Questions tagged [standards]
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How can I convince the tech lead to improve our coding standards?
We have a big messy project on Java, a family of desktop Swing applications. It's 20 years old
If you believe you've seen the worst of it, you haven't. This is (some of) what happens when you have no ...
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Are there examples of standardized ways to run a business, such as a restaurant? [closed]
I was wondering if there is some kind of industry-standard set of procedures for anything, like running a restaurant or a bar.
If you imagine someone running a beergarden, they are independently ...
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Software development shop doesn't have standard technology choices for web-development
The company I started working at about 6 months ago has no "standard" or "default" technologies for web application development.
The company is fairly new to hiring developers, so ...
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How can I add an achievement to my resume as a bullet point if the sentence begins with a passive verb? [closed]
I want to write in my resume that I was granted a scholarship after some awards I have got in different competitions. Which bullet point of the following two suggestions is more preferred?
Granted a ...
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Length and font for a resume (tech) [closed]
I have been reading advice about the resume format.
I have been reading that a resume should be at most 1 page long in one source, elsewhere at most 2 pages for 5+years of experience and another ...
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Who in the company has the authority to fire someone?
Who has the right to announce the dismissal from work to an employee? If you're a small company of about 20 people and there's a certain hierarchy, does the CEO have to be the one that announces the ...
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How could I get a job revising test questions?
I have spent most of my life in Denver, Colorado in the United States.
When I was in 8th grade, all students, including myself, took an exam called the "CSAP." This exam was not written by ...
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A client of mine is not necessarily PCI compliant, and not saying they want to be PCI compliant as part of software rebuild. How do I best help them? [closed]
I'm concerned about my client being Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliant. Recently, I was tasked with rebuilding a payment processing component. As part of my analysis, I asked the project ...
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Coworker thinks code review cost too much time
Almost a year ago I switched to my current job. I have 2 prior years of programming experience but this is my first time working on an entirely new product. I am part of a small team of (5 or less) ...
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Being held to a much higher standard than my peers
I am being held to a higher standard than my peers when it comes to security and best practices in my professional workplace.
Some Background. My company's main office is located in the United ...
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After close to two years, Senior is still suggesting unsolicited changes that break code
I used to be a Junior at my work. The 25 year Senior who sat next to me has taken to coming over to me and making suggestions about changing and reordering my code... Initially I took him at face ...
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My IT Manager violates common IT policies and does not adhere to Standard Practices [closed]
I'm working as an offshore Senior Oracle ERP Developer with a BPO Company and have a Onshore Manager ("MM").
I've been working here for over two years now and one thing I noticed from the ...
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Helping a team member deal with my high standards
I'm the tech lead for our small and growing tech team. One of the first people we hired was a mid-level engineer and a little new to the full software-engineer setup: best practices, coding standards,...
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If I need to change coding style, should I ask for a standard to follow? [closed]
I got my first programming job.
It started well but now I got a message that I should write clearer code. I think my code is clear enough.
Is it worth of asking if the boss has some coding ...
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Time to move on or can I help improve standards at the company? [closed]
I'm a web developer that has been working for my current employer for just over one year now. The company sells desktop based project management software, and they hired me because they needed a web ...
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