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Outsource things you aren't good at. You think Tim Cook knows how to write the code required for iPhone hardware to communicate? No.
Well, I'll be sure to tell that to the next guy who sends me an 'online assessment'.
I'm the sole developer working on my current project, which is overhauling a massive DOS era application, as well as overhauling an early 2000s era CRM/business management tool, that almost all of our work happens through. Did I mention that the DOS application is a HIPAA billing application that must meet all HIPAA guidelines as well as write EDI X12 billing files? I'm very junior, been coding for ~5 years, 3 profes…
I've been there. Run.
I'm the sole developer working on my current project, which is overhauling a massive DOS era application, as well as overhauling an early 2000s era CRM/business management tool, that almost all of our work happens through. Did I mention that the DOS application is a HIPAA billing application that must meet all HIPAA guidelines as well as write EDI X12 billing files? I'm very junior, been coding for ~5 years, 3 profes…
> working on non-version-controlled code, having been expressly forbidden from using ANY VC by the CEO I've been there. Run.
Probably any founder of an acquired startup with vesting acceleration REALLY wants to be fired (without cause): https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesnycouncil/2018/05/30/what...
You might have wanted to use "redundant" and not "fired" or "laid off" as these have quite different meanings in labour law.
The acquirer means well, but as a public company there is little intellectual honesty and projects are going off the cliff while my fellow executives not sharing the truth of how bad things are going and asking for help from one another for the good of the company. I'm increasingly demotivated having to deal with lying and intellectual dishonesty at every turn.
I can quit, but then I lose out on almost a million bucks that's unvested, not much compared to what I've made so far but I'd really like to just be fired (without cause) and get to walk away and start a non-profit.
I don't want to be fired. I absolutely love my job and the people I work with. But I can just smell that we are about to hit a sticking point with how I don't do on call (it was never mentioned in the interviews or part of my contract) and I don't respond to work after 5pm. If it does come to that sticking point I'm trying to figure out how to be the most assertive and diplomatic. I.e. How do I convey that I badly wa…
Maybe they accept it, maybe it becomes a learning moment for them in the future. Either way, its unfortunate but non-starters are non-starters.
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So sad I can only give you one upvote per comment. That was one hell of a ride. Have you tried to defuse your dangerous CEO by giving him a harmless hobby?
Launching anvils into orbit with black powder? Do-it-yourself bacterial genetic engineering?
I'm the sole developer working on my current project, which is overhauling a massive DOS era application, as well as overhauling an early 2000s era CRM/business management tool, that almost all of our work happens through. Did I mention that the DOS application is a HIPAA billing application that must meet all HIPAA guidelines as well as write EDI X12 billing files? I'm very junior, been coding for ~5 years, 3 profes…
You can run a local git repo, no code would ever leave your PC. I'd do taht, and damn the torpedoes. If he is dumb enough to say no versioning, he'll never know you run it locally.
I'm the sole developer working on my current project, which is overhauling a massive DOS era application, as well as overhauling an early 2000s era CRM/business management tool, that almost all of our work happens through. Did I mention that the DOS application is a HIPAA billing application that must meet all HIPAA guidelines as well as write EDI X12 billing files? I'm very junior, been coding for ~5 years, 3 profes…
Honestly the project sounds quite interesting, but I can imagine the circumstances make it painful.
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> working on non-version-controlled code, having been expressly forbidden from using ANY VC by the CEO I've been there. Run.
I'm studying hard, but learning new stuff while learning other new stuff is hard.
You don't have to go straight to the best job in the world. Just find something better (and do your homework to verify) and take it.