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Re: -2000 Lines of Code (2004)

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Post by lectrick » Wed, Dec 16, 2015, 5:03 AM UTC

incepted wrote: post #80

lectrick wrote: post #66

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> recruiters Dude, that right there is the problem. They make a commission off your starting salary, so OF COURSE their primary concern is your past and future financials. This is why I hate recruiters.

I disagree. Recruiters have a conflict of interest that often goes to the candidate's advantage and against their employer's interest. The higher your salary, the higher their commission. And employers are fine with that because a good hire is better than no hire.

While a fair salary is ideal for all parties, optimizing for job satisfaction would be a wiser decision than optimizing for salary amount. Scoring a high salary may merely mean the new hire will be one of the first to be cut from the crew should the firm hit choppy waters... an outcome that recruiters do not need to care about.

Re: -2000 Lines of Code (2004)

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Post by on_and_off » Wed, Dec 16, 2015, 1:36 PM UTC

nickpsecurity wrote: post #126

on_and_off wrote: post #110

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I have senior in my title so I guess I count as skilled, I work on an Android app (so Java). I have absolutely no idea of what my average LOC / week looks like and could not care less. This is a really dumb metric. Between Annotation processors & code generation plugins, it already means nothing. If you factor in DRY, it is just insane. Am I supposed to willingly write horrible and unproductive code just to increase…

"Between Annotation processors & code generation plugins, it already means nothing." Getting a project of a given size done on schedule means nothing? Your company sounds pretty laid back. That's nice. "Am I supposed to willingly write horrible and unproductive code just to increase my LOC / time ?" It's a nice strawman you built there. The metric in your case would be average, custom LOC brought into production. So,…

>Getting a project of a given size done on schedule means nothing?

rofl, you are assimilating LOC and actually accomplishing a task on schedule and you talk about strawman ? give me a break.

Re: -2000 Lines of Code (2004)

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Post by jamaicahest » Wed, Dec 16, 2015, 5:29 PM UTC

bargl wrote: post #3

I had a job interview once where the HR rep asked me how many lines of code I wrote a week. I responded, "On a really good week -1000, I don't remember the exact figure." She was extremely confused by this answer and wanted me to give her a number. So she said, "I'll just put down 10,000." This is also the interview where they refused to continue unless I told them how much money I made (which I don't do anymore). Th…

> The justification they told me was that they weren't going to give me a 20K raise if I wasn't making that much right now

So you base your salary offer on my current salary, instead of what I would be worth to you guys? Good luck. We're going to be here a while, since I'm not going to disclose my salary.

Re: -2000 Lines of Code (2004)

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Post by dhd415 » Wed, Dec 23, 2015, 12:39 AM UTC

kkapelon wrote: post #96

pkaye wrote: post #76

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What kind of software takes 1M lines of code and 105 project? Is it one of those Java enterprise software projects?

Banking software, hospital software, nuclear reactor software. Not all people are writing self-contained web applications.

Late reply, but yes, it's hospital software.