A titan fallen; a terrible shame for a once-great employer to become so awful.
A titan fallen; a terrible shame for a once-great employer to become so awful.
- Smart, passionate people on the ground
- Best-in-class asynchronous and flexible working
- Well-maintained tech stacks
- Management, especially top management, has pivoted in recent years towards the toxic.
- C-suite are a bunch of yes-men, led by an increasingly paranoid authoritarian.
- Innovation is increasingly unimportant and undervalued.
- Job security is nonexistent as a series of untelegraphed mass layoffs have decimated the talent pool and morale.
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Senior Software Engineer
Started with a quick phone call and followed with a code test. The test was to resolve a couple of issues in a GitHub repository. There was a Slack channel available to ask any questions.
Senior Software Engineer
The interview process was impressively inclusive, devoid of video interviews, but it's notably lengthy at two months from initial contact to offer. The paid trial, at $25/hour, might not be suitable for everyone, particularly those currently employe
Senior Software Engineer
1. Code testing: You will be given a WP plugin with well-designed tasks. People usually solve the task within a week. 2. Trial testing: Once you have passed the code testing, you will be moved to the trial phase (they will pay you: $25/hr). In this
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BrazilMarch 1, 2024Started with a quick phone call and followed with a code test. The test was to resolve a couple of issues in a GitHub repository. There was a Slack channel available to ask any questions.
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United States Air Force Acad, Colorado, United StatesOctober 29, 2023The interview process was impressively inclusive, devoid of video interviews, but it's notably lengthy at two months from initial contact to offer. The paid trial, at $25/hour, might not be suitable for everyone, particularly those currently employe
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TaiwanMay 1, 20221. Code testing: You will be given a WP plugin with well-designed tasks. People usually solve the task within a week. 2. Trial testing: Once you have passed the code testing, you will be moved to the trial phase (they will pay you: $25/hr). In this
