User Tag List

Page 9 of 235 FirstFirst ... 78910111959109 ... LastLast
Results 401 to 450 of 11708

Thread: The All New Jobs Thread

  1. #401
    Senior Member Pepe's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    11,321
    Mentioned
    54 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy View Post
    The job title is 'Junior Java Engineer'.

    Hi, team.


    Shame that Magic decided to leave us for more money.

  2. #402
    More successful than most Magic's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    Scotchland
    Posts
    17,921
    Mentioned
    72 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy View Post
    First interview down. I think it went alright.
    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy View Post
    They've offered me the job.
    That's the most unexpected double post on here.

  3. #403
    More successful than most Magic's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    Scotchland
    Posts
    17,921
    Mentioned
    72 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    And an engineering position no less. Holy hell.

  4. #404
    Senior Member Disco's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    12,231
    Mentioned
    46 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy View Post
    Wait, no. That's next week's. This one is just 'Java Developer'.
    Are you sure it doesn't mean you just make the coffee?

  5. #405
    Won the Old Board Lewis's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    Hull
    Posts
    27,079
    Mentioned
    132 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Nice one, Boyd. Where is it?

  6. #406
    Senior Member Boydy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    12,592
    Mentioned
    78 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    That's the most unexpected double post on here.

    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    And an engineering position no less. Holy hell.

    Quote Originally Posted by Disco View Post
    Are you sure it doesn't mean you just make the coffee?


    The test for it was quite odd if it does.
    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis View Post
    Nice one, Boyd. Where is it?
    Lahdahn.

  7. #407
    ram it up your shitpipe Giggles's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    Kildare
    Posts
    30,459
    Mentioned
    138 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy View Post
    Lahdahn.
    Commiserations.

  8. #408
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    3,865
    Mentioned
    49 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Congrats Boyd.

    On a more disappointing note I'm getting a letter tomorrow telling me I'm in scope for a re-organisation and more than likely will have a new job, or none at all. Two months after getting first told a re-organisation was happening we had a 'townhall' today which raised more questions than answers and didn't actually tell us what the organisation will look like.

    Terrible day. A career limiting day too, more than likely. Everything I've heard sounds like I'm in the wrong part of the business.

  9. #409
    More successful than most Magic's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    Scotchland
    Posts
    17,921
    Mentioned
    72 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Lol Irish me here but is that Laaandan or is there actually a place called Lahdahn?

  10. #410
    Senior Member Boydy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    12,592
    Mentioned
    78 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    It's London.

  11. #411
    Senior Member Boydy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    12,592
    Mentioned
    78 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    Commiserations.
    I was looking in Belfast too but wasn't having much luck.

  12. #412
    More successful than most Magic's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    Scotchland
    Posts
    17,921
    Mentioned
    72 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)


    Just checking.

  13. #413
    Senior Member Spikey M's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2016
    Posts
    22,470
    Mentioned
    35 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    It’s Londonderry, they just shorten it to London because they love it.

  14. #414
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    Jacksonville, FL
    Posts
    8,567
    Mentioned
    51 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Nice one Boydy. Are you going to accept or hold on to have the other interview?

  15. #415
    Administrator SvN's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    6,574
    Mentioned
    89 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    The cuntish thing to do would to be accept and attend the other interview anyway.

  16. #416
    More successful than most Magic's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    Scotchland
    Posts
    17,921
    Mentioned
    72 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by SvN View Post
    The cuntish thing to do would to be accept and attend the other interview anyway.
    Do it Boyd. Lead the fuckers on.

  17. #417
    I used to be funny.
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    21,258
    Mentioned
    41 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    After thinking I'd turned a corner with the call centre stuff, my new manager in waiting has decided I can desk share with someone who works 12 hour shifts. I work full time. He looked at that, smiled and left for two weeks.

  18. #418
    Senior Member Adamski's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    2,646
    Mentioned
    11 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy View Post
    It seems alright. I feel like I can't really afford to be all that picky about my first dev job though. I dunno.

    They want me to start ASAP and defer my final MSc project to part time and will give me study leave to complete it. I kinda wanted to get it over and done with and start in September but it's nice they're offering study leave.

    My mate (also a developer but self taught) is telling me I should push for more money too.
    Last I remember you were just looking to start getting into some qualifications, well done! What did you end up studying?

    We use Java at my place too.

  19. #419
    DEATH TO THE WEIRD Raoul Duke's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    Haarlem
    Posts
    6,802
    Mentioned
    23 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Nice one Boyd

    Feel free to PM me if you want some info on London salaries/locations etc.

  20. #420
    ram it up your shitpipe Giggles's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    Kildare
    Posts
    30,459
    Mentioned
    138 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Raoul Duke View Post
    Nice one Boyd

    Feel free to PM me if you want some info on London salaries/locations etc.
    Why would he want info on salaries when he's just got a job?

  21. #421
    Senior Member John's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2015
    Location
    Glasgow
    Posts
    8,833
    Mentioned
    45 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    Why would he want info on salaries when he's just got a job?
    He said his mate told him he should be pushing for more money.

  22. #422
    ram it up your shitpipe Giggles's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    Kildare
    Posts
    30,459
    Mentioned
    138 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by John View Post
    He said his mate told him he should be pushing for more money.
    They'll just take the next person on the list then.

  23. #423
    Isn't he banned? Baz's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2015
    Posts
    15,019
    Mentioned
    199 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    I’m off today and it’s the first of six, then I’m in for three days and then off for two weeks.
    I'm a twit

  24. #424
    More successful than most Magic's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    Scotchland
    Posts
    17,921
    Mentioned
    72 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Yeah I'd be careful about the wage thing, establish yourself first. If they don't recognise move on you'll be in a much stronger position to negotiate if you're in a decent job already (You can lie about your current basic).

  25. #425
    Senior Member Boydy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    12,592
    Mentioned
    78 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by SvN View Post
    The cuntish thing to do would to be accept and attend the other interview anyway.
    Probably won't do that as I hate interviews. The fewer I have to go to the better.

    I want to know how much the other one pays though. Its advert just said 'competitive' when I applied. Hate that.

    Might just email them and ask.
    Quote Originally Posted by Adamski View Post
    Last I remember you were just looking to start getting into some qualifications, well done! What did you end up studying?

    We use Java at my place too.
    Did an MSc Software Development at Queen's in Belfast. Well, still doing. Haven't done my final project yet.
    Quote Originally Posted by Raoul Duke View Post
    Nice one Boyd

    Feel free to PM me if you want some info on London salaries/locations etc.
    Cheers.

  26. #426
    Administrator SvN's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    6,574
    Mentioned
    89 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    In my experience, "competitive" means "as little as we think we can get away with".

  27. #427
    Senior Member Boydy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    12,592
    Mentioned
    78 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by SvN View Post
    In my experience, "competitive" means "as little as we think we can get away with".
    Yeah, that's what I imagine.

    I've emailed them to ask anyway.

    Does anyone else still have problems with multi-quoting on mobile? It still keeps giving me all the posts I've quoted already in the reply box.

  28. #428
    Won the Old Board Lewis's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    Hull
    Posts
    27,079
    Mentioned
    132 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Develop a solution to it big man.

  29. #429
    Senior Member Boydy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    12,592
    Mentioned
    78 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Do you want me to phonics the board?

  30. #430
    Won the Old Board Lewis's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    Hull
    Posts
    27,079
    Mentioned
    132 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Make us phonics-proof for your final project.

  31. #431
    Senior Member Boydy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    12,592
    Mentioned
    78 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    The guy from next week's place replied. He says it's dependent on experience and gave me their range. The salary offered in the one from yesterday is near the top of that range and the amount I was gonna ask for is the top of that range.

    I should just take the one I've been offered already, shouldn't I?

  32. #432
    Administrator SvN's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    6,574
    Mentioned
    89 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Probably. As your professional experience is close to zero (from what I can gather), it sounds like you won't get near the salary you want.

  33. #433
    Senior Member Boydy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    12,592
    Mentioned
    78 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Yeah, that's what I imagine. They'd just say I've got no experience and stick me on the bottom end of their scale. Which is fair enough but I'd be stupid to take that if I've got a better offer elsewhere.

  34. #434
    Senior Member Boydy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    12,592
    Mentioned
    78 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Got them to up the money so I've accepted it.

    Woo, big boy job.

  35. #435
    More successful than most Magic's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    Scotchland
    Posts
    17,921
    Mentioned
    72 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Boyd's clear alpha in these last two pages is making me suicidal.

  36. #436
    DEATH TO THE WEIRD Raoul Duke's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    Haarlem
    Posts
    6,802
    Mentioned
    23 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    Boyd's clear alpha in these last two pages is making me suicidal.
    And he's a proper engineer, whilst you're a sales monkey

  37. #437
    Administrator SvN's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    6,574
    Mentioned
    89 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Well in Boydy

  38. #438
    Senior Member wullie's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    3,644
    Mentioned
    45 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Learned all about GDPR in a course today and did the exam in 20 minutes, now I can barely remember what the G stands for.

  39. #439
    Administrator Kikó's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2015
    Location
    Laaaaaandan
    Posts
    12,153
    Mentioned
    19 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Boydy are you doing any RPA?

  40. #440
    Senior Member Adamski's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    2,646
    Mentioned
    11 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Kikó View Post
    Boydy are you doing any RPA?
    I think they’re past all that fighting over there now.

  41. #441
    Senior Member Boydy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    12,592
    Mentioned
    78 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Will I be in this job? I don't think so, no.

  42. #442
    Administrator Kikó's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2015
    Location
    Laaaaaandan
    Posts
    12,153
    Mentioned
    19 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    To be sure.

    Edit: anything you're looking to learn?

  43. #443
    Isn't he banned? Baz's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2015
    Posts
    15,019
    Mentioned
    199 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Well in Boydy.
    I'm a twit

  44. #444
    Custom User Title phonics's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2015
    Posts
    18,152
    Mentioned
    118 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Yeah just wanted to say congrats Boydy. I feel this weird sort of pride that you've found something, taught it to yourself and made a career from it Seriously, well done. Stick it out, after a few months it'll start to seem like an absolute chore but the learning on the job nature of it will be invaluable. Now you're in this world, never give up, just move somewhere else if it gets bad. You're in an area that has more good jobs than good people. Take advantage of it.

  45. #445
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    1,148
    Mentioned
    6 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Nice one Boyd

  46. #446
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    3,865
    Mentioned
    49 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Corporate Boyd

  47. #447
    Webly Ian's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    20,654
    Mentioned
    123 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Foe View Post
    Corporate Boyd
    I can just see him walking in to the Corporation music. Boyd.

  48. #448
    Senior Member Boydy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    12,592
    Mentioned
    78 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Thanks everyone.

  49. #449
    Administrator SvN's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    6,574
    Mentioned
    89 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Absolute chaos today. Dozens of clients suddenly realising they need to make changes to be GDPR compliant and panicking that it needs to be done today. There's pretty much zero chance they're all going to get done today, which no doubt will piss them off - but fuck me, this deadline has been known for over a year, and we've emailed everyone about it 3 times.

  50. #450
    Senior Member wullie's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    3,644
    Mentioned
    45 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    We were told that you don't even have to have everything in place by tomorrow, just be able to show that you're taking steps. Everyone's going mad with it.

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •