First "enterprise-level" work I was going to join after several years of freelancing.
I was told "So, yeah. We're Portuguese so we'll have to go to the Technical HQ in Porto, Portugal for a couple days so you get a better grasp about the culture, who you're going to be working with and practice your Portuguese a lil' bit."
First day of work I got to meet my product owner and a colleague.
We got to the office, I was given access to a whole bunch of tools, Agile gibberish and so on, I was asked to pick a "work item" from the board, since I simply didn't get a thing from the whole set of tickets/work items we had for picking i went for something that seemed complex so I could get a look at the code and mostly to be given enough time to come up with a solution.
The thing ended up being rather simple and the ticket I thought was the easiest was extremely complex to solve, that much that I needed guidance from some of the seniors from the group.
I failed miserably to speak in Portuguese, so there's that. Did "great" at the work part, socializing wasn't my strongest point those 3 days.
Also, my hotel reservation went bananas and I was thrown from one corner of Porto to the other, twice in a single night, the hassle was that much that my previous boss had to come over and help me solve the issue.
For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse
We're a place where coders share, stay up-to-date and grow their careers.
First "enterprise-level" work I was going to join after several years of freelancing.
I was told "So, yeah. We're Portuguese so we'll have to go to the Technical HQ in Porto, Portugal for a couple days so you get a better grasp about the culture, who you're going to be working with and practice your Portuguese a lil' bit."
First day of work I got to meet my product owner and a colleague.
We got to the office, I was given access to a whole bunch of tools, Agile gibberish and so on, I was asked to pick a "work item" from the board, since I simply didn't get a thing from the whole set of tickets/work items we had for picking i went for something that seemed complex so I could get a look at the code and mostly to be given enough time to come up with a solution.
The thing ended up being rather simple and the ticket I thought was the easiest was extremely complex to solve, that much that I needed guidance from some of the seniors from the group.
I failed miserably to speak in Portuguese, so there's that. Did "great" at the work part, socializing wasn't my strongest point those 3 days.
Also, my hotel reservation went bananas and I was thrown from one corner of Porto to the other, twice in a single night, the hassle was that much that my previous boss had to come over and help me solve the issue.