@jmort253 I'd consider giving "prop-language question" some protection to start with - like 10-rep requirement notice plus long-answers notice. As for question topicality...
...that looks difficult. I am not perfectly happy to see it at WP but on the other hand, as Programmers regular I wouldn't be 100% comfortable having it there. Though I just can not point a finger on what isn't OK exactly, so I may be just wrong...
...consider talking to Porgrammers mods about it; maybe I'm wrong and the question will be OK there
@jmort253 I think answers apply to more than just coding. I suspect that applies to any job with outdated tech. The top answer is applicable to all those questions if you just change "Developer" to "worker"
@enderland Interesting. Although I don't think you should worry. I actually opened up a post on Meta.Stackoverflow.com for the very same reason. [Somebody serially downvoted my Workplace.SE and Politics.SE post(s).] Somebody from the Stackexchange team told me that they're aware of the problem and that I should expect the situation to be corrected soon.
@enderland The interesting thing is: My serial downvoter didn't do it all on the same day, and he/she actually has a high rep.
Often it happens that we have meetings in which I'm fairly convinced about one or more point concerning my field (i.e. ICT) and when I've to discuss with non ICT-expert I've to talk a lot and often it is difficult to convince them that what I'm saying is the best solution.
Of course I know I'm n...
I propose that:
This site's core users MUST much more frequently downvote answers even if they are "only" mediocre or we are going to face a consistent decrease in quality
because (each of these is expanded on at length below):
All our questions are subjective
Anyone can post answers on nea...
I work for a company that gives 25 vacation days a year. Unused days are not paid and if not used they become wasted and you cannot use them the next year. When you leave the company, you are not paid the unused vacation days.
I used roughly 15 of the 25 I have but a few people (both above, belo...
Often it happens that we have meetings in which I'm fairly convinced about one or more point concerning my field (i.e. ICT) and when I've to discuss with non ICT-expert I've to talk a lot and often it is difficult to convince them that what I'm saying is the best solution.
Of course I know I'm n...
Is it reasonable / ethical to enforce a policy that all employees must speak the language of the country where the company is located, at all times when in the office, even during lunch, breaks, by the water cooler, etc? The reason would be that other employees may feel excluded and perhaps even...
Heh, I was the only one to actually answer the specific question too :\
It bothers me on those shotgun answers when no one even answers the specific question in the question - regardless of whether it's a "help me please" question or not, many times the answers are "you should do this!" not "here's an answer to your question"
Maybe that's why we get so many Dear Workplace questions
I asked for a day off and my boss gave it too me. now I think all of my coworkers are jealous because they ask me if I had a good day off. What should i do?
I am given quite a bit of leniency regarding my duties because I perform well and create solid results. In other words, I kind of have the keys to the castle but not to an official extent.
One of my coworkers (used to be two, both of whom I set up a interview for and I knew outside of work pr...
> Yes because he never did a thing like that before as ask to get his breakfast in bed with a couple of eggs since the City Arms hotel when he used to be pretending to be laid up with a sick voice doing his...
@BenBrocka I was going to seperate the question from the text... but there was no question just a rant
Do office politics suck... yes
For my first trick I eliminate office politics from my work place... and after that I will duplicate the big bang. I know that will be anticlimatic after the first trick but hey
I am currently working as a Freelance mobile programmer for a start-up since the project started, but I have always given my opinion and advise about business development (for free), because I could see how my employer was new in the subject.
It came to a point where I think I could get more lon...
I propose that:
This site's core users MUST much more frequently downvote answers even if they are "only" mediocre or we are going to face a consistent decrease in quality
because (each of these is expanded on at length below):
All our questions are subjective
Anyone can post answers on nea...
I am given quite a bit of leniency regarding my duties because I perform well and create solid results. In other words, I kind of have the keys to the castle but not to an official extent.
One of my coworkers (used to be two, both of whom I set up a interview for and I knew outside of work pr...
The Water Cooler
The Water Cooler