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How can I deal with having an open-door policy when I'm extremely sensitive to noise?
I work for a German software development company as a consultant. I'm happy and everything seems to be going well except for the fact that the company has an "open-door policy". This means we have to keep our doors open, unless we have a reason not…
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How do I quit due to a disappointing company outlook?
I have been working at my current company for ~5 years now and has been a key technical contributor and then an Engineering Manager leading the core technical team of the company.
We have developed a few products so far based on our niche…
user69531
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Unable to complete a task at work due to lack of relevant skill. How should I tell my employer?
In February I was hired as a Software Developer Apprentice. I mainly code in C# which I have learnt in this apprenticeship. I am currently rewriting a programme the company currently uses. Within this program I have to use iTextSharp that I have…
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Why would a resigning employee be immediately escorted out?
When an employee is fired, there are reasonable reasons to immediately escort them out of the office without working a notice period. Most firings happen somewhat unexpectedly, which means you likely have made the ex-employee angry and allowing them…
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I made a post-resignation promise that I'm not comfortable keeping, but don't want to break my word. Suggestions?
Roughly 1 year ago I told my previous employer that I would take him to lunch in a year. Now I'm really struggling with the question of whether or not to keep that promise, and how to keep my cool for the entire duration if I do keep…
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How can I tell when I'm working on a Sinking Ship?
From an employee's perspective, what are some obvious signs that a company is about to go under?
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Hearing rumors one of my employees is interviewing elsewhere
I am the manager of a small team of software engineers. One of the business folks came to me the other day and let me know that one of my employees was overheard several times on the phone setting up job interviews. I am wondering if and how I can…
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How do you handle an interview for a candidate who is performing poorly?
When you begin interviewing a candidate and realise early on that they really, really aren't suitable for the job (for example, for a developer role, perhaps you've discussed coding and discovered they can't explain a simple for loop), how do you…
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What is the correct way to approach the request that "new developers should not be able to access the codebase"
We are a small team of developers working on a web app. I answer directly to the company directors, who are responsible for hiring decisions.
As a cost saving measure, new developers are often hired from countries such as India, Nigeria and…
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Unable to focus on programming around 3-4 PM every day. How can I fix this?
I tend to get exhausted mentally and can't really program more on most days starting at around 3 to 4 PM every day. From there I'll kind of just be out of it mentally and unable to produce code that isn't filled with bugs or start feeling mental…
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Is it appropriate to ask a coworker about "what happened" after they suddenly told me that tomorrow will be their last day?
A senior coworker who's been with the company for over 6 years, suddenly approached my desk, handed me their card with info and said, "It has been nice working with you, I told [top boss] that tomorrow will be my last day". It was out of the blue…
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I am a resource being fought over by several business units. Boss can’t provide clarification on what I need to be doing
I’m one of 10 software developers within a government organization. We support the 30 or so pieces of software that keep the organization running and build new software to ensure that we can continue to service our citizens. Some of those software…
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How to be productive while waiting for meetings to start, when managers are casual about being late
The problem: I cannot work normally when I know I will be interrupted any minute.
Example:
My manager say we have a team meeting (all 12 members) with the big boss in 14:30.
In 14:27 I am already in a standby mode and cannot continue working…
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Applying for jobs when I have an obvious scar
The place I worked got shut down for safety. A friend of mine was killed, and I was hurt pretty bad another time, and it left me with very obvious scarring where my skin is much lighter around the scar.
Because it's on my arm and hand, I can't hide…
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Should I tell management that I intend to leave due to bad software development practices?
update: after reading the answers and comments below, I realized I started off with the wrong question, and actually just needed a change in perspective. The answers in this question are now much more relevant to me.
The team I currently work in…
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