grover_hartmann

I'll do that. I've already asked what they use for their stack, they mentioned they don't use any PHP frameworks.

They mentioned they use OOP and things like that, but their codebase appears to be plain PHP with no frameworks.

I'm developing on the company's machines. Why would that be a problem?

They created an account for me on the Windows machines. I'm on my way to set up an Arch VM.

What about the fact that they all are using Windows on the desktop? I'm a Linux person and I can't use anything else. I've been using Linux for 15 years.

I asked if they can let me install Linux on the computers, they said I have to use a VM.

I'm fine with a VM but I also need my window manager of choice (i3-wm) and so on.

Would it be okay if I install Arch Linux on VirtualBox and I fullscreen the VM? What about performance then?

All the other developers are using Windows and putty shells and Sublime Text as their editor.

I asked if I could bring my own laptop but they said I can't.

Suggestions welcome.

Probably not, the use of personal hardware is forbidden, and I think that includes personal USB drives as well.

Changing hardware on Linux is very seamless, unlike Windows.

It's not that I can't develop software on Windows, I could if I really wanted to.

It's just that GNU/Linux happens to be my preferred environment for writing code, and I see nothing wrong with that.

"Be careful about caffeine and sugar, as the crashes will probably hit you harder than most"

What do you mean with this exactly?

I've been working remotely over the internet, on different timezones, with different people from different countries. Not in a specific organization in my country.

We were using Slack to communicate, and I was communicating on a daily basis with the manager.

I could get work done, don't get me wrong, it's just that it does takes me more time to complete than other developers.

Sometimes I could do them faster than others. It depends.

I also believe my problem could be discipline.

I usually work during the night, sometimes in the morning. I choose the night because it's less distraction, but then I distract myself with reddit or IRC, and I get little done.

I remember having some learning difficulties when I was at school, not sure if that was related to attention problems, and I had to go to a special school for that.

These days I don't have much problem with learning, but with attention/productivity.

Yes, we are in a separate timezone, and some of their developers are too.

This was remote work.

No, I never spoke with a psychiatrist.

- There are times I get along with my coworkers, which happens to be most of the time, there are times I don't.

- I don't know, I feel performance tends to be one of my problems, especially when working under pressure and being stressed / burned.

I hate working under pressure, and when clients have unrealistic expectations. I don't mind deadlines if they are realistic.

- Yes, but I tend to get stuck a lot, I try to solve problems and most of the time I can solve them, but it takes time, and what frustrates me the most is when clients don't understand that writing code takes time, and they insist, several times per day... with emails: "How it's going?" and so on, then they might get rude, etc.

This is what frustrates me the most, unfortunately many managers and clients don't understand that writing code is hard work and when I'm taking more than a week on a task they fire me.

- No, if I misunderstand something I speak immediately.

I don't know, they tend to be vague, but performance comes to mind. They sent me this email today which is really vague:

"Given the urgency of the project, and the communication problems, I don't think this is a good first Company project for you. I removed you from the project. So I can make sure you're put in a better position, what's the ideal project for you?"

Most of the time I get the work done, yes. But there are other times where the client doesn't have realistic goals, like the last project I've been to, they just say something like this:

"We need to ship this on Monday May 11th, so we need you to aggressively plug away on this. You still need to do X and Y. I'm going to put something together with info on how to prioritize the work."

And this after 2 weeks of hiring me, then they say nothing and fire me, without a word, while I'm getting the work done.

What details would you like to know?

Thanks.

Thanks, I'm sure transfering Bitcoin is super secure.

What I'm not sure is how to exchange BTC for BRL (Brazilian reais), I'm from Brazil.

Yes.

I also find that weird.

Could someone elaborate more on this?

I understand, sorry about that.

You can thank Linus for that, i.e. for refusing to upgrade to GPLv3.

GPLv3 deals with this problem exactly:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoization

More like: The world doesn't give a shit about what "America" does.

Also, America is a continent and not a country.

Problem is, what happens when they start doing this in firmware ROM next time? If they don't already.

Thanks.

Good advice. Thanks.

Damn, it didn't use to be this way back then (5 years ago or so). Why is that remote work went to shit?

How do you know what their problems are though if they won't even give you a chance to an interview?

Sorry about that, I wouldn't think there would be a problem with that.

I agree I should have removed links and the like but I completely forgot it.

I agree with that. Thanks for the advice.

So when you go out and look for a job, do you also expect the job to come to you, or you go after the job?

Nobody will give you a job on a silver platter.

Contributing to open source is one thing, looking for a job is another one.

Thanks for the advice though.