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byAnonymous Coward writes:
You're sitting at the computer. The project deadline has just been published. Those fifty feature requests that you've been telling management will take a week each to implement properly? You have two months, total, for all of them. Management is screaming at you to get it done. You don't have time to do more than basic testing. It seems to work? Great! Move on to the next thing.
Meanwhile, figuring out all the ways in which the code will break - you haven't got time for that. Just pray that the security hol
byswilver ( 617741 ) writes:
Management is screaming at you to get it done
If you are a developer, with the current market, show some backbone and tell them they can do it themselves if they think they can do it quicker.
But I guess it all depends on the way your job market is structured. Apparently in some countries the reason you were fired or left the previous company is somehow considered relevant, and a good recommendation from your previous boss is mandatory if you ever want to work in the industry again. Experience is less relevant, all that matters is that you conform to the system.
In other countries however, we see those things for what they are: a way to keep you, and your wage, under control. Step out of line, and you'll never find a job again. Don't want to do overtime or work weekends? You'll get a bad recommendation.
If you live in a country where these practices are outlawed, you will find that you can actually talk to your boss like he/she is a real person, have a beer with him/her (and only if you want to, not mandatory), and discuss things like adults as a team. Why? Because they donot have the power to ruin your life forever but only to the extend that you may have to look for another job in the presence of sufficient evidence that you are underperforming.
In such countries you can, when you're treated like a replaceable cog, stand up for yourself and if necessary find a better company with a better culture. If you are a *really* good developer, you may even have offers lined up already. A mediocre developer may actually have to click apply somewhere and have to wait a few days to get a new job. Crappy developers may have to bluff a bit but will likely find a new spot within a few weeks...
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