Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from all backgrounds in US

Re:Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from ... by cyborg on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @06:22PM (#5069732)

I had an extremely bad experience with Developer Auction. Ultimately using the site got me fired from my job and the team at Developer Auction was extremely non-responsive/uncaring about it all. Matt Miszewski in particular was extremely callous.

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Re:Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from ... by zht on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @06:51PM (#5069880)

would you mind elaborating? How did using a site like this get you fired?

And what did you really expect them to do?

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Re:Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from ... by michaelochurch on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @07:05PM (#5069949)

It's pretty common for someone to be fired when discovered interviewing elsewhere. Usually, though, they draw up one of those horrible "performance improvement plans" and you'll be able to move on before it closes.

Worst is when you're trying for internal transfer and get PIP'd because of it. Then you have to get a job elsewhere, because the PIP fucks up your internal mobility.

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Re:Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from ... by michaelochurch on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @06:52PM (#5069882)

Holy shit. Fired for interviewing elsewhere?

You can usually negotiate a severance when that happens, since they haven't had time to draw up documentation. Speak to a lawyer.

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Re:Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from ... by schwanksta on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @07:01PM (#5069935)

I'm also interested to hear how this happened.

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