Home Depot software devs to spend 1 day per quarter working in a retail store

4 points by Doches 8 months ago | 4 comments
  • beretguy 8 months ago
    Home Depot website is horrendously slow. Open dev tools and see how much c*ap it loads. I can't login to my account in Firefox. I have to use Vivaldi. App is buggy too. And yes, please add tap to pay. Walmart and Home Depot are the 2 places I have to bring my cards to.
    • gregjor 8 months ago
      I had to do this at a couple of logistics companies. I even got certified to drive a fork lift while doing “cross training” at a warehouse. The warehouse worker who sat in my programmer cubicle for two weeks did not learn how to program.

      I see a lot of value in programmers learning how their code gets used by eating their dog food alongside actual users. When I started my career in the late ‘70s programming didn’t usually exist as a separate business activity. It got embedded in business units — accounting, logistics, marketing, etc. I think that worked out better for everyone a lot of the time.

      • theGnuMe 8 months ago
        Please add tap to pay and in person checkout via the homedepot app.

        Also the homedepot ios app is supper buggy and the search function is terrible.

      • 8 months ago