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  • 23-05-2013 2:56pm
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    Tim Robbins
    Registered Users Posts: 8,959 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    I see MasterCard are looking for Dev's. Anyone know what they are like to work for? Good company?


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    CreepingDeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,016 ✭✭✭CreepingDeath


    They've been looking for developers for ages.

    Think they're based in Sandyford area?
    Which is apparently nasty for traffic and parking.
    That's the main reason I didn't respond to them.


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    ChRoMe
    Registered Users Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭ChRoMe


    CreepingDeath wrote: »
    They've been looking for developers for ages.

    That can be quite a red flag.....


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    CreepingDeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,016 ✭✭✭CreepingDeath


    ChRoMe wrote: »
    That can be quite a red flag.....

    To be fair, there's feck all good candidates out there.
    We had trouble getting semi-decent software developers, never mind anyone senior. Sandyford doesn't suit a lot of people, and they could be expanding their staff numbers.

    So I wouldn't entirely be put off by that.

    In fairness, if they were in a better location for me I'd consider them.


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    Creamy Goodness
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    sandyford is where developers go to die. the place is completely dreary and unless you live there it's a bitch to get to. if you do live there, there's **** all to do on the weekends.


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    Tim Robbins
    Registered Users Posts: 8,959 ✭✭✭Tim Robbins


    Creamy Goodness wrote: »
    sandyford is where developers go to die. the place is completely dreary and unless you live there it's a bitch to get to. if you do live there, there's **** all to do on the weekends.

    If you live anywhere near M50 it is easy enough to get to. You are talking probably 30 - 50 mins commute which is normal / good for most jobs. Some people rent a flat in town and then work in town and have 5 mins commute so obviously 50 mins seem a lot. But in the grand scheme of things it is not.


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    Ludo
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    Tim Robbins wrote: »
    If you live anywhere near M50 it is easy enough to get to. You are talking probably 30 - 50 mins commute which is normal / good for most jobs. Some people rent a flat in town and then work in town and have 5 mins commute so obviously 50 mins seem a lot. But in the grand scheme of things it is not.

    50 mins commute IS a lot. I spent over ten years doing a one hour commute each way in Dublin (Sandyford for some of that time). Final straw was when the company I was with at the time moved offices and that would have added another 30 mins to my commute. No way was I having that. So I moved to Cork and now I have 15 mins each way (and I live in the worst part of Cork for traffic and work is on the opposite side of the city). That is an hour and a half a day that I didn't have before. Incredibly liberating.
    It is funny listening to people in Cork giving out about traffic when they are stuck somewhere for 5 mins longer than normal. I tell them move to Dublin for a week to see how good it actually is here.


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    Tim Robbins
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    Ludo wrote: »
    50 mins commute IS a lot. I spent over ten years doing a one hour commute each way in Dublin (Sandyford for some of that time). Final straw was when the company I was with at the time moved offices and that would have added another 30 mins to my commute. No way was I having that. So I moved to Cork and now I have 15 mins each way (and I live in the worst part of Cork for traffic and work is on the opposite side of the city). That is an hour and a half a day that I didn't have before. Incredibly liberating.
    It is funny listening to people in Cork giving out about traffic when they are stuck somewhere for 5 mins longer than normal. I tell them move to Dublin for a week to see how good it actually is here.

    50 mins is not a lot for Dublin.

    Anyone in the commuter belt is doing more than that.


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    John_Mc
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    I worked in Sandyford for 2 years and never had any problems with traffic. It is dreary though, with nowhere to go for lunch and there's no chance of drinks after work with colleagues as everyone drives


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    GreeBo
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    If you live on the luas Sandyford is a very handy spot to work.


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    Tar.Aldarion
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    Tim Robbins wrote: »
    50 mins is not a lot for Dublin.

    Anyone in the commuter belt is doing more than that.

    I live 5km from work and the bus takes that long! This is why I cycle.


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