Anyone have any decent size / quality standing desk recommendations that aren’t going to break the bank please?

Is this sensible? The company offered me 100k annually, however I do think I could get some other offers that might pay a few k more (in London though as opposed to this offer which is in London).

Hello everyone,

I recently had my French Bulldog develop severe neck pain, requiring expensive MRI and possibly surgery. During this experience, I realized how many pet owners face similar situations - unexpected vet bills they can't afford, with limited options for help.

My Idea: A simple platform where:

• Pet owners who need help with vet bills can post their cases
• People who want to help can contribute directly to the vet clinic
• All cases are verified by partnering with vet clinics
• Everything is transparent and local

How it's different from regular fundraising:

• Money goes directly to the vet clinic, not personal accounts
• Each case is verified by the treating vet
• Updates on the pet's recovery are shared
• Focuses on building local community support

I'm a software engineer and want to build this to help other pet owners who might find themselves in similar situations.

What do you think? Would this be helpful in Ireland? What would make you trust and use such a platform?

Looking forward for some advice for fellow current and past contractors.

Currently working myself for an american multinational at 60k, but willing to take a civil service job with a 15% pay cut for a number of reasons, as for example job safety long term. I have passed the interview and waiting for the jobs to open in the next two years.

A recruiter came to me recently with several clients, and I was considering taking it as I wait for the latter position.

Do you think switching could be a good ideas, or should I stay where I am for now? If so, based on salary before tax, to which daily rate should I am for at the very least?

Thanks!

Thinking about emigrating for the job from Southern Europe.

I’m looking at doing mechanical engineering next year, I think I would like a career in engineering and I’m good at maths and physics but I’m also interested in computers and programming. Part of me wonders if I’d prefer swe or maybe data science. I figure it’s harder to get into engineering than out so probably better to start with a BEng but how realistic is it to switch to the roles I mentioned should I decide to? Thanks!

I've been lurking on the sub for good knows how long and only realized today that the sub name is a play on DeValera 🙈

Greetings! I’ve reached a point where I’m genuinely interested in moving to Ireland. I have 15 years of C#/.Net, cloud operations, and test experience.

But every resume I submit dies in a recruiting black hole.

Anyone know of, or work at, companies offering relocation? Are there any decent tech headhunters? I’ve pinged Harvey Nash UK multiple times and gotten no response.

Appreciate any insight.

US team members and US managers expect Irish workers to regularly stay on late and check emails, builds, etc. over the weekend. Have people experienced this before and what have you done?

Hey everyone,

I need some advice on dealing with a toxic manager. My company officially moved to a hybrid model (2 days WFH), but my manager clearly isn’t on board. Every time I work remotely, he becomes noticeably less communicative—ignoring messages, delaying responses, and then acting like I’m the one being unresponsive.

When I’m in the office, he makes passive-aggressive comments with a sarcastic smile, like, “We were all here in the office,” implying that I should have come in instead of working from home. It’s subtle but intentional, and it’s starting to feel like he’s trying to make me uncomfortable for following the company’s own policy.

But it’s not just about remote work—he criticizes everything I do, and it’s never constructive. Just constant negativity, nitpicking, and dismissive comments. There’s no balance, no positive feedback, just a steady stream of undermining remarks that feel more personal than professional.

I’ve tried staying professional, keeping proactive with communication, and even asking for clearer feedback, but nothing changes. I know this isn’t fixable, so I’m working on an exit strategy.

For those who’ve dealt with toxic managers like this, how did you handle it while still working there? And if you left, any advice on making a smooth transition while dealing with someone like this?

Let’s say you were offered a position but salary didn’t exactly meet expectations, but in exchange for other concessions in the contract you may still consider the role.

For example, can you ask for additional leave days? Or would most companies just straight up reject it and have cookie cutter contracts for everyone?

I'm not sure what category this falls under so I put it under. For some context, we're building ai tools for real estate agents. And no it's not the usual snake oil salesman stuff with AI. For now it only has like 5 features from pain points we got from conversations with over 100 agents in ireland, usa, uk. End goal is to sell it to a Zillow, or other real estate tech company in the states. I'd love if anyone here has hired could chime in on my strategy:

Don't want to say the exact amount but we're about to receive between 100,000 to 150,000 from a few angel investors. My cofounder and I plan to pay ourselves 3000 (1,500 each) a month.

We wanted to hire someone maybe in 3rd/4th year of college to work part time before getting them to come on full time for around €40,000 (with equity) a year. Until then they'd be mainly doing 10-12 hours a week (50 hours total in a month) at €24.50 an hour. So around €1225 a month. A question I have is is this exploitative?

I have an idea of who I'd like to hire. I've been monitoring people. I guess my question is: is this a good strategy to build out a team? There's a lot of advice online about how you should only hire senior as a startup. I think times have changed and there's a lot you can do with a team of self driven people. But at the same time, the plan is to have this acquired. I assume that companies don't want to acquire a dumpster fire codebase.

I myself must admit that although I think I'm a good dev in terms of my experience in shipping fast and building saas products, I don't have the best architecture or maintenance of a good codebase. It would be difficult to see myself "leading" this person, it would be more collaboration.

EDIT:

Sorry I should've mentioned that with the 100,000 to 150,000 by the time we'd be paying the €40,000 salary, we wouldn't be eating into that. The money for that is for growth. The reason I suggested the college student is because ideally getting them in third year second semester until the end of 4th year at €1225 a month

Hi everyone,

I recently received a warning from a colleague that I might be put on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) soon. This colleague went through a PIP last year, and I was actually tasked to help him during that time. I suspect he's trying to return the favor by giving me a heads-up.

From a performance perspective, there's absolutely no justification for putting me on a PIP. I've been with the company for nearly eight years, consistently delivering - proven - results.

Honestly, I'm done with the place, so if they put me on a PIP, it would just motivate me to start job hunting seriously. My plan would be to focus all my efforts on finding a new job rather than trying to survive the PIP.

My main concern is: Can they legally put me on a PIP without any valid reason?

If I go through the PIP and fail, do I leave with nothing? Would I be entitled to redundancy pay after eight years of service, or does a PIP disqualify me from that?

Any insights would be greatly appreciated.

A recruiter from a small recruitment company here in Ireland reaches out to me on LinkedIn with a catchy headline about working for a major top company. A major company we all know. But just going to call it Acme for now.

Job description sounds great. We have a screening call and he makes a reference to the team within Acme that Id be working in. Its referred by its initials - kinda how we say HTTP. Turns out this HTTP team/department is actually its own company. They only service Acme. This was not made clear at any point by this third party recruiter. So I dont know if Acme/HTTP asked the recruiter to keep it vague, or the recruiter just thought Acme is an easier sell than HTTP and took it upon himself to be coy about it.

Ive gone through the interview process and met the Acme staff who Id be working with, I got on amazingly well with the different teams (Acme + HTTP). Passed the practical with flying colours. And I have a final call tomorrow morning with the VP of HTTP and Ive been told its more just formality. He likes to meet people before they are hired. So I think I kinda have it in the bag.

It was on my last interview when the whole thing became apparent that HTTP wasnt just a department within Acme. And that I wouldnt be an Acme employee. I would be an employ of HTTP.

Im looking up HTTP and they seem to have about 50 staff. Acme is their only customer. Glassdoor reviews seem good. The salary is class. The perks are class. Office has a Google kinda vibe. The people I spoke to from HTTP were dead on. Overall HTTP does seem like a pretty good gig. But I think I'm just annoyed about the name. I was so happy thinking I had Acme for my CV. That I was going to be set. I know Im probably being dumb, in a lot of ways I pretty much would be an Acme employee working on Acme production lines and getting all that knowledge and experience. Just wont be their name on my payslip or my CV going forward. I'm really not sure about it. I'm ready to toss a coin about saying yes or no.

Hey folks, how is it at Tines for a mid-level software engineer? Any interview tip?🤧

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Beware you will never need another site again.

Obv going to plaster it all over the CV. Be a shoe in for any gig.

Hi All,

I have received an offer from PTSB to work in their technology department and wanted to find out what it's like to work for them. Would anyone be able to give a perspective or an overview of what it's like to work for them and whether it's worth switching and joining them coming from big tech(non-FAANG)? The offer is slightly better than my current place and it seems less responsibility but I have never worked for a financial institution so unsure whether it's a good idea to make a move especially to PTSB.

Thanks all in advance!

Hey folks. I have 16 years of experience in software development, in various technical stacks, but heavily leaning towards backend. I am quite happy and satisfied with my current job, which pays reasonably well, has good work life balance, etc.

But I'm starting to feel like I'm going to be left behind in the AI race if I don't acquire some knowledge and skills. Even in my current place of work where AI is being introduced in various parts of the product, I feel like there's a lot of potential to use AI in my particular teams product, but I don't know where to start. I'm sure a large chunk of the AI craze is probably just the current markets hype, but I'm also sure it's also going to play an extremely important part in the future of software.

All I know about AI is probably basic general knowledge and what the buzzwords mean, and I occasionally use copilot to help a bit with my coding. I don't know any of the nitty gritty details.

What about be the best resource for someone like me to dive head first into this field? My employer even sponsors course and further education, but I haven't had good experiences with formal education in the past during my university years, so that's probably not my first option.

Any experiences and suggestions?

Try it out here: https://www.easyoffer.ie/

What it does: Uses ML to estimate home valuations based on nearby property sales and basic user inputs. Gives you back an estimate number, a range, and also valuation explainers to help understand why your estimate is what it is.

The goal: Build transparency into home valuations for sellers and buyers as a first step towards a more efficient Irish property market.

What next: Feedback from you guys and iterate based on that! I put it out on Reddit a while back and got some really helpful steer. Since then I've improved the model, refreshed the UI, and added the valuation explainers. Hoping to hear some hard truths from you all!

I work for an American employer with a small Irish satellite office. As part of cost cutting measures, it's been suggested that it's no longer viable to operate the Irish entity but that Irish employees could continue working as contractors.

I'm not eligible for much redundancy, and it'd be painful to try to force that hand, so am trying to consider my options for working as a contractor as I have relative confidence that my short term employment should be relatively secure (i.e. the perceived benefits of working as a contractor seem better than trying to dig my heels in to force a redundancy payout while burning bridges).

All that to say, the whole thing has been a bit of a surprise and I'm not sure where to start and what due diligence I should be doing to avoid getting a poor deal. Hoping that someone else may have gone through a similar process and could offer advice?

For example, a few things I've been thinking about so far:

• Ensuring that I'm not financially worse off than when I was a PAYE earner
• Managing holidays/PTO
• PRSI contributions
• Setting up a shell company and director's pension

Thanks!

This is probably a really silly question to ask, but I have an interview coming up for a contractor role that's 6 months

I'm currently a full time employee but hoping to leave and it's proving hard to find another full time job to go to! So I am thinking the 6 month contractor role will give me some more time to find another full time role

I've never worked as a contractor and have no idea how it works re hours and holidays

I understand I wont get paid for holidays, but how do I take them? Do I just tell the company I am unavailable on x dates? Or what is the protocall ?

Or is it that there is a certain amount of work to be done in 6 months, so my hours, days when I work is entirely up to me once the work gets done?

Again I know this is probably simple information but I haven't a clue!

Hey all,

I’m looking for some advice / thoughts on my current situation.

Apologies for the wall of text below / this isn’t the place for this type of post - I just really want to bounce my thoughts off some people in the same sector and get some outside perspective.

Where I’m at:

• I currently work in big tech and have been at my current company for 5+ years
• I recently changed teams with in the company, the key reasons that drove me to make the move was in search of better WLB on the new team as well as seeing that there was a bit of a ceiling that I had reached in my previous team
• unfortunately, the WLB has not improved and I’m consistently doing late nights and some weekend work to complete what is being expected of me. The rest of the team seem to work late/weekends also which did not seem like the culture at all prior to moving to the team. It is better than my previous team but not by much/enough
• I am completely burnt out which is having a knock on effect as I am just not driven to put in the work as a result of the fatigue
• I am on a good salary with equity but I just can’t shake the feeling that there must be a better place for me to be making my living - if my salary dropped a bit but I got some hours of my week back and a pep back in my step then that feels like a win

Sorry if these questions are a little intrusive!

My ask(s):

• broadly, has anyone here been in a similar situation? What did you end up doing about it.
• has anyone taken a salary cut in the aim of moving to a life of better WLB? If so do you feel it was the right move?
• I’m worried that I am a grass is always greener person and that leaving won’t fix anything / everywhere is the same I.e. has the tech industry just become a little harsher more broadly?
• would anybody recommend any tech companies in Dublin that are known to have good WLB (I know WLB is generally team dependent but if you know of any on a macro level)?

Thank you all for any advice or support!

Hey all, I've been staying for a same company for a long time now without any salary hike, now wanting to switch company.

Mainly a PHP dev, 9yoe (perhaps only 5 valuable when I now think about it), good experience with angular/vue.

Inshort I think I do have concepts on OOP and design pattern.

I wanted to get yr thoughts on how to land a interview for MNCs like intercom, hubspot or any other those who aren't specific about languages on their job description.

I've just been curious lately about how many standups everyone in the subreddit has per week. In my current role (large multinational) we have two standups every day (for US devs in our team). Most of the time we don't have much to say so I feel like it's just a waste of time.

I know someone in a different company that only has standups twice every week which sounds like a dream tbh. Curious to hear what people think the ideal number is as well?

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I’m in a Data Analytics graduate program atm in the financial sector. I’m currently working on the Data Engineering team where I’m using a good amount of SQL and working with IBM Mainframe throughout my day. In a few months, I’ll be moving to team that is more focused on Analytics. (Have a CompSci degree too)

I’m just wondering if you think the skills that I am currently learning and the technologies I’m being exposed to would be desirable in more of a Software Developer role if I wanted to make a change to my career?

I know this is the beginning of my career and I can’t expect to go right into my dream job but I never seen myself working in this area and even tho I don’t know exactly what I want to do, I feel like I’ve come to the conclusion that this isn’t for me.

I’m only a few months into the graduate program and think it would be a good idea to stick it out and get as much experience as possible and then try to switch into more of a developer role. Just wondering if this is achievable and your opinions on my situation.

Advice is much appreciated :)

Recruiter mentioned that banks are very restrict with their salary bands. Is it true? What's your experience?

It's a senior role for AIB.

Thanks