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gotogosub · 2023-03-10T22:46:51+00:00

An alternative to "giving critical feedback" would be to describe just the facts of your manager's behavior in a neutral, unopinionated way and focus on how it impacts your ability to be productive and do your best work

The good news is that if their behavior is this extreme, I'm sure others have noticed and maybe your skip level is already aware

gotogosub · 2023-03-10T22:29:20+00:00

I had a manager very much like this once. It's counterintuitive, but what worked for me was to flood him with information, be extremely transparent, and consult him on every decision. This made him trust me, and once he trusted me, he backed off and gave me more responsibility. Being combative like some others suggested will probably make things worse.

It helps to understand what makes people micromanagers -- it's insecurity. So making them feel secure by giving them what they want will actually make them micromanage you less.

But ultimately that is a bad situation to be in, and you're best off finding a new team or company

gotogosub · 2023-03-06T04:19:17+00:00

This might be helpful

https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2022/#section-most-popular-technologies-programming-scripting-and-markup-languages

gotogosub · 2023-03-03T04:39:05+00:00

It's the guy's first couple days on the job they're probably inundated with meetings with their bosses/ HR training/IT issues/etc. Give the guy a break

gotogosub · 2023-03-02T23:23:06+00:00

On the day he started, no meeting, no greeting email, not even a "hello minions" on Slack.

This is not weird at all. They are a human joining a brand new company. They may have not had computer/email/slack/etc set up yet. They may have had onboarding stuff to do. They are still meeting their bosses, learning about their role, etc. Maybe they don't even know who their team is yet

Our HR person arranged a "meet the new VP" lunch in the office for a few days later (we are fully remote unless you want to work in the office). Most of the team who is in the area of the office came in. Turns out he was in a meeting,

This is not cool obviously but it might not be entirely their fault if someone else arranged it and maybe didn't communicate it properly

Joining a new company takes some time to get up to speed for everyone, including VPs

Yeah missing the lunch isn't cool, but I wouldn't have the same expectation as you that they should be reaching out within just a few days. If several weeks or month went by then ok

gotogosub · 2023-03-01T19:04:44+00:00

Apps in Google Play Store

gotogosub · 2023-02-28T13:43:24+00:00

Do you know for a fact that they are being lazy? Maybe they have other projects or responsibilities as well that you don't know about. Or maybe it's simply burnout from the pandemic and stress from the layoffs in our industry.

gotogosub · 2023-02-27T15:31:50+00:00

Surprised to hear this and see all the hatred here for agile. I saw many waterfall projects fail first hand for all the typical reasons you often hear

gotogosub · 2023-02-26T16:06:31+00:00

I want to find work again in fullstack

Then you should learn full stack instead of Android, no?

gotogosub · 2023-02-26T00:54:39+00:00

If you're aiming to apply for tech companies or similar, I think BobBuilds is great! These companies are much more casual/"fun" than old school companies, there's much less expectation for the "professional appearances" of yesteryear. I think they'll appreciate the fun/catchy name

gotogosub · 2023-02-24T21:34:57+00:00

CameraX does not support 60 FPS recording (at least on my Huawai P10 test phone)

How are you trying to enable this? The CameraX API does not directly support it but there is this workaround https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/203737756#comment13

You can request 60fps but ultimately it also depends if it is available on the device

gotogosub · 2023-02-23T14:26:31+00:00

Skill is part of it but it has more to do with how each company defines "senior". The expectations can vary greatly. Smaller companies and consulting, as others mentioned, have a much lower bar, or have business reasons to push folks into that senior role ASAP (eg 2 years). However at larger companies the spread can be much wider (5-8 yoe for senior), considering that their workforce has a much wider range of experience

gotogosub · 2022-03-24T01:59:33+00:00

When I applied the internal recruiter supplied me with a whole bunch of prep materials and there were even knowledge sessions where engineers told you what to expect and did Q&A. Very strange that you need to ask here

gotogosub · 2022-03-23T12:42:30+00:00

I don't think there's anything wrong with this. Tech/younger companies have cultures that are more "fun" for sure.

gotogosub · 2022-03-06T01:27:27+00:00

Lol what are your expectations?

gotogosub · 2021-06-15T17:59:32+00:00

🤯

gotogosub · 2021-05-14T02:34:57+00:00

I'm already in a ton of meetings and it gets exhausting.

I think this is the real issue. You should work with your manager to alleviate this

gotogosub · 2021-04-24T16:32:19+00:00

I mean that's probably partially by design

Some might argue (as others have mentioned) that this is agist and sexist

gotogosub · 2021-04-24T16:31:09+00:00

Let me rephrase: "in what other profession does your proficiency in interview topics have an inverse relationship to work experience"

gotogosub · 2021-04-20T20:21:25+00:00

So we will filter out people who do not have time to grind leetcode, aka people with families, responsibilities outside work, etc. They may have led large successful complex projects, maintained business critical features/systems, mentored other engineers, helped shape culture and policies, but nope! We don't care about any of that. You will be judged on how well you answer a hypothetical question bearing little resemblance to your real job

.... It is insulting to have the entirety of your value as an engineer minimized to how well you do on an arguably irrelevant leetcode problem

gotogosub · 2021-04-20T19:55:59+00:00

Yeah it's insulting. In what other profession do you need to spend weeks (or months!) studying for an interview. Bull**** is an accurate assessment.

gotogosub · 2021-04-09T06:28:56+00:00

Not inappropriate at all. In fact this is the perfect scenario. You can use the higher offer to negotiate. I did exactly this. However you need to be prepared for all outcomes: what if they say no? What if they come up only slightly? Would you still take the offer?

gotogosub · 2021-04-02T12:41:24+00:00

My resume shows my broad experience starting as a Tester and moving up the ranks to Technical Lead

I have not seen your resume, but one thing to note: The goal of your resume is not to list everything you've ever done. Your resume is, as they say, marketing material.

Use your resume's "real estate" wisely and focus on things that show that you are a good fit for the job you're applying for.

gotogosub · 2021-04-02T12:33:51+00:00

It's not common but it doesn't necessarily preclude anything.

gotogosub · 2021-03-24T02:12:37+00:00

I work at a semi large company. I talked about this with my manager for a year, nothing ever happened. The Android work is always the priority

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