hahahaha geluk
Ek moet nog gaan vir die nuwe id - my groen boekie is besig om uit mekaar te val
Ja ek ook, maar ek 'n swankie leer cover wat ek al het van 2004 af, en hy hou nog my ID in een stuk.
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Iām sitting in meetings all day. Iām not listening really. I set myself up in the corner where no one can see my screen and Iām just hanging out on MEW.
Entertain me mortals.
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NO!
Hammer - mine was in a leather cover as well, it now has separated from the cover
YEY! How did I miss this?
Hello people
I had an informal interview for a part-time job this morning. I believe it can be great experience for whatever I do in the future, will look good on my CV. Now I just need to decide whether Iāll actually have the time for it.
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I also went for an interview this afternoon and how surprised i was to find out how interviews have changed since i last went for one. Back in the day you spoke to someone for 20mins, maybe showed them what projects youāve worked on etc and your hired. (In my case that is)
This afternoon was hecticā¦ had to write code, SQL queries and solve logic problems etc out on paper while the interviewers where in the room waiting for me to finish. Felt like i was back in high school during exams 
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Oooh, nice. Although I quite like the MP7ā¦will have to try out the MP5 and see which one I prefer.
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Thatās pretty hectic!
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Pretty standard for interviews. At least you didnāt do a white-board coding test in front of a panelā¦ Itās becoming quite common around here as well and stems from the Silicon Valley giants. Thereās a lot of controversy surrounding such ātestsā and how valuable they actually are.
We tend to be quite lenient in interviews though. Through the years Iāve learned what to ask and what to look out for in developers when interviewing them without making them feel on edge. The ones Iāve personally interviewed and selected as part of our team have turned out to be the so-called ārockstarā developers, on their way to being 10xās. Weāre in the process of formalizing this a bit to filter out deadend CVs and to not waste time in interviews.
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My dads boss once told him you need all kinds of people in the workplace.
From rockstars to those old ballies that are reliable and know things. The young ones that make mistakes and hopefully learn from their mistakes and want to try new things.
Like the old saying goes if everyone is special nobody is. Also I would probably fail those kind of tests.
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Thing is, my clients expect ārockstarsā due to our position in the market as a consultancy. The clients donāt want to pay school fees when they can just appoint and train someone of their own accord. We train up junior developers internally on difficult projects led by senior team members until theyāre ready to represent at a client, but weāve been struggling to keep up recently and our stronger developers have been juggling multiple projects at once, leaving the junior members to fend for themselves a bit.
So yes, in a more tranditional, enterprise environment you can afford a huge range of skills and people contributing more (or less) than others to projects, but in a small firm you have to be able to add value from pretty much day oneā¦ The reality is youāll probably develop your skills quicker in a more intimate environment due to being involved in more projects, having a lot of responsibility and being exposed to more industries. Thatās my experience the past 4 years anyway.
Morning everyone. Itās FRIDAY!!! Thank goodness.
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Is it home time yet?
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hello hello hello friday!
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Morning people of the palace
I also want home time now please
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All i wanted this morning was to switch off my alarm and just fall back to sleep
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thats been me every morning this week
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