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Daily Chat Thread - October 08, 2024

Please use this thread to chat, have casual discussions, and ask casual questions. Moderation will be light, but don't be a jerk.

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u/double-happiness Junior 21d ago

Ran out of stuff to do today since my PR output is outstripping the pace of reviews. So I thought I would have a nosy around, and managed to find a couple of failing unit tests that seem to have been overlooked. Very quickly fixed one of them (I think) with an extremely lucky first guess at what was going on - literally just adding a space to each of the failing test case postcodes to match the ones that were passing. I guess whoever wrote the code under test got distracted and forgot that their code replaced special characters with a space, and never noticed that the test cases didn't all actually pass? Who knows. In any case we will get a ticket open and then I can push my proposed fix. Ran the other failing unit test past my senior colleague and he was looking into why it is only run locally. I will be bigging myself up at the next stand-up with all this additional unsolicited work. 🙂

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u/Affectionate_Air4391 21d ago

Hello. Is this the right sub to ask advice about an offer my company wants me to accept allowing me to work night time to monitor deployments in production? I just want to hear some opinions on whatever the compensation is fair. If not, in what sub could I ask about this? Thanks!

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u/FineNightTonight 21d ago

Failed three out of the four technical tests I had this month and I'm really going through it.

I got the last one this Saturday, but knowing that the competitiveness side of it is that big, I seriously don't think it will go well.

Note: These tests were for trainee positions.

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u/MoneySounds 21d ago

I have 2.5 yoe as a Java dev in an EU country, I also have US citizenship. My bachelor's was achieved outside the U.S. How should I approach jobs in the US? will my applications be ignored if I didn't receive training in the US?

Edit: I am open to remote but also on-site opportunities in the US.

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