No More Promises: Realizing Your Programming Job Sucks
Read time: 2 minutes Somewhere in the annexes of maxims and guidance, there is a statement that reads: “Actions speak louder than words.” When I worked for my first company out of college I began with “part-time” work as a junior Rails developer. The rate was $1000 a month for up to 30/hrs a week. Two months would then pass and they would consider an increase in salary. Why would anyone accept that offer as a junior Rails developer? Was it me being naive, hopeful, stupid, or something more? I think it was the belief in promises. Their first promise, a $90,000 salary by the end of the year. Two months passed and the work increased. I’m given tasks with impossible deadlines. In one situation I worked 60 straight hours with 1.5 hours of sleep. Was I given a bonus? No. Was I given a week off to recover? No. More promises were given. Shares in the company, you’ll have normal work again,
Why it failed
Read time: 2 minutes Somewhere in the annexes of maxims and guidance, there is a statement that reads: “Actions speak louder than words.” When I worked for my first company out of college I began with “part-time” work as a junior Rails developer. The rate was $1000 a month for up
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- supburger
- Ended
- 2014
- Source
- hackernews