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0 pointsitg13y ago0 comments

Where are you located? (General area if you don't want to be specific). Also how many years of experience do you have?

As for your question, I haven't had a offer rescinded and the only time I have heard of it happening is because of a major issue, such falsifying credentials/degrees.

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alanchavez13y ago· 2 in thread

South Texas (Rio Grande Valley).

No tech companies, no headquarters of any kind.

The company that offered me a job is a big company (5000 employees) and is among the fastest growing companies in the US, so it would be a huge bummer if I got my job offer rescinded, I just can't stop thinking about it.

jsun13y ago

Highly unlikely. Not sure you'd want to work for a company that wouldn't hire you over a speeding ticket anyways. Send me your resume if they end up rescinding your job offer.

I didn't even know there were developer jobs anywhere in the country that pays $12/hr.... but hey, free market right? whatever you are willing to take:)

clarkm13y ago

Doesn't the oil boom down there mean that everyone is hiring? Surely EOG, Baker Hughes, etc. have jobs that pays better than $12/hour, even if they're in something tangentially related to software development, like IT.

alanchavez13y ago· 1 in thread

I've been working in software development since I was in High School; I started at a small agency in my hometown developing CRUD applications in ASP and PHP for local companies.

Then I went to college and in my first semester, the research director offered me a position to develop software for their research projects.

After I left college, I've been working for an advertising agency 1 year now developing more CRUD applications for local companies.

So "real world" experience (in other words besides doing research and my summer internship at a top national laboratory) I've only got 2 1/2 years of experience.

nthj13y ago

> I've only got 2 1/2 years of experience.

I know a guy 1 year out of school charging $80/hour. Businesses pay for stuff getting done, not experience.

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