Questions tagged [software-development]
Questions regarding the Workplace interactions and considerations that are involved in the process of designing, implementing, testing, deploying, etc., a software product. Please refrain from posting coding questions, as those belong to Stack Overflow instead.
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Under Pressure, Constant Reporting, and Self-Doubt: How Should I Handle This?
(AI Summarized as requested. Though to me it feels like some important information is missing, that is why I included the OG)
Hello,
I am looking for advice on how to handle a difficult situation at ...
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What actions can I take as a junior developer to solve long review delays?
I am a junior developer at a small company with around seven developers in total. We have recently (3 months ago) introduced a new process where all code changes are supposed to be properly reviewed ...
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What percentage of software development jobs require NDAs? [closed]
What percentage of software development jobs require signing NDAs?
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Co-worker hides deficiencies
I have a co-worker who has produced a prototype-level project, but keeps making documentation that makes it look like his project is solid.
I am called to work with him on it, and it is tense because ...
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I feel like my team is stuck in a rut, but unable to come up with good ideas for improvement
I am a software developer, working in a small-ish team (less than 10 people). I joined early and have grown with the company, currently I am split between writing code and leading the direction of the ...
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How Far Would You Go to Accommodate non-Verbal Colleague?
Started a new job in a company as a machine learning platform engineer, focused on putting several machine learning models on production (taking them from some proof of concept prototypes to scaled up,...
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As the only backend developer, how should I handle repeated challenges from my manager about core technical decisions?
I am the sole backend developer at my company, working mainly with .NET (C#) and SQL Server. My manager has a strong background in hardware and embedded systems, but not in backend, OOP, or web ...
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A Real Talk From a Junior Developer (8 Months In) [closed]
I’ve been working as a software developer for about 8 months now. I’m part of a good team, and I’ve been involved in real projects, bug fixes, features, writing DB queries, understanding requirements, ...
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How to handle teammates pressuring me (even publicly) to redo my work after I already explained my reasoning?
I'm a senior software developer and I have been working for a new company for a couple of months.
Lately I had this issue where I refactored an old component because the requirements were to reuse for ...
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How to find an actual programming job? [closed]
I want to program in C in exchange for money, but I'm starting to suspect that large companies (in the EU) don't want me to do that at all, in fact they have an endless supply of ways to stop me from ...
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How to help manager develop accurate understanding of my contributions
I've been working at the same company for several years, but I was moved under my current manager about one year ago. My manager doesn't seem to understand my contributions, and makes false assertions ...
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How do I balance upskilling through project development with preparing for coding interviews (e.g., LeetCode-style questions)? [closed]
I'm a software developer with 1.5 years of experience, and I'm at a crossroads in my career. On one hand, I want to continue upskilling by developing projects, building tools, and gaining hands-on ...
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Is this a violation of ISO 27001:2020 A 8.31? [closed]
I got given a task. To write a new job, that emails users about their expired media items. During testing, I had to run the job on the staging server.
The manager got an email, due to the queue worker ...
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Fired for running a queue worker? [duplicate]
I got given a task. To write a new job, that emails users about their expired media items. During testing, I had to run the job on the staging server.
The manager got an email, due to the queue worker ...
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Question for Software Developers in Rural Areas
Location: United States
I need some advice from software developers in the United States, who work in rural areas. How feasible is it to obtain sufficient internet access, for the type of work you ...
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