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102,936 | <p>I have an issue with my resume that is confusing lots of people.</p>
<p>I worked for a small company for a long time. I was responsible for many different things at the same time. Online I see lots of mention on how to format if you held multiple position concurrently, however I can't seem to find any thoughts on d... | [
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"text": "<p>I'd recommend you to consolidate and narrow down your bullet points for the job at hand. When applying to a ... | 2017/11/21 | [
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] | I have an issue with my resume that is confusing lots of people.
I worked for a small company for a long time. I was responsible for many different things at the same time. Online I see lots of mention on how to format if you held multiple position concurrently, however I can't seem to find any thoughts on displaying ... | I'd recommend you to consolidate and narrow down your bullet points for the job at hand. When applying to a developer position, list the responsibilities related to development. A software engineer hiring manager wouldn't be interested in your sales skills. In other words, customize your resume to the job at hand.
At ... |
105,928 | <p><strong>Background info:</strong> The company I work for is in the process of hiring someone for the position of web developer. My boss pretty much left me in charge of the whole process. I try to involve him by asking his opinion in certain topics, but he tries to exclude himself as much as possible from the situat... | [
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"text": "<blockquote>\n <p>Q: \"What is the politest way to say?\"</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>You've been that route with him ... | 2018/01/31 | [
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] | **Background info:** The company I work for is in the process of hiring someone for the position of web developer. My boss pretty much left me in charge of the whole process. I try to involve him by asking his opinion in certain topics, but he tries to exclude himself as much as possible from the situation.
**The actu... | Rob's answer is quite good and if it comes to some kind of direct confrontation, solid advice, but I have something to add:
so far you have actually entertained his questions - you answer them and engage in further discussion about these non-work related questions, which is likely encouraging Tim to continue with this... |
106,037 | <p>I have started to look for a new job, couple of weeks ago An internal recuriter of a company called me for a interview , the vacancy was posted at linkedin and i applied for it.</p>
<p>The vacancy did not had any salary indication, Long story short I went for the interview every thing went well and during the Hr di... | [
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"text": "<p>You're right, you don't want to spend time on a day long interview (especially if you have to use holiday to go t... | 2018/02/02 | [
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] | I have started to look for a new job, couple of weeks ago An internal recuriter of a company called me for a interview , the vacancy was posted at linkedin and i applied for it.
The vacancy did not had any salary indication, Long story short I went for the interview every thing went well and during the Hr discussion t... | >
> How to know a ball park figure for a salary before going for the
> interview?
>
>
>
Ask the recruiter (whether your working directly with the company or a third party )
```
"What is the salary range for this position?"
```
At this point if you get the run around, follow up with:
```
"In the interest of n... |
106,241 | <p>I am a QA Automation Engineer working for a IT Company. I usually do only automatic tests in JUnit or Selenium, which I say I'm pretty good at.
Keeping the story short, couple of months ago my boss thought it would be a great idea to have me work under a developer teamleader to learn how to make automatic tests more... | [
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"text": "<p>When you get assigned a task and have trouble fulfilling it, you should notify the person that assigned you th... | 2018/02/06 | [
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] | I am a QA Automation Engineer working for a IT Company. I usually do only automatic tests in JUnit or Selenium, which I say I'm pretty good at.
Keeping the story short, couple of months ago my boss thought it would be a great idea to have me work under a developer teamleader to learn how to make automatic tests more ef... | You ask a loaded question, friend.
The way I see it your question is not about what you ***should do***, but about ***what is expected of you to do***.
I would split your question into several sub-questions.
---
The first part is about a team leader or project owner asking a team member to **perform a task he ha... |
106,487 | <p>How do you deal with a colleague who is always arguing on most topics just to be right and put everyone else wrong. She always says "No!, because.. {insert argument}".</p>
<p>She always wants to be right at the expense of offending other people. I mean you can say that gently and not too forcefully.</p>
<p>Edit:
S... | [
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"text": "<p>I think in this instance there are two topics that could be addressed.</p>\n\n<p>1) She often offers a contr... | 2018/02/12 | [
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] | How do you deal with a colleague who is always arguing on most topics just to be right and put everyone else wrong. She always says "No!, because.. {insert argument}".
She always wants to be right at the expense of offending other people. I mean you can say that gently and not too forcefully.
Edit:
Sometimes this per... | I think in this instance there are two topics that could be addressed.
1) She often offers a contradictory and correct position on various topics.
This says she is potentially a great asset to the team, that she is:
```
A) Confident
B) Intelligent
C) Competent
```
I would take no actions to stifle this. If other ... |
106,532 | <p>I was reading these three WPSE links (<a href="https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/90501/is-it-overkill-to-make-a-github-to-show-basic-coding-skills">1</a>,<a href="https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/22632/building-a-collection-of-code-to-showcase-to-potential-employers?rq=1">2</a>,<a href="http... | [
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"text": "<blockquote>\n<p>but can it hurt your chances if the job isn't software development related?</p>\n</blockquot... | 2018/02/12 | [
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] | I was reading these three WPSE links ([1](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/90501/is-it-overkill-to-make-a-github-to-show-basic-coding-skills),[2](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/22632/building-a-collection-of-code-to-showcase-to-potential-employers?rq=1),[3](https://workplace.stackexchange.co... | Go for it! If I were recruiting, you are exactly the sort of person I would want to hire.
You are obviously interested, possibly passionate, about something that relates to your work. That can only be of benefit to the company.
We all have to pay the rent, so we all have to apply for jobs. But it is people like you w... |
106,817 | <p>I work at a small (10 person), sport-specific e-learning startup. The CEO is a nice guy but I feel he lacks focus. He is very easily excitable, so if he or somebody else comes up with an idea that he likes he will often become fixated with it for a week or two before completely forgetting about it. These ideas are m... | [
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"text": "<p>There are some incompetent CEOs out there. Unfortunately there is no one above to straighten them out. The... | 2018/02/18 | [
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] | I work at a small (10 person), sport-specific e-learning startup. The CEO is a nice guy but I feel he lacks focus. He is very easily excitable, so if he or somebody else comes up with an idea that he likes he will often become fixated with it for a week or two before completely forgetting about it. These ideas are most... | There are some incompetent CEOs out there. Unfortunately there is no one above to straighten them out. The board or owner could fire him but they don't see what is going on day by day.
Eventually he will likely bring the company down or be replaced. It might be time to put out your resume.
When he comes up with the ... |
110,047 | <p>I'm positioned with a window next to me my coworker sits in front but have a wall to their side, then in front of them there is another window:</p>
<pre><code>| <---window
|
|| <-- wall
|| O <--- coworker
|| <-- wall
| <---- window (With blind that they open)
| O <-- me
</code></pre>
<p>The wind... | [
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"text": "<p>The solution would be that when you come back and can't read your screen because the blind is opened, you g... | 2018/04/04 | [
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] | I'm positioned with a window next to me my coworker sits in front but have a wall to their side, then in front of them there is another window:
```
| <---window
|
|| <-- wall
|| O <--- coworker
|| <-- wall
| <---- window (With blind that they open)
| O <-- me
```
The windows are not treated so the sun shines throug... | The solution would be that when you come back and can't read your screen because the blind is opened, you go to your coworker and ask them whether they opened the blind. If yes, you ask them why they did it. Then you ask them to come to your desk, and notice that your screen is not readable. And that done, you close th... |
114,469 | <p>I'm a new employee at a software company, and saw an email sent to an coworker from a system owner, but with the whole dev team CC'd, and it got me a bit worried about the environment. I'm recently out of college so this is my first job so...is this normal in tech companies?</p>
<hr>
<p>Sent to Rick and Cc'd dev t... | [
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"text": "<p>No, this is not usual. You have run across a fairly common beast, however, the Elitist Super Entitled Develop... | 2018/06/21 | [
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] | I'm a new employee at a software company, and saw an email sent to an coworker from a system owner, but with the whole dev team CC'd, and it got me a bit worried about the environment. I'm recently out of college so this is my first job so...is this normal in tech companies?
---
Sent to Rick and Cc'd dev team mail li... | No, this is not usual. You have run across a fairly common beast, however, the Elitist Super Entitled Developer. He's smarter than everyone else in his own mind and is entitled to be rude for the same reason. He has some ax to grind against Morty. Avoid him when possible and move along.
While he's certainly within his... |
114,805 | <p>In 2017, my previous company gave me a tuition assistance of $2900. I quit the job and found another one. Recently, in June 2018, the company sent me a letter asking to return the amount since I quit the job within 12 months of the tuition. </p>
<p>I don't mind paying it back, but I'd like to return all taxes I pai... | [
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"text": "<blockquote>\n <p>Somehow the company deducted </p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>The company did not \"somehow\" deduc... | 2018/06/27 | [
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] | In 2017, my previous company gave me a tuition assistance of $2900. I quit the job and found another one. Recently, in June 2018, the company sent me a letter asking to return the amount since I quit the job within 12 months of the tuition.
I don't mind paying it back, but I'd like to return all taxes I paid for this... | >
> Somehow the company deducted
>
>
>
The company did not "somehow" deduct taxes. They are required by law to collect taxes on the money paid to employees and send it to the government. This is known as Tax Collected at Source (TCS) or Tax Deducted at Source (TDS).
>
> I'd like to return all taxes I paid for t... |
114,981 | <p>During the last month I have noticed that virtually most of company employees are not specifying the job title within their signatures. A typical signature would look like the following:</p>
<pre><code>Thanks formula
Name
Company name
Business unit (no job title). E.g. Data Warehouse
Logo
Contact information
</code... | [
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"text": "<p>This will depend by company and culture (and company culture), so the following answer is for my specific co... | 2018/06/29 | [
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] | During the last month I have noticed that virtually most of company employees are not specifying the job title within their signatures. A typical signature would look like the following:
```
Thanks formula
Name
Company name
Business unit (no job title). E.g. Data Warehouse
Logo
Contact information
```
So, one receiv... | This will depend by company and culture (and company culture), so the following answer is for my specific company culture.
On my team, we have various job titles: Programmer/Analyst I, Programmer/Analyst II, Sr Programmer Analyst, Business Analyst. But we're all on one team. We work together, and what is important is ... |
116,158 | <p>I rent office space inside another company. Is there a proper/formal format for writing out my address on business correspondence?</p>
<p>Just an example...</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xy8hZ.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xy8hZ.png" alt="enter image description her... | [
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"text": "<p>Try not to confuse your customers any more than necessary. </p>\n\n<p>What you propose works, but it m... | 2018/07/19 | [
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Just an example...
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xy8hZ.png)
Would that be the way to do it? Thanks for any help. | It's this easy ..
```
Good Guys Gaming
1st Floor, 900 Silver Lane
Engle Cove, CO 12345
United States
```
Dan's answer forgot the 1st floor, which I recommend and which is perfectly professional.
(Note, in different countries that format is different, example "900 Silver Lane, 1st Floor" .. "1/900 Silver Lane" .. wh... |
117,087 | <p>I'm developer infrastructure and tools engineer. </p>
<p>My org structure is like so (fictional names for convenience)(job level in parenthesis)</p>
<pre><code>Bob(3)/
Me(1)/
Alice(2)/
Sam(1)/
John(1)/
James(1)/
Joe(1)/
</code></pre>
<p>Alice and Bob are managers. I report to B... | [
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"text": "<blockquote>\n <p>My question finally is how do I go about convincing them to fix the\n code quality witho... | 2018/08/06 | [
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My org structure is like so (fictional names for convenience)(job level in parenthesis)
```
Bob(3)/
Me(1)/
Alice(2)/
Sam(1)/
John(1)/
James(1)/
Joe(1)/
```
Alice and Bob are managers. I report to Bob as does Alice, but I might as ... | >
> My question finally is how do I go about convincing them to fix the
> code quality without alienating my managers or my developer friends?
>
>
>
Since Bob is concerned about code quality, and Alice is concerned with meeting sprint goals, the obvious choice is to define a sprint goal which involves improving c... |
117,873 | <p>Lot of international or impactful resumes I see, mention the achievements or duties performed group at organization level under <em>Work Experience</em> section. </p>
<p>Example:</p>
<pre><code>Organization name
- Work done
- Achievements
</code></pre>
<p>Indians usually don't follow this, and write those b... | [
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"text": "<blockquote>\n <p>Former one definitely looks precise and help grab attention of reader.\n Downside is th... | 2018/08/20 | [
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Example:
```
Organization name
- Work done
- Achievements
```
Indians usually don't follow this, and write those bullet points under each project that the... | Write your CV for those who will read it. If they have certain expectations, then meet them.
Give them what they want, rather than what you think they ought to want.
There's not much to say, beyond that. |
123,473 | <p>I started working for a company with salary of X per annum. Now that I started in the last part of month.</p>
<p>Now when I got paid after 1 month + 5 working days, they calculated my 5 days extra pay based on following formula,</p>
<pre><code>(AS / 12) x (Number of days I worked / Number of working days in month)... | [
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"text": "<p>Their formula split the annual salary in 12 equal parts, one per month. But not all months have the sam... | 2018/11/27 | [
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Now when I got paid after 1 month + 5 working days, they calculated my 5 days extra pay based on following formula,
```
(AS / 12) x (Number of days I worked / Number of working days in month)
```
But if I use a... | Their calculation is correct - as a [salaried employee](https://www.gov.uk/minimum-wage-different-types-work/paid-an-annual-salary) you are considered doing what the government classes as "Salaried hours":
>
> Paid an annual salary
> A worker is doing ‘salaried hours’ work if they’re paid:
>
>
> a set basic number... |
123,500 | <p>It's that time of year again at my employer... now that we've stuffed ourselves with turkey and enjoyed a 3 day work week, invitations to an "anonymous" employee survey have gone out. For whatever it matters, it's through some external company that we're presumably paying for the privilege.</p>
<p><a href="https:/... | [
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"text": "<p>Are there things that you would like to see changed? Do other employees feel the same? If multiple(many) emp... | 2018/11/27 | [
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[Related to this old questi... | Are there things that you would like to see changed? Do other employees feel the same? If multiple(many) employees report the same concerns, they are more likely to be addressed. You may have already spoken to your management about these issues, but individual feedback doesn't carry the weight the consistent feedback a... |
124,184 | <p>Recently, we had a new department open up in our tech company and people from my department were being interviewed for possible selection in the new department. </p>
<p>It was rumoured that people who do badly in the interview would likely lose their jobs (our department will close down in a few months). </p>
<p>A... | [
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"text": "<p>If I had any pointers they would be:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>Frame it as a business concern rather than an ethi... | 2018/12/06 | [
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It was rumoured that people who do badly in the interview would likely lose their jobs (our department will close down in a few months).
After I had my tec... | If I had any pointers they would be:
* Frame it as a business concern rather than an ethical concern because I think it makes you look better, although that's probably subjective.
* Make the focus *THEM*. It's hard not to come across as self-absorbed. If you say *"**I** think it's unethical"* then the focus is YOUR et... |
127,195 | <p>I have set up my own domain and kicking off freelance service in my field, I have been considering my email address and I am not sure how to make it professional. Because the domain name contains my first and last name, I'm afraid it might seem unprofessional or redundant.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>How does email cooki... | [
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"text": "<p>Since this is going to be for a business, you could go for one of these approaches.</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>... | 2019/01/24 | [
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>
> How does email cookie@cookiemonster.com ... | >
> Because the domain name contains my first and last name, I'm afraid it might seem unprofessional or redundant.
>
>
>
I disagree. `michael@michaelberry.com` (not my domain!) strongly hints that you're talking to *me*, and not some member of staff that I've also hired. That comes across as a positive, a more per... |
127,475 | <p>A little background to give you some context.</p>
<p>I have been searching for a job in UK for a while. Things haven't been favorable for the last 6 months due to my visa situation which was about to expire. But recently the visa is getting renewed and I have aggressively started searching for a job in UK.</p>
<p>... | [
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"text": "<p>OP, unfortunately it seems you just negotiated poorly on this occasion.</p>\n\n<p>The other person:</p>\n\n<bl... | 2019/01/29 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/127475",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/98712/"
] | A little background to give you some context.
I have been searching for a job in UK for a while. Things haven't been favorable for the last 6 months due to my visa situation which was about to expire. But recently the visa is getting renewed and I have aggressively started searching for a job in UK.
Recently a recrui... | OP, unfortunately it seems you just negotiated poorly on this occasion.
The other person:
>
> Could I know your salary expectation ?
>
>
>
You answer:
>
> As much as I know about the job at the moment, what about 777? The recruiter mentioned a range of 666 to 888.
>
>
>
They then say:
>
> Blah blah diddy... |
130,195 | <p>I am a recent graduate in search of jobs and giving interviews.
I gave my final onsite interview with a big Financial firm on Jan. 17, 2019 for a Software Developer role. On Jan. 25 I was told that the feedback from the interview is positive and I got a compensation call from them after a week, where I was told that... | [
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"text": "<blockquote>\n <p>Does this infer that there is still a possibility that I dont get an\n offer?</p>\n</block... | 2019/02/25 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/130195",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
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] | I am a recent graduate in search of jobs and giving interviews.
I gave my final onsite interview with a big Financial firm on Jan. 17, 2019 for a Software Developer role. On Jan. 25 I was told that the feedback from the interview is positive and I got a compensation call from them after a week, where I was told that th... | >
> Does this infer that there is still a possibility that I dont get an
> offer?
>
>
>
Yes. It is definitely possible you may or may not get the job. They might even probably still be interviewing other candidates and don't want to lose you as an option while a decision is made. Hard to say.
>
> What should my... |
132,822 | <p>I'm a developer tool and infrastructure engineer on a team that looks like so.</p>
<p>Job level(seniority) in the company in parenthesis</p>
<pre><code>Bob(3)/
Me(1)/
Intern-1(0)
Intern-2(0)
Alice(2)/
Sam(1)/
John(1)/
James(1)/
Joe(1)/
Intern-3(0)
... | [
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"selected": false,
"text": "<p>How do the interns feel? If they want more load, give it to them. When I interned I was happy to go home ... | 2019/03/28 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/132822",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/87777/"
] | I'm a developer tool and infrastructure engineer on a team that looks like so.
Job level(seniority) in the company in parenthesis
```
Bob(3)/
Me(1)/
Intern-1(0)
Intern-2(0)
Alice(2)/
Sam(1)/
John(1)/
James(1)/
Joe(1)/
Intern-3(0)
Intern-4(0)
```... | >
> I don't want the reason the interns I mentored to not be hired to be I did not give them enough work.
>
>
>
I wouldn't look at it that way. Bob didn't meet Alice's interns because she assigned them too much work. He met them because it was a chance encounter. He could have very well walked by your area when he... |
132,871 | <p>I am a software developer. I will try to be as less technical as possible. I made a SOAP service for a project. This service accepts a request from a user, which is like this: </p>
<pre><code><request>
<x>123</x>
<y>456</y>
</request>
</code></pre>
<p>Now QA enters another t... | [
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"text": "<p>Sounds like an overzealous QA tester. </p>\n\n<p>That should have been clarified during requirements gather... | 2019/03/29 | [
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] | I am a software developer. I will try to be as less technical as possible. I made a SOAP service for a project. This service accepts a request from a user, which is like this:
```
<request>
<x>123</x>
<y>456</y>
</request>
```
Now QA enters another tag in the request like below:
```
<request>
<x>123</x>
<... | As a QA tester myself, that last bug you mentioned about String values in Boolean or Number fields is absolutely a legitimate thing that probably needs to be caught and handled. Just because everyone involved KNOWS that a certain field is supposed to be a integer only won't stop some zealous computer system from forget... |
134,079 | <p>There is a senior software developer that I'm really not sure how he got there. But the style of coding is very bad. For example he has this scattered all over the project. </p>
<pre><code>public boolean myMethod()
{
if(somethingIsTrue==true)
{
return true;
}
else
{
return false;
}
}... | [
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"selected": false,
"text": "<p>That style of coding is not bad, it's just very verbose. </p>\n\n<p>Depending on the language being used it ma... | 2019/04/17 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/134079",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/89241/"
] | There is a senior software developer that I'm really not sure how he got there. But the style of coding is very bad. For example he has this scattered all over the project.
```
public boolean myMethod()
{
if(somethingIsTrue==true)
{
return true;
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
```
I know ... | The sample provided shows that whoever wrote that piece of code **does not understand how programing works**. He does not understand basic data types and basic instructions. (PS: I created real-time embedded software for cars and for robots in the semiconductor industry for more than 15 years, so I know what I talk abo... |
136,016 | <p>When describing the degree one has obtained or is pursuing (for example in an email signature), is there a way to include information about a minor in a cleanly abbreviated manner?</p>
<p>For example, someone who is working towards a degree in Mechanical Engineering would list their degree as <code>BSME</code>. If... | [
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"text": "<blockquote>\n <p>When describing the degree one has obtained or is pursuing (for example in an email signature), is ... | 2019/05/03 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/136016",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/104375/"
] | When describing the degree one has obtained or is pursuing (for example in an email signature), is there a way to include information about a minor in a cleanly abbreviated manner?
For example, someone who is working towards a degree in Mechanical Engineering would list their degree as `BSME`. If they were also pursui... | >
> When describing the degree one has obtained or is pursuing (for example in an email signature), is there a way to include information about a minor in a cleanly abbreviated manner?
>
>
>
B.S in Mechanical Engineering with minor in Electrical Engineering.
>
> is there a way to include information about a min... |
137,322 | <p>I am an intended Econ major who is slowly realizing he wants to pursue a career in software dev/engineering. I started programming with Python in the winter and am currently taking Harvard's CS50 as a MOOC. My school makes it nearly impossible for people who didn't start in the engineering college (where CS is house... | [
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"selected": false,
"text": "<p>No.</p>\n\n<p>The course has done its intended aim which is to whet your appetite and give you a taste of... | 2019/05/27 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/137322",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
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] | I am an intended Econ major who is slowly realizing he wants to pursue a career in software dev/engineering. I started programming with Python in the winter and am currently taking Harvard's CS50 as a MOOC. My school makes it nearly impossible for people who didn't start in the engineering college (where CS is housed) ... | >
> Would this, along with self teaching and projects along the way, prepare me for an entry level position and a possible career in programming, specifically software dev and engineering?
>
>
>
Yes, entry level and a possible career.
Nobody knows for sure, some people can take a full CS degree and have years of ... |
139,801 | <p>I work as an engineer in a team structured as follows</p>
<pre><code>project manager (my manager)
└─── lead data scientist (my technical lead)
└─── me (and other engineers)
</code></pre>
<p>Unfortunately, I'm not convinced the technical lead's technical skills are up to the standard required for his job:</p>... | [
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"text": "<p>First of all, remember one thing, you are not in charge of reviewing the work (pattern or habit) for the... | 2019/07/05 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/139801",
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"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/97531/"
] | I work as an engineer in a team structured as follows
```
project manager (my manager)
└─── lead data scientist (my technical lead)
└─── me (and other engineers)
```
Unfortunately, I'm not convinced the technical lead's technical skills are up to the standard required for his job:
* his knowledge of statistics... | This is a VERY VERY tricky situation and you have to be very strategic about how you do this. Before you run to any PM with your complaints you need to back everything up with proof. You need:
* dates
* Times
* Type of incident(problem committing a git branch/adding new git branch
* Summary of what was said by either... |
142,587 | <p>I’m a senior frontend developer. My career is going great but I feel like I'm terrible at reviewing other people's code. There’s a much higher level of complexity that I can understand when its code I've written compared to reading other people. </p>
<p>I know this is true for everyone to some extent, but not sure ... | [
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"text": "<blockquote>\n <p>There’s a much higher level of complexity that I can understand when it’s code Ive written c... | 2019/08/21 | [
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] | I’m a senior frontend developer. My career is going great but I feel like I'm terrible at reviewing other people's code. There’s a much higher level of complexity that I can understand when its code I've written compared to reading other people.
I know this is true for everyone to some extent, but not sure if I’m wor... | **There's a golden rule of programming: Code is meant to be read by humans, and only incidentally executed by computers.**
If you can't read the code? Then it's bad code.
"But maybe it's because I don't have the best memory, and I have to try to..."
No. Stop. As much as I love Internal Locus of Control, and finding ... |
143,779 | <p>I have been working for my employer 3+ years. </p>
<p>Current relationship: </p>
<pre> me -> employer -> vendor -> client</pre>
<p>My employer was taking major cut.<br>
So my question is how to cut the vendor out </p>
<p>Desired relationship: </p>
<pre> me -> employer -> client</pre>
<p>So:</p>
<ul... | [
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"text": "<p>Read your contract carefully, or even better, pay a lawyer for one hour of her or his time and get professional ad... | 2019/09/10 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/143779",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/108746/"
] | I have been working for my employer 3+ years.
Current relationship:
```
me -> employer -> vendor -> client
```
My employer was taking major cut.
So my question is how to cut the vendor out
Desired relationship:
```
me -> employer -> client
```
So:
* What will be the impact?
* What are the ups and down... | Read your contract carefully, or even better, pay a lawyer for one hour of her or his time and get professional advice. These things are usually covered in contracts, and before you do something that costs someone else money, check with a lawyer to see how much they can hurt you in return. Their fee will be a lot less ... |
147,550 | <p>Recently some co-workers were called in for a stern chat with the boss because they had expressed anger during a meeting, when the boss was out. The anger seemed reasonable. Specifically, two co-workers were shouting, not directed at anyone in the room, but at a general frustration for the boss not being there ever ... | [
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"selected": false,
"text": "<blockquote>\n <p>Is expressing anger prohibited in the American workplace?</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Even thou... | 2019/11/05 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/147550",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/70114/"
] | Recently some co-workers were called in for a stern chat with the boss because they had expressed anger during a meeting, when the boss was out. The anger seemed reasonable. Specifically, two co-workers were shouting, not directed at anyone in the room, but at a general frustration for the boss not being there ever to ... | >
> Is expressing anger prohibited in the American workplace?
>
>
>
Even though it might not be explicitly prohibited, expressing anger violently (even if only verbally) is NOT welcome in any place. Not even inside one's family. Therefore, not even "in the American workplace".
---
>
> The anger seemed reasonabl... |
147,901 | <p>I have a disagreement with my boss to do with asserting floating point values in unit tests. It seems to me that he does not have a real understanding of the problem.</p>
<p>His position: Tests should always assert exact values. His reasoning: code under test should always return the same value with same inputs, s... | [
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"selected": false,
"text": "<h2>Show, Don't tell.</h2>\n\n<p>Come up with different set of test cases, one according to your logic and ... | 2019/11/12 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/147901",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/22614/"
] | I have a disagreement with my boss to do with asserting floating point values in unit tests. It seems to me that he does not have a real understanding of the problem.
His position: Tests should always assert exact values. His reasoning: code under test should always return the same value with same inputs, so a toleran... | Your test does not prove your boss is wrong. Also, for some applications I've worked with, regression on the level of numerical accuracy is unacceptable, I once worked with assertion based on file hashes (where tolerance made no sense), and I've even seen people use "tolerance" to claim a failing test was passing (I'm ... |
148,227 | <p>I was sent a technical test by a potential employer that was impossible to complete. The test contained invalid code under a "Do not change this code" comment. In addition, the web page had glaring issues and refused my answers for one of the other questions.</p>
<p>I have scoured the documentation of the C languag... | [
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"selected": false,
"text": "<blockquote>\n <p>I don't know what to do here. It is driving me crazy</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Your best course o... | 2019/11/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/148227",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
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] | I was sent a technical test by a potential employer that was impossible to complete. The test contained invalid code under a "Do not change this code" comment. In addition, the web page had glaring issues and refused my answers for one of the other questions.
I have scoured the documentation of the C language and I am... | You said,
>
> I don't know what to do here
>
>
>
The best thing to do is probably to move on. Focus your mental and emotional energy on other opportunities.
Either:
* The employer is right - the test is not impossible, and you just screwed it up. But if that's the case, following up won't really get you anywher... |
148,634 | <p>I received an informal offer from a software company which included 0 hours of PTO. I countered the offer and was promised 10 days (80 hours) of PTO. With this apparent "signing bonus" as the deciding factor I accepted the offer.</p>
<p>Here is the verbatim verbiage of the contract with regard to PTO:</p>
<pre><co... | [
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"selected": true,
"text": "<p>Legalities aside, as I don't think you want to go that route to solve this anyway.</p>\n\n<p>I understa... | 2019/11/25 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/148634",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/38341/"
] | I received an informal offer from a software company which included 0 hours of PTO. I countered the offer and was promised 10 days (80 hours) of PTO. With this apparent "signing bonus" as the deciding factor I accepted the offer.
Here is the verbatim verbiage of the contract with regard to PTO:
```
The following bene... | Legalities aside, as I don't think you want to go that route to solve this anyway.
I understand that you are surprised by the fact that PTO accrues, they probably are as surprised by your surprise, as this is fairly normal thing in tech in many modern countries (US, UK, and Australia from my own experience). But is th... |
148,928 | <p>I usually say something like</p>
<pre><code>Hi,
Any update on xyz?
Thanks.
</code></pre>
<p>Is this good enough to use for professional emails?</p>
<p>I'm talking about sending email to people/department in a completely different company not within the same office.</p>
| [
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"selected": false,
"text": "<p>tl;dr - If you don't want to escalate beyond the CTO, then be proactive about doing all you can to make the ... | 2019/11/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/148928",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/112305/"
] | I usually say something like
```
Hi,
Any update on xyz?
Thanks.
```
Is this good enough to use for professional emails?
I'm talking about sending email to people/department in a completely different company not within the same office. | **This is office politics, stay away from it.**
Clearly something is going on and you don't know what it is. It doesn't sound like there is anything to get for you by escalating it - especially as a contractor. Write your concerns to the PM to cover yourself against later blaming, but leave it at that.
**The CTO**
... |
149,615 | <p>I am a developer and I was recently promoted so I am doing significantly more code reviews now. Part of that includes doing code reviews on Github with people who are either not very competent or lack any programming skills at all. </p>
<p>For example, there is a person who seems to write code almost randomly, with... | [
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"selected": false,
"text": "<blockquote>\n <p>How to do code reviews to people whose programming skills are weak?</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>You... | 2019/12/11 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/149615",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/112683/"
] | I am a developer and I was recently promoted so I am doing significantly more code reviews now. Part of that includes doing code reviews on Github with people who are either not very competent or lack any programming skills at all.
For example, there is a person who seems to write code almost randomly, without verify... | One thing I did when I became lead was to create a best practices and coding standards document. I included everything right down to naming conventions for variables, objects, and procedures.
Code reviews are useless unless, and until, a well documented set of best practices and procedures have been established.
THIS... |
150,010 | <p>On my annual review with my employer, I was offered a decent amount of raise initially(5k), but turned out, they did the math wrong when calculating my current salary. So a week later I had a second conversation to clarify, and I was told it was a mistake and the raise is only half (2.5k). Few employees left the fir... | [
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"pm_score": 4,
"selected": true,
"text": "<blockquote>\n <p>Should I re-negotiate or just ignore and start looking elsewhere?</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>You ha... | 2019/12/17 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/150010",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/108739/"
] | On my annual review with my employer, I was offered a decent amount of raise initially(5k), but turned out, they did the math wrong when calculating my current salary. So a week later I had a second conversation to clarify, and I was told it was a mistake and the raise is only half (2.5k). Few employees left the firm l... | >
> Should I re-negotiate or just ignore and start looking elsewhere?
>
>
>
You have this to consider:
* You were given extra responsibilities but told there is not enough budget to properly compensate you
* The company incorrectly calculated your salary ( don't mess with an employee's money )
* Your employer is ... |
150,716 | <p>The scope is the same of what was discussed <a href="https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/148588/how-to-leverage-my-coworkers-departure-into-a-raise-there-are-only-two-people">here</a> but with different circumstances: my head was fired and replaced by a colleague of mine.</p>
<p>Is it wise during a salary... | [
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"text": "<p>That is a bad idea. </p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>mitigate possible discussions about compan... | 2020/01/04 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/150716",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/110739/"
] | The scope is the same of what was discussed [here](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/148588/how-to-leverage-my-coworkers-departure-into-a-raise-there-are-only-two-people) but with different circumstances: my head was fired and replaced by a colleague of mine.
Is it wise during a salary raise negotiation to... | That is a bad idea.
>
> mitigate possible discussions about company's economy problems
>
>
>
The discussion will not be `We don't have enough money to give you a raise`. What they are trying to say is:
```
You are not worth as much as you think you are
```
Money is not abstract, it is relative to the value. I... |
151,573 | <p>I need to ask someone to provide knowledge and insight around autoscaling in AWS. I am unsure of the best way to ask for this help.</p>
<p>The goal is to get enough information about this process so that I can build some documentation for the team and teach them how to do this. </p>
<p>She is the only person who k... | [
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"pm_score": 7,
"selected": true,
"text": "<p>Actually, nothing is preventing you from sending an email saying:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Hey Bob, this... | 2020/01/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/151573",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/53196/"
] | I need to ask someone to provide knowledge and insight around autoscaling in AWS. I am unsure of the best way to ask for this help.
The goal is to get enough information about this process so that I can build some documentation for the team and teach them how to do this.
She is the only person who knows how our comp... | Actually, nothing is preventing you from sending an email saying:
>
> Hey Bob, this project is becoming more urgent for our team.
>
>
> Could you guys please commit to a date for us?
>
>
>
And maybe you could give the other team a quick phone call as well in addition to the email.
Then, if they send a date bac... |
151,970 | <p>An odd situation has been arising at work, specifically within the team I'm on, and I wanted to ask about it here to see if anyone's been in a similar situation.</p>
<p><strong>People:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>BigBoss - Team head</li>
<li>ExBoss - Self-explanatory</li>
<li>Sr - Senior dev</li>
<li>Sr2 - Other senior ... | [
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] | An odd situation has been arising at work, specifically within the team I'm on, and I wanted to ask about it here to see if anyone's been in a similar situation.
**People:**
* BigBoss - Team head
* ExBoss - Self-explanatory
* Sr - Senior dev
* Sr2 - Other senior dev
* PM - Current boss
Long story short, I was workin... | >
> Have any of you been in a similar situation? Essentially what they want to do is go behind my ExBoss's back...not that I care about that, but what I don't want is for this to potentially backfire.
>
>
>
As this person is not your boss or manager anymore, you should not do what they say, and instead carry on th... |
152,846 | <p>I have a friend and they got a job a few weeks ago. The job is 100% commission, but there is a $15 per hour training pay for 6 weeks in the form of a draw against future commissions.</p>
<p>Two weeks in, management forgot to pay the first check, then called and got very squirrely about the pay. The manager told my ... | [
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"text": "<blockquote>\n <p>However, the job does seem to be a good job because the owner is\n really friendly a... | 2020/02/09 | [
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Two weeks in, management forgot to pay the first check, then called and got very squirrely about the pay. The manager told my friend, "X... | >
> However, the job does seem to be a good job because the owner is
> really friendly and seems to be a good person.
>
>
>
No, that's not the sign of a good job. That's the sign of a good salesman.
I think your friend shouldn't sign anything and should look for another job. Anything else would be better than t... |
153,260 | <p>I have been working on a self-employed contract for almost 12 months. When I started, they offered me a 'pro-rata salary' of £37k. </p>
<p>They asked to be billed by the day, and naively I just did </p>
<pre><code>37,000 / 12 / 4.3 (avg weeks per month) / 5 = 143.41
</code></pre>
<p>However, I've realised that th... | [
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They asked to be billed by the day, and naively I just did
```
37,000 / 12 / 4.3 (avg weeks per month) / 5 = 143.41
```
However, I've realised that there's a few things wrong with thi... | >
> which of these things is it reasonable for me to account for in calculating my day rate?
>
>
>
All of them, plus the biggie - at the end of the contract they won't have to pay you any redundancy money. As a contractor, you need to factor in the time it'll take to find the next contract, which could be a month ... |
153,623 | <p>My line manager was promoted from within so he has pretty good knowledge of the systems but lately (last six months or so) we've noticed that he seems to pick the most interesting tasks for himself.</p>
<p>The most annoying thing is that they almost never appear in the backlog and never in the sprint, he just does ... | [
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The most annoying thing is that they almost never appear in the backlog and never in the sprint, he just does them and s... | Been there, messed that up. Got past it.
This unfortunately is very common when high-energy "individual contributors" take on supervisory roles. When I made these mistakes, it was because.
1. I believed I could do the work faster than I could explain it.
2. I was sure that my solution would be better than anybody els... |
159,183 | <p>My Bachelors is in Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) but after university, I'd like to work purely in the software industry.</p>
<p>Every company that I aspire to work for almost always has this section:</p>
<pre><code>Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field
...
<... | [
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] | My Bachelors is in Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) but after university, I'd like to work purely in the software industry.
Every company that I aspire to work for almost always has this section:
```
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field
...
```
For example, h... | This will likely depend on the job and the company (and even the specific hiring team). I can tell you that I've known several programmers who had degrees in electrical engineering, so many employers will likely consider it related.
Ultimately, the only way to know for sure is to apply - if they don't think it's relat... |
162,430 | <p>I apologize if the title is confusing. I recently graduated from college and am now looking for jobs. So I have been job hunting and looking into different job positions. Sometimes, I have some questions about the position and want to send an email to clarify some confusions. Now some companies do provide such email... | [
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>
> To whom it may concern
>
>
>
Of course, you should always attempt to determine the name of the person receiving the email. That way, you can send a more personalized email. |
164,632 | <p>I’m a software engineer and the most experienced within our team. My code has been labelled as “complex” and “hard”, by both my junior colleagues and (vicariously) my manager.</p>
<p>My code is “complex” because it’s well engineered. It’s like that for many good reasons, which make it easier to read, refactor, test ... | [
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My code is “complex” because it’s well engineered. It’s like that for many good reasons, which make it easier to read, refactor, test and maint... | I did a series of talks on what makes code simple and readable. There is no absolute answer. Much depends on the vocabulary the reader brings. Take for example:
```
bool retval;
if (x > 0)
{
retval = true;
}
else
{
retval = false;
}
return retval;
```
Compare this to
```
return (x>0);
```
To the complete be... |
166,396 | <p>After lot of browsing in websites how to cope up with something i have witnessed lately decided to give it a shot on this forum to may be guide in my best ways:-</p>
<p>I am a database administrator for over 10 years in the industry now. I have been in this new firm for last years and this year was crucial as I was ... | [
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I am a database administrator for over 10 years in the industry now. I have been in this new firm for last years and this year was crucial as I was nominated... | The key phrase, as you noticed, was "8-5 job person". This phrase explains everything.
In any corporate organization, the nature of the work can be divided into two camps.
1. **Line Work**: Bringing in the money, customers, or designing and determining the product "lines" of the business. The people who do this are s... |
167,856 | <p>I'm part of small organization and this more or less represents my position in the org structure in my part of the company</p>
<pre><code>Bob(3)/
Me(1)/
Alice(2)/
Sam(1.5)/
Person1/
.
.
John(1)/
James(1)/
Joe(1)/
Intern-1(0)
</co... | [
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] | I'm part of small organization and this more or less represents my position in the org structure in my part of the company
```
Bob(3)/
Me(1)/
Alice(2)/
Sam(1.5)/
Person1/
.
.
John(1)/
James(1)/
Joe(1)/
Intern-1(0)
```
Because Ali... | >
> But I'm also worried that doing so would make Sam look bad and he might take offense to it.
>
>
>
The truth is that **Sam already made himself look bad** by not abiding to the game rules and dynamic in general, and by leaving a intern without a gift while taking the gift from the intern... talk about Christmas... |
169,175 | <p>I am a software developer planning to apply for full-time jobs in Germany and nearby countries in Europe. I understand the importance of cover letter in a job application but I struggle with abstract thinking. I can write well but I need a structure - set of specific questions to be addressed by a cover letter. Kind... | [
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1. Convey contact details.
2. Show that you can write a formal letter without fucking up formalities (which you will do implicitly by writing it).
3. If you had prior communication, mention it: "thank you for our wonderful conversation when we met at xyz.". Same if you have a... |
169,480 | <p>I am working in a 3-5 people startup & the way my employer calculates the salary is a new way which I have never seen before. He basically first removes the weekends (Sat & Sun) from the month and then divides the salary by the remaining working days.</p>
<pre><code>For example in Jan 2021 there were total o... | [
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```
For example in Jan 2021 there were total of 31 days. So,
Weeke... | It's unusual, but ordinarily has no effect: your monthly salary is fixed at 10000, and you get that regular amount each month, and pay the same amount of deductions (tax, insurance, pension...) each month.
It **may well** have a bearing on overtime payments. Four hours' overtime in January would be 0.5 × 476 on your c... |
169,657 | <p><strong>Backstory</strong></p>
<p>I started as an intern in this company during my 3rd year of university. I then continued with a work-study period of 2 years before joining the company at the end of my studies. It has been 5 years now. I worked alone for 4 years, then we hired another developer at the end of his s... | [
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I started as an intern in this company during my 3rd year of university. I then continued with a work-study period of 2 years before joining the company at the end of my studies. It has been 5 years now. I worked alone for 4 years, then we hired another developer at the end of his studies. Last year, we ... | Is there a culture on the "business" side of the company demanding or expecting estimates to be small?
I know I've worked at a place where there was a lot of pressure for smaller estimated times, and it only caused a larger gap between estimated completion times and actual completion times.
Plan
====
What I do now (... |
169,669 | <p>Everyone with the same job title as me / in my department has a PhD, I only have 2 bachelor's degrees. I'm officially at an Engineer 1 level (I think level 2 was postponed due to COVID promotion freezes), but that is not my official title. My work sounds impressive, and I have had a small part in some impressive pro... | [
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I know I've worked at a place where there was a lot of pressure for smaller estimated times, and it only caused a larger gap between estimated completion times and actual completion times.
Plan
====
What I do now (... |
170,188 | <p>I'm in late stage negotiations with a new employer (current employer suddenly started going downhill, despite being a Fortune 500 company; abusive, rescinding benefits, cancelling bonuses, etc. Rather than spend money and ruining my reputation suing my employer, I'm seeking new work).</p>
<p>The new employer's salar... | [
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The new employer's salary is abou... | It's this
>
> Year 0 (day 0): $0.00 ($0.00 paid to date)
>
>
>
>
> Year 1 (day 365): $20,000.00 ($20,000.00 paid to date)
>
>
>
>
> Year 2 (day 730): $20,000.00 ($40,000.00 paid to date)
>
>
>
>
> Year 3 (day 1095): $20,000.00 ($60,000.00 paid to date)
>
>
>
>
> Year 4 (day 1460): $20,000.00 ($80,... |
174,341 | <p>I work for a micro company with less than 10 employees and the working atmosphere is generally good and everyone gets along most of the time. One gripe is that people are on time but there is one employee who is frequently late and we have a morning meeting at 9am which this disrupts. I read <a href="https://workpla... | [
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> The real gripe is that this employee still gets all the benefits of the other employees; pay rises, bonuses, meals out paid for by the company etc.
```
So the real problem is not that the occasional lateness of this person causes any actual issues for you, your colleagues or the company. But that his/her latene... |
177,902 | <p>I've had a few roles in the past that were structured like so:</p>
<ol>
<li>The government funded a public university to work on industry projects/research</li>
<li>The university hired me over multiple contracts as a developer to work on such projects, and were the ones that signed my paychecks</li>
<li>Apart from ... | [
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1. The government funded a public university to work on industry projects/research
2. The university hired me over multiple contracts as a developer to work on such projects, and were the ones that signed my paychecks
3. Apart from the paperwork of accepti... | You need to list your actual employer, the university. If someone wants to do a background check based on your resume, they'd need to contact the university to confirm your dates of employment. If they contact the industry company, they'll say they have no record of ever employing you since, well, they didn't employ yo... |
180,110 | <p>A start-up with pre-seed closing round average of 5 days is to soon begin its fourth and final pre-seed round @ $15M evaluation, up from a current $12M. Planned for Q2 of next year is a first Seed round $40M eval. Their offer as the 12th employee and lead software engineer of one of their two teams:</p>
<blockquote>... | [
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>
> $80K base + $... | Just FYI, that's a harsh cliff and a long vest. 1 year cliff is standard (with monthly or quarterly beyond that) and 4 years vest (although that's negotiable, what matters is how much you get per year). As for the salary- I get regular approaches at 160-200K from series C startups based in New York, as a senior enginee... |
180,274 | <p>I've been asked by my employer to undertake a secondment to another division. The understanding is my existing role will be filled on a temporary basis by someone else.</p>
<p>Should I note this as:</p>
<pre><code>Manager - Secondment Position (2021 - current)
Manager - Main role (2014 - current)
</code></pre>
<p>or... | [
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Should I note this as:
```
Manager - Secondment Position (2021 - current)
Manager - Main role (2014 - current)
```
or
```
Manager - Secondment Pos... | I have done a few secondments and I think it's important to show clearly that you continued in your substantive position while completing the secondment. The format I use is:
>
> Manager Type 1 2014 - current
>
>
> * Company X
> * Responsibilities
> * Achievements in the role
>
>
>
And then below that:
>
> Ma... |
180,312 | <p>I started working in a FAANG company about 7 months ago as a software engineer II, and my team of 5 (including the manager who is also a tech lead) is onboarding a feature that requires engaging with other teams. Each person in my team is working with a separate team that does completely different things so we have ... | [
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181,656 | <p>Thinking back to some of my best interviews - both how I performed as a candidate, an interviewer, or the individuals involved on both sides - I always find the white-board process as a central piece of success.</p>
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182,835 | <p>Is there a market for life scientists (biomedical research and related fields) that at some point want a change in their career path and switch to software development? Say the career so far was a MSc degree in a life science discipline, a PhD degree and some limited PostDoc experience in biomedical research with a ... | [
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computational biology , data analysis, and Python in popular job website yielded dozens of hits.
Data Scientist:
```
Master's degree in a *quantitative discipline* (e.g., Statistics, Operations Research, **Bioinformatics**, Economics, Computational Biology...
2 years of work experience in d... |
182,972 | <p>Around 3 months back, my company told me to learn a new skill (MEAN stack). I have started working on it. Then the company asked me to learn another skill (Spring Boot). Just as I bought the course for it, the company wants to me to learn yet another skill (C# and ASP.NET). I cannot positively say no to C# + ASP.NET... | [
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... | I've said it before and I'll say it again: **You're not at work to do what you want to do, you're at work to do what your employer wants you to do**
It's clear your company (I'm guessing some kind of outsourced consultancy?) wants you to work on each of these skills for a short time. If you want to work on one skill f... |
183,461 | <p><em>Context: North-America work culture. I make up the numbers because there are not important here.</em></p>
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I am negotiating my salary with Bob. The company offers a vesting schedule of 3 years, 1 year cliff. I am interested in this, because the company's shares are not yet on the market, and I get the shares at the investors ... | Nobody is right or wrong. There are no rules regarding what needs to happen. It just comes down to what is written in the contract. If Bob is being clear exactly how the maths is going to be worked out, you can hardly say he is working in bad faith.
If equity is part of your **salary** (e.g. ongoing) you'd get it ever... |
185,433 | <p>I want users to be able to register their actual hours of work and calculate from the difference to their due hours of work their overtime. For a day job this is just straight forward.</p>
<p>If somebody were to be working late into the night past midnight, I would attribute these hours to the last day shift.</p>
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You may however have specific reasons to vary from this.
Also,... |
186,088 | <p>I believe I've gotten mostly inappropriate roles for my level of expertise throughout my software career. I judge this in hindsight by most corporate or startup developer roles I've had ending before or shortly after the probationary period. The reasons given have consistently been something like "not a skills ... | [
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Showing up on time or early isn't work ethic. Getting your job done as it's expected to be done is work ethic. Some questions to ask yo... |
186,601 | <p>I have switched my job and now I am working in an multinational company. But, prior to that I was in a startup. There was a government project, which I almost did it by myself. I had a full day of knowledge transfer about the project before my last working day, and I had kept all necessary personnel in an email loop... | [
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... | Send an email to the client and CC'd to your old employer, stating that you don't work for the old employer anymore, that according to the old company's guidelines you retained no relevant information, and that even if you did it would be a huge violation of the old company's confidence to pass any such information on.... |
187,478 | <p>So. Two questions:</p>
<p>I need 1 more course to complete my Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science (Specialization in Software engineering). I finished 45/46 courses. The last course will be completed in Summer 2023. I also completed a Major in Urban Planning.</p>
<p>I don't want to wait until Summer 2023 to st... | [
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I need 1 more course to complete my Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science (Specialization in Software engineering). I finished 45/46 courses. The last course will be completed in Summer 2023. I also completed a Major in Urban Planning.
I don't want to wait until Summer 2023 to start working. I ... | Option 2, "tell the truth". Always tell the truth. Anything which involves weaving a web of lies around stuff unravels in the end and leaves you worse off than you started, because now people know the truth and also know you're a liar. |
188,471 | <p>I am part of a startup that currently has four founders. Initially I started working on this project with a friend of mine, later on we invited two more people to join us. Currently, the distribution of shares is something along the lines of</p>
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Me: 30%
Third founder: 15%
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> What could be some productive steps we could take in our situation to ensure that our chances for success are maximized?
>
>
>
Clarify roles and responsibilities. Make sure you clearly spell out how gets to decide what and who needs to be in the loop as "decision maker" or "to be informed" or "not at all". Ask... |
189,371 | <p>I am currently finishing a masters degree, but I know that my college is <em>extremely</em> slow for diploma validation. Between one or two months between the end of the year and the deliberation, after wich it takes weeks to get a paper saying you got the degree.</p>
<p>While I am fairly certain that by the end of... | [
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While I am fairly certain that by the end of the school year ... | >
> Should I wait for said degree to be validated to start searching for work?
>
>
>
You should search for jobs now.
You should also update your resume to indicate that you are **expected** to get your degree in October 2023.
For example, you can add the following info to your resume:
```
University ABCD
MS in ... |
189,665 | <p>I work for a very large organization.</p>
<p>I left one subset of the organization, such as a division, we'll call A, and went to another such subset (such as division) that we'll call B.</p>
<p>In any event, someone from A has taken over my job duties there, and is asking me several questions.</p>
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I left one subset of the organization, such as a division, we'll call A, and went to another such subset (such as division) that we'll call B.
In any event, someone from A has taken over my job duties there, and is asking me several questions.
I have conflicting feelings:
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i... | Since A & B are both part of the same overall organisation the answer is essentially - help A as much as you can so long as doing so doesn't detriment B.
If the amount of support A needs is reaching the point where it's starting to impact on your work for B then you'll need to make a call as to whether you approach yo... |
189,917 | <p>Using a temp anonymous account because I post regularly on stackoverflow/here under my real name.</p>
<p>So I got a new employer the other week as a software engineer. Friendly team, good employer. No issues there. The issues come from the code itself; it was made by 2 'self made guys' in the past plus another guy w... | [
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So I got a new employer the other week as a software engineer. Friendly team, good employer. No issues there. The issues come from the code itself; it was made by 2 'self made guys' in the past plus another guy who left t... | In your message, you are mixing up 3 concerns:
* security
* usability
* maintenance
Managers need 2 things:
* What does this mean?
* How do we solve it?
Example:
Once Users are logged in, their permissions aren't checked anymore, which means they can read/write stuff they are not supposed to. For example: (Insert t... |
639 | <h2>The Sandbox can be found <a href="https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7183/sandbox-for-proposed-questions">here</a>.</h2>
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* Where is the sandbox?
* Why should I use the sandbox?
* How does th... | Where is the Sandbox?
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**The current Sandbox is located on [this meta post](https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/q/9981/40609). A list of all Sandboxes can be found on the [original Sandbox post](https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/635/sandbox-for-proposed-questions-2014... |
2,400 | <p>I notice that several of the questions about weapon design are solely about the weapon. They appear to make no effort to integrate the weapon into a world.</p>
<p>What do others think?</p>
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What do others think? | Some appear to be borderline according to the [help page](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic).
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> For example, questions are welcome that are about:
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Creation of elements of a world (languages, species, buildings, etc.)
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Weapons are elements of the world but the questions should... |
2,654 | <p>The <a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic">Help</a> secton states that</p>
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> questions are welcome that are about [...] as long as they are **not about**:
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>
> * Actions of individual characters, rather than elements of the world they inhabit
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>
>
The problem is that we have a rather huge number o... | While Plato has taught me to be wary of simple answers, I want to provide this single criterion:
```
Questions must not be about a single individual's reaction.
```
This is a lot like the answer to that linked question, but I'd like to elaborate in my own way.
So let's examine some edge cases. As bilbo\_pingouin m... |
2,902 | <p>It's 2016 now, and we've <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/272563/were-standardizing-the-sidebar-width-at-300px-on-all-sites">made some changes to the sidebar size</a>, and so with it, we now have finally reached the time to start Community Promotion Ads on your graduated site!</p>
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3,359 | <p>There are every now and then discussions about where the Worldbuilders are active outside WB.SE. The definition of active is of course hard to define, but a user reaching a certain reputation usually indicates a certain activity (even if that activity could be quite old). In any case, I wrote a SEDE query:</p>
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[Cross-site... | It's been something like seven months, and I was curious to see if things have changed at all. It turns out they have.
I used the same query with the same minimum rep requirements. Here's what I got, for the top 15 (to one decimal place, rounding):
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Stack | March User Overlap | October User Overlap... |
3,948 | <p>I can never remember how to format units in math formatting, and people show different ways to do it anyway! So I thought it would be a good idea to have a permanent note listing things to do and not-do with peer-approved examples to copy from.</p>
<h1>Units</h1>
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Units
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Scientific notation with units on the end: $2.5\*10^8 m/s$ is... | sandbox
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Other answers are for sandbox experimentation and discussion. The only way to see what we’re doing is **in a post**. It doesn’t look the same in comments or a chat room.
vector with subscript name
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What’s the right way to indicate a vector quantity with subscriped name, like... |
4,322 | <p><a href="https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3033/is-worldbuilding-a-what-if-site">Worldbuilding, according to most, should not be a <em>What If</em>? site</a>.<br>
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] | [Worldbuilding, according to most, should not be a *What If*? site](https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3033/is-worldbuilding-a-what-if-site).
However, an increasing number of questions are phrased in a "what if" way, and it's not always easy to discern if they're **on-topic** (building a fictiona... | This seems to be primarily cases of the questioners being hesitant or diffident in the way they word the concept they are proposing for their question. Perhaps, they're having an attack of, possibly, false modesty or they're uncertain about how to put their question.
Now reading into this hesitancy that this is a way ... |
4,377 | <p>It is a bit late into this new year, being that we're already in the second month, but we are now cycling the Community Promotion Ads for 2017!</p>
<h3>What are Community Promotion Ads?</h3>
<p>Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertisements that will show up on the main site, in the right sidebar. The... | [
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### What are Community Promotion Ads?
Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertisements that will show up on the main site, in the right sidebar. The purpose of thi... | [](https://writers.stackexchange.com/) |
4,413 | <p>According to its tag wiki, <a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/xenobiology" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'xenobiology'" rel="tag">xenobiology</a> is</p>
<blockquote>
<p>a form of biology that is not familiar to science and is not found in Earthly life</p>
</b... | [
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>
> a form of biology that is not familiar to science and is not found in Earthly life
>
>
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*the wiki and its contrast with the following imply that it is about ... | ```
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*According to its tag wiki, xenobiology is*
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*a form of biology that is not familiar to science and is not found in Earthly life*
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*the wiki a... |
4,698 | <p>Perhaps such a post already exists but I couldn't find it.</p>
<p>Basically I wanted to ask what exactly are the problems associated with adding 'idea generation' related questions to the scope of this site. I do feel a significant portion of the community does like such questions (I might be wrong).</p>
<p>One pr... | [
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Basically I wanted to ask what exactly are the problems associated with adding 'idea generation' related questions to the scope of this site. I do feel a significant portion of the community does like such questions (I might be wrong).
One problem I guess is ... | A partial support for - at least some aspects of - WB being a debate is the number of [answers per question](http://data.stackexchange.com/worldbuilding/query/edit/651841) we get. I think there should probably be an easier way to run a query over multiple sites but I couldn't see it, I just did a few to compare and got... |
5,002 | <p>I'm wondering if there's any data/statistics on the percentage of close votes that age away vs end in closure vs end with the question being reopened here on Worldbuilding. Perhaps even some breakdown of questions closed by close reason would be useful? Maybe even a breakdown by tag?</p>
<p>As we discuss site polic... | [
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As we discuss site policies it wou... | I spent a bit of time digging into this. I looked at the past 365 of questions posted on the site to get the numbers. Here is what I found:
Over the past 365 days, there were **6,534** questions asked, of these:
* 3,313 have received at least one close vote or flag,
* 2,135 questions were closed,
* 1,534 of the quest... |
5,014 | <p><a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/82574/how-would-a-girl-that-has-never-encountered-the-concept-of-pregnancy-react-to-gi">How would a girl that has never encountered the concept of pregnancy react to giving birth?</a></p>
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This question seems appropriately scoped and reasonably on-topic as far as worldbuildin... | I spent a bit of time digging into this. I looked at the past 365 of questions posted on the site to get the numbers. Here is what I found:
Over the past 365 days, there were **6,534** questions asked, of these:
* 3,313 have received at least one close vote or flag,
* 2,135 questions were closed,
* 1,534 of the quest... |
5,648 | <p>I was reading <a href="https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5002/is-there-hard-data-on-close-votes">a previous question on data on close votes</a>, and a related question came to my mind.</p>
<p>The question is as follows: <strong>is it possible to reject the hypothesis that there exists well-defi... | [
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The question is as follows: **is it possible to reject the hypothesis that there exists well-defined cliques of users that h... | Data
====
I analyzed all the data for 2017. I got the list of question-closers for 1719 questions that have been closed for any reason but not deleted (deleted posts usually have no upvotes or answers after 30 days). This also counts questions that have since been reopened. I then took every subset of these closers an... |
5,801 | <p>It's almost February in 2018, which isn't supposed to be the proper time to cycle these, but for this year it'll be once again, so we'll be refreshing the <strong>Community Promotion Ads</strong> for this year now!</p>
<h3>What are Community Promotion Ads?</h3>
<p>Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted adver... | [
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### What are Community Promotion Ads?
Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertisements that will show up ... | [](http://medium.com/universe-factory) |
5,826 | <p>Welcome to 'Know Your Site', an every Monday Worldbuilding trivia feature where I use the Stack Exchange Data Explorer and maybe some python parsing to find out interesting things about the site.</p>
<p>I will post a question on Monday, and people have until Thursday at noon to guess the answer! To be clear, using ... | [
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I will post a question on Monday, and people have until Thursday at noon to guess the answer! To be clear, using the Data E... | Secespitus's answer is good, but here are the corrections to his answer.
* [evolution](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/evolution "show questions tagged 'evolution'") -> [March Ho](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/4790/march-ho?tab=tags)
* [government](https://worldbuilding.stackex... |
5,846 | <h2>Background</h2>
<p><a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/104831/44805">This question</a> was received rather negatively by the community for its naive understanding of units of force. Put simply, it asked what would happen if you punched somebody with 172500N of force. It's off-topic for WB.SE, and it ... | [
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----------
[This question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/104831/44805) was received rather negatively by the community for its naive understanding of units of force. Put simply, it asked what would happen if you punched somebody with 172500N of force. It's off-topic for WB.SE, and it [probably] ... | Velocity
========
Base SI units: $m/s$, $\theta/s$
Common units: mph, kph, m/s, %C
*Note: This answer includes both linear and angular velocity.*
Linear Velocity
---------------
['Orders of magnitude' on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(speed))
### Atom smashers
### People and cars... |
6,452 | <p>Over the course of time I have copied the common comment statements of others (e.g. "Welcome to Worldbuilding.SE!") and have had my comment statements copied by others.</p>
<p>The problem is that simply copy-and-pasting the statement means losing all the code, such as the <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/que... | [
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The problem is that simply copy-and-pasting the statement means losing all the code, such as the [magic links](https://meta.stackexchange.com/question... | Mine is this one:
>
> Welcome to Worldbuilding, (Insert username)! If you have a moment, please take the **tour** and visit the **help center** to learn more about the site. You may also find **Meta** and [The Sandbox](https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6168/sandbox-for-proposed-questions) useful.... |
6,579 | <p>Or critique I dunno, anyways no one is perfect and this includes this site, it's moderators and me.</p>
<p>Let's assume that I disagree with some of the aspects/practices of the site and to an extent, the community. I want to tell this in a more sophisticated format than <strong>"Worldbuilding sucks, I go to bed."<... | [
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] | Or critique I dunno, anyways no one is perfect and this includes this site, it's moderators and me.
Let's assume that I disagree with some of the aspects/practices of the site and to an extent, the community. I want to tell this in a more sophisticated format than **"Worldbuilding sucks, I go to bed."**
**In what fo... | Regarding Acting
================
1. **Don't** throw a temper tantrum, instead refrain from name-calling, wailing, aggressiveness, and all the other things that are involved in a tantrum
2. Gather the things that bother you, think about them - Why do they bother you?
3. Make a meta-post:
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Title: **This thing both... |
6,922 | <p>I've been clicking various links and interrogating Help. So far no luck.</p>
<p>I'd like to find or make a league table of the most popular questions of all time on the main Worldbuilding SE. I'm interested in upvotes and/or views .</p>
<p>Does such exist? If not, how can I build one?</p>
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I'd like to find or make a league table of the most popular questions of all time on the main Worldbuilding SE. I'm interested in upvotes and/or views .
Does such exist? If not, how can I build one? | For questions by votes, you can [search for `is:q` and sort by votes](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/search?tab=votes&q=is%3aq).
For answers by votes, you can [search for `is:a` and sort by votes](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/search?tab=votes&q=is%3aa).
To get a list of questions by views, you can... |
7,063 | <p>2019 is here! And with the new year, as usual, comes a new iteration of <strong>Community Promotion Ads</strong>! Let’s refresh these for the coming year :)</p>
<h3>What are Community Promotion Ads?</h3>
<p>Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertisements that will show up on the main site, in the right... | [
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] | 2019 is here! And with the new year, as usual, comes a new iteration of **Community Promotion Ads**! Let’s refresh these for the coming year :)
### What are Community Promotion Ads?
Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertisements that will show up on the main site, in the right sidebar. The purpose of thi... | [](https://writing.stackexchange.com/) |
7,242 | <p>I'm trying to define a <a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/143052/ice-world-cryo-world-settlementamorphous-cryolava-cryomagma">QA context</a> about especially cold ice-worlds(maybe they should be called cryo-worlds), where surface temperature range 0-100°K. I noticed there is not a tag for ice... | [
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The correct solution is perhaps to create a new [cryonics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryonics) tag for many of the questions currently tagged [cryogenics](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/cryogenics "show q... |
7,367 | <p>I recently saw this ad on Worldbuilding:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/1ajQn.gif" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/1ajQn.gif" alt="The best questions are perfected first in our Sandbox!"></a></p>
<p>I hovered over it and saw that this is the link it goes to:</p>
<p><code>h... | [
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[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1ajQn.gif)
I hovered over it and saw that this is the link it goes to:
`http://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/ads/ct/7073?url=https%3a%2f%2fworldbu... | **This is a non-issue with modern, standards-compliant browsers.**
Along with a bunch of other headers, every response to a request to worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com comes with these headers:
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content-security-policy: upgrade-insecure-requests
strict-transport-security: max-age=15552000
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(You can see th... |
7,787 | <p>2020 has come! But… oops, where did the time go? It’s already March! Belated as it is, it’s time for a refresh of <strong>Community Promotion Ads</strong>!</p>
<h3>What are Community Promotion Ads?</h3>
<p>Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertisements that will show up on the main site, in the right ... | [
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"text": "<p><a href=\"https://gaming.stackexchange.com\"><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/kz3jL.png\" alt=\... | 2020/03/05 | [
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] | 2020 has come! But… oops, where did the time go? It’s already March! Belated as it is, it’s time for a refresh of **Community Promotion Ads**!
### What are Community Promotion Ads?
Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertisements that will show up on the main site, in the right sidebar. The purpose of this... | [](https://writing.codidact.com/) |
8,008 | <p>I was in the middle of answering <a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/185079/40609">this newly asked question</a> when it was deleted by the author. It had been up for 30 minutes.</p>
<p>I can't read the OP's mind, but I suspect the question was closed because challenges were being made to the <em>back... | [
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I can't read the OP's mind, but I suspect the question was closed because challenges were being made to the *back story.* To wit, the OP... | My opinion on this event is fairly simple and straightforward:
**I think we too often rely on Science As We Know It to be the end-all be-all of measures by which we view, critique, understand, and answer every question in this forum.**
We have a lot of very intelligent, very science oriented (science almost to the po... |
8,330 | <p><strong>September update:</strong> Community Ads are now live network-wide. All ads with a score of 6 or higher, or with a score of 4 or higher <em>and</em> no downvotes will be displayed (except for any that have a note from the CM Team explaining why it wasn't selected). Go to <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.c... | [
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381 | <p>Let's imagine we have an algorithm that produce an elevation-map for a sphere. I wonder if the ratio between the planet radius and the delta between the highest and lowest altitude is a constant or can be guessed depending a few factors (main chemical components of the planet, atmosphere thickness, ...). Of course, ... | [
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"text": "<p>The main factors that would be involved are:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Surface gravity - an effect of diameter and densit... | 2014/09/21 | [
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] | Let's imagine we have an algorithm that produce an elevation-map for a sphere. I wonder if the ratio between the planet radius and the delta between the highest and lowest altitude is a constant or can be guessed depending a few factors (main chemical components of the planet, atmosphere thickness, ...). Of course, I s... | The main factors that would be involved are:
1. Surface gravity - an effect of diameter and density
2. Tectonic activity levels
3. Erosion rate.
Mars has lower surface gravity, and due to its thinner atmosphere, a lower erosion rate. This means that there is less gravity to prevent taller mountains and less weather t... |
1,091 | <p>I'm trying to design a food chain. For the sake of argument lets say it's based on flying creatures over a particular mountain range.</p>
<pre><code>Sun
Plants/Fungus etc
Tiny Insects
Small Birds
Hawks
Large Apex Predator
</code></pre>
<p>However I'm struggling with getting the balance right. Obviously the big pre... | [
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"text": "<p>A good rule of thumb is that at each step of the food chain, 90% of the energy is lost: a plant only absorbs 10% o... | 2014/10/06 | [
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] | I'm trying to design a food chain. For the sake of argument lets say it's based on flying creatures over a particular mountain range.
```
Sun
Plants/Fungus etc
Tiny Insects
Small Birds
Hawks
Large Apex Predator
```
However I'm struggling with getting the balance right. Obviously the big predators are the more intere... | The 10% conversion efficiency mentioned in other answers is a decent rule of thumb — there's a lot of variation in the real world, but if you assume that the total prey biomass equals somewhere around 10 times the total predator biomass, you'll get a fairly plausible-looking food chain.
Tim B makes an excellent point ... |
3,478 | <blockquote>
<ul>
<li><p>An interesting setting conducive to telling many stories in? <em>Go!</em></p>
</li>
<li><p>Well thought out inhabitants in this setting with diverse cultural
backgrounds? <em>Go!</em></p>
</li>
<li><p>A proper noun for any of it? <em>Houston, we have a problem....</em></p>
</li>
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"text": "<p>One partial technique is to create an <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_posteriori_(languages)\" rel=... | 2014/11/02 | [
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> * An interesting setting conducive to telling many stories in? *Go!*
> * Well thought out inhabitants in this setting with diverse cultural
> backgrounds? *Go!*
> * A proper noun for any of it? *Houston, we have a problem....*
>
>
>
This is a common problem for me. I can develop a world in every detail (or as ... | To not have anything in mind about a particular language is asking a bit much. If the names are to be spoken, and thus based on the sound of the language, you need to know *something* about that. Similarly, for written names, you'd need a minimal idea about the language's building blocks and their composition. This can... |
3,580 | <p>Mars' gravity is 38% of that of Earth's.</p>
<p>Supposing a human born and raised on a Mars colony traveled to earth later in their life, would they be able to survive the increased gravity?</p>
<pre><code>For example, I would weigh 63 pounds on Mars, and would land on Earth weighing 166 pounds.
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"text": "<p>You could always simply lie down.</p>\n\n<p>Jokes aside, the answer is that there would be quite a few issue... | 2014/11/04 | [
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] | Mars' gravity is 38% of that of Earth's.
Supposing a human born and raised on a Mars colony traveled to earth later in their life, would they be able to survive the increased gravity?
```
For example, I would weigh 63 pounds on Mars, and would land on Earth weighing 166 pounds.
```
What physiological effects could ... | You could always simply lie down.
Jokes aside, the answer is that there would be quite a few issues. Your spine would not be used to being so compressed. [This is a problem](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effect_of_spaceflight_on_the_human_body) with astronauts returning home from extended stays in space. There are two ... |
3,676 | <h2>Background</h2>
<p>For my own entertainment, I have been designing how I would hypothetically make a spiritual sequel to <strong>Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magic Obscura</strong>. It is hypothetical as the work needed to do it right is beyond my abilities and resources but not my imagination. THE major interesting... | [
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"text": "<p>My current best direction/color combinations are: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>earth: yellow (color of sandstone)</li>\n<li>... | 2014/11/05 | [
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For my own entertainment, I have been designing how I would hypothetically make a spiritual sequel to **Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magic Obscura**. It is hypothetical as the work needed to do it right is beyond my abilities and resources but not my imagination. THE major interesting feature of th... | This may be a little unconventional, but I propose the following candidates for axes:
* **Normal-Strange** How close to natural occurrences is the spell? A flame or a gust of wind are rather ordinary. A floating object, not so much, but still not extreme when knowing magnetism. A walking corpse or a local disturbance ... |
6,925 | <p>I've been wracking my brain about a world I'm writing in, how to make some group of regular people able to survive in space for extended periods with or without a suit. I can reduce the amount of time they'll spend via a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_ex_machina" rel="nofollow">deus ex machina</a>, but I... | [
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"text": "<p>If they have unlimited energy and advanced technology, they can create matter. This is a result of the <a h... | 2014/12/24 | [
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] | I've been wracking my brain about a world I'm writing in, how to make some group of regular people able to survive in space for extended periods with or without a suit. I can reduce the amount of time they'll spend via a [deus ex machina](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_ex_machina), but I'd prefer to really drive cer... | If they have unlimited energy and advanced technology, they can create matter. This is a result of the [mass-energy equivalence](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%E2%80%93energy_equivalence). So they can produce oxygen or whatever they need.
Current technology is not exactly there yet but is [on the way](http://www.t... |
7,182 | <p>I posed a similar question earlier but was told maybe I should ask another one. I hope I am doing the right thing, so here goes.</p>
<p>The setting is a post-catastrophe Earth that is entirely or almost entirely covered in water, so naturally people live exclusively on big oil/tanker ships. For safety and community... | [
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"text": "<p>If ship is only way to survive (no land), you would NOT want to abandon the ship if it is ... | 2015/01/02 | [
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The setting is a post-catastrophe Earth that is entirely or almost entirely covered in water, so naturally people live exclusively on big oil/tanker ships. For safety and community people us... | That doesn't sound too bad at all.
There's no threat to either the ship or the lives of the people on board (other than possible collision with another vessel), if I understand correctly. This is therefore a situation of '[urgency](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-pan)' rather than distress.
So the obvious thing to d... |