Timeline for Why do ads for s/w engineers always say they "offer a fast-paced environment"?
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| Mar 19, 2011 at 17:44 | comment | added | bit-twiddler | No, it is a legal technique that is used by HR to discriminate without running afoul of employment laws. It is illegal for HR to say that they are only looking at candidates who are young and unencumbered. | |
| Mar 18, 2011 at 15:12 | comment | added | Martin Beckett | @Kaz - a good sysadmin? Or do you prefer it when your admins are running around screaming in a panic all the time. | |
| Mar 18, 2011 at 10:16 | comment | added | Kaz Dragon | Who wants a boring job? Airplane pilots. | |
| Mar 18, 2011 at 10:03 | comment | added | Walter Mitty | Somebody once asked me "isn't DBA work boring?" I replied, "only when you do it right." | |
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| Mar 18, 2011 at 7:34 | comment | added | jwenting | @Ethel: fact paced in reality means constant high pressure and stress because of overly tight deadlines, poor specs, and general poor management. As a result it usually also means delivering poor value for money, as there's no time for proper QA, documentation, requirements gathering, etc. | |
| Mar 17, 2011 at 20:58 | comment | added | Ethel Evans | Boring code and products are good, agreed. I think we're disagreeing about what "fast-paced" means in a work-environment. I think fast-paced means delivering business value quickly and consistently. I think people get confused and think it means working hard and being stressed, always being in emergency mode, etc. These things slow down the pace of releasing business value, however, and therefore are truly symptoms of a slow-paced work environment. I fixed my answer up to better explain my point-of-view on this. | |
| Mar 17, 2011 at 20:48 | comment | added | Sparky | @Ethel - I aim for boring. If I am too busy, I do not have time to do things properly, to learn or to grow. Boring work still needs to get done. Boring code just works, and does not break. When bored, I take the opportunity to learn and try something new to make things even better (and ultimately more boring). | |
| Mar 17, 2011 at 20:36 | comment | added | Ethel Evans | Is it wrong? I generally don't pick up new skills and grow my abilities doing boring work, and top talent generally still wants to grow. If that top talent wants work-life balance, it's even more important to be able to grow on the job and not only in their free time. On the other hand, people can often mix up "non-stop emergencies" with "interesting work". IME, emergencies are very boring and just get in the way of the interesting work offered by a real fast-paced environment. | |
| Mar 17, 2011 at 20:26 | history | answered | Sparky | CC BY-SA 2.5 |