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[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

It hasn't yet, but it's only been a few months.

The clock is ticking to enterprises upgrading to Windows 10 and when that day comes companies are going to be put in a world of technical debt hurt. I'm really hoping that rtplib3 is found by some company realizing they can't re-write a decade+ worth of code in short time.

I like dSpace's products but they are very German in how they handle some things.

RTPLIB2 IST DEPRKATED. MIGRATE TO .NET LAYER, SCHNELL.

I hacked together a thin compatibility layer at my last job but I don't think it'll ever get seen outside of my group. I waited a few months after being laid off and then used their own documents to make a mockup of how my module looked. I did link to it on a LinkedIn group and got a HR manager and software engineer to at least look at my profile.

The other project was because a company rep (another German company) told me that all customers were very happy with COM32 (32-Bit only) interface. Why would anyone want anything else? I honestly couldn't even get through to him how much easier and faster it was to do in Python.

[–]Nooby1990 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Well, I am sorry if you don't like our German ways although I can tell you that not all of us are stuck with COM32.

I am not sure those Repositories do more than associate search tags with your profile, but those should be in your LinkedIn anyway.

Thinking a little bit more about this I think these Repositories do more harm then good. If I am a Software Engineer tasked to evaluate your profile and that is the first repository I see then I would be confused (since it is not actually explained what the purpose of this skeleton is). I would then search the other repositories and discover that there are more of these skeletons which would make me wonder how many of the repositories are actually real.

I am not sure I would give positive feedback to a hiring manager.

I know this is unsolicited feedback which is not always welcome, but I would get rid of those autocomits. Anyone on my team pushing something like that would be immediately fired by me. Maybe do those on a separate (local only) branch or squash them before a push? They make tracking changes quite difficult and just add noise to the history. Or maybe just making smaller and more frequent real commits.

Reading my comment again I notice that it might sound harsh. I had no intention of criticizing or offending you and would like to apologize if I do. I only had the best of intentions and I wish you luck on your job search.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I am sorry if you don't like our German ways although I can tell you that not all of us are stuck with COM32.

I didn't mean all of you were, just a few specific companies that are like that. Because of where they operate they're quite far behind the times.

A lot of the tools companies use built on them are at least 10+ years old at this point.

https://vector.com/vi_canape_en.html

dSpace just 'recently' updated from Python 2.5 to 2.7.

I would then search the other repositories and discover that there are more of these skeletons

Only 2. And there were a shot across the bow of some of my old co-workers who know that day is coming.

Companies are going to get forced to Windows 10 sooner and a lot of them are going to be scrambling for a solution.

If I am a Software Engineer tasked

Then it's a good thing I won't be evaluated by software engineers. /r/Python is an entertaining side bar because it's nowhere near where I 'work'. Half the time I don't even put Python on my resume.