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How to deal with a senior coworker with potentially bad work habits?

As some background, I am the Team Lead. There is a Senior Developer in my team who does not push his code at all. He commits to the master branch directly and puts code into a production branch without it being properly versioned first. He does…
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Interviewee offered code samples from current employer -- should I accept?

I've had a technical interview with one person (software development) and I don't usually request for code samples. Reasons aside, this one person offered to show me code that they've been doing for their current employer. Should I accept? Could I…
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Stuff has gone missing off my desk at work - what are my options?

A few months ago, I had a pair of earbuds I used to listen to music at work. I would also occasionally take them home with me to use, and after a few months they got lost at work. I'm sure I left them over the weekend on my desk at work, and they…
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How to deal with IT help desk that does not acknowledge requests for help?

Whenever myself or my colleagues contact the IT help desk, there are a series of systemic problems, namely: Not acknowledging receipt of the request Taking no corrective action and unilaterally closing cases with no explanation to the user This is…
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How to interview for a job I do not feel qualified for

I'm currently preparing for a job interview for an entry-level web developer position. Although the job is entry level, I have really only just started learning the skills required for this job, and can not say with confidence that I could…
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Asking logistics questions during an Interview?

Background: I am sophomore college student currently working on my way towards a computer engineering degree. Despite being very young, I have 3 years experience with a Fortune 500 software company, with experience in both software QA and actual…
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Is it ok to take notes to an interview

I have a job interview tomorrow for the role of a junior software developer at a medium sized company. I get nervous and sometime forget what to say and questions that I have for them so I am planning to write a list of questions I want to ask and…
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How appropriate is the interview question: "Show me a piece of code you like"?

I recently interviewed a candidate at our company and asked him Show me a piece of code you like, yours or something you snatched from the internet The candidate was not really able to properly answer that, just fumbled around aimlessly and…
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How to tell a interviewer that he is wrong on a technical question

Yesterday I went for a job interview at a product based company. In one of the interviews the interviewer asked me a question that I answered correctly (I have cross checked it) but he kept on asking me the same question again and again. First I…
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How to decline onsite interview due to financial reasons?

I'm from Eastern Europe and I've been applying to UK's companies for a graduate software developer position. I have been invited to face to face interview, however the company does not offer any reimbursements for the expenses. I did the maths and…
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How to work with a "fanboy"?

As an IT Professional, part of what I do when assigned larger projects from management is to meet either formally or informally with the stakeholders, work to establish a scope and a set of requirements and then compare different solutions in an…
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I just found out that I am the lowest paid on my team. How do I negotiate a raise without revealing this knowledge?

So for the past few weeks I have been working overtime as from my last question What to do when different project managers insisting that I must work on their requests immediately? I recently found out about what my team coworkers were making…
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How do I take a vacation when I'm wearing too many hats?

I've been at my current job for a little over two years, during which I've not taken a vacation or used much of my paid time off. I know that if I do, odds are I'll end up getting phone calls or emails for important issues that only I am able to…
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Cultural fit interview went pretty badly. They want me to re-do it for another team, worth it?

I've been interviewing with a large HR company, valued at more than 10 billion USD. I use their product, I really like it, and I think working for such a big player could look good on my resume. I passed all their tech interviews with good feedback,…
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As a manager, would it be wrong to create secret PTO so that I can keep my star employees?

I work for a large corporation that has really inane rules about PTO (Paid Time Off). For example: We don't get a ton to start with, and if you don't use all of it, at the end of the year it goes into a vesting bank that comes back to you over 4…
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