steven777400

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by steven777400 14y ago
1a. No offices, only cubes. 1b. Limited conference rooms, people ignore the reservation just enough to make it irritating. 2. No continuous integration. No Git. 3. We say there is, but there isn't. 4. As one of our supervisors said recently
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by steven777400 14y ago
In large organizations, the shear overhead that is IT creates these barriers. Developer tasks are often slated with plans one to three years long. IT fears ad-hoc, one-off, slapped together, or anything like it because it becomes a mainte
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by steven777400 14y ago
I know that small airplane manufacturers stopped production in the 80s for the same reason (liability costs) and didn't resume until a special liability limitation was passed in Congress (General Aviation Revitalization Act, 1994). I think
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by steven777400 14y ago
Our hiring procedures are set by HR. We have to review and rank resumes on a yes/no criteria (the same criteria that appears in the job advert). Then, we can choose how many people to interview, but they must be in sorted order based on r
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by steven777400 14y ago
We do, and it is very effective. The interview is really not a problem, it's just the resume selection that is frustrating. I can't imagine having to interview technical candidates without being able to administer a skills test.
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by steven777400 14y ago
I don't know. We have a very diverse work force so it seems like proving discrimination would be a serious up-hill battle for a candidate. As a mentioned in another reply, I suspect this is more of a CYA from HR rather than a legitimate n
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by steven777400 14y ago
I have a feeling it's more of a CYA from the HR folks than something that is actually necessary. I don't know for sure. edit: I worked at another government agency in this same state before, and the hiring procedures were not quite as stri
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by steven777400 14y ago
I work for a government agency and I can confirm this. It's maddening. When ranking resumes, we are only allowed to consider whether or not they say they have the skill we want. We aren't allowed to consider how well written the resume,