notmyemployer

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   by notmyemployer 10y ago

   From my experience this isn't true. I make a lot more money now freelancing than I did working much longer hours at startups. Sure, there are promises of my options being worth millions, but the reality is that they're sitting in
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   by notmyemployer 10y ago

   I'm working on a contract tangentially related to this work and it's really not about young people working long hours. There are plenty of older people emailing me at 10 or 11 pm after the kids are in bed that don't know what
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   by notmyemployer 11y ago

   This was my experience as well, it was mainly the arbitrary road blocks. When I'd be on a call and realize there was finally another dev on the line I'd immediately get in touch via email or chat and back channel while the swarm o
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   by notmyemployer 11y ago

   Sure, if those testers actually know what they're doing, which wasn't clear if they actually did. A bunch didn't even know how to use git and didn't have commit access to the repos to begin with. I have no problem with o
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   by notmyemployer 11y ago

   I've done some federal contracting and the issues seem to be cultural. The government hands out what they call "prime" contracts which are then subcontracted out to multiple other firms. The primes tend to be stodgy old compa