tamarind8

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by tamarind8 3y ago
I think you need to consider the difference between a browser, and the web dev tools that come with a browser. Let me put it differently, lets assume chrome has 10 billion users. Out of all those, how many do you think actually even know th
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by tamarind8 3y ago
> This is my best guess, based on my own experience of being a manager. So, as a manager. How would you feel if someone interviewed you, and hired you based on your years of experience as a manager, then suddenly started acting like you
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by tamarind8 3y ago
Thank you my friend, those are wise words. And I have quietly moved on from such behavior in the past, only to find it again years later. I feel I have to make a statement this time around. Treating people this way is unacceptable, and ille
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by tamarind8 3y ago
> Why is fair relevant? Fair is for board games with your family. Why are you even responding to my questions, if you have no intent to help? I asked a question. I did not ask whether I should, or have the right to ask the questions. The
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by tamarind8 3y ago
> Thing is, we only have half the story. Yes. And what is wrong with that? If this was a court of law, then not only would you have to hear both sides, you would also have to determine which side is true. When I asked for advice, part of
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by tamarind8 3y ago
No. No one asked me that. In fact, they are pretty easy going in terms of what tools a developer chooses. Which is why its so crushing that he said "we have to let you go, because I do not believe you will handle the tooling we choose
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by tamarind8 3y ago
I agree with you. I have never lied, but saying the truth here will make it really hard to find my next gig, even though I did nothing wrong.
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by tamarind8 3y ago
> It's also not because they changed their mind about the React rewrite. It's far more likely they thought you were going to be a bad culture fit. So, that is a valid argument. But looking at my termination letter, it says &quo
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by tamarind8 3y ago
> Anyway, you wouldn't be the first opinionated junior developer that gets a reality check this way. hahajahha!!! This guy just called me a junior dev. I guess that is possible. To work 17 years in the same profession, being payed,
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by tamarind8 3y ago
And is that a front end dev? So please tell me exactly, HOW you want your senior front end devs to solve the problems you assign to them. Lets forget about the WHEN and WHAT for now. Just let us know the HOW. Specifically, I mean the IDES o
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by tamarind8 3y ago
> Also, are you posting here because you're frustrated and want to rant? It is OK. I asked a question, and you gave your advice. And I am definitely not posting here because "you're frustrated and want to rant". I am
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by tamarind8 3y ago
> Honestly: are you a bit argumentative? Not at all. I pick my battles. Some things are worth fighting for, others can be ignored. Not all conflict is bad. Every manager reading this should google "form norm storm perform" Any
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by tamarind8 3y ago
Actually, I think I was a bit too accommodating. I let a fellow dev fully set up my dev box twice. The second time I did tell him lets do this later, I really want to work on that first ticket but he just kept on typing, ignoring me. I shou
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by tamarind8 3y ago
> The one month gap in your resume nobody cares about. Seriously, don't be so insecure! How do I know this - I just had a massive 8 months gap in mine, and still managed to land a contract Thanks mate. I'm happy for you. > I
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by tamarind8 3y ago
I most definitely use the browser dev tools extensively. The debugger is just one of those tools, and it simply does not apply when it comes to CSS. The debugger is for JS bugs.
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by tamarind8 3y ago
Have I named anyone here? Have I shamed anyone here? All I have said, is I'm going to look into my rights as an employee, and question whether I was treated fairly. Why do you have a problem with that?
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by tamarind8 3y ago
To be honest, I believe me and the manager were a really good fit. If the choice was to move away from angular. As a developer, I believe we have the same values. He just felt I would be "too stressed with whats coming down the line&qu
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by tamarind8 3y ago
I had already relaxed between jobs before getting this one... ;) So it is more like a 3 month gap.
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by tamarind8 3y ago
I agree. This company provided a windows box, but did not provide any set any proper guidelines or specifications on how it should look. All the knowledge about that was locked into different developers heads. I was trying to fix that, by d
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by tamarind8 3y ago
I think you are missing the point. That one month gap in my resume? Very hard to explain. "So, they let you go why...." It is absolutely unfair, for someone to hire and fire you "for any reason". We are not slaves. Do yo
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by tamarind8 3y ago
> The sad truth is that you need to be able to read situations like If my manager wanted me, as a senior dev to only use chrome for a browser, and use a its debugger for solving all my tickets, he should have made this clear during the r
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by tamarind8 3y ago
Yes, I think I was... good catch :) So they'd recently changed their policy from 2 days to 3 days work from office. Meaning the majority of dev time, would be spent at the office. I simply told my manager that since we'd be spendi
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by tamarind8 3y ago
Thank you, my friend. A year from now I'll be happy I dodged a bullet, and I still have to do something about this injustice I'm feeling now.
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by tamarind8 3y ago
You get it. I will not be surprised at all if the move to React never happened, and everything is still on angular8 one year from now. So why hire me in the fast place? Because they think they can just hire and then fire someone on a whim?
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by tamarind8 3y ago
Thanks. I was actually still being asked if the CSS had been done this morning before the firing. Despite the fact that it had actually been moved as done on the board, me saying I'd finished with it in a slack DM with him yesterday, a
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by tamarind8 3y ago
I actually had to insist on being given that ticket. My boss was actually happy to let me spend more time learning angular and setting up my dev env. Think about that. But the moment I stepped up to, and embraced the challenge, everything c
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by tamarind8 3y ago
What I did say was that I rarely use browser debuggers, because I've just never felt the need to. The console.log and a good mental image of what the code is doing has got me this far. I asked my boss, that as a senior dev with over 15
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by tamarind8 3y ago
The time gaps between jobs?
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by tamarind8 3y ago
All they said in writing was "unfortunately I do not meet performance standards". For the first two weeks they were happy to let me just learn angular and the app. They gave me a CSS ticket to fix one page last week, and I actuall
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by tamarind8 3y ago
Thank you. There was no warning. In-fact, every dev is free to setup their own local environment in whichever way the choose. There is no standard way to setup anything, and one of my goals was to setup my env and document everything step b

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