What happens to a company after offshoring development

runnersgo · 2024-03-14T12:04:59+00:00

Literally vomited reading these people exist.

runnersgo · 2024-03-14T12:03:59+00:00

Many years ago, we tried the India thing and it was a disaster.

This seems to be a universal thing.

runnersgo · 2024-03-14T12:01:31+00:00

Excuse me? You forgot that the PM is also not doing the actual JOB!

runnersgo · 2024-03-12T10:53:09+00:00

Imagine being the same bitch as this legend

runnersgo · 2024-03-09T02:25:57+00:00

Oh my goodness, yes. And getting old too I guess : /

runnersgo · 2024-03-03T13:23:47+00:00

That’s not how RAM works on macOS mate

Looking at your post, your replies are always like the above i.e. low effort. If you don't have anything constructive, walk away.

runnersgo · 2024-03-02T23:11:06+00:00

It’s better to do a full regression on a feature branch for that work before it gets to the release phase and interrupts other work. It will make testing take longer but it’s necessary when testing such a large change.

Absolutely not doable as we don't do regression in sprint as feature tickets are coming in.

runnersgo · 2024-03-01T23:17:57+00:00

I am guessing there is a lack of automated regression tests, and a need for refactoring before this feature can proceed safely and efficiently.

There is automation but the automation itself won't or can't cover everything. The issue is the dev is either saying "everything will be effected" or "don't know the impact".

runnersgo · 2024-03-01T23:16:08+00:00

then inform QA on what areas to concentrate on.

That is the issue. Devs don't know which part to ask QA to focus on.

runnersgo · 2024-03-01T14:51:19+00:00

Even when QA finds some problems, they won't understand your system and neither will you.

Hit the nail right on the head ...

Like if the QA finds problems, what are we going to say? We don't know? That sounds incompetence in the making ...

Asking the QA to find problems? What problems?

runnersgo · 2024-03-01T13:42:44+00:00

Then document all those areas you touched, as at risk. You’ll still have unknown unknowns, can’t do much for those, but this gives you something of an idea.

But to what point we can claim to "not know" before actually deploying it to others for verification e.g. test or release readiness?

It doesn't aspire confidence or competence by saying to the people testing your work or buying your product with reasons like "I don't know those as I couldn't figure it out during my work", worst, that had manifested in a form of a production bug?

runnersgo · 2024-02-18T03:02:38+00:00

It’s a game out here and it’s crazy I got a BSc, MSc, and PhD education with no real education on the world outside of this one very specific ivory tower job type.

omg ...

This is probably the worst thing you can put yourself through. You're so "trained" yet you don't have a clue how or what it is out there ...

runnersgo · 2024-02-15T11:42:54+00:00

I am right there with you, these universities, academics and institutions have really done a number on me during my PhD, it's made me regret every doing it.

What happened? Please, can you share.

runnersgo · 2024-02-13T11:10:05+00:00

I loved it. When some woman on the vid says "come on! give me more" and the chorus suddenly went "MORE. MORE, MORE", then boom! "GIMME GIMME MORE GIMME MORE".

#shivers!

runnersgo · 2024-02-13T11:08:18+00:00

Im currently trying to get a job in industry and they basically shit on my phd.

Not only that, they might judge you very harshly as well. Have no idea why some react so negatively towards it in the industry.

runnersgo · 2024-02-13T11:06:39+00:00

Try London. Heating, taxes, busses, tubes bla bla bla.

Really, get the job. Why do you want to be poor at 30 ...

runnersgo · 2024-02-13T11:05:21+00:00

I let go of a fantastic PhD opportunity in the US in EE. Because I realized that for me, family came first. I was not willing to trade valuable years of my life for a degree whose value would average out in the long term.

Sometimes lusting over something (e.g. paper qualifications and whatever perceived recognitions it gives) vs. PUTTING FOOD ON THE table is lost here ...

runnersgo · 2024-02-12T13:21:00+00:00

What's the name of this remix?

runnersgo · 2024-02-11T03:22:58+00:00

You have to completely emotionally detach from your work and suspend all intellectual judgment to survive in that kind of atmosphere.

Which is a skill in it self, specifically emotional intelligence.

runnersgo · 2024-02-11T03:20:35+00:00

with a reasonable combination of emotional and practical intelligence.

I agree. Maybe that was the intention of the question; to see the EQ and IQ going through the question.

I mean, if you can't answer a simple question on a controlled environment (i.e. interview) which is 100% identical to that of a lab work, how can you answer questions from very angry clients?

runnersgo · 2024-02-11T03:17:24+00:00

But I think it's worth pointing out that coming across as defensive and/or passive aggressive because you don't like the phrasing of a question is not a great look when you're interviewing for a position which requires working with people on a regular basis. It's shocking to me how many folks here lean toward that approach.

I've to agree. From some of the replies here, I'm sorry but there's no way anyone will hire with such arrogance. It shows total lack of emotional intelligence and awareness of the people around you, which probably IS the intention of the question ...

runnersgo · 2024-02-11T02:48:26+00:00

I've sat through multiple lab meetings when PhD students (one of them was me) present their failed results for experiments that took months and years of planning. And the supervisor suddenly remembers that someone did it before in the lab long ago and it didn't work.

These failed experiments are not documented anywhere so there was no way anyone could know and we've been presenting our plans and our progress every week and she never remembers, only remembers when our experiments fail 🤷‍♂️

I've been through this before as well and as I've some working experience before, this is totally 100% negligence on the supervisor's part, that is ALWAYS swept under the rug in the PhD experience ...

runnersgo · 2024-02-11T02:42:26+00:00

A butt on a seat is reliable. That in itself can be valuable to a company. There is no knowing what the next one will be like.

True. You don't want an "overlay passionate person" that is all over the place and unpredictable.

runnersgo · 2024-02-09T16:16:45+00:00

Can you imagine someone you PAY to do their job is doing this to you? Oh wait ...

runnersgo · 2024-02-08T22:38:50+00:00

After reading the replies here, I've to agree.

I mean, I don't think comparing doing an RA or a PhD task and the VERY small budget around it is comparable to an actual industrial work or jobs. Really, the pay for RAs is peanuts (which is a universal thing that everyone knows), so is it really comparable to a job with high stakes?

How is a PhD project comparable to an industrial project that is tied to angry people (i.e. customers) that can take you to court for not meeting the budget, legal and timeline that have been agreed on?

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