Questions tagged [software]
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Placement offers [closed]
I’ve got 2 placement year offers and I’m not sure what to choose any advice would be great
COMPANY A
24.6k salary
first 2 months 5 days in office after that it���s 3 days for the rest of the year
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How to find the right team fit?
I’m a software professional currently facing challenges with a TechLead that are affecting my productivity and confidence. I want to handle the situation constructively and explore options for ...
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How to navigate my first project where I am not able to deliver as an intern according to my team's expectations?
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So I joined a company six months ago, and the function I chose is based on a highly specific software. The training during this period was not up to par, in my opinion, and given the very ...
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How do I deal with upper management's overfixation with frontend/aesthetic/visuals?
Cutting the story very short, I got into the unlikely position of CTO in a small company just by sort of being the only developer at some point in time, but actually having no abilities nor experience ...
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What if a potential employer knows that you are working on a stealth startup on the side? [closed]
I am a software developer.
On my linkedin page, I have my most recent experience as being the founder of a "Stealth" startup.
On my resume, I briefly describe a "passion project" ...
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Open source work vs paying work and unsolicited contacts/help requests/job offers [closed]
Perhaps this is not appropriate for workplace.stackexchange but bear with me. I'm an indie software developer that makes a living splitting my time between maintaining and managing sales of an app I ...
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Asking hiring manager what work will be done with a required software?
I work as a software developer at a consulting company, and we're always moving to different projects within the company.
In my case, I applied to another project which looked interesting. The group ...
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How to name new projects without confusing anyone [closed]
I recently transitioned into a sort of engineer position where I am the most newest member of my team. For the past month since I started, I've been working on other people's projects and nothing came ...
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Can I back out of an international hiring contract? [closed]
I am currently working in Dubai in a large national company, as a Senior Machine Learning Engineer (SMLE). Here the salaries are good and there is no income tax. However, I recently passed the ...
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SOFTWARE ENG/COMP SCI advice needed please - Failed two subjects [duplicate]
I dont know if this is the correct SE to ask this in, but will post it just in case. I am in Australia, and have no interest in going into FAANG, if that makes any difference. Basically, I failed some ...
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What kind of projects can you show in your resume as an aspiring systems administrator(linux/windows)?
I am an aspiring linux/windows(mainly linux as I love it) system administrator and currently a helpdesk. I also like devops. What projects can I show? I've written scripts, but they're max like 100 ...
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I have code from my previous startup that my current employer needs - they want me to open source it [closed]
When I left my last corporate job, I started working on my own open source project. It was sort of a 'I can do it better/learning project'. I continued to work on it and even managed to score really ...
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What countries can I work in to earn the highest rate, and get taxed less, to save more in two years? [closed]
I am an Australian citizen and a senior software engineer with 12+ years of enterprise experience. What would my options be if I am solely looking to maximise my earnings in the next two years, and if ...
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Do software industry employeers care that you failed a subject or two in university?
I failed two subjects in uni in my first year, one computer science and one maths (they were first year courses). My GPA is fine. Will this affect my employment opportunities down the track?
I am a ...
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How to handle team?
I have recently got position of software development team leader. This is my first time handling a team of 6 members. A few members of the team were my colleagues before becoming their team leader. I ...
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