SRL Archive - NOTA

Wish me luck, I'm asking salary raise tomorrow. If I don't get it, I'm getting the f*** out of this company…

Where do you work and what for?

Coding in this local bank.

If you fail to get a raise, encourage a change of title at least to add "Senior" or "Lead" or something of the like in front of your title. That vastly improves your resume as you take that to apply elsewhere.

From: Kevin
If you fail to get a raise, encourage a change of title at least to add "Senior" or "Lead" or something of the like in front of your title. That vastly improves your resume as you take that to apply elsewhere.

Good idea. Tho, I'm already senior developer; can't go much further than that..

From: superuser
Good idea. Tho, I'm already senior developer; can't go much further than that..

In most tech industries there are 3 levels of developer.
1)Developer
2)Senior Developer (just a better programmer/longer experience)
3)Lead Developer (has good architectural knowledge as well and tends to be above senior in developmental skills as well).

At least that's what I've seen from the bigger companies.

From: Kevin
In most tech industries there are 3 levels of developer.
1)Developer
2)Senior Developer (just a better programmer/longer experience)
3)Lead Developer (has good architectural knowledge as well and tends to be above senior in developmental skills as well).

At least that's what I've seen from the bigger companies.

Heh, not in this company :) Gotta say, the developing processes are pretty much shit here. That's one of the reasons why I would love to switch job. I mean, no consistency whatsoever (e.g. scrum, agile etc.).

You could try to convince them that even without a pay raise, a title improvement would be good from a motivational standpoint as well as to help fall into the pattern of more professional and successful company standards.

And ignoring the current company, how is your Java/C#/web based knowledge, and how is your C/C++ knowledge?

From: Kevin
You could try to convince them that even without a pay raise, a title improvement would be good from a motivational standpoint as well as to help fall into the pattern of more professional and successful company standards.

And ignoring the current company, how is your Java/C#/web based knowledge, and how is your C/C++ knowledge?

I'm fluent with C++, Python and PHP. Oh, and Pascal as well ;)

round down to fractions of a cent every transaction in the code you do

and put it in a bank account

I saw it in a movie, they got the idea from another movie

it'll work

From: grats
round down to fractions of a cent every transaction in the code you do

and put it in a bank account

I saw it in a movie, they got the idea from another movie

it'll work

And if it doesn't work there'll always be the chance that someone will burn down the building because they didn't get any cake, destroying the evidence.

From: BMWxi
And if it doesn't work there'll always be the chance that someone will burn down the building because they didn't get any cake, destroying the evidence.

And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because I told, I told Bill that if they move my desk one more time, then, then I'm, I'm quitting, I'm going to quit. And, and I told Don too, because they've moved my desk four times already this year, and I used to be over by the window, and I could see the squirrels, and they were married, but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn't bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it's not okay because if they take my stapler then I'll set the building on fire…

This thread has ended amazingly… I am now thinking of a résumé rewrite.

Got it baby! Off to drinks… :spot:

From: superuser
Got it baby! Off to drinks… :spot:

How much of a raise?

From: superuser
Got it baby! Off to drinks… :spot:

Gratz! Hard to get raises in these times when other people are getting laid off/pay cuts :D

From: superuser
Got it baby! Off to drinks… :spot:

Did they move your desk? Do you still get to see squirrels?

From: grats
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because I told, I told Bill that if they move my desk one more time, then, then I'm, I'm quitting, I'm going to quit. And, and I told Don too, because they've moved my desk four times already this year, and I used to be over by the window, and I could see the squirrels, and they were married, but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn't bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it's not okay because if they take my stapler then I'll set the building on fire…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd4fj9Efl4s
:)