Core PHP is not something to worry about if it functions the way it was intended. It may seem nice to re-write everything from the ground but for a business perspective that's a big risk. That usually happens when the company grows and have enough budget for the R&D division.
Small Startup, Eloquent Studio, less than five people. Work is fun and intense.
Being so small in terms of employee size also means everyone has to play multiple roles and keep the shit together always.
Appreciation from client and other members just make it more awesome.
I can understand, I'm also in a similar situation. On paper, I'm front-end developer but in actual, I'm making the backend, APIs, workflow. I even did the UI work of two apps.
I heard the other day that my company has 340 tech staff (that includes product etc), maybe 1000 in total
That's an order of magnitude bigger than anywhere else I've worked... So 6 months in I'm still getting used to a lot of the weirdness of a company this size (I've spent a lot of time in startups)
We're over 4000 in total, but we are only 30 in our office and we don't have a lot of contact with the other offices except for Windsor and Montreal, so it really feels like a small company with all the great benefits of a big company.
like great insurance, job security, really big and interesting projects. Even if I like playing with multiple disciplines like web design and back-end development, I'm nowhere near as good at that stuff than I am at front-end development, so I can focus on my job and rely on my great teammates that are way better at this than me. In short, we have a lot of resources and that's pretty nice.
We write over & over the same piece of code among projects.
IMHO, we need to automate at least this layer.
On top of providing stable & tested boilerplates with UI integrated, I have some tools to parse and convert Plain HTML themes to javascript, Python or Php apps.
I'm researching a lot to make this happen.
A lot of R&D involved but is challenging & rewarding.
Fortune 250...its great. They gave me opportunity to move into technical work that has led to me being a dev/analyst. The IT red tape is a little annoying.
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Mine is a startup, like 50 60 people. Its ECOM based. ourshopee. It's a bit challenging as the maximum code is legacy but its fun.
Startup but code is legacy already? 🙄
I joined recently. its 3.5 years old, in core PHP. Trust me when you see the code it feels like an ancient manuscript.
I've been in such a situtation too. We ended up writing everything from ground.
I proposed the same but the proposal was brutally rejected.
Core PHP is not something to worry about if it functions the way it was intended. It may seem nice to re-write everything from the ground but for a business perspective that's a big risk. That usually happens when the company grows and have enough budget for the R&D division.
There's always room for improvement!
yaa that's the issue we are facing. the time and money.
But the truth is: php just works. It's been running WordPress for decades.
PHP is good. People try too hard to hate PHP while it's getting improved year by year.
I am a PHP developer. It's not the language, it's the people not using it as it should be used. The problem lies there only.
PHP is cool. Its the people implementing it are with issues. Not doing what should have done.
Exactly.
LARGE. They're multi-national and have employees all over the world. Can't count how many tbh as I'm starting on the 15th
I'm in the same boat, although I start tomorrow.
Good luck!!
25 People, non-VC funded start up building a business communications/collaboration platform.
Super fun because you get to do everything.
Hard af because you have to do EVERYTHING.
Small Startup, Eloquent Studio, less than five people. Work is fun and intense.
Being so small in terms of employee size also means everyone has to play multiple roles and keep the shit together always.
Appreciation from client and other members just make it more awesome.
I can understand, I'm also in a similar situation. On paper, I'm front-end developer but in actual, I'm making the backend, APIs, workflow. I even did the UI work of two apps.
I heard the other day that my company has 340 tech staff (that includes product etc), maybe 1000 in total
That's an order of magnitude bigger than anywhere else I've worked... So 6 months in I'm still getting used to a lot of the weirdness of a company this size (I've spent a lot of time in startups)
15 - 25-ish people. A startup. Codegum, Inc.
Much like @danielw said, it's quite a privilege to get to do (almost) everything.
But it's hard. 😂 But it's part of the process. So it's fun.
And you learn, slowly, the art of adapting to the different technologies. I guess that's what's important.
And it feels like I recommend it now for people starting on their software development journey.
Start small, and work to learn.
We're over 4000 in total, but we are only 30 in our office and we don't have a lot of contact with the other offices except for Windsor and Montreal, so it really feels like a small company with all the great benefits of a big company.
lucky you...
What kinds of big company benefits exactly?
like great insurance, job security, really big and interesting projects. Even if I like playing with multiple disciplines like web design and back-end development, I'm nowhere near as good at that stuff than I am at front-end development, so I can focus on my job and rely on my great teammates that are way better at this than me. In short, we have a lot of resources and that's pretty nice.
Startup. One man show.
Whats your startup?
appseed.us/
Automation, Dev Tools, Boilerplates.
Wow. That's a really cool idea. How are you coming running this? Does it keep you super busy?
We write over & over the same piece of code among projects.
IMHO, we need to automate at least this layer.
On top of providing stable & tested boilerplates with UI integrated, I have some tools to parse and convert Plain HTML themes to javascript, Python or Php apps.
I'm researching a lot to make this happen.
A lot of R&D involved but is challenging & rewarding.
Is 24/7 job :)
Fortune 250...its great. They gave me opportunity to move into technical work that has led to me being a dev/analyst. The IT red tape is a little annoying.
We're 14 @ rocka
It's like we're a bunch of friends building cool stuff together.