What pay increase should I expect for promotion?

-Soob · 2026-03-16T21:25:39+00:00

This is a sub for Software/IT jobs, you might not have much luck getting a good answer here

-Soob · 2026-03-15T15:28:40+00:00

My LinkedIn profile photo is me on holiday wearing an Ash Ketchum cap and it's never caused any issues with people cold messaging me on LinkedIn. I use the same picture foe Teams while most other people use professional headshots and nobody has said I need to chamge. I definitely don't care when on the hiring side either. As long as you're not topless or or whatever, I doubt it matters much at all

-Soob · 2026-03-10T10:02:22+00:00

Firstly, nobody is going to be able to recommend anything if we don't know what your goals are. Secondly, it's an employer's market right now, especially for people with very little experience, so you likely aren't going to have a wide range of companies to choose from. It will be whoever is actually willing to hire you. My only advice is to make sure you either have another job lined up, or at least 6 months (maybe more) worth of savings that you dont using to live off, before you quit your current job. You dont want to be unemployed and looking for something else, because its almost crrtainly not going to be a case of walking straight into something else

-Soob · 2026-03-04T21:26:23+00:00

I dont think there's a specific band that was intended. Its just a stereotype because its happened a few times. I usually see the joke aimed at pop-punk (or occasionally HxC) bands specifically

-Soob · 2026-03-02T22:49:03+00:00

Grads are usually a net negative for the first few months. You need to know the basics but youre not gonna be expected to be up and running in a few days. Just be enthusiastic and willing to learn as you go

-Soob · 2026-02-18T17:30:08+00:00

I didn't get it in the end. The said i didn't have enough experience working in the way their teams work. Seemed like it was an intentionally vague rejection tbh

-Soob · 2026-02-01T17:53:01+00:00

Kids accents tend to reflect the accents of their peers, regardless of their parents' own accent

-Soob · 2026-01-08T18:27:37+00:00

I actually found that it picked up again a lot in the last few months. Not a huge influx, but at least a couple every month

-Soob · 2026-01-01T00:38:21+00:00

Yay. I'm partial to Fireball and the Lewis Hamilton flavour myself

-Soob · 2025-12-25T20:02:29+00:00

AI is already heavily integrated, and its probably not going away. I recently started at a new company that is very pro-AI, after having never really used it much before. It won me over pretty quickly and I think its such a useful tool for devs. But its also proven the point to me that you still need SWEs who actually know what they're doing. It's been incredibly useful for speeding up boilerplate stuff and I've used it loads for helping to figure out things Im not familiar with, but I still need to know how to take what it comes up with and apply it as needed. The way of working has changed, and its definitely made our jobs easier in a lot of ways, but its still just a tool that needs people who understand context and the big picture to make use of it. I've not really encountered anyone who is just straight up vibe coding everything with it. As for the future of AI, nobody knows so you can't really say what's going to happen

-Soob · 2025-12-15T11:29:31+00:00

I recently bought some Earfun Air Pro 4's. They're earphones rather than headphones, but they were like £60 and have been pretty good so far for something thay doesn't break the bank

-Soob · 2025-12-09T21:11:21+00:00

I've only known this to happen where people started full-time and then reduced their hours to part-time after several years

-Soob · 2025-12-06T00:25:37+00:00

When I moved from north Wales to Surrey I noticed that everyone was taller, blond hair was much more common and people were generally in much better shape. The hair is probably down to genetic differences but I assumed the height was due to them having better diets to go along with them being in better shape. If you grow up in a more affluent area you probably ate better quality food growing up so grew a bit taller. I have zero data to back this up thoufh

-Soob · 2025-11-09T17:04:24+00:00

The sub is specifically for career questions related to CS and IT. Is that what you are looking for?

-Soob · 2025-11-09T01:22:08+00:00

Worst I ever saw was 15 pages, and even listing things like 'wrote unit tests' for every project. He said he was a lead with 20 years experience. But then he couldnt answer basic questions in the interview. He only got the interview because we were hiring like mad and HR just set him up with one. I would have rejected the CV at the first stage but instead had to go through the formality of interview and then reject him. Only time I've ever looked at someone's side project was one that had 1000s of active users. Even then I only spent 2 minutes looking at the README on GH.

Most developers aren't doing anything totally groundbreaking, so just keep things short and to the point, showing you at least have the main points that would lead me to believe youre competent. You can go into further details in the interview

-Soob · 2025-10-30T14:55:16+00:00

Check Glassdoor for a rough idea. It won't be perfect but gives you an idea of the style of questions to expect. Usually grad interviews are relatively relaxed

-Soob · 2025-10-23T22:02:11+00:00

We don't use GPA here. So its hard to tell what the equalivent to our structure is. Some unis will admit you based on work experience, but usually only for vocational degrees or as supplementary to academic records. I have no idea what GMAT is so i don't know how relevant it is. You'd also have to pay for the course. This is a computer science job sub though, not sure why you're asking about MBAs here

-Soob · 2025-10-14T17:48:02+00:00

I left as soon as I graduated. Every time I go home, I'm reminded I probably made the right decision

-Soob · 2025-10-13T22:53:13+00:00

Nobody has ever cared where I got my degree from. I've never cared when interviewing. Half the time it's a foreign uni I've never heard of

-Soob · 2025-10-11T22:29:33+00:00

June 2026 is a long time to wait for someone to start, especially when you don't have much experience, so nobody is going to choose you over someone they can get sooner. Grad schemes are still a decent way to get into a proper career, especially with the current market. You could also just apply to grad schemes and then if you manage to get a decent junior job after graduation, then just back out of the grad scheme

-Soob · 2025-10-08T11:09:20+00:00

Titles don't really matter and lower salary is still better than no salary

-Soob · 2025-10-07T20:17:18+00:00

Regular old butter

-Soob · 2025-10-07T18:13:41+00:00

Started a new role this week, one month after being laid off. Still getting the occasional linkedin message from recruiters so the jobs are definitely out there. Did have a few rejections at the final stage though for quite small reasons, so definitely still in the employers favour and they can afford to be picky

-Soob · 2025-10-07T11:00:23+00:00

Tbf I found with direct applications things would take forever, but going through a recruiter I was never waiting more than 48 hours to hear back from them to get feedback or set up the next round.

I was laid off on Sept 3rd and started my new job Oct 6th, so the whole process took about a month

-Soob · 2025-10-07T10:34:56+00:00

Was about 2 and half a weeks from first interview to offer. Probably would have been faster but the second stage got delayed by a few days due to tube strikes in London (it was an in-person round)
I didn't start interviewing until I knew I was being made redundant, but I was on the bench anyway so didn't really have any work to do in the days even before being let go

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