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  1. Posted · Edited by Rick_Delphi

    On 6/2/2023 at 5:47 AM, Bob Baudewyns said:

    Not sure I understand your point here.

    Coming up with additional features or ways to improve the project is what some people do to make money. That's creativity and innovation. Asking for those things up front means they would be doing free work.

     

    Design, requirements, architecture are all activities that people should be paid to do, not asked to do for free. Also, those things should be 75% of the project. Coding should be an easy 10% of the work, done just before testing.

  3. Posted · Edited by Rick_Delphi

    3 hours ago, David Schwartz said:

    application domain or what's involved

    A programmer needs to know those things? 🐵

     

    Another good one is when they mention a bunch of Delphi components, but then don't have the word Delphi in the ad.

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    I'm still checking from time to time about Delphi jobs and I have an important message. If you are in leadership at a company that is looking for Delphi developers and you are having difficulty finding them. You need to change your hiring process!!! If your people answer the phone and don't have any idea that your company is hiring or don't know who to connect the caller with to find out if your company is hiring, you will not ever find Delphi developers. If whoever answers the phone sends possible applicants to an HR extension that goes directly to voicemail and no one ever returns the call, you'll never find Delphi developers. If your company is in the US and you hire an outside company to find you Delphi developers, but they can't speak a word of english you are not going to find Delphi developers in the US. If you treat applicants like cattle, by expecting them to just go to your website and fill out your twenty page application without question, you won't find any Delphi developers. If your stupidass application system underlines the word english as if it's not a word, when they whole system is using english you won't find any Delphi developers.

     

    Just a few pointers to help companies with their hiring.

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  8. Posted · Edited by Rick_Delphi

    On 4/14/2023 at 4:27 PM, Darian Miller said:

    they take forever to hire replacement Delphi developers because they get no responses to their ad

    Nah!, I have left many voice messages and emails about Delphi work (at various companies), but didn't get a response.

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    I have always been under the impression that it's the job of leadership and management to make the work productive and the worker achieving. So, is this hiring thing the fault of the company or should there be people in the world who are a perfect match for a particular company (even before they have ever worked there)?

  11. Posted · Edited by Rick_Delphi

    I still check Delphi job listings from time to time and see there are companies that have been looking for a Delphi developer for going on two years. I know that Delphi devs are not easy to find, but how can they not have hired someone by now? They could have hired someone and taught them Delphi, problem solved! What's up with these companies? Why does no one want to work for them?

     

    For example, Gateway Ticketing is now placing ads for basically every city in the state of Pennsylvania. Why don't they wise up and change they way they hire?

  12. Posted · Edited by Rick_Delphi

    9 hours ago, Lars Fosdal said:

    Quick, Good, Cheap - you can only pick two.

    That's true. My head is still spinning from my Delphi job search. It was the strangest thing I've ever encountered. The companies I found that were small and nimble, couldn't pay. The world of software development has, apparently, matured to the point where it has gone to hell and isn't coming back. All someone had to say to me is - When can you start? and Where do we send the sign-in bonus? I would, by now, already know their code and be contributing to the company. But, no. There was all kinds of crazy behavior happening. Don't company leaders pay attention to what goes on inside the company?

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    NCR is still running ads for a "Senior Delphi Software Engineer." I interviewed with them and they are pretty good people. But, they talked mostly about coding and wanted me to take a coding test (a timed coding test, lol). So, it didn't sound "senior", more like "staff coder." If anyone here considers themselves a programmer, they might find some good Delphi work there. A quick web search will bring up their job ad.

     

    NCR used to stand for National Cash Register and I remember doing things with their hardware, way back when I first started in the computer industry. Probably a great company to work for. Again if you view yourself as a coder or programmer, it's probably a good opportunity.

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  14. Posted · Edited by Rick_Delphi

    8 hours ago, David Heffernan said:

    Is that in part because of the cost of healthcare in the US? 

    Yes, that's part of it. I've heard others say they are paying - $2,600+/month.

     

    Also, in the US, inflation is running rampant. They say it's at just a few percentage points increase, but gas is 2x what it cost just a couple years ago. Eggs were $0.89/dozen and now they are $3+ per dozen. Milk was $1.89 per gallon, now it's $3.69+ per gallon. It's a nightmare.

  20. Posted · Edited by Rick_Delphi

    I'm looking for a full-time remote Delphi developer position. I'm interested in something challenging. Startups are OK. If you have an open position, call me between 8am and 8pm ET in the US, at this phone number: 724-992-8695. I'm good with being part of a team or I can be the sole developer. I've created software products, from scratch, as sole developer in the past. I would also be interested in working on in-house systems that are not sold as products. I've used Delphi since version 1 and have experience with many different database systems.

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