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by turk183 3219 days ago
Thomson Reuters did this using Belarus. Any systems in "maintenance mode" get sent to code monkeys in former Eastern Bloc nations. The quality is fair, but a lot better than what happened with India (sorry, India, I still love some of you guys, but the frustrations have left deep scars, too).

It's not like American developers are faring much better in those items you listed--offices have become crap, hardware middling, policiies, Ha! Whatever they can geta away with, typically mental torture. Benefits and time off have been historically good but are dropping, pure misery, you betcha!
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expertentipp 3219 days ago
What quality are you expecting?! The salaries aside, the policies (VPN only with permission, only Windows allowed, problems with remote working, getting paid to sit on chair 9-5, some weird virtual machine setups motivated by "security") are killing creativeness in the most talented people.
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pilsetnieks 3219 days ago
The complaints being so specific, it feels like you're having some discontent with your workplace and feeling that you're trapped there because "there's nothing better out there anyway." Well, don't despair, look around more, you might find that there are places you could actually like.

In the conditions you described, it may be worth it to take a small pay cut to get away from a soulcrushing job that makes you question your existence. Money really isn't everything.

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quuquuquu 3219 days ago
I agree with you, but unfortunately not everyone who is qualified can work for a good employer.

Why?

If x is the number of dev jobs available in the world, and 0.4x is the number of dev jobs that are not laden with bullshit...

I'm willing to bet the number of qualified devs looking for work is more like 0.8x, implying 50% will be SOL

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