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Absolute legend (lemmy.today)

submitted 6 months ago by CmdrKeen@lemmy.today to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[+] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.ml 117 points 6 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 74 points 6 months ago

NGL I apply to places where I use the software. But it's not one thing, it's a dozen things I would fix.

I actually never successfully got the job. Probably because during the interview, I come off like a rambling psychopath pointing out extremely specific things.

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 months ago

Part of my previous company's hiring process included having the candidate use our software, then asking what they thought of the experience and what improvements they thought would have the most impact. It wasn't entirely useful because devs weren't in control of prioritizing changes, but it was always interesting to see which pain points stuck out to the candidate.

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 months ago

This strikes me as a really good idea... If they come up with batshit insane things, or obviously can't click straight, it's a good indicator.

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It does give some insight into how people think. Some people are bothered with UI events and placement, others wanted to reduce the bandwidth it required, we had one girl who approached it focused on the accessibility of the software, and unfortunately for us support was abysmal. You also need thick skin to invite random joe off the street to tell you how your software sucks.

[-] InfiniteWisdom@sh.itjust.works -1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Honestly, anybody with a gender studies degree can get into software developer nowadays no sweat, nowadays the fortune 500 standards are so low that they'll just hire anyone on the spot without even questioning it. Honestly only started to take note of this the second Biden got into office, the quality of software overall has gone down. Overall, back to open source, I never truly got the open source movement in general, never been my thing. Proprietary software is inheitly more secure which is why most enterprise systems still use windows xp.