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How to Spot Toxic Software Jobs from Their Descriptions

5 pointsby PretzelFischover 4 years ago

4 comments

chadcmulliganover 4 years ago
I saw one recently with "regular push up competitions" for a C++ software developer. I was very tempted to apply just to see what was going on there, but figured it would keep me awake nights.
non-entityover 4 years ago
&gt; A clear, concise summary of what you would be doing in this job without excessive use of buzz words<p>Sadly I almost never see this from job postings.
thdcover 4 years ago
I&#x27;d like to believe a lot of job descriptions end up copying each others formats, so how could we differentiate between those that are copying toxic jobs&#x27; descriptions and those that actually are toxic jobs?<p>Unless we&#x27;re putting them in the same category.
karmakazeover 4 years ago
&gt; Who desires to refactor someone else’s bad code?<p>Sounds great, where do I sign up? Can I also improve the run space&#x2F;time?