Development is more than just the code

Post #406,005 by pwhysall 11/5/15 7:05:39 PM Reply	Development is more than just the code It's about participation in regular and frequent meetings - both with the whole team and subsections thereof. A meeting can be anything from the daily stand-up to three people getting together to talk through a problem. These meetings are often held electronically even if the people are in the same office, because using (say) Lync makes it trivially easy to share your screen and pass control to someone, which is much better than having them dictate or explain something - they can just go right ahead and do it. Developers regularly present - from technical "My fix to $bigproblem. Here's the code, let's walk through it" presentations, to actual PowerPoint slides presenting business cases for new gear, tools, whatever. Again, the tools facilitate this.
Post #406,040 by lincoln 11/6/15 10:36:31 AM Reply	How often do you attend these meetings from home, after hours, using your own personal computer? Isn't your employer part of the 21st Century, where they give you a laptop with all of their software pre-installed, that they expect you to take home and use on their premises, to do your job? And if there's a problem with it, aren't they responsible for fixing their property? If not, why are you working for a Ludditte company? Satan (impatiently) to Newcomer: The trouble with you Chicago people is, that you think you are the best people down here; whereas you are merely the most numerous. - - - Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" 1897
Post #406,042 by pwhysall 11/6/15 10:46:33 AM Reply	Stop right there. Staaaaaaahp. I'm not asking your opinion, here. I'm telling you how it is, in a company that employs a lot of developers. I'm telling you what you'd need to be able to do and talk about just to be able to get an interview. I work in biz dev, but I'm often involved in interviews because I'm a people person, and exactly because I'm not inclined to get into the minutiae of technical matters. I've been here a long time and I know who's going to fit and who isn't. So you can dismiss my experience and opinion, because I'm not a developer, irrespective of my input into the hiring process. On the other hand, Scott A is 100% exactly what you're trying to be and do; further, he's the guy who'd be interviewing you and making the final hire/no hire decision. And he's saying the exact same things that I am. You're pissing into the wind. Unsurprisingly, this is resulting in you being covered in piss.

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