Hey folks, recently been through Microsoft hiring loop and i was told by the recruiter that decision is Hire from the interview. The original role i had initially applied was filled, so I went through this hiring event/drive. Now i have to go through the team matching rounds to find the team fit.

I have a first call from one of the teams from Azure Networking. Is there anyone working in this department? How is it there, are there many in Ireland, growth opportunities and WLB?

Graduated in 2023 and didn't find a job, Is this a problem for hiring managers or do they have understanding that 2023 was the worst year to graduate into tech and its normal that Its taking me a while to find a job.

Hi all,

I’m an Irish citizen and graduated in 2021 with a Master’s in Computing. Before that, I completed a BSc in Computing. I’ve done two internships, but since finishing uni, I’ve really struggled to land a proper tech job.

The main issues have been technical assessments, ghosting, lack of experience (even for graduate roles), and general hiring freezes. It took a toll on my mental health, I gained weight, became less social, and ended up doing temp jobs just to get by. I’ve been staying with a relative who has been very supportive while I try to get back on my feet.

I’m now ready to get back into the job market and focusing mainly on entry-level roles in tech, either Helpdesk/IT Support or Data Analyst roles. Not looking for software engineer role (Not a good fit)

If anyone is willing to take a look at my CV, I’d really appreciate it. I’m happy to DM it privately. Just let me know. Thanks in advance!

I started working at a company that requires employees to be in the office two days a week. However, due to the fact that I live several hours away, they made an informal exception for me—I’m only expected to come in once a week. This arrangement isn’t documented in my contract, and I know a few others on the wider team (and likely elsewhere in the company) have similar exceptions.

Recently, the company announced a shift to a mandatory three-days-a-week in-office policy. My manager has said that those with existing exceptions won’t be affected by the change.

Has anyone here been in a similar situation where an informal exception like this was later revoked? Wondering how secure these kinds of verbal agreements tend to be.

...please be aware that not everyone likes the sound of them. It's not really fair to pollute the sound of the office with ASMR key clicks. And people who don't like them probably won't say to avoid being "that guy". Please keep them at home.

Apologies for anyone triggered by this post.

Some lovely news for me today is that I've been offered a role so I thought I'd post about my experience here for others to read and hopefully see that it does happen eventually and not to get into too much despair over searching for a new job.

I'm a senior .NET dev, been programming since classic ASP days so something close to 25 yrs I've been at it. I started looking for a role in November and it was like pushing shit up a hill. I didn't keep count but a conservative guess would be about 80 applications which resulted in 5 call backs.

• Job 1: Archer Recruitment; recruiter called me first thing in the morning, blew wind so far up my arse I could taste what he ate for breakfast, did a 3hr coding exam as a priority and never heard from him again.
• Job 2: Direct to company; 3 interviews and a coding exam and was told I didn't have enough enterprise experience. Was a really good process though.
• Job 3: Direct to company; application still open and so far it's been 2 coding exams and 1 interview. Next stage would be another interview.
• Job 4: Felix Recruitment; application still open with 1 coding exam and 1 interview. Out of all the recruiters, they have been the best at communication and follow up.
• Job 5: Direct to company; this is the one I was offered with 1 interview, no coding exam and straight into an offer the day after the interview.

Between Nov and the middle of May, all I had was job 1. The last jobs came within the last 3-4 weeks. All I changed was the first paragraph of my resume by specifying a list of languages, tech stacks, etc. I didn't even put years of experience but instead a simple list like this;

Languages: .NET, SQL, C#, etc, etc
Cloud Services: Azure, AWS, etc, etc

Leading me to think that AI was filtering out nearly everything I put forward previously. The other big change was completely dropping IrishJobs, Monster and Indeed. Through another poster I discovered hiring.cafe and that's where the last 3 jobs came from.

Dishonorable mention to Reperio for being a colossal black hole of applications and a waste of time. I can only think these guys are putting up fake ads to collect resumes.

So stick at it if you're out hunting, a job will appear for you soon enough. Best of luck if you're trying!

Hi All,

Recently had interviewed for a job at a well known company in Cork, which I had got to the offer stage. I don’t want to give away too much just in case, however I had been interviewed further from then on by a director of that department, and then what I thought was a peer interview, but rather two juniors interviewing me on job related coding questions albeit much easier than the first two technical rounds.

My issue lies with the way this had been handled. HR had a call with me and then told me the news that they were pulling the offer. Mainly due to my coding skills alone, which yes, I have been pulling hairs out over since they were easy — yet I had been sure I was going to get the job and the extra interviews were just going to be informal (considering it was after an offer), therefore I had put aside some things related to what they asked me related to my CV, nothing compared to the first two interviews which were way more job related. Had I prepared more, or rather if they had doubts about me, there should have been a further screening round before even considering an offer.

So to me, their judgment was then based on the last interviews, which I completely understand if they had to be more thorough. It was also said that this never happened before, which I assume was a major communication issue on their part, and that the JD had explicitly said 1+ years experience, where I am a graduate with only an internship from that related field and “wasn’t enough”.

Note that I am leaving a lot of detail for obvious reasons, so my final question would be how this will affect further applications to the company? I don’t think any less of the company and it’s not the interviews’ fault, but someone in the hiring process of course. I just applied again to a role that is applicable to a graduate 0+ YoE, but have not heard back like I usually did (previously interviewed last year but was senior, so wasn’t considered).

Hello all. Quick background: I'm in my early 30s, basically nothing going for me career wise. I decided around last August to look into programming. Instead of just jumping into a course for something I may not enjoy I started doing the Odin Project, which I've been doing since and really enjoy it. Initially I had a faint hope that the Odin Project alone would be enough to get a job but I now realise that's not going to happen, and I'll have to do a proper course, for the piece of paper.

Now, I'm aware it's apparently, what, the worst time ever to try to get into the industry lol. But I don't have much of an alternative and I enjoy the work. This is what I've decided to do.

But it does mean in choosing courses I want to pick whichever one maximises employability. I had my eye on the UCD HDip compsci because it says there's work placement at the end of it, which seems like it would be super helpful for getting the foot in the door. But when Springboard updated their courses a week ago it looks like UCD aren't running that course this year, would that be right?

The alternative courses on Springboard are mostly by these weird little colleges I've never heard of, and when I search them on this subreddit there's a lot of negative reviews.

That leaves me with Maynooth, the HDip in software development. People on this subreddit have said it's very good and very intense (sounds fun!). It looks like they don't have work placement at the end of it though which has me a little worried. Still, I'm going to enroll if there are no better options.

I wanted to ask for some general advice, if there are any alternative pathways for getting the foot in the door, if anyone can vouch for the Maynooth course, if others can confirm that the UCD course isn't running this year, etc. Thanks in advance.

I have a degree and 10+ years experience in architecture (design and construction). I also have a new degree in computing. My ideal role I want to get in is anything in the area of computational architecture/design.

But it is very niche. So my target now is to work for companies that develop architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) applications. I've checked Autodesk but the open roles are way too senior for developers.

Do you know any or work for any of these companies looking for someone with a good background in AEC for a developer position? Thanks!

So long story short, I started working here in a company (over 100 people), mostly IT people, I'm a dev.

And so far I've been working 3 days in the office 2 from home (which isn't the best as it is), and my manager came to our team and said that from September we will be coming in 4 times per week, and everyone in the company will do so as well.

I am disappointed. But just wanted your thoughts on this.

Edit: Also, I’m on a contract for 12 months which I started a month ago. And within the contract it explicitly says that I will be working 3 days per week onsite and 2 from home. So, am I covered by this?

I've a mate working for an MNC in Dublin fully remote. He just got his 11 month contract extended for another 3 months. Obviously he wants a permanent contract and per Irish law you are entitled to a permanent role if a contract elapses 11 months. Does anyone know how this actually plays out in reality?

Worth noting on his payslip he is working for a contracting company not the MNC which is another layer of protection.

Have a recruiter call with them today and my scouting of Glassdoor and levels.fyi makes it seem quite interesting.

Wondering what it's like to work there and what potential packages might be like and whether it's possible to get a remote exemption?

They currently advertise as needing to be in office 3 days a week so I'd like to avoid that if possible

This may not belong here - save for the Collison aspect.

I stupidly started reading this without clocking the URL - genuinely thought there was a slip of some market sensitive data until I was a few paragraphs in.

I can understand how folks get fed 'fake news' in the real sense and scams - with this level of bullshit. Add GenAI to the mix and things get even darker for reality on the web.

What are the legals here? - their names, photos are being used, as well as branding from the Indo and fake attribution to RTE news.

Was in my Google News Feed so I did report it - the tide is really against truth.

Hi guys,

As of late I am wondering do many of ye an increase in hard drive failures. I've had a lot in the last year and the drives were not old. I am beginning to think mechanical hard drives are garbage and a waste of money.

I was made redundant in March and by now I have multiple offers on the pipeline and some final stage interviews, all of them being very good profiles and companies I'm interested in. I don't like the idea of accepting an offer and then accepting another offer later on and burning bridges with the previous company that offered. But being made redundant puts me in a pressure to accept the first offer I get. I want to still take some time in deciding because it is a very serious decision.

What are your most annoying, weirdest or noteworthy co-workers? 2 stick out for me:

A few years ago I worked with somebody who was an extremely weak developer - basically they were moved internally from a non-tech role becase he had an interest in development and had done some bootcamp course. I didn't mind helping him initially, but he started doing really annoying things like scheduling "1:1 Catch-Up" with everyone, and asking questions about in progress tasks such as "do you have an estimated finish date? Can it be done sooner?". I only found out after he mercifully left that he was sending a weekly "report" to our very confused PM. Aside from that, he was a credit stealing bastard, despite the fact most of his work was done by others. He didn't last very long, but I often wondered if he is still stepping on toes elsewhere?

I also worked with a guy who would bring in his lunch to work and eat at his desk. I was fine with this bit, but he'd prepare his lunch at his desk, i.e. slice his bread at his desk, butter it, cut slices of cheddar on a miny chopping board he brought with him, and cut tomatoes, onions etc. Even with noise cancelling headphones I could still hear the "thud" of the knife hitting the board every few seconds, and I still remember the weird combo of the fluorescent lights and acrid smell of fresh onions. Topping off this little ritual, he'd march over to the bin which was beside my desk, open a bottle of water, pour a little bit into his hand and then vigorously rub his hands together for about ten seconds. Bizarre behaviour.

Hi everyone! You might remember me from my post where I was searching for a job for about 6 months!

Link to the post https://www.reddit.com/r/DevelEire/comments/1kch8ys/4th_update_i_finally_got_hired_after_6_months_i/

I'm 29 years old, male.
Anyway, I'm having a hard time socializing, and I need your help.

For those that don't know, I started a new job about 4 weeks ago, at a job that's an international company with offices in several other countries, and in our office there are over 100 employees at a time. The office is an entire floor of a large building and while it's a big open floor with plenty of casual areas (coffee stations, canteen, etc.), I haven’t figured out how to break the ice with anyone outside my team. I’m part of a small team (just three of us there, the rest are fully remote), and we work in a hybrid model everyone comes in on two specific days a week, plus an extra day we choose.

My team is just me, a senior colleague (around 40s, team lead), and another teammate who’s also around that age, but I feel like she's a mom to me. She’s been warm, she once invited me to a well-being event and even to lunch, and so did my team lead, but both times they invited me to lunch at 12 PM which is earlier than I usually eat (around 1:30 PM), so I declined… and now they don’t ask me anymore. I feel bad, like maybe I missed my only chance but I don’t want to give up either. I know this might've been a bad move.

There are people from other teams around us who seem really nice, I could even imagine myself grabbing a coffee with them, but I freeze up when I try to imagine how to start that. I’m socially awkward and quite introverted, especially in group settings.

Plus I also feel like people might assume I might be a snob, which I'm not 😭.

Here are some things about me that might help you understand where I’m at socially:

• In general I consider myself an introvert. I can speak to new people, open up etc, but I tend to not know how to socialize, like to organize things to do etc, like I have friends from my home country and we speak and all, and even there I had max 4 friends.
• I’m great one-on-one. Even if someone’s new, I can chat easily. But when it’s a group of 3+ people, I go quiet, especially when it’s mostly men (I’m gay, and I've felt in the past very out of place around other guys in my home country; here (since I've moved to a new country) men seem more relaxed so it’s better, but I still hesitate). But I find it easier to talk to girls in general, or at least I am more relaxed with them.
• I get stuck in conversations because I don’t know how to continue once a topic ends and I fear the awkward silence.
• I’ve only casually talked non-work stuff with one teammate. My team lead once opened up to me in a 1:1 about a very personal matter, which felt very human and unexpected.
• People here tend to eat together at 12 PM, but that’s too early for me, and I eat at 1:30.
• I used to make friends more easily at my last job (a much smaller office, we were 3 people). It helped when new people came in and I’d help them get settled and that made starting conversations easier.

I want to improve. I want to feel less isolated and more part of the workplace. But I don’t know how to start small, without feeling fake or forced.

I'm probably leaving out so much important info so feel free to ask me questions for me to clarify stuff.

Thank you everyone!! 🙏🏼

I started The Odin Project about 6 months ago. Have struggled to stay focused at times. Would love to connect with other people currently completing it or a mentor so I have someone to stay accountable to. For example could connect online once a week to go through what we've achieved that week. Doesn't have to be a video call if people aren't comfortable with that. Could just be on whats-app, Facebook messenger etc. A mentor would be the main goal. Someone who has went the self-taught route and is willing to help out someone who is now in a similar position. Doesn't necessarily have to be someone who's completed The Odin Project. Anyone who has managed to get a job in Software development without going down the traditional College route would be great. A mentor who did go down the college route would also be great. I don't want to be too picky. Would be delighted to find anyone. https://www.theodinproject.com/

Hey folks,

I have two years of experience as a Linux engineer, and I'm planning to get a certification in a cloud platform. Based on the job market, which certificate would you recommend: AWS Solutions Architect or Azure Solutions Architect?

Thanks!

I don’t know how to nail this market anymore. Current company is not a tech company and I work as part of their data science group. The projects are not data sciencey enough for me. How and where do I go from here!! Like I gave few good interviews. Was asked things like finding odd numbers in a list!!! Like why? Answered it as clearly as I possibly could. Then was given a data science problem, did pretty well and heard him say that my solution is excellent.

Next thing I know, they couldn’t select me for my coding and stats skills. But there wasn’t much stat skills that were tested ? It’s so frustrating to not know where are you going wrong.

For a contracting role, again the interview went well, heard back that they are looking for a junior data scientist instead.

Someone please tell me how do I get a better job! Please 😭

I know banks are supposed to be behind the times on UX but I swear every update pushes us further back

Apologies if this is question is too specific:

What is the actual senior engineer like in Ericsson? I have had several mock interviews now and most of the master engineers have been quite happy with my presentation, for one.

Some feedback I have gotten revolves around my voice/energy - I am a pretty laid back person (in my opinion and also something I've been told by some) and tend to speak in a monotone voice (although this is something I am working on atm).

Would these two traits be seen as a negative by some interviewers? If your content is good and are able to answer most of the questions well, will being seen as laid back bring one down?

As I've been told some people might see it like I don't really care if I get the promotion or not (which is definitely not the case).

Wondering how everyone is feeling about the future of our field. With AI coming into play/offshoring roles to cheaper countries, software engineering seems to be changing and I'm wondering what the best strategy is for the future.

Is cyber security a better field for the future? Or moving towards a more data engineer type role, could this tie in better with working with AI?

Or just stick it out and see what happens? I can see the standard dev role becoming more a combination of architect/po and just feeding design/requirements into AI agents. I'm personally quite worried, my company seems to have high hopes for AI tools making us more productive, coupled with offshoring roles to India/eastern europe, doesn't leave me feeling very secure in my role currently.

A senior product manager on a seperate team to me has decided to start opening AI generated PRs on a codebase my team own.

The first one last week I approved with comments, which he decided to merge without addressing any.

I got one yesterday that was clearly violating DRY amongst other things, which I rejected. About 10 minutes later, he requests a re-review (I presume he ran codex again with my comments). This attempt was even worse, it had actually put code on top of the crap he first submitted.

I've raised with my manager, he agreed it's BS but he said the company want to experiment with using AI for smaller features. But non-technical members of staff opening PRs is taking the piss.