i hope OP comes up with a farming related app and enjoys the best of two worlds. http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/04/29/f-farming...
Why I have left Samsung
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Re: Why I have left Samsung
#32Re: Why I have left Samsung
#33It's not a question of scale, it's a question of management. Companies like Samsung, others and etc are managed by idiots. Pure and simple. Suit wearing, non-technical morons. Congratulations on your new job, exercise, fresh air and freshly picked berries and vegetables. Sounds pretty decent compared to sitting in front of a screen slaving for knock-off phones with shitty vendored junk. Seeing the company you work fo…
Every time (~5/month) I hear the "managers are idiots" rant I start to wonder, how is it possible that all the smart people: 1. aren't managers. 2. aren't able to convince the "idiots". I'm also curious why smart people become idiots when they're promoted. Come on. Managing is hard and definitely looks different depending on your position. To make it even more "funny" I can tell you that "employees are idiots" is a f…
No one said it isn't hard to manage or managers in general are idiots.
I was just clarifying that the decline of decent software practices isn't a scale issue, it's management issues.
That tends to be because of non-technical managers/superiors.
Re: Why I have left Samsung
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Companies like Samsung, others and etc are managed by idiots Samsung shareholders may disagree with you there....
No I am sure, and they are producing more wealth than I (probably) _EVER_ could. But doesn't mean it's a fun place for a designer and/or software engineer to be. It means it's great to be on the board, manager or shareholder. OP is a software engineer.
> But doesn't mean it's a fun place for a designer and/or software engineer to be.
I bet it was wonderful to work at Apple under Steve Jobs. Just wonderful.
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#35I interned at a big telcom and worked at a bank. Amount of crappy software that needs to be used is mindboggling. Amount of money that is spent to license that crapware is even more mind boggling. There is a real market for these beautiful b2c software products that can make their services store data on the bigco's servers (as opposed to their own - security is a concern) and write decent, mostly .NET interface to co…
There is a real market for these beautiful b2c software products Careful. "Beautiful" software isn't necessarily a large addressable market in B2C...right now. Not saying you're wrong, but bigco's software packages value security, safety, and supportability over beauty, usability, and time-to-build. It's sad but it's true.
security? Was surprised that was first on your list. IME its only ever gets lip service. :(
Re: Why I have left Samsung
#36It's not a question of scale, it's a question of management. Companies like Samsung, others and etc are managed by idiots. Pure and simple. Suit wearing, non-technical morons. Congratulations on your new job, exercise, fresh air and freshly picked berries and vegetables. Sounds pretty decent compared to sitting in front of a screen slaving for knock-off phones with shitty vendored junk. Seeing the company you work fo…
Every time (~5/month) I hear the "managers are idiots" rant I start to wonder, how is it possible that all the smart people: 1. aren't managers. 2. aren't able to convince the "idiots". I'm also curious why smart people become idiots when they're promoted. Come on. Managing is hard and definitely looks different depending on your position. To make it even more "funny" I can tell you that "employees are idiots" is a f…
The Dilbert Principle explains this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dilbert_principle).
The Dilbert principle refers to a 1990s satirical observation by Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams stating that companies tend to systematically promote their least-competent employees to management (generally middle management), in order to limit the amount of damage they are capable of doing.
Re: Why I have left Samsung
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Companies like Samsung, others and etc are managed by idiots Samsung shareholders may disagree with you there....
No I am sure, and they are producing more wealth than I (probably) _EVER_ could. But doesn't mean it's a fun place for a designer and/or software engineer to be. It means it's great to be on the board, manager or shareholder. OP is a software engineer.
I would have such a serious moral hazard and hypocrisy problem there that I can't imagine being happy as a manager at Samsung. (I used to be an engineer, transitioned to pm, I'll probably be a suit within the next 5 years sadly) I don't think IP theft and blatant product copying is morally correct, and I can't work at a place where I have to support such practices.
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#38This comes across to me as more of a rant, than a constructive exit description from a company. When hiring new candidates, and doing background checks alarm bells would go off if I saw people whining about their previous jobs in a blog post. Be professional, accept that some jobs are shit, and find a new one. This post will do you no favours in the future.
This is exactly what I was going to say. Writing a blog post riddled with grammatical errors (and emoticons!) slagging off your former employer is not a good look as far as future employers are concerned.
Re: Why I have left Samsung
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
I am doing startup, but actually I do not want to describe it here now, maybe I will do it later :)
You don't have to describe the new startup, you only have to describe how you organise your life with particular respect to the points you raised in the article. And what do you miss from your enterprisy days?
I work MUCH harder than in Samsung, but this work really matters to me. And what I miss? Hm.. I miss constant stream of salary on my bank account.
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#40The only reason I'll never work for a "big" company again: Clearcase If the job involves this tool, I won't even apply. (Yes, there are some other bad tools as well)
It staggers me that there are people who, to this day, would defend Clearcase.