A Developer's Guide to Surviving the Coronapocalypse

Re:A Developer's Guide to Surviving the Coronapocalypse by reaperducer on Sunday April 05, 2020 @12:25PM (#22786494)

I'd suggest that the importance of having multiple revenue streams has never been clearer.

I'd say that even more important is picking the right employer. The next time you apply for a job, ask what the company did during the virus. If it didn't take care of its employees during COVID, it's not going to suddenly be a good company now.

If the company didn't exist during COVID, I think it's perfectly legitimate to ask what the leaders were doing during COVID and how they treated their people at those companies.

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Re:A Developer's Guide to Surviving the Coronapocalypse by scarface74 on Sunday April 05, 2020 @04:30PM (#22788428)

I have never really worried about whether a company was going to “take care of me”. when choosing jobs. Companies are out for themselves first and foremost. Don’t ever drink the Kool-Aid. The only person who is going to take care of you is you. Someone once told me early in my career to “always keep your running shoes around your neck”.

I haven’t seen any evidence that the company I work for isn’t ethical or as employee focus as they can be. But things happen, management changes, companies get acquired, the market changes etc.

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Re:A Developer's Guide to Surviving the Coronapocalypse by reaperducer on Monday April 06, 2020 @11:31AM (#22794585)

I have never really worried about whether a company was going to “take care of me”. when choosing jobs.

Good for you. That is not the reality faced by tens of millions of Americans, and billions of people worldwide.

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Re:A Developer's Guide to Surviving the Coronapocalypse by JoeAltmaier on Monday April 06, 2020 @11:35AM (#22794617)

Really? All those people are actually being taken care of by their employers? I doubt it.

Reality lies in between I think. Most folks need some security, but don't have it?

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Re:A Developer's Guide to Surviving the Coronapocalypse by reaperducer on Monday April 06, 2020 @02:37PM (#22796477)

Actually being taken care of, no. But relying on their employers to take care of them and do the right thing, yes. This is an eye-opening event for a lot of people.

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Re:A Developer's Guide to Surviving the Coronapocalypse by scarface74 on Monday April 06, 2020 @01:02PM (#22795428)

Since we are on a technical site where many are in some type of software computer related field, it does apply here.

But “billions of people” worldwide don’t have the luxury of multiple job openings where they can be picky about their employer.

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