The latest trend for tech interviews: Days of unpaid homework

Re:The latest trend for tech interviews: Days of unpaid home... by teachrdan on Thursday April 19, 2018 @01:40PM (#16878081)

I think I've made myself misunderstood. I'm not intending to put down IT work or the people who do it. But from a career perspective, if I want job security and a higher salary, I think it'd be a mistake, in the long term, to be seen as IT. IT is seen as a cost center, which leads to corner-cutting and outsourcing--even when it ends up costing way more in the long run.[0]

0. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jwebb/2017/05/29/british-airway...

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Re:The latest trend for tech interviews: Days of unpaid home... by matchagaucho on Thursday April 19, 2018 @11:21PM (#16881933)

Tell that to $250 hr SAP and Salesforce Architects/Developers, or to Baby Boomer COBOL programmers who are given ever increasing incentives to post-pone retirement.

IT is by far more lucrative in the long run. It's just the structure of RSUs and stock options that gives start-ups the illusion of relatively larger comp gains.

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Re:The latest trend for tech interviews: Days of unpaid home... by melq on Friday April 20, 2018 @02:26PM (#16887261)

No idea what a 'salesforce architect or developer' is, but how would a COBOL programmer be considered IT staff? (In the context of this thread where IT staff == support staff)

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Re:The latest trend for tech interviews: Days of unpaid home... by jonhendry18 on Saturday April 21, 2018 @03:14AM (#16890352)

I think where the IT/development issues meet is that software development departments can also be outsourced, just like IT admin and support.

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