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Re:A common trap for people entering programming jobs by throwawaysleep on Friday June 24, 2022 @02:51AM (#31858522)
As an employee, I don't know why I would want to be any of those things, as I am just going to jump to another company the next year as I did not get a raise.

This career is mostly leetcode with a year of cooldown time doing enough passable work to not get terminated. I completely get why employees do not care and are happy to let bad decisions by others go unchallenged.

There is a bug at my job that is costing my company several hundred a day. I could fix it or I could just ignore it and avoid having to write a ticket, deal with feedback, and generally having to speak.

Convince me to fix it.

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Re:A common trap for people entering programming jobs by snapcaster on Friday June 24, 2022 @05:55AM (#31859651)
I think the responses are telling, nobody presenting any convincing arguments. For some reason nerds are very unwilling to acknowledge status, power politics, wealth disparity. Maybe they're just all temporarily embarrassed unicorn startup billionaires?
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Re:A common trap for people entering programming jobs by Scea91 on Friday June 24, 2022 @03:26AM (#31858700)
> I am just going to jump to another company the next year as I did not get a raise.

Why would anyone give you a raise if you work with this mindset? People get raises and promotions. If you don't, the responsibility for such situation is very likely at your side.

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Re:A common trap for people entering programming jobs by throwawaysleep on Friday June 24, 2022 @11:03AM (#31863256)
A raise is not a reward. It is the baseline expectation in a high demand industry.

I can get the raise/promotion for doing little besides interview prep. If you cannot beat the effort to raise ratio, the optimal strategy for me is to do a mediocre job.

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Re:A common trap for people entering programming jobs by dm3 on Friday June 24, 2022 @03:19AM (#31858660)
Oh wow, do you find this sort of a career fulfilling?
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Re:A common trap for people entering programming jobs by throwawaysleep on Friday June 24, 2022 @11:06AM (#31863315)
What I find fulfilling doesn't pay anywhere near as much as corporate SaaS. I am sure some are passionate about corporate digital security, but very few.
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Re:A common trap for people entering programming jobs by BeFlatXIII on Friday June 24, 2022 @09:29AM (#31861478)
Who cares about a fulfilling career if it pays enough to fund fulfilling after-work hobbies?
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