Re:Red Flags in Software Developer Job Descriptions
by HillRat on Thursday February 28, 2019 @11:20AM
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Oh, I’ve seen executive leadership fall for unscrupulous/ignorant consultants pitching a “burn your stack, move everything to the cloud/LCNC/SaaS, and fire your developers” approach. Invariably either the company or the CEO’s tenure expires.
Re:Red Flags in Software Developer Job Descriptions
by toomuchtodo on Thursday February 28, 2019 @01:26PM
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If you can offer your services recovering from these dumpster fires, you'll never go hungry as a consultant.
Re:Red Flags in Software Developer Job Descriptions
by dagw on Thursday February 28, 2019 @01:32PM
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Ironically you may still end up being paid less than the person who started the dumpster fire
Re:Red Flags in Software Developer Job Descriptions
by HillRat on Thursday February 28, 2019 @02:39PM
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Yeah, it’s the inherent tension between wanting a client that knows they’re in a crisis, and the fact that companies in a crisis might not be able to pay you. Yes, they’re ready to make the hard decisions; no, they might not have the financial and operational latitude to actually do so.
Re:Red Flags in Software Developer Job Descriptions
by toomuchtodo on Thursday February 28, 2019 @02:48PM
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With experience, you will learn to suss out when success is possible (for both you and the client).
No business owner or manager wants that. I know lots of programmers for whom any excuse to throw away everything and rewrite from scratch is basically Christmas. Some of the more unscrupulous ones might even try to engineer unnecessary excuses to do just that.