That last part is truly a good advice. Striving to become somebody one is not meant to be is only going to make one profoundly unhappy in life. What's worse, one will probably be wasting their potential given by the universe by refusin
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by AndreyErmakov 10y ago
Actually, this is the one reply in the entire thread that in fact answers the question. This is how I see a senior developer as well. In your professional evolution you start with simple tasks, learning to accomplish them, first under super
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by AndreyErmakov 10y ago
It is a distinct possibility that you are suffering from the lack of meaningful personal achievements in your vocation of choice, which your subconsciousness recently began to realize and which is why it started poking you to do something a