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Re:Worst Interview Questions for Software Developers by joezydeco on Saturday December 31, 2022 @08:38PM (#34202690)
"I actually come prepared for this question, and have a line to explain each and every job I've departed in reverse chronological order. And I'd be happy to read them off if you'd like. You do? Okay...

  - VCs merged us with a Chinese acquisition and sent our work overseas.
  - Manager ignored my memos for 5 years and then said "I have no new ideas" in a review.
  - Sales team demanded an emergency prototype and then let a competitor steal the contract.
  - Company pivoted into a different tech stack overnight
  - Google rewrote our code and kicked us out of Android 
  - Owner wouldn't install health benefits (+$5K) but hired his daughter for the summer for busywork.
  - Company abandoned the market and went into Facebook games
Now hopefully none of these scenarios will ever happen here. Right? Good."
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Re:Worst Interview Questions for Software Developers by readonlybarbie on Saturday December 31, 2022 @08:45PM (#34202739)
While I agree all of these scenarios are good reasons to leave, I have a feeling (based on being an American for all 30 years of my life now), these answers would be classified as "TOO REAL" and as a result you might be filtered for "culture fit" aka manager doesn't think he/she can control you.
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Re:Worst Interview Questions for Software Developers by joezydeco on Sunday January 01, 2023 @12:11PM (#34208198)
I agree, but at that point if they're going to make this kind of observation on my resume ("hmm, you move around a lot"), the reply is going to be of equal tone ("I move around a lot because the companies I choose tend to make bad decisions and change direction with equal frequency").

There's nothing much to lose by that point.

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Re:Worst Interview Questions for Software Developers by xwolfi on Saturday December 31, 2022 @08:47PM (#34202747)
Lol, after 3 small companies, I joined a large systemic bank. It's less exciting but I can see projects to their completion without being surrounded by bumbling idiots barely out of business school barking nonsensical orders.
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