As a software engineer I like to ask questions about the team dynamic. I'm not interested in working with a bunch of bros, so having some diversity in the team is good.

[–] Jesus_666@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Very true. Good coworkers can make work a lot more bearable.

Looking a bit into the company's business can help, too. If they do something vaguely interesting that can be a bonus. I ignored that once in favor of perks and that got me into the complete disaster area that is fintech. Don't make the same mistake.

[–] mrmanager@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I dont know. Maybe ive been unlucky but "diversity" has meant a lot of people with very different personalities, which has meant that people dont become friends. Has it meant something different to you? Maybe for you its the other way, and you dont have anything incommon with the typical worker (whatever bro means in this context, maybe males and you are female?) , so you welcome more people like yourself.

Doesnt everyone actually want collegues that are as close to yourself in personality as possible so you feel you have common ground?

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I'm a straight white dude who goes to work to do work, not to find someone to party with. The common ground is having the same job.

My current team has the following composition:

Two straight white guys in their 40s, one of whom is an immigrant
One gay white guy in his 30s
One straight Indian guy in his 50s
One straight Indian woman in her 20s
One straight black guy in his 20s

We all get along just fine. Sometimes I learn something new about a different culture or lifestyle.

Not all aspects of diversity are equally important. I've been in teams before where everyone else was Argentinian. I've had teams where everyone else was Indian. I've had teams where we were all straight white dudes. They were all fine.

The most important part of diversity for me is a nice spread in experience level, which usually means a spread in age. I like training people who are more junior than me, but I also like someone more senior to learn from. Having someone more senior than me also prevents me from gliding into a role where I only train people or review their work, which I'm not personally interested in.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Asking questions about the team and the work is how one detects and avoid shitty environments.