Cross posting in case any of you are private eye computer forensicists. Which I don't think is a word.

An ad I saw in Seattle's Craigslist:

Quote:

Mid-Senior C++ Developer (Seattle)
compensation: DOE
employment type: full-time

Our Streaming Group is looking for a Mid-Senior C++ Software Developer!

MID-SENIOR C++ SOFTWARE DEVELOPER -

An ideal developer for this role will have solid fundamentals in computer science and C++ (or exceptionally strong C) software development. You're willing to work with and learn from others in a quirky, hijinx filled environment.

The Position

Our Streaming Group is looking for Mid-Senior C++ Software Developers to work on our Encoder team, making it elegantly simple for our performers to send videos.

For this role we are looking for someone with very strong skills and experience in C++, or exceptionally strong C experience.

Additionally, to be a success in this role you will need:

*Proven experience in in User focused web applications
*Application development for Windows and/or Mac (mega bonus points if you have both)
*Mobile application development in Android and/or iOS
*Deep understanding of software development concepts and a strong focus on usability

Responsibilities:

*Work with technical leadership to design and implement new services and improve on existing services
*Ability to performance tune, debug and integrate with existing services and other production team applications
*Develop and test new code to ensure logic and syntax are correct, and results are accurate
*Design and document new features while adhering to our established best practices
*Assist in creating, maintaining and promoting best practices
*Assist other developers with assignments through mentoring and code reviews
*You must be comfortable taking initiative and working across teams in an agile environment.

Our developers love working as a team and proactively take the lead whenever necessary. and a solid sense of humor is required.

Who are we?

NSFWjobs is a leader in adult software development. Our streaming video platform connects millions of people around the world. We are located in downtown Seattle, have been in business for more than 16 years and employ 230+ people and growing steadily. We have strong leadership that knows where the company needs to expand and need more employees to realize our goals.

NSFWjobs is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Check us out at www.nsfwjobs.com - (nsfw: your workplace, at least).

Say "Mid-Senior C++ Developer" one more time!!

That may or may not be true, I don't know. I'd have to actually learn enough Java to bull**** my way through an interview for this A/B test to work.

I know a book that could teach you pretty quickly. Real page turner. (No sarcasm)

Obviously getting ready for the 4k push haha.

I feel like something as silly as this could cause a lot of rejections. If you're comfortable with git, just say that you're capable of using it with a team. If you don't feel comfortable doing that, then do some experiments where you have the same codebase checked out in multiple places with each one connected to the same origin repo?

Just lie about git. I mean, who really asks about that stuff in an interview? As long as you don't claim you are an expert, just tell them you know the basics and you are good.

No one gets rejected from a job because they don't know git. That's my claim for the day.

Takes a weekend and writing some toy programs + reading through that Java job interview book to get good enough for the typical Junior dev jobs imo

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Meanwhile Carmack's 10 year old son just finished a Racket game (his 3rd game total I think). Now I feel like I can get nothing done.

Classes started today. Taking an Android course for easy GPA.

Prof was like everyone uses Android Studio, no more eclipse and we got new book that was just printed 2 weeks ago!

Then he opens text pad and starts explaining inheritance by creating a simple class but lawl who teaches like that. Opens up explorer and navigates to the android source to show the view class and doesn't just use an IDE, type out View and use shortcut keys.

FFS this new prof is smart I believe but he slaughtered that class for anyone that is a newbie to Android.

Went over packages, xml, inheritance and that was all for the day.
I personally would open the IDE, create a project from scratch, go to xml and pull out a button with a label. Show how to hook up code to button + label and change the label on button press. Explain that Android is made up of Activities and Fragments (New) but just focus on Activities for now. Show the manifest and explain how it allows permissions to work and activities to launch. Then start showing where they can add media and where strings are stored in the project. He will get to it but so far, execution is not the best.

Well interestingly looks like 2p2 is blocked when I'm on the corporate VPN, but not when I'm at the office. Not sure what the rationale is there.

I think it is funny how, out of the long list of gripes, git gets the most attention.

As for learning Java just to get a job... I'm not in the mood to learn a language at all, much less for the sole purpose of finding a job, nor am I in the mood to apply for more jobs. I was dead serious about what I said and I still don't feel moved away from that thinking. My experiences have been overwhelmingly negative.

daveT,

You have an overwhelming number of obvious personality flaws that are likely even more horrible in person. There is a reason that 10xers get tolerated for all sorts of aspie behaviors, but a fungible entry level grunt such as yourself with no meaningful skills or experience does not.

You are basically the rude and obese woman applying for a secretary job who keeps wondering why she is unable to get hired when she can clearly type and answer phones.

Giving up on a professional job is probably the best option. It is unlikely you ever good enough to overcome the personality problems. Hopefully you will put in some time on personal development and human interaction instead of giving up!

Best of luck!

I think you don't understand the difference between an online persona and a real person.

I may not be far in life, but I wouldn't even be this far if I had a terrible personality.

edit to add: even so, I don't think you'd find many places where I outright told someone off or said something rude to a poster without being provoked first. If you don't know who I am, you really should never speak about me, and I won't speak of you. Deal?

Sorry daveT. I didn't mean to be insulting, but your problem is obvious to anyone who has actually had any experience with HR and technical hires.

I guess it is insulting to hear that your personality is so toxic that no one will hire you for positions you're clearly qualified for, but that is your current state of affairs. Or I guess there is a massive conspiracy.

That's a pretty bold assertion from someone that registered a month ago.

Fwiw, I tried to set up an opportunity for daveT to contract-to-hire with my company and it didn't work out, but it had everything to do with us and very little to do with him. My boss (CEO) in a previous life was a consultant at PWC among others and thought dave was a solid guy by all accounts.

We don't have the bandwidth to train someone and give them the attention they need. We are hiring 8-10+ year people with high profile work in our industry who can just plug into a functional role as a dev. Unfortunately, training isn't something we can do right now. We have to spend more on already experienced people.

He's a solid dude in an industry with tons of quirky personalities, I feel like I let him down tbh and am confident he can eventually find something.

"i don't mean to be insulting, it's just that you're a ****ty person and also probably a conspiracy theorist"

....hey so what's the goto excuse if you need to take a day off from work to do an onsite somewhere else? first time doing this and feel kinda dirty

"Hey I won't be in tomorrow, have some personal issues to take care of. K thanks bye"

tell them you need to return some video tapes

I felt the same way but you earn your time off and it's free for you to use however you see fit so really you are using YOUR time, not your employer's time.

...or tell them you'll be on a top secret mission and, while you could tell them what it is, you would have to kill them.

Some options:
Taking PTO
Wont be in
Taking tomorrow off
Using a personal day

Or any combination of the above, no bs excuse necessary.

"Hey, got an interview set up for tomorrow. They are paying 50% more than this job. Wish me luck!"