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Re: When eyeballing a studio...
The "do they have a microwave" and "do they have coffee" shit is hilarious. If they don't, run. At my old place everyone would go to get coffee at one of several local coffee shops rather than drink the coffee at work, because going out to get coffee is really a ritual - you go with some friends and you bitch about work… -
Re: When eyeballing a studio...
1. Where do people live around here? 2. What are your core hours? 3. What is your policy on crunch? 4. How are projects financed? 5. What does the current dev cycle end on this project? 6. What types of ways are you looking to grow the company? 7. Are there any other projects you're working on? 8. Do you tend to promote… -
Re: When eyeballing a studio...
My advice is to go there and not have a scripted idea of the questions you want to ask. Go with the flow of the conversation and try to act naturally. If you come to a 2nd interview thin king of what to ask and what to not ask you might come off as stiff or even strange. Dont get me wrong,asking questions is a good… -
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I think it's valid to ask what the core hours are..and definitely ask them about crunch and what is expected of you...if they get bent out of shape when someone asks them those kinds of question, then you dodged a bullet. -
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This sounds very familiar :p Our programmer can't stand working in the cold, and our boss can't stand working in what everyone else in the office considers to be "average" temperatures. So we all get to freeze, yay. And the boss ain't even in the room half the time! So we switch it back to normal temperature but when he… -
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I won't ask this question, it could be construed that you're scared of....crunch. It's a valid question IF you're not desperate getting this position from this particular company. I suggest asking instead, if the company offers free dinners in case a project you're in goes into...overtime mode. Yeah...probably best not to…
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