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Discussion on: What's your ideal job / who is your ideal employer?

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Juan

This is a very interesting topic.
Thanks Mike for starting it !

I've been working on IT for 20 years now. All the way from IT Helpdesk jr analyst up to Servicedesk Regional manager supporting a software solution deployed in 9 countries reaching around 10 million end customers.
Along the road I've been a Java (backend) dev, and before I did frontend(HMTL + JS) and covered the Sr. IT Business Analyst role for quite some years.

With all of that in mind, it's not easy to describe the best mix when looking for the next company to work for. I think that varies over time.

  • I agree with John about processes. Process is key in order to have the full orchestra playing nicely. This means Business processes and Software Development ones. In my opinion processes shouldn't go against people but help them.
  • Teamwork is also key. An old colleague in one of the company's we worked for recently said "I miss the people there, but not the company".
  • Learning at job is kind of hard I'd say. I like the chance for a company to invest on me so I can keep on learning. On my experience, deadlines and deliverables often go against of people taking the time to learn, and be mistaken.
  • Good pay is what everybody wants.

And last but not least:

  • Freedom on managing your own time. And being able to take the right amount of time to build things with the right quality.

There is no enthusiasm out of surfing each release by just patching app's features.

Creating interesting software in a passionate way should be a win-win deal for both Devs and the Businesses.
Thaks for reading!

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Mike Talbot ⭐

Yeah I'm fascinated to get all the opinions. Thanks for writing so much.

I know what you mean about learning - but I think it is vital. Personal growth is an employers responsibility too. But yep, hard with deadlines, but necessary I think.