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Resume: How to quantify my contributions as a software engineer?

I am updating my resume, and I'm wondering how to quantify my contributions to a startup where I worked for ~2.5 years. Most resume advice suggests to quantity your achievements, ie: "Boosted customer retention by 25%", "Contributed to a 12x page…
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Company 'expecting' me to take a month unpaid leave after resignation

I recently resigned with my current company, following both the corresponding laws and the company handbook. Legally they still have to keep/pay me for a month, as that is what my contract (Permanent/'onbepaalde tijd') and the law here (Netherlands)…
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What is the rationale of not offering an existing employee a salary as large as the one offered to a new one?

The following happened several years ago when working in another company, but same policy is also used where I work. One of the managers had to fill up one position for some kind of technical support position. He had two options: try to transfer…
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How to respond to a ridiculous request from a senior colleague?

The wife of a friend of mine is a junior analyst and recent hire at her company. Recently a senior research scientist on the team asked her to make a Powerpoint slide to illustrate chances. The slide would have to contain a million dots, one of…
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Is it unprofessional of me to play games before and after work, whilst at the office?

I'm a junior software developer in a small company(20-25 employees). I get into work an hour early each day and leave a half hour later to avoid traffic however this leaves me with a conundrum, because I could work that extra hour and not get paid.…
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UK based, new US employer changed contract on first day. How to handle professionally?

I was offered a job by a US software company. On my first day at work they told me they couldn't actually hire me for legal and technical reasons. So, now they want me to be a consultant and to become self-employed. I had plans to buy a house in UK…
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How can I politely turn down the exit interview?

I already know that there is no benefit in being honest or in giving good suggestions to improve things at the company as no change will be applied from the exit interview suggestions. I also do not want to burn any bridges by attending the exit…
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Why would a company not allow applicants to ask questions during a job interview?

Recently I had a job interview at a German company. Almost the entire interview was about me and my skills. Basically, the interviewers named a keyword from my professional field and asked me what I knew about it and how I would imagine one could…
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How can I get an information security team to see that their over-the-top security measures are only decreasing security?

Summary: I worked for a small startup, that was acquired by a mega corporation. Its IT security policies are excessive, but they don't add more security, and prevent me from doing work. How do I change that? First some context: the startup (let's…
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Why is it so acceptable for software engineers to job hop? I'm tired of constantly recruiting them

Basically how did it become acceptable for software engineers to always be job switching? I am a recruiter for my company of about 250 and we employ 15 software engineers. Half my time is spent replacing them. Only one of them has been at my company…
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My boss wants me to be available during my vacation abroad

Several months ago I put in my vacation for a week and a half. I'll be traveling to another country and will have almost no access to phone data. This is due to several reasons but the main ones are I don't want to spend money on it and it'd be nice…
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About to give in my notice, but suddenly got a raise. Will it reflect poorly on me if I still decide to leave?

I have been working at my current job for about 5 months now, and while it's a pretty good opportunity, I've been a bit burnt out with the role and position (Web Development). Since month 1, I've been looking for Product Management jobs at other…
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Is there anything better I can say to coworkers after taking a day off for mental health, when they ask?

I have a condition that pretty much never surfaces on medicine, but sometimes does (no pattern I can tell). This happened the other night so I called out sick, just announcing I wasn't feeling well. It often passes within half the day. I have…
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Colleague shared pirated material. Is it appropriate for our manager to make me tell the colleague to remove it?

I have a colleague who recently joined our team. They're quite keen and want to help out a lot. They've sent out emails to the team with links to a network folder that contains copyrighted/pirated material relevant to the team's work. This is…
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Manager favors personal friend in the office; should I notify HR?

One of the team managers hired one of his personal friends as an intern (A). His team has another intern as well, Intern B. He very obviously favors intern A, giving him all the 'cool jobs', takes him out to external meetings etc. Intern B is still…
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