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Discussion on: What are some red flags to look out for in the first few weeks of a new dev job?

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Russ Hammett • Edited

This may or may not be all from the same job (a previous job)

  • Two machines, one for development, one for email (note this is not cleared work)
  • Development machine? it has no internet access
  • Wait... no internet access? how do you access package stores like npm, nuget, pypi? (hint, you don't)
  • So... no using other devs code? Nah, luckily we can use a thumbdrive to download stuff on "the internet computer" and put it onto "the development computer"
  • Lead dev gives you the TFS repo URL, says "get it compiling and I'll talk to you in a week"
  • Cramped cubicles
  • No tests
  • No abstraction
  • Integration with a third party that has ridiculous password guidelines like "must be exactly 8 characters", "only alphanumeric passwords", "passwords expire every 45 days"

I think that all was discovered mostly in the first week, that last one in the first month.