company-questions

A standard set of questions to ask an interviewer?

We have had many questions for interviewers to ask interviewees. But none addressing information flow in the other direction, interviewee to interviewer. Just an indirect question about "deal breakers" and one about "finding dream jobs". What I'm after is when you're interviewing at a company do you have a set of questions that you like...

What to tell an MBA Boss?

Hello all, I have joined recently a small web company, whose only product now is a web product, which until now was being developed by another company (it was outsourced). Recently I am appointed as Tech Lead here with following responsibilities: System Optimization for performance and scalability - front-end and back-end - match glob...

Do you - or does your company - give back to the Open Source / Free Software communities?

Probably most of you use or have used open source/free software for your professional work. Personally I've been using free software tools on most of my jobs. I use free operative systems, IDE's and frameworks on my current job, and the idea is to give back to these projects somehow. Do you - or does your company - support free software...

Feasibility of Scrum with certain modifications to the philosophy

I would prefer if those who answer this question state whether or not they have experience developing in an Agile Environment or if they are speaking from a theoretical standpoint. Backstory: Let's say there is an opportunistic company that develops technologically innovative products (multi-touch interfaces, speech recognition devices...

Job-hunting techniques - should we contact company employees for information

Hi First I can understand it is not programming related but you are welcome to Re-tag it as appropriate. This question is purely targeted to those who are in a position to make hire or fire decisions. I am a bit confused about taking the following action. I have the third and final interview with the senior management in a few days ...

Mid to large companies on alternative .net development tools/framework stack?

Are there any larger shops out there that deviate from the traditional MS .net stack for a more alt.net stack? I'm currently in a mid-size development shop and trying to get the team to open their eyes to the whole .net development universe out there instead of just what is pumped out of Redmond. I'm looking for people who work in a lar...

Tools, working environment, development methods, recruitment in starting a software/web development company.

I am gonna start a startup on dotcom. Since I had usually been working freelance alone (from back-end to front-end) and have no experience in working with other developers on web development, I want to know what are the tools, environment, development process, etc. to start a software/ web development company. Machines - Will use Mac. T...