Top new questions this week:
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I work as the lead dev on a small team. I manage 3-4 devs. I don’t have any issues with this particular dev apart from that given their level they should be completing tasks faster. This isn’t just my …
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Three months ago, I was suddenly (for me) told I was outsourced, a business decision. After this, I got vacation, etc. plus a severance. It was sudden for me, but upon reflection I realize they were …
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I recently started a new career and I’ve been working at a new job in an industrial setting for the past 10 months. So far everything has been going good, I like the work, I like my coworkers and I …
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Based in Greater London UK and working in a shared office space where companies can rent desks for individuals or teams. Being two in the same location we have two adjacent desks. There are many …
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I work in a fast growing engineering company of around 100 employees in a team of now 6 people. We used to report directly to the CEO. About a year ago, the CEO decided to change the structure and …
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I’ve just been given a job offer, and the quoted salary is ~10% below what I’d like. They’ve verbally told me that I could expect a 10-15% annual bonus based on performance. If that’s the case and I …
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I’m a junior engineer in a team of senior engineers. I don’t have a technical background coming from a 3 month boot camp after graduating with a BSc in English. This means I don’t understand a lot of …
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Greatest hits from previous weeks:
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I am asked to do a self evaluation annually at my current employer. This is similar to one that would be given by management, where there is a list and description of competencies, and I have to give …
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I am the only female engineer in a nearly all-male company. The term “man hours” is used a lot when discussing projects, and I find it a bit jarring. As a woman, I don’t feel that I work “man hours”,…
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I’m a senior developer at my workplace. A coworker in my sister team… isn’t. They’re also a textbook help vampire: they face an issue, they don’t understand it, they miss the error message, they …
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We hired a talented engineer “Alice” some time back, and she has excelled at everything we throw at her. If she needs to use a new programming language or tool, she buys a book and learns it …
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My current issue: I receive an email asking for my help to solve a system issue, but I’m not the one responsible for it and I don’t even know who the right contact would be. Question: How to reply …
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For various reasons, I only worked for a company for a few weeks. Is it OK if I just don’t put that on my resume, and pretend this employment never existed? There is really not much to talk about …
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Our company had a big problem with people not taking our mandatory online training seriously. Even though the higher-ups try to stress how important it is, people will usually flip through a 4-hour …
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