Make working from home a better option for yourself (then people can't bother you in-person, either!). Ask about the team culture in general - some teams aren't actually that loud most of the time, even in an open layout. ![]() Be willing to compromise by asking for a quieter area of the room/floor. So I agree with many of the people in this thread. It's just not common anymore and, frankly, you won't find many places willing to budge on it, especially because of fairness ("hey, why does the new guy get an office? I've been here for five years!"). At my current job, at a 1.5 billion dollar a year e-commerce company with 2000 employees in my location, only the C-level people and a couple of VPs have offices. At my last job, only the director of the engineering department and the really high up PM/Sales guy had offices. Many places these days don't even have offices or, if they do, they are for top people or people who require offices by law (HR, etc.). While I understand that open layouts suck (I'm in one now, like most people), you have to understand that by putting that restriction in place, you are severely limiting the number of places you will be able to work at. Make it more about the general work environment and less about getting special treatment. Instead of "can you offer me an office with a door?" try "does your company provide all software engineers with offices?" Something like that. I just think you have to ask differently. With that said, I do understand the desire to have your own office. We might as well pay you double what everyone else at your level is making and give you a framed offer letter to hang on your door.Īnyway, that's how things would work at my company. You'd have to be pretty amazing to be worth the acrimony of giving you an office. ![]() Can you imagine how jealous everyone else would feel if we hired a new software engineer and gave him an office?įairness, or at least the illusion of it, is very important to keeping people happy. So does my boss, and he's a senior director with probably 100 people under him. I'm a manager and I have a shitty cubicle. Anyone have experience/success with this angle? Kind of sick of being made to feel like I'm not a team player because I like to concentrate. ![]() Is that really such a bad question? Sorry we can collaborate all day if you want me to, but when I need to code I want to go sit in silence, and silence doesn't mean blasting classical music in headphones while I drown out people talking. That generally sparks some BS line about preferring a "collaborative environment", etc but in the times I have used it has produced a noticeably negative impression in the people I asked. One of the things I am consistently asking recruiters/hiring managers is: "Can you offer me an office with a door?". I'm being very selective in this process as I'm not certain I want to leave and for the first time in my life I feel like I have real bargaining power in the hiring process (a few years of experience really turns the tables in software dev guys). I've been applying to jobs, talking to recruiters a bit after a few years out of it. We could always do with more help and wisdom, friend! The better the FAQ, the harder we can come down on lazy posters with low-effort OPs, which means a higher quality subreddit experience for you. Please don't start new threads about these topics without getting mod permission first, lest we be forced to. In addition to a chat thread that's newly spawned every day, we have a daily rotation for threads for certain topics. These are only posted by mods, following the schedule listed in the FAQ. More info about the salary survey can be found on the subreddit wiki. Share your current compensation and review the data submitted by other users in the two links above. These are the old responses to the previous survey The survey and response spreadsheet have been updated as of November 23, 2018. Tl dr: darker colors = more posting experience here. Noticed some cool user flair around? Take a look at this thread to see what it's all about. Second: Check out this awesome "quick answers to common questions" threadįourth: Search for prior posts on the subject Please note that we, the CSCQ mod team are not in charge of this discord. Please check it out for your chatting needs: ![]() DiscordĬSCQ regular u/Kevincav runs a discord called CS Career Hub. Please keep the conversation professional, adhere to the reddiquette, and remember to READ OUR RULES. Here we discuss careers in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, and related fields. Welcome, one and all, to CSCareerQuestions!
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