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silencefc
United States875 Posts
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tofucake
Hyrule19177 Posts
On November 10 2010 08:56 Typhon wrote: CS 111, classic SICP @ Northwestern University. Freshmen come in and complain about the class being in Scheme. Professor shuts them up with "Any computer science student of your level should be able to pick up the fundamentals of a language in about a day." But anyways, yeah it sucks to be told that on your job. What's the situation? you know PHP and you need to learn C? I'll make this as simple as possible. Here's my version, written to the spec my boss laid out for the previous guy, under the constraints of the previous guy's shitty-ass database structure: http://pastebin.com/wrRWiwrj Here's the retarded bullshit I need to be able to recite: http://pastebin.com/skDFbHRw | ||
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tofucake
Hyrule19177 Posts
On November 10 2010 09:00 silencefc wrote: Can you go to your boss's boss and reason it out with him? My boss is the CEO, so I'm gonna go with "no" on this one. | ||
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Nixda
119 Posts
It looks like your boss intentionally hired you because you have no degree yet and tries to get you to do the work of several qualified developers as cheaply as possible. Seeing how this probably does not make him the most enjoyable guy anyway, there is no way to be sure he'd give you a good job reference even if you were able to do what he wants you to. I think he wants to squeeze you like a lemon and is testing how far he can go with you. You don't want to appear like a total pushover to him. He probably doesnt take backtalking and criticism well, but you should show him you have some spine and explain to him you can't turn water into wine. He will either have to accept this, or if he won't he'd have fired you soon anyway, so you don't have much left to lose right now. So I guess my advice is to use all the leverage you have as a lone developer, and stay as calm and factual as you can while doing that. He will either accept reality or fire you, not much else you can do about it. | ||
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tofucake
Hyrule19177 Posts
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fabiano
Brazil4644 Posts
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Gummy
United States2180 Posts
On November 10 2010 09:08 tofucake wrote: I spent 2 hours in a yelling contest with him when he couldn't wrap his head around the concept of related != exactly the same You're still young. Don't waste your life. Do something you love. | ||
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tofucake
Hyrule19177 Posts
On November 10 2010 09:26 Gummy wrote: You're still young. Don't waste your life. Do something you love. Can't. I need to pay student loans, and what I love doesn't pay shit. | ||
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Apexplayer
United States406 Posts
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crazeman
664 Posts
On November 10 2010 09:28 tofucake wrote: Can't. I need to pay student loans, and what I love doesn't pay shit. Just curious, how old are you tofu? you mentioned you had 12 years experience in php so.... | ||
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aidnai
United States1159 Posts
2) Your boss is using a management style that he thinks is designed to squeeze the most productivity out of you. He may have read "The Prince" or some shit like that. 3) The only way for you to win in this situation is to make your own work goals and accomplish them, and not get fazed by your boss' demands. Though, if your boss truly cannot take 'no' for an answer (as in, he penalizes you for not meeting his demands even after you explain how unreasonable they are), then you probably will not ever be happy working for him. | ||
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ibutoss
Australia341 Posts
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Emon_
3925 Posts
It fucking breaks my heart whenever I hear about a boss abusing his position to this degree. Guys like that need to be left alone forever. You need to quit as soon as possible. Tell him you're going back to school or you've been offered a job elsewhere and you want to accept. Three months resignation time, be sure to call in sick a lot and you're done. Your resume might take a hit, but hopefully your new boss would have some compassion when you explain the situation. Edit: Just read about your student loans. Maybe you even have a wife and children. That means the plan is put on hiatus indefinitely. You sound like a normal, caring person and you should leave this job as soon as possible. Here's a book that deals with bosses that stalk their employees until they "break": http://www.amazon.com/Stalking-Soul-Emotional-Erosion-Identity/dp/1885586531/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289350561&sr=8-1 | ||
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Gummy
United States2180 Posts
On November 10 2010 09:49 Emon_ wrote: Quit you job, move to Greece, become a fisherman. I'll come too, and anyone from TL that needs to get away from it all. We'll create a house of Starcraft and serenity, and we'll live off of fish and whatever money we can gather. It fucking breaks my heart whenever I hear about a boss abusing his position to this degree. Guys like that need to be left alone forever. You need to quit as soon as possible. Tell him you're going back to school or you've been offered a job elsewhere and you want to accept. Three months resignation time, be sure to call in sick a lot and you're done. Your resume might take a hit, but hopefully your new boss would have some compasion when you expain the situation. That's the life dude. I might do that. | ||
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Typhon
United States387 Posts
On November 10 2010 09:01 tofucake wrote: I'll make this as simple as possible. Here's my version, written to the spec my boss laid out for the previous guy, under the constraints of the previous guy's shitty-ass database structure: http://pastebin.com/wrRWiwrj Here's the retarded bullshit I need to be able to recite: http://pastebin.com/skDFbHRw Oh, I see. You didn't need to learn a new programming language, you just needed to learn retardese. Doesn't actually seem that bad to me though, just a bunch of unnecessary extraneous database calls with big blobs of objects. Did you add the comments in? They look pretty helpful. | ||
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Rokk
United States425 Posts
On November 10 2010 08:56 Typhon wrote: CS 111, classic SICP @ Northwestern University. Freshmen come in and complain about the class being in Scheme. Professor shuts them up with "Any computer science student of your level should be able to pick up the fundamentals of a language in about a day." But anyways, yeah it sucks to be told that on your job. What's the situation? you know PHP and you need to learn C? Wait you go to Northwestern? I'm a junior CS major there lol. | ||
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tofucake
Hyrule19177 Posts
On November 10 2010 09:44 aidnai wrote: 1) The internet is not as anonymous as people tend to think, so take care. 2) Your boss is using a management style that he thinks is designed to squeeze the most productivity out of you. He may have read "The Prince" or some shit like that. 3) The only way for you to win in this situation is to make your own work goals and accomplish them, and not get fazed by your boss' demands. Though, if your boss truly cannot take 'no' for an answer (as in, he penalizes you for not meeting his demands even after you explain how unreasonable they are), then you probably will not ever be happy working for him. 1) I know, but for reasons below I don't care 2) My boss is a commie. Seriously. He ran a tobacco import company in Soviet Russia for 20 years. He barely speaks English. I doubt he's read much of anything in English. 3) Last time I tried that he yelled at me for 2 hours. Constantly. I swear he never even stopped to take a breath. | ||
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tofucake
Hyrule19177 Posts
On November 10 2010 09:39 crazeman wrote: Just curious, how old are you tofu? you mentioned you had 12 years experience in php so.... I'm 23. | ||
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XinRan
United States530 Posts
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ShaperofDreams
Canada2492 Posts
Talk in terms of the other person’s interests. PRINCIPLE 6 Make the other person feel important-and do it sincerely. You can’t win an argument. You can’t because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it. PRINCIPLE 2 Show respect for the other person’s opinions. Never say, "You're wrong." PRINCIPLE 3 Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. PRINCIPLE 4 Ask questions instead of giving direct orders. PRINCIPLE 5 Let the other person save face. PRINCIPLE 7 Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to. PRINCIPLE 8 Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct. These are some principals from "how to win friends and influence people", a good book. You said you were in a yelling match with your boss? big no-no. you have to make him feel important and then admit any faults in your own self even if its half made up. he wants to prove his authority over you. then you have to explain to him why it would be a negative thing for his wallet to keep doing things the way he is. | ||
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