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Apr 20
Software developer and eejit. I'm based in Northern Ireland, with over 15 years of experience, primarily in .Net and SharePoint.
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Comment · 4 years ago
I've worked a number of software roles (around 10 in the last 15 years) in the UK. Only been asked to sign away my working time directive once, and that was for an American owned company. I declined to do so, and still got the role.
Comment · 4 years ago
Thanks for the links, I missed these discussions!
Comment · 4 years ago
I've been following this series of posts on this job search (see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30003106), and this post really resonated with me. I've experienced interviewing companies making unreasonable demands before, and generally, these are the companies to avoid. In my experience, they're also the companies that are most resistant to making any allowances to the interviewee's personal circumstances. As always, the interview is a two-way process, and it gives you a view of what working at a company could be like. When a company treats you badly as a candidadte, they don't suddenly improve when you become a full-time employee.
Comment · 5 years ago
The United Kingdom's very own version of the ICANN debacle.
Comment · 7 years ago
Terence, I love how you are throwing it back on others to protect their social media account names from being snatched by people like you.

[Edit] Corrected typo in Terence's name.

Comment · 7 years ago
Agreed. As someone who follows Terence's blog, I was surprised and disappointed to read about this nonsense. It certainly screams entitlement.

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