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by krmmalik 14y ago
That's why I said good start-ups :) I've been part of the not-so-good start-ups myself and have experienced "career managers" first-hand. I totally don't understand how they got their in the first place though. I just don't get it?
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by krmmalik 14y ago
This is the point I agree with the most. When I first started working with developers, a person I highly respect said to me that the most important thing you can do when working with anyone in a technical field is to win their respect. You
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by krmmalik 14y ago
Tell me about it. Been there, done that. But to be fair, if you have good management, they'll do a good job of hiring in the right type of people as well. So it works both ways.
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by krmmalik 14y ago
The even sadder part is that the "do not" way of working is the norm and the "do" is the exception in majority of the workplaces. And what these people in leadership positions don't realise is that it's good management that creates great re
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by krmmalik 14y ago
Grrr. I was going to do a presentation on exactly this next week, and have just put a presentation together on management that pretty much says all these things but Kenneth has done a far better job. I guess I'll go in the corner and sulk.
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by krmmalik 14y ago
I didn't feel yours was condescending at all. I guess we agree that people don't change ;-)
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by krmmalik 14y ago
I don't intend to sound facetious or condescending, but walking away would have been as good a way of standing up for your principles. At least in my opinion. Don't get me wrong. I've had more than my fair share of confrontations too, but y
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by krmmalik 14y ago
Be a "yes man" while you bide your time and look for something else. People like that rarely change. By confronting them, you'll only force them to worsen their behaviour in defence at which point they might condemn or criticise you unfairl
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by krmmalik 14y ago
I love that presentation theme. Does anyone know where i can get a good template like that?
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by krmmalik 14y ago
I watch very few technical talks but Ryan Dahl's introduction to Node.js is one of my all time faves.
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by krmmalik 14y ago
Off topic, but that's a brilliant way to host contracts. I don't know why I didn't think of this. I'm going to start hosting my contracts for my digital consulting clients on github from now on.
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by krmmalik 14y ago
Have you considered freelancing? You could work remotely mostly and explain upfront to your potential clients regards your situation. Clients just want the work done mostly. I understand the lack of regular income could be an issue, but you
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by krmmalik 14y ago
Have to say while reddit for me has been great for most things, /r/startups is pretty bad. I can relate to the author's frustration
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by krmmalik 14y ago
That would be me. I was part of three Start-Ups for the last 10 years. I burned out in more ways than one at the second(my longest stretch), and at the third, it was very obvious it was a sinking ship. Neither place was fun to work at. The
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Freelancers will rule the world(blog.quoterobot.com)
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Creating a proposal that sells(blog.quoterobot.com)
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by krmmalik 14y ago
Thanks! I appreciate it ;-)
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by krmmalik 14y ago
I used to do 10mins of meditation a day when i got my internship. I used to look forward to it everyday and remember that time of my life as really great. Things were going well. At some point, for some reason i stopped. Recently I made a n
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by krmmalik 14y ago
Pretty much what happened to me. I had very tolerant parents when I started out, and yet, had i had the fear of not being able to make rent and so on, it would have made me execute very differently. It can be both an advantage and dis-advan
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by krmmalik 14y ago
Trust me. They'll live. 60/70 hrs a week plus heated debates is not healthy. You need to slow down.
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by krmmalik 14y ago
I wrote a really long winded reply from my mobile app but the app crashed. So here's a TL;DR version 1. Never dwell on number of hrs or ideas as measure of commitment. 2. She probably resents you too. Fear of vulnerability causes an absence
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by krmmalik 14y ago
That would explain my naivete on the matter. I don't deal with corporate much at all. I guess it makes sense for the corporate environment in that case then. Thanks for clearing it up.
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by krmmalik 14y ago
Is having to make a binary choice between Git or Mercurial, really that big a deal? I just assumed that teams would make a consensual decision, stick to one and get on with it. Seems like a great feat of engineering, but is it that wide a p
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by krmmalik 14y ago
I feel treat them well enough needs more clarity. You can speak nicely to your delegates, take them out to lunch, have a joke with them. But if you're not, involving them in decisions, accepting criticism from them, creating an environmen
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by krmmalik 14y ago
Not trying to brag. I was hired for a short-term contract where i was clearly smarter than the manager. He admitted it in the beginning but then started defaulting. I got on very well with my peers and my associate manager pushed hard to ge
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by krmmalik 14y ago
There seems to be a stark polarisation. There's a whole host of businesses that have become extremely cagey and fearful due to the recession and their lack of ability to cope, and are "coping" by trampling on their own team. On the flipside
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by krmmalik 14y ago
I know someone outside of London that's getting paid £600/month as a sort of apprenticeship. But it's honestly disgusting. He's working the developer silly hours, making him work weekends and evenings and keeping him in the office til late
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by krmmalik 14y ago
Oh my god. That is horrific! I recently did some contract work and got conned in a similar way. It's amazing how much people in the UK still get away with this kind of behaviour. I'm really glad you managed to find some work where you're pa
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by krmmalik 14y ago
I doubt it's a typo. Junior developers are starting on very low rates in the UK these days. I met a mid-level PHP Developer working for a major firm in the UK a few weeks ago, and he was earning £14k!
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by krmmalik 14y ago
Very smart recruitment process ;-)

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