throwaway789a

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by throwaway789a 15y ago
That's true. In my case I was not fired on the spot from a legal point of view. I had just to give up the keys, and my access to the company network was revoked, but legally I was still an employee for a while. And maybe you are right about
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by throwaway789a 15y ago
> So your saying that a manager fired you solely on feedback u gave to him? Yes. > I'm pretty sure that's illegal. Why would that be illegal?
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by throwaway789a 15y ago
> Why is it so important to your boss that the project be done in Perl? It was an existing project developed by the client, and they used Perl. So the technology was fixed. > And why is it so important to him that you do the project
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by throwaway789a 15y ago
Yes, that's true, though I think being a professional also includes the option of saying "no" (on how you say it, that's another question).
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by throwaway789a 15y ago
HR was never involved in this (except in doing the admin stuff after the termination). And it wasn't about my true feelings or me being right. I enjoy analyzing and thinking about stuff, and so when you give me an assessment form with about
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by throwaway789a 15y ago
I never worked in a remote project, but for me it is easier to communicate via email/chat than by talking to people because the asynchronous way gives me more time to think about what I want to say.
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by throwaway789a 15y ago
There was no public humiliation. The only person who saw the assessment form was my boss.
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by throwaway789a 15y ago
Funny you mention "Say yes". So far I often heard the advice to say "No" more often, especially during my apprenticeship.
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by throwaway789a 15y ago
> A point for concern is your response that you're a Java developer with no interest in a different language. It's not that I'm not interested in a different language (besides Java I use other languages, too), it's just that I was not i
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by throwaway789a 15y ago
> Have you contributed to or created any open-sourece projects? Yes, I have contributed patches/bug reports to open-source projects, but I'm not involved as a regular developer in any project. And I created some open-source projects, bu
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by throwaway789a 15y ago
> Second, never say you were fired In my CV I don't mention I got fired. However, from the certificates of employment (I'm not sure this is the correct translation for the German "Arbeitszeugnis") you can easily figure out that I was fi
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by throwaway789a 15y ago
Thanks for the book recommendation. Just ordered it.
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by throwaway789a 15y ago
Thanks for your thoughtful answer. It contains a lot of things I have to think about. And no, it wasn't too tough, it is the kind of feedback I was looking for. One clarification: > A negative assessment of your boss? Whoa. That would p
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by throwaway789a 15y ago
> And if your boss hired to to work on a project, don't refuse to do it; otherwise what did he hire you for? The project was in a programming language I didn't know (and it wasn't used at the company) with a tight schedule. And I knew I
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