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Comment · 7 years ago
the title is a bit sensationalist no?
Comment · 7 years ago
Senior seems to mean different things for different people

Are you looking for an expert in specifically X language/tech ?

Are you looking for someone with X years of development Experience?

Are you looking for a generalist?

Please clarify

Comment · 7 years ago
I share most videos and pics to a family chat group but after reading this I went back and checked there were no embarrassing photos. Also just by posting, even to a private group, who knows if the images and videos are kept forever (whatsapp, instagram, snapchat)
Comment · 7 years ago
I don't do well on on the spot programming interviews. studying doesn't help. I can identify what needs to be done almost always, but implementing it in front of someone in only 40 mins? I need to practice that I guess. In the end as you said, I am constantly wondering what being able to regurgitate a memorized problem tells them about me (nothing) and why they don't care about my past experience, projects, successes and ratings. However, this is what every software interview is now
Comment · 7 years ago
Interesting, whatever it is society has changed and we need to re-evaluate our culture, community and policies to accommodate
Comment · 7 years ago
you definitely sound it... its not so much about having the same number as it is about providing the same opportunities. If new moms had the same support, be it from family members and their communities, they would be less likely to leave their positions.

Some things that would help in my opinion as a mother: affordable and accessible day care including back up care, at least 12 months maternity leave, flexible work arrangements (time and place), PTO (imagine both parents only have 2 weeks to spend with their kids outside of weekends), extended school and camp programs, affordability of all.

I went back to work when babe was 4 months. I have only 2 weeks PTO, there inst even a Christmas shut down, I have no family in the area, the daycare centers around me have 1 year waiting lists and are over $2500/month. I am underpaid. My work is flexible thankfully.

I don't blame women who quit.

Comment · 7 years ago
Thank you
Comment · 7 years ago
mom here. same 2 kids, one a baby... they dont sleep man. I practice at night, about 1 hr before bed. Sometimes during lunch break at work. It takes much longer and its hard to remember all the algorithms. I hope to land a better job too. I am confident in my abilities and I've always been well liked and done great work, but I am not quite confident with interviews yet...
Comment · 7 years ago
yup haha
Comment · 7 years ago
I was maybe 9 or younger in the early 90s and I was very computer savvy (am in software now, surprise?) I knew how to log into chat rooms. My parents had no idea and it wasn't as dangerous as it was now. It was just a lot of people really excited to talk to each other. I may have been lucky.
Comment · 8 years ago
I version control everything, but my boss is not technical so this all seems like magic and you can make something simple a big deal easily.
Comment · 8 years ago
There wasn't collaboration other than plugging it into his code. It was not an oversight it was very clear he claimed to have written it all.You are correct though, partly my fault, why not mention it first myself, why wait for someone else to.
Comment · 8 years ago
Thank you your reply made me feel confident. I think it was an initial shock, I haven't had anything happen like this since university CS.
Comment · 8 years ago
yes finally. A step in the right direction.

Recently I ordered shoes. My account on the company website listed my current address, the billing address was the same. When my shoes were sent they sent them to my old address... from 3 years ago. I logged back in and did not see my old address anywhere on my account however it is obvious they had it in their database and a glitch dispatched my shipment to this old address. What business did they have saving all my addresses? If I deleted it from my account online, why did they save it? I felt very unsettled about all the "deleted" data I had online

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