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It's a place where you're expected to be awake and not drinking gin for 8 or 9 hours. You probably wouldn't like it much.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I'm currently in a trade-school type program to become a .NET developer, and am in a 'project management' mini course that has a project that requires me and my teammates to gather 30 interviews with .NET developers. To simplify this, we have created a simple survey that asks the questions we need answered.
It would help us out a lot if you could give us some feedback! I promise this isn't spam! Here is a link to the survey (via Google Forms).
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1A6c8YrD0zUZ-EEBeW4Coybum8dgwAXkFW-bZvg714Qc/viewform[^]
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"How many cups of coffee do you drink in a day?" What the elephant does this have to do with being a .NET developer? And why is this survey not anonymous? Why are you asking people what companies they work for and how much they earn?
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Hi Jason
I just had a look at your survey intending to help you out. But I'm sorry, some of the questions you ask are way too personal and cannot possibly be of interest in a course paper.
Either you've misunderstood your task or you have some hidden agenda that has nothing to do with school, I cannot tell which.
But you'll have to count me out...
/Johnny
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Ditto; focussing more on payment and coffeeconsumption; read like something from a headhunter.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Funnily enough, that's exactly what I thought.
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Heck, I wouldn't mind being headhunted. But this seems like a very strange way of doing it.
Also, "Jason Smith" is a completely new account, and claiming to be a Swedish student. It's not exactly a Swedish name, and although we DO have foreign students here of course, I find it quite strange. 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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OK. So I'm not so sure why exactly everyone assumes I'm asking about their actual pay. We don't ask anything about the pay itself, but rather if you were satisfied with it, and how the pay progression was. These are important questions for people about to enter the field regarding their pay. Granted, we probably shouldn't have a blurb afterwords asking for other comments on pay, cause I could see how that could cause confusion in hindsight.
Now, a link to the course plan: http://www.nyhs.se/nyhsitkursplan[^]
We are in the projektmetodik (project methods) course right now and the project is to interview 30 .NET Developers. We only have like 2 days to get the interviews, which is why we decided to create a survey in order to reach the goal.
As far as the goal of this survey, the questions (outside of the first round of stuff) is focused on getting an idea of what it would be like to work as a .NET developer. The coffee question is more of a light hearted joke, as I have actually worked in a company in which the developers gathered around the coffee machine several times a day.
What can I do or change to make the survey better so that you guys feel safe and that this has no malicious intent? I'm perfectly fine making changes. Regarding anonymity, none of the fields are obligatory, so you can just leave stuff out if you don't want to answer it.
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BTW, my name is Jason Smith because I immigrated to Sweden in 2012. I'm actually from, of all places, Tupelo, MS, the birthplace of Elvis. Men jag kan prata svenska om du vill. Now you guys probably have enough info to commit identity theft on me now, so I can't imagine how much clearer I can be about who I am and what I'm doing.
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Still not convinced, can you provide a bank account number and sort code please, just so we can be sure? 
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Jason Smith wrote: is focused on getting an idea of what it would be like to work as a .NET developer.
..and being satisfied (or not) with payment or the amount of coffee does not give an impression of the work.
Jason Smith wrote: As far as the goal of this survey, the questions (outside of the first round of stuff) is focused on getting an idea of what it would be like to work as a .NET developer.
Rather similar to working as a developer in another language 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microserfs[^]. It is not just about a day, and it does not focus on .NET, but it will give you a good idea on what you can expect from the industry.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Jag talar inte svenska!
That's the first thing I learned when I moved to work in Stockholm.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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The most important concept to grab is the WTFJHTPH. If this gets over 20 WTF/h most people will walk away no mater how much coffee/gin/spondulacks is on offer. Speaking for minion legion, we want to be kept in warm dry place out of the reach of children.
Hang on is that medicine?
It is, isn't it?
I feel such a fool now. 
veni bibi saltavi
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They offer gin and spondulacks? Dang, I missed that! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: walk away no mater how much coffee/gin/spondulacks
Who are you? And what have you done with Nagy?
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This is spam. I have seen these types of "surveys" before. I have flagged your post as such.
Surveys don't ask for people's emails, unless the "surveyor" is fishing for ?????
modified 14-Sep-15 8:30am.
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All forms are not obligatory. The idea is if you want to give more info you can, and this is more of a translation of the Swedish survey we made. For the life of me I had no idea that this would come of as it does, and I apologize for that.
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You have made sure that your survey conforms to the EU data protection regulations, I assume?
"Under EU law, personal data can only be gathered legally under strict conditions, for a legitimate purpose." link[^]
In the UK we can only ask for personal data that we actually need, and it has to be stored securely with tight restrictions on how we handle it. We also have to explain clearly what we will use such data for at the point we collect it.
It might be worth reviewing your survey form to make sure that you're not going to get yourselves into trouble.
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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I shall add that blessing to "May the flees of 1,000 camels infect the inside of your trousers"
veni bibi saltavi
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I removed one of the lines in my OP, the last one, because some people found it abusive, I guess.
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Thanks for confirming that. I was about to add some feedbacks to the survey.
-- P
Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
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I could be wrong here, but I don't think so. The survey really wants your email address, so they can market you out, under the disguise of a "valid" survey. Whatever.
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Slacker007 wrote: This is spam.
Are you sure? Did you look at his school's course plan?
Slacker007 wrote: Surveys don't ask for people's emails,
He asks for an email only if the respondent wishes to be contacted for more information.
/ravi
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I wish you well in your efforts. It would be interesting to see some followup from you.
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I think the best he can hope for is "follow through".
veni bibi saltavi
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Well, seeing how I've pretty much have been deemed guilty of some sort of fishing scam, at least you wrote some pretty funny responses.
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