Pay was 18 to 22 hr.

This job listing is unfuckingbelievable.

Wow…

    • i-liek-french-toast@exploding-heads.com
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      Not a big fan of theirs what with snaps and all / direction they’ve taken ubuntu in general these days but I can somewhat see that for a programming job where you would ostensibly have to write decent commit messages, comment code, and other documentation.

      I would still find it kind of pretentious and annoying to write something that is essentially for little to no practical purpose other than for someone to judge you by (there are other ways to evaluate writing skills… Such as portfolios/resume/etc)


      Edit: was curious… my word count above is 87, for reference

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        I read some pretty awful commit messages. I have this Russian colleague. Who is super smart but his English isn’t great. So he basically doesn’t leave any commit messages and his pull request are always blank with no descriptions no matter how many times I ask him to please comment what I am reviewing.

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          I read some pretty awful commit messages

          You and me both brother.

          Guessing you are in some shit place like I’ve been before where there is also not a proper process and the people who know wtf they are doing either aren’t allowed or don’t have the time to write proper pre-commit hooks to reject shit like empty messages and so on.

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        I don’t know. I expect them to ask if the skills match. And then maybe some type of personality matching for the team I guess this counts. Seems a bit much though.

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      I’m glad I’m on a server that doesn’t ban people for saying retard. I feel Iike I’m in 2007 again and not 2023. It’s not that I use that word extensively, but I feel like people today are just out to prove that they are the most virtuous. Like it’s some sort of religion to them and they want to make sure they get a good spot in social heaven.

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    https://ocampa.com/analysis/

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    Definitely annoying/pretentious. I can somewhat understand depending on the job type but there are other, better ways to check a candidate’s writing ability if that’s what they’re aiming for.

    I guess at least it says it’s only for top priority and that it should be 150 words or less (5 words is less, right?.. who knows maybe they’re looking for brevity lol)

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      I feel sorry for the poor Bastard who gets that job. They will probably want their ass kissed every time the person clocks in.