New job with a software company
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So I'm taking a new job with a software company being a C# ASP.NET developer.:-D I realized that for the first time in my career, I'm going to work at a software company instead of a "regular" company that happens to have developers and an IT/IS department. I'm not sure what to expect as far as the culture and environment of a company that focuses on software instead of just happening to use software. Up until now, IT/IS has been just a cost center, or sometimes viewed as a burden, or necessary evil. What has been your experience with working for "regular" or conventional companies and software companies?
Success is the happy feeling you get between the time you do something and the time you tell a woman what you did. --Dibert My left name is Tremendous Savings, Ms. America – Señor Cardgage
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So I'm taking a new job with a software company being a C# ASP.NET developer.:-D I realized that for the first time in my career, I'm going to work at a software company instead of a "regular" company that happens to have developers and an IT/IS department. I'm not sure what to expect as far as the culture and environment of a company that focuses on software instead of just happening to use software. Up until now, IT/IS has been just a cost center, or sometimes viewed as a burden, or necessary evil. What has been your experience with working for "regular" or conventional companies and software companies?
Success is the happy feeling you get between the time you do something and the time you tell a woman what you did. --Dibert My left name is Tremendous Savings, Ms. America – Señor Cardgage
senylity wrote:
I'm not sure what to expect as far as the culture and environment of a company that focuses on software instead of just happening to use software.
Expect to work with better/smarter/harder-working/motivated developers.
:josh: My WPF Blog[^] Without a strive for perfection I would be terribly bored.
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So I'm taking a new job with a software company being a C# ASP.NET developer.:-D I realized that for the first time in my career, I'm going to work at a software company instead of a "regular" company that happens to have developers and an IT/IS department. I'm not sure what to expect as far as the culture and environment of a company that focuses on software instead of just happening to use software. Up until now, IT/IS has been just a cost center, or sometimes viewed as a burden, or necessary evil. What has been your experience with working for "regular" or conventional companies and software companies?
Success is the happy feeling you get between the time you do something and the time you tell a woman what you did. --Dibert My left name is Tremendous Savings, Ms. America – Señor Cardgage
As long as you don't end up working for a sweat-shop web outfitter, things should be ok :laugh: But if you're young enough, you will probably be willing to sell your soul to the overtime and no weekend gods, just to prove your worth...LOL
Yours Truly, The One and Only!
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So I'm taking a new job with a software company being a C# ASP.NET developer.:-D I realized that for the first time in my career, I'm going to work at a software company instead of a "regular" company that happens to have developers and an IT/IS department. I'm not sure what to expect as far as the culture and environment of a company that focuses on software instead of just happening to use software. Up until now, IT/IS has been just a cost center, or sometimes viewed as a burden, or necessary evil. What has been your experience with working for "regular" or conventional companies and software companies?
Success is the happy feeling you get between the time you do something and the time you tell a woman what you did. --Dibert My left name is Tremendous Savings, Ms. America – Señor Cardgage
senylity wrote:
What has been your experience with working for "regular" or conventional companies and software companies?
Personally, I didn't care for it. It started out great but quickly became a sweatshop with the 12 hour day 7 days a week grind. I enjoyed myself and my marriage much more working at a regular company. The irony is that I now own and run my own "software company" of course we focus on doing business with the regular companies that cant or don't want to have developers on the payroll. But, I never push my contractors through a grind.
My Blog A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - -Lazarus Long
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So I'm taking a new job with a software company being a C# ASP.NET developer.:-D I realized that for the first time in my career, I'm going to work at a software company instead of a "regular" company that happens to have developers and an IT/IS department. I'm not sure what to expect as far as the culture and environment of a company that focuses on software instead of just happening to use software. Up until now, IT/IS has been just a cost center, or sometimes viewed as a burden, or necessary evil. What has been your experience with working for "regular" or conventional companies and software companies?
Success is the happy feeling you get between the time you do something and the time you tell a woman what you did. --Dibert My left name is Tremendous Savings, Ms. America – Señor Cardgage
senylity wrote:
So I'm taking a new job with a software company being a C# ASP.NET developer.
First off, CONGRATULATIONS! :-D I am actually in the same boat! I just accepted an offer to work for a software development company and move from my current position of a Developer that does support work.:~ I am really interested in these responses as well.
senylity wrote:
What has been your experience with working for "regular" or conventional companies and software companies?
Having worked in companies which products/services are "non IT specific", I can't do an accurate comparison. :doh: However, I have noticed the developers are more "relaxed" with there standards of getting it working and moving to the next project verses making it reusable. During my interview, one of the questions (and during the coding test I should add), it was requested how I would make a piece of code reusable where it did not reply on any data layer (trying to be very generic here).:laugh: IMO, It was nice speaking to people who would ask why would you do something this way in the interview, verses the usual "can you just cut that out and deliver it earlier" conversation I usually have.
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senylity wrote:
I'm not sure what to expect as far as the culture and environment of a company that focuses on software instead of just happening to use software.
Expect to work with better/smarter/harder-working/motivated developers.
:josh: My WPF Blog[^] Without a strive for perfection I would be terribly bored.
Josh Smith wrote:
Expect to work with better/smarter/harder-working/motivated developers.
Gosh I hope so. We'll see what happens.
Success is the happy feeling you get between the time you do something and the time you tell a woman what you did. --Dibert My left name is Tremendous Savings, Ms. America – Señor Cardgage
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As long as you don't end up working for a sweat-shop web outfitter, things should be ok :laugh: But if you're young enough, you will probably be willing to sell your soul to the overtime and no weekend gods, just to prove your worth...LOL
Yours Truly, The One and Only!
_NightOwl_ wrote:
As long as you don't end up working for a sweat-shop web outfitter, things should be ok But if you're young enough, you will probably be willing to sell your soul to the overtime and no weekend gods, just to prove your worth...LOL
I have been doing asp.net for 5 years now, so I don't feel that I have to prove my worth. Plus I asked about the working conditions in the interview. They told me that this won't happen. Let's hope they live up to their word.
Success is the happy feeling you get between the time you do something and the time you tell a woman what you did. --Dibert My left name is Tremendous Savings, Ms. America – Señor Cardgage
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senylity wrote:
What has been your experience with working for "regular" or conventional companies and software companies?
Personally, I didn't care for it. It started out great but quickly became a sweatshop with the 12 hour day 7 days a week grind. I enjoyed myself and my marriage much more working at a regular company. The irony is that I now own and run my own "software company" of course we focus on doing business with the regular companies that cant or don't want to have developers on the payroll. But, I never push my contractors through a grind.
My Blog A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - -Lazarus Long
Chris Austin wrote:
It started out great but quickly became a sweatshop with the 12 hour day 7 days a week grind.
I asked this in my interview, and they told me that this wouldn't happen. Let's hope it doesn't happen. The company is a subsidary of a parent company, and their clients are mostly their sister companies. So I guess my original message should be amended a little... But the company itself is a software company.
Success is the happy feeling you get between the time you do something and the time you tell a woman what you did. --Dibert My left name is Tremendous Savings, Ms. America – Señor Cardgage
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So I'm taking a new job with a software company being a C# ASP.NET developer.:-D I realized that for the first time in my career, I'm going to work at a software company instead of a "regular" company that happens to have developers and an IT/IS department. I'm not sure what to expect as far as the culture and environment of a company that focuses on software instead of just happening to use software. Up until now, IT/IS has been just a cost center, or sometimes viewed as a burden, or necessary evil. What has been your experience with working for "regular" or conventional companies and software companies?
Success is the happy feeling you get between the time you do something and the time you tell a woman what you did. --Dibert My left name is Tremendous Savings, Ms. America – Señor Cardgage
senylity wrote:
Up until now, IT/IS has been just a cost center, or sometimes viewed as a burden, or necessary evil.
In that case then get rid of the cost and see how far the company goes.
senylity wrote:
What has been your experience with working for "regular" or conventional companies and software companies?
In my experience: The standard is higher in software companies. However, I'm hiring at the moment and the candidates come from various backgrounds and I'm beginning to see that perhaps I was just lucky. The best candidate we've had so far comes from a company that has in-house developers.
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