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Me: *Applies for entry level full-stack job*
Recruiter: "Sorry, I can't hire you because you don't have the years of experience we're looking for. We can take you on as an intern! Unpaid of course, while we train you."🙂
Clueless Me: "Sure, why not."
*second day into the internship*
Boss: "I have this really big project, and I want you to be the lead. I'm going to be very vague about what I want, so you'll constantly have to make changes to user stories, wireframes, & database designs until I'm satisfied. Don't ask me any questions for clarity, because I'm busy 🙂"
Silly Me: "okay"
Boss: "Also, can you train all the other interns? You're so lucky! You'll get to pick the best to join your team" 🙂
Stupid Me: "okay"
Boss: *emails me a spreadsheet of 80 Front-End interns (freshmen and sophomores)*
"Did you start building the app yet?" 🙂
Me (Dummy): "You haven't approved the final wireframes ye-"
Boss: "And for the other interns' training, what did you have in mind?" 🙂
Me (Dumbass): "I made a training guide, they're already followi-"
Boss: "My project manager for this other project left, guess he couldn't handle the pressure of a real job... HAHAHAHA! You're gonna take the lead of that project, too!"
*Adds me to the slack group* 😁
Me (Imbecile): "Wha-"
Boss: "And we've been having trouble with keeping track of everyone's code. Is there something we can do instead of slacking code snippets back and forth?" 🤔😮
Me (Fucking Imbecile): "Wait, you guys are working on a project and you don't have any form of version control? Maybe we should take a few steps back and plan thi-"
Boss: "Are you gonna take initiative or not!?" 😡
Me (Enlightened): "I quit." 😑
Former Boss: "Too bad... I was going to offer you a paid role tomorrow morning. Oh well!" 😔35 -
So i've been a dev manager for a little while now. Thought i'd take some time to disambiguate some job titles to let everyone know what they might be in for when joining / moving around a big org.
Title: Senior Software Engineer
Background:
- Technical
- Clever
- Typically has years experience building what management are trying to build
Responsibilities:
- Building new features
- Writing code
- Code review
- Offering advice to product manag......OH NO YOU DON'T CODE MONKEY, BACK TO WORK!
Title: Dev Manager
Background:
- Technical
- Former/current programmer
- knows his/her way around a codebase.
Responsibilities:
- Recruiting / interviewing new staff
- Keeping the team focused and delivering tasks
- Architecture decisions
- Lying about complexity of architecture decisions to ensure team gets the actual time they need
- Lying about feature estimations to ensure team gets to work on critical technical improvements that were cancelled / de-prioritised
- Explaining to hire-ups why we can't "Just do it quicker"
- Explaining to senior engineers why the product manager declined their meeting request
Title: Product / Product Manager
Background:
- Nothing relevant to the industry or product line what so ever
- Found the correct building on the day of the interview
- Has once opened an Excel spreadsheet and successfully saved it to a desktop
Responsibilities:
- Making every key decision about every feature available in the app
- Learning to ignore that inner voice we like to call "Common sense"
- Making sure to not accidentally take some advice from technical staff
- Raising the blood pressure of everyone below them / working with them
Title: Program Lead / Product Owner
Background:
- Capable of speech
- Aware of what a computer is (optional)
Responsibilities:
- Sitting down
- Talking
- Clicking random buttons on Jira
- Making bullet point lists
Title: Director of Software Engineering
Background:
- Allegedly attended college/university to study computer science
- Similar to a technical product manager (technical optional)
Responsibilities:
- Reports directly to VP
- Fixes problems by creating a different problem somewhere else as a distraction
- Claiming to understand and green light technical decisions, while having already agreed with product that it will never happen9 -
Just found out the backend developer I’m always complaining about. The one who:
- Can’t implement OAuth, and we have to have app users login every 24 hours because we have no way to generate new refresh tokens.
- Who used the phrase “your time zone is not my concern” to avoid building something that would let us inject test data.
- Who’s been debugging a critical bug affecting many users since December.
- Who can’t conduct API tests from external internet (you know, like the way the app will be in the wild) because it takes too much time.
- Who replies to Jira tickets only on a blue moon.
- Who has been 90% of the reason for my blood pressure situation
... is a fucking principal engineer in this company. In pecking order, his opinion should be considered more valuable than mine and everyone on my team.
I’ve just lost the will to live. How are big organizations THIS bad. Seriously, what promotion discussion did he go into
“So, you are a complete and utter bastard, nobody can stand to speak to you and you’ve yet to deliver anything of worth that actually works, over the course of several years ... ... ... interested in having your pay doubled??”20 -
Turns out the small company I'm working for is depending almost completely on the new SaaS system I'm building, to appease investors and not go belly up.
I just wanted to move to another country and code some stuff, this is too much pressure.10 -
Stop fooling yourself by thinking that the hurry & pressure will eventually go away if you work overtime & stretch yourself to heroics weekly. They won't, and they never will (and even shouldn't). Focus on building sustainable habits that propel you towards your goals day by day, and don't give up until you're where you want to be. Period.2
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My last job before going freelance. It started as great startup, but as time passed and the company grew, it all went down the drain and turned into a pretty crappy culture.
Once one of the local "darling" startups, it's now widely known in the local community for low salaries and crazy employee churn.
Management sells this great "startup culture", but reality is wildly different. Not sure if the management believes in what the are selling, or if they know they are selling BS.
- The recurring motto of "Work smarter, not harder" is the biggest BS of them all. Recurring pressure to work unpaid overtime. Not overt, because that's illegal, but you face judgement if you don't comply, and you'll eventually see consequences like lack of raises, or being passed for promotions in favour of less competent people that are willing to comply.
- Expectation management is worse than non-existent. Worse, because they actually feed expectations they have no intention of delivering on. (I.e, career progression, salary bumps and so on)
- Management is (rightfully) proud of hiring talented people, but then treat almost everyone like they're stupid.
- Feedback is consistently ignored.
- Senior people leave. Replace them with cheap juniors. Promote the few juniors that stay for more than 12 months to middle-management positions and wonder where things went wrong.
- People who rock the boat about the bad culture or the shitty stunts that management occasionally pulls get pushed out.
- Get everyone working overtime for a week to setup a venue for a large event, abroad, while you have everyone in bunk rooms at the cheapest hostel you could find and you don't even cover all meal expenses. No staff hired to setup the venue, so this includes heavy lifting of all sorts. Fly them on the cheapest fares, ensuring nobody gets a direct flight and has a good few hours of layover. Fly them on the weekend, to make sure nobody is "wasting time" travelling during work hours. Then call this a team building.
This is a tech recruitment company that makes a big fuss about how tech recruitment is broken and toxic...
Also a company that wants to use ML and AI to match candidates to jobs and build a sophisticated product, and wanted a stronger "Engineering culture" not so long ago. Meanwhile:
- Engineering is shoved into the back seat. Major company and product decisions made without input from anyone on the engineering side of things, including the product roadmaps.
- Product lead is an inexperienced kid with zero tech background -> Promote him to also manage the developers as part of the product team while getting rid of your tech lead.
- Dev team is essentially seen by management as an assembly line for features. Dev salaries are now well below market average, and they wonder why it's hard to recruit good devs. (Again, this is a tech recruitment company)1 -
Put me under pressure and I’ll produce the best code I’ve ever written.
Put me under a microscope and I won’t produce jack shit 😂😬4 -
I thought of posting this as a comment to @12bit float' post, but then decided it better goes out as a post by itself.
https://devrant.com/rants/5291843/...
My second employer, where I am on my last week of notice currently, is building a no code/low code tool.
Since this was my first job switch, I was in a dreamy phase and was super excited about this whole space. I indeed got to learn like crazy.
Upon joining, I realised that an ideal user persona for this product was a developer. Wow! No code tool for developer. sO cOoL...
We started building it and as obvious as it could get, the initial goal was adoption because we were still at top of the funnel.
We launched an alpha release shortly followed by a beta.
Nobody used it. Tech XLT/LT kept pushing product and design team to run a feature factory so that their teams can use this tool.
The culture set by those two leaders was toxic as fuck.
Now, I decided to do some research and some more product discovery to understand why folks were not using it. Mind you, we were not allowed to do any research and were forced to build based on opinions of those two monkeys.
Turns out that the devs were really happy with their existing tools and our tool was another tool being forcefully added into their toolbox by the said XLT/LT.
Not only that, even if they decide to use our tool, out of pressure, they still cannot because the product was missing key capabilities like audit control and promotion from one environment to another.
Building those would essentially mean reinventing Github aka version control and Spinnaker aka CI/CD pipeline.
My new boss (I got 3 managers in 4 months because of high attrition across levels due to the toxic culture), thinks that tech XLT/LT are doing great and we all suck as a product and design team.
He started driving things his own way without even understanding or settling down for first 90 days.
Lol, I put in my resignation got out of that mess.
So agreeing to what our boy said here, no code tools are a complete waste, especially for a developer, and even as a non tech person, I prefer keyboard over mouse.2 -
Oh gee whiz fellas. I lived through my nightmare. Recently too.
(Multiple rants over last few months are merged in this one. Couldn't rant earlier because my login didn't work.)
I joined a new shithole recently.
It was a huge change because my whole tech stack changed, and on top of that the application domain was new too.
Boss: ho hey newbie, here take this task which is a core service redesign and implementation and finish it in two weeks because it has to be in production for a client.
Normally I'd be able to provide a reasonable analysis and estimate. But being new and unaware of how things work here, I just said 'cool, I'll try my best.' (I was aware that it was a big undertaking but didn't realize the scope and the alarming lack of support I'd get and the bullshit egos I'd have to deal with)
Like a mad man I worked 17+ hours a day with barely a day off every week and changed and produced a lot of code, most of it of decent quality.
Deadline came and went by. Got extended because it was impossible (and fake).
All the time my manager is continuously building pressure on me. When I asked questions I never got any direct/clear answers. On asking for help, I'd get an elaborate word vomit of what was already known/visible. Yet I finally managed to have an implementation ready.
Reviewer: You haven't added parameter comments on your functions and there aren't enough comments in code. We follow standards. Clean code and whatnot. Care for the craft verbal diarrhea.
Boss: Ho hey anux, do you think we'll be able to push the code to production?
Me: Nope. We care for the craft and have standards. We need to add redundant comments to self documented code first, because that is of utmost importance as Nuthead reviewer explained.
(what I wish I had said)
What I actually said: No, code is not reviewed yet.
And despite examples of functions which were not documented (which were written by the reviewer nut), I added 6-7 lines of comments for my single line functions describing how e.g. Sum takes two input integers and returns their sum and asked for a review again.
Reviewer: See this comment is better written as this same-meaning-but-slightly-longer way. Can we please add full stops everywhere even though they were not there to begin with? Can we please not follow this pattern and instead promote our anti-pattern? Thanks.
Me: Changed the comments. Added full stops. Here's a link for why this anti-pattern is bad.
Reviewer: you have written such beautiful code with such little gems. Brilliant. It's great to see how my mentoring has honed your skills.
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I swear I would have broken a CRT on his stupid face if we weren't working remotely (and if I had a CRT).
It infuriates me how the solution to every problem with this guy is 'add a comment'.
What enrages me more is that I actually thought I could learn from this guy (in the beginning). My self doubt just made me burnout for little in return.
Thankfully this living nightmare will soon be over.9 -
i have been applying for jobs recently, and after getting some HR interviews that evolved to tech interviews, i just cancelled them all...
Every company seems to have hacker rank, and online coding sessions as tech interview stages which really stress me out. Its like everyone thinks they are google and its ok to make people go theough this pressure to join them.
I dont mind being given 10 days to implement a complex project, after which im either in or not. But 20 mins to solve something online while either the interviewer is watching me or the automated test is waiting to filter my application out... i get anxiety just thinking about that..
so im gonna stick with my current job for now, and focus on building my own business slowly on the side. I really felt anxious because of those tech interviews these past weeks and i feel so much better after cancelling all of them.
if a decent company comes along with the project approach, id love to apply, but otherwise ill just stick to where I am for now. dont know if im being immature or irresponsible career wise or if this decision will blow up in my face
stay tune to find out !15 -
I love learning by doing.
Building MVPs and prototypes is the best way. Even better if you have a chance to show and share them in front of an audience (peer pressure can be good!).
Share the lessons you've learned and what you've done wrong, it will help many more people than just yourself.
I've been working for an eLearning company for the last 4 years (CloudAcademy.com) and I'm in love with the idea of learning something new every day. And not just coding. Code is "only" a tool to solve problems, and learning something about those problems and fields will make you a better developer. -
A very long rant.. but I'm looking to share some experiences, maybe a different perspective.. huge changes at the company.
So my company is starting our microservices journey (we have a 359 retail websites at this moment)
First question was: What to build first?
The first thing we had to do was to decide what we wanted to build as our first microservice. We went looking for a microservice that can be used read only, consumers could easily implement without overhauling production software and is isolated from other processes.
We’ve ended up with building a catalog service as our first microservice. That catalog service provides consumers of the microservice information of our catalog and its most essential information about items in the catalog.
By starting with building the catalog service the team could focus on building the microservice without any time pressure. The initial functionalities of the catalog service were being created to replace existing functionality which were working fine.
Because we choose such an isolated functionality we were able to introduce the new catalog service into production step by step. Instead of replacing the search functionality of the webshops using a big-bang approach, we choose A/B split testing to measure our changes and gradually increase the load of the microservice.
Next step: Choosing a datastore
The search engine that was in production when we started this project was making user of Solr. Due to the use of Lucene it was performing very well as a search engine, but from engineering perspective it lacked some functionalities. It came short if you wanted to run it in a cluster environment, configuring it was hard and not user friendly and last but not least, development of Solr seemed to be grinded to a halt.
Elasticsearch started entering the scene as a competitor for Solr and brought interesting features. Still using Lucene, which we were happy with, it was build with clustering in mind and being provided out of the box. Managing Elasticsearch was easy since there are REST APIs for configuration and as a fallback there are YAML configurations available.
We decided to use Elasticsearch since it provides us the strengths and capabilities of Lucene with the added joy of easy configuration, clustering and a lively community driving the project.
Even bigger challenge? Which programming language will we use
The team responsible for developing this first microservice consists out of a group web developers. So when looking for a programming language for the microservice, we went searching for a language close to their hearts and expertise. At that time a typical web developer at least had knowledge of PHP and Javascript.
What we’ve noticed during researching various languages is that almost all actions done by the catalog service will boil down to the following paradigm:
- Execute a HTTP call to fetch some JSON
- Transform JSON to a desired output
- Respond with the transformed JSON
Actions that easily can be done in a parallel and asynchronous manner and mainly consists out of transforming JSON from the source to a desired output. The programming language used for the catalog service should hold strong qualifications for those kind of actions.
Another thing to notice is that some functionalities that will be built using the catalog service will result into a high level of concurrent requests. For example the type-ahead functionality will trigger several requests to the catalog service per usage of a user.
To us, PHP and .NET at that time weren’t sufficient enough to us for building the catalog service based on the requirements we’ve set. Eventually we’ve decided to use Node.js which is better suited for the things we are looking for as described earlier. Node.js provides a non-blocking I/O model and being event driven helps us developing a high performance microservice.
The leap to start programming Node.js is relatively small since it basically is Javascript. A language that is familiar for the developers around that time. While Node.js is displaying some new concepts it is relatively easy for a developer to start using it.
The beauty of microservices and the isolation it provides, is that you can choose the best tool for that particular microservice. Not all microservices will be developed using Node.js and Elasticsearch. All kinds of combinations might arise and this is what makes the microservices architecture so flexible.
Even when Node.js or Elasticsearch turns out to be a bad choice for the catalog service it is relatively easy to switch that choice for magic ‘X’ or component ‘Z’. By focussing on creating a solid API the components that are driving that API don’t matter that much. It should do what you ask of it and when it is lacking you just replace it.
Many more headaches to come later this year ;)3 -
Yesterday, I had to set up a demo environment for a project, we are working on.
Everything was okay, frontend loaded, connection to backend is working, database is connected.
10 minutes before I wanted to leave for my well deserved weekend, PO came over: "I can't play any video, I uploaded"
Okay, couldn't be a big issue, it worked when I added this functionality 3 weeks ago, just before my holidays.
A bit under pressure, my girlfriend Was already waiting downstairs, I inspected the database and realized that a table Was not properly filled.
Checked the backend and everything seems fine, so checked the requests from the frontend and realized that the request was almost empty.
So some code, building the request body had to be wrong.
Already 10 minutes late, with a lightly annoyed girlfriend waiting for me, I found the issue but couldn't recognize that I wrote these few lines. A quick check of the git history showed, that my colleage changed my code during my holidays, so I just reverted everything.
After commit and deployment, I called my colleage and told him that I just reverted his changes.
"But now my feature is not working anymore, I had to change it like this!" he answered. I just responded that we will talk about that on monday and look at it together. While I hurried down the stairs, I was thinking why the hell somebody just changes stuff without checking if it affects other functionalities?
This should be basic knowledge for every dev, that if you change existing, working code to make it work with your feature, you have to ensure to not brake anything.
If you can't do that, then create a new function to handle your shit.
In the end, my girlfriend had to wait 30 minutes, because of 4 lines of codes, someone just changed without thinking what else could happen...3 -
Working with a client (who is a "techie") to authenticate mailchimp for their domain. After a week of fumbling about and with pressure building, the domain registrar claims to have set the correct DNS settings and to get pressure off him, he writes an email saying,
"CNAME has been added ask mailchimp to propagate on their end". FML -
What’s your take on engineering managers just focusing on delivering the product. Making sure the management happy.
TL;DR.
To begin, i want to clear it out that my EM is a really sweet person and tries to accommodate all of us and takes pressure off us whenever possible.
But he’s a really shitty manager. He’s the kinda guy whom you can give a weekend project and he’ll an excellent job. On the other hand, if the taks requires more than a weekend, he’ll probably fuck it up.
He thinks everything can be done in a jiffy and we don’t need to think about the edge cases.
His reasoning for not giving quality importance is that he wants us to focus on building the product and making it shippable. We can iron out issues once we get it done.
He’s decided not to let the tests run in the cicd pipeline because that might hinder making hot fixes.
I’ve tried talking to him but he believes that’s the only way management is willing to agree to.2 -
So as a personal project for work I decided to start data logging facility variables, it's something that we might need to pickup at some point in the future so decided to take the initiative since I'm the new guy.
I setup some basic current loop sensors are things like gas line pressures for bulk nitrogen and compressed air but decided to go with a more advanced system for logging the temperature and humidity in the labs. These sensors come with 'software' it's a web site you host internally. Cool so I just need to build a simple web server to run these PoE sensors. No big deal right, it's just an IIS service. Months after ordering Server 2019 though SSC I get 4 activation codes 2 MAK and 2 KMS. I won the lottery now i just have to download the server 2019 retail ISO and... Won't take the keys. Back to purchasing, "oh I can download that for you, what key is yours". Um... I dunno you sent me 4 Can I just get the link, "well you have to have a login". Ok what building are you in I'll drive over with a USB key (hoping there on the same campus), "the download keeps stopping, I'll contact the IT service in your building". a week later I get an install ISO and still no one knows that key is mine. Local IT service suggests it's probably a MAK key since I originally got a quote for a retail copy and we don't run a KMS server on the network I'm using for testing. We'll doesn't windows reject all 4 keys then proceed to register with a non-existent KMS server on the network I'm using for testing. Great so now this server that is supposed to connected to a private network for the sensors and use the second NIC for an internet connection has to be connected to the old network that I'm using for testing because that's where the KMS server seems to be. Ok no big deal the old network has internet except the powers that be want to migrate everything to the new more secure network but I still need to be connected to the KMS server because they sent me the wrong key. So I'm up to three network cards and some of my basic sensors are running on yet another network and I want to migrate the management software to this hardware to have all my data logging in one system. I had to label the Ethernet ports so I could hand over the hardware for certification and security scans.
So at this point I have my system running with a couple sensors setup with static IP's because I haven't had time to setup the DNS for the private network the sensors run on. Local IT goes to install McAfee and can't because it isn't compatible with anything after 1809 or later, I get a message back that " we only support up to 1709" I point out that it's server 2019, "Oh yeah, let me ask about that" a bunch of back and forth ensues and finally Local IT get's a version of McAfee that will install, runs security scan again i get a message back. " There are two high risk issues on your server", my blood pressure is getting high as well. The risks there looking at McAfee versions are out of date and windows Defender is disabled (because of McAfee).
There's a low risk issue as well, something relating to the DNS service I didn't fully setup. I tell local IT just disable it for now, then think we'll heck I'll remote in and do it. Nope can't remote into my server, oh they renamed it well that's lot going to stay that way but whatever oh here's the IP they assigned it, nope cant remote in no privileges. Ok so I run up three flights of stairs to local IT before they leave for the day log into my server yup RDP is enabled, odd but whatever let's delete the DNS role for now, nope you don't have admin privileges. Now I'm really getting displeased, I can;t have admin privileges on the network you want me to use to support the service on a system you can't support and I'm supposed to believe you can migrate the life safety systems you want us to move. I'm using my system to prove that the 2FA system works, at this rate I'm going to have 2FA access to a completely worthless broken system in a few years. good thing I rebuilt the whole server in a VM I'm planning to deploy before I get the official one back. I'm skipping a lot of the ridiculous back and forth conversations because the more I think about it the more irritated I get.1 -
I feel like I’m putting a lot of pressure on myself because I haven’t done much developing lately. I started a ASP.NET Core tutorial/book (that I already made a rant about) I’m enjoying it and the imposter syndrome that accompanies learning something new. But I’m scared I won’t be able to grasp anything from the project I’m building with the tut and won’t be able to actually do anything with it. But we will see hopefully when it’s complete I’ll understand it better. And I also have college to worry about so fuck that and my teacher that never likes my answers no matter how accurate they are4
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Unlike traditional pressure washing, soft washing uses low-pressure water combined with eco-friendly cleaning solutions, making it safe for delicate surfaces such as windows, signs, and siding. This ensures that your storefront remains in pristine condition while being thoroughly cleaned.
Effective Dirt and Stain Removal
Soft washing effectively removes dirt, mold, mildew, algae, and other stubborn stains that can accumulate on your building’s exterior. Regular cleaning helps maintain a bright, welcoming appearance and prevents the buildup of unsightly grime.
Long-Term Protection
In addition to cleaning, our soft washing solutions also kill bacteria, mold, and algae, reducing the chances of future buildup. This means your storefront will stay cleaner for longer, providing more value for your investment.
Improved Customer Experience
A clean, well-maintained storefront makes a positive first impression on customers. It shows that you care about the appearance of your business and fosters trust and professionalism, which can encourage more foot traffic and potential sales.
Professional Cleaning for Office Buildings: A Clean Workspace for a Productive Environment
A clean office building is essential not only for the health and well-being of your employees but also for presenting a professional image to clients and visitors. At Wild West Pressure Washing, we specialize in professional cleaning for office buildings, providing comprehensive cleaning solutions for all exterior surfaces of your property.
Why Regular Office Building Cleaning Matters:
Maintains a Professional Image
The exterior of your office building is the first thing clients and visitors see. A dirty, poorly maintained building can give the wrong impression and reflect poorly on your business. Regular professional cleaning ensures your office remains polished and professional.
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North Canton Prowash: Expert Exterior House Washing in Akron and Pressure Washing for Commercial Properties
At North Canton Prowash, we understand how important it is to maintain the cleanliness and appearance of your property. Whether you're in need of exterior house washing in Akron or pressure washing for commercial properties, our professional team is here to provide high-quality, affordable solutions that restore and protect your property’s exterior. Serving Akron, Canton, and surrounding areas, we are committed to delivering outstanding cleaning services for residential and commercial clients alike.
Why Choose North Canton Prowash?
When searching for exterior house washing in Akron or pressure washing for commercial properties, you want a service provider you can trust to get the job done right. At North Canton Prowash, we offer:
Experienced Technicians: Our team is trained and skilled in the latest pressure washing techniques, ensuring that we achieve superior results every time.
State-of-the-Art Equipment: We use advanced pressure washing and soft washing equipment that is designed to clean effectively while protecting the surfaces being cleaned.
Eco-Friendly Solutions: Our cleaning products are safe for your property and the environment, offering a gentle yet effective approach to cleaning.
Affordable and Transparent Pricing: We offer competitive rates, ensuring that our high-quality services are accessible and budget-friendly.
Our Specialized Services
Exterior House Washing Akron
Over time, your home’s exterior can accumulate dirt, mold, mildew, and algae, leading to an unsightly appearance. If you’re looking for exterior house washing in Akron, North Canton Prowash is the expert you can rely on. We use soft washing techniques to gently yet effectively clean your home’s exterior surfaces without causing damage. From siding and gutters to windows and decks, we ensure a spotless, fresh appearance.
Benefits of exterior house washing:
Removes dirt, stains, and organic growth such as mold and mildew.
Increases your home’s curb appeal and overall value.
Protects the surfaces of your home from long-term damage caused by contaminants.
Pressure Washing for Commercial Properties
For businesses, a clean exterior is essential to making a positive first impression and ensuring that your property remains safe and professional. North Canton Prowash offers expert pressure washing for commercial properties to remove dirt, grime, grease, and other buildup from a variety of surfaces, including storefronts, parking lots, sidewalks, and more. Whether you manage a retail store, office building, or industrial complex, our pressure washing services are designed to keep your property looking its best.
Advantages of pressure washing for commercial properties:
Enhances the visual appeal of your business, attracting more customers and clients.
Removes harmful contaminants that can degrade the surfaces and structure of your property.
Promotes a clean, professional image that reflects well on your business.
Why Regular Exterior House Washing and Pressure Washing for Commercial Properties Matter
Regular exterior house washing and pressure washing for commercial properties are crucial for maintaining the appearance and structural integrity of your property. By regularly removing dirt, grime, mold, and mildew, you prevent damage, enhance curb appeal, and protect your investment. A clean home or business sends a strong message to visitors, customers, and potential buyers, making it a vital part of property maintenance.
Contact North Canton Prowash Today!
For expert exterior house washing in Akron and reliable pressure washing for commercial properties, trust North Canton Prowash to provide the best cleaning solutions in the area. Our professional team is committed to delivering high-quality results that meet your needs and exceed your expectations.
Call us today at +1 (330) 957-2711 to schedule your free estimate. Let North Canton Prowash help you enhance the look and longevity of your property with our professional cleaning services!
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Elite Pressure Washing & Home Services: Professional Brick Cleaning Services & Fence Pressure Washing
At Elite Pressure Washing & Home Services, we know how important it is to maintain the exterior of your home or business. Whether you're dealing with dirty bricks or a weathered fence, our expert services will help restore your property's beauty. We proudly offer brick cleaning services and fence pressure washing in Meriden, CT, and surrounding areas. With our professional-grade equipment and experienced team, we guarantee outstanding results that will leave your property looking fresh and well-maintained.
Brick Cleaning Services
Bricks are a popular building material known for their durability, but they can also collect dirt, grime, mold, and stains over time. Our brick cleaning services are designed to preserve the beauty and integrity of your brick surfaces, from home exteriors to patios, walkways, and fireplaces. With our advanced cleaning techniques, we ensure that your bricks are thoroughly cleaned without causing any damage.
Our brick cleaning services include:
Exterior Brick Cleaning: The brick exterior of your home can become stained with dirt, mildew, or algae over time. We use soft washing and high-pressure cleaning techniques to remove these unsightly stains, restoring your home’s curb appeal.
Chimney and Fireplace Cleaning: Brick chimneys and fireplaces can accumulate soot and other contaminants. Our professional cleaning services will ensure your chimney looks clean, while also improving safety by removing build-up.
Patio and Walkway Cleaning: Whether your brick patio or walkway has become covered with moss or dirt, our team can revitalize it with our gentle yet effective brick cleaning process.
Mold and Mildew Removal: Mold and mildew can cause serious damage to your brick surfaces, especially if left untreated. Our brick cleaning services include mold and mildew removal to prevent long-term damage and ensure a safe, clean environment.
Using the latest equipment and eco-friendly cleaning solutions, we can effectively remove stains and dirt from your brick surfaces, extending their lifespan while maintaining their natural beauty.
Fence Pressure Washing
Fences are exposed to the elements year-round, leading to the accumulation of dirt, grime, mold, algae, and even mildew. Over time, this can not only damage your fence but also make it look worn and unattractive. Our fence pressure washing service will restore the beauty of your fence, whether it’s wood, vinyl, or metal, and extend its lifespan by removing harmful contaminants.
Our fence pressure washing services include:
Wood Fence Cleaning: Over time, wood fences can become discolored by algae, mold, and dirt. We use soft washing techniques that remove grime without damaging the wood, restoring its natural look and preventing rot or decay.
Vinyl and Metal Fence Cleaning: Vinyl and metal fences can also accumulate dirt and stains that detract from their appearance. Our pressure washing service effectively removes these contaminants, brightening up your fence and improving its curb appeal.
Stain Removal: Stains from dirt, grease, or organic growth can tarnish the appearance of your fence. Our professional-grade pressure washing equipment removes even the toughest stains, making your fence look as good as new.
Preservation and Maintenance: Regular fence cleaning not only improves the look of your property but also helps prevent long-term damage caused by mold, algae, and dirt. By scheduling regular fence pressure washing, you can prolong the life of your fence and keep it looking fresh for years to come.
Whether you have a wooden privacy fence, a chain-link fence, or a decorative iron fence, our expert team at Elite Pressure Washing & Home Services can handle it all. We use the appropriate pressure levels and eco-friendly cleaners to ensure the best possible results without causing damage to your fence.
Why Choose Elite Pressure Washing & Home Services?
When it comes to brick cleaning services and fence pressure washing, Elite Pressure Washing & Home Services stands out as the top choice for property owners in Meriden, CT, and surrounding areas. Here’s why:
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Power Washing Pros: Residential and Commercial Cleaning in Yorktown and Williamsburg, VA – Your Expert Pressure Washing Service
At Power Washing Pros, we are your trusted source for residential and commercial cleaning in Yorktown and Williamsburg, VA. Our professional team is dedicated to providing high-quality pressure washing services that restore the beauty and cleanliness of your home or business. Whether you need a one-time cleaning or ongoing maintenance, we offer solutions tailored to meet your needs.
In this article, we’ll cover the benefits of pressure washing in Yorktown and Williamsburg, answer some frequently asked questions (FAQs), and explain why Power Washing Pros is the go-to provider for all your exterior cleaning needs.
Benefits of Pressure Washing in Yorktown and Williamsburg, VA
Pressure washing is one of the most effective methods for cleaning the exterior surfaces of both residential and commercial properties. Whether you’re dealing with grime, dirt, mold, or mildew, pressure washing delivers impressive results quickly and efficiently. Here’s why pressure washing is essential for your Yorktown or Williamsburg property:
1. Enhances Curb Appeal
First impressions are crucial, and the exterior of your home or business is the first thing people see. A clean, well-maintained exterior increases curb appeal and can even increase the value of your property. Regular pressure washing eliminates unsightly stains and buildup, leaving your property looking fresh and inviting.
2. Protects Your Property
Pressure washing doesn’t just make your property look better – it also helps protect it. Over time, dirt, mold, mildew, algae, and other contaminants can degrade the surfaces of your home or business. By removing these buildups, pressure washing helps preserve the materials, preventing damage that could lead to costly repairs.
3. Improves Health and Safety
Certain contaminants like mold and mildew can pose health risks, especially for individuals with allergies or respiratory issues. By eliminating these hazardous substances with pressure washing, you help create a safer environment for your family, employees, and customers. Additionally, cleaning your driveways and sidewalks can prevent slips and falls by removing moss, algae, and grime that create slippery surfaces.
4. Saves Time and Money
Pressure washing is a quick, efficient way to clean large areas, saving you both time and money compared to traditional cleaning methods. It also helps prevent the need for expensive repairs by regularly removing harmful buildup before it causes permanent damage.
5. Eco-Friendly Cleaning
At Power Washing Pros, we use eco-friendly pressure washing techniques that rely on safe, biodegradable cleaning agents. This ensures that your property is cleaned effectively without harming the environment or your landscaping.
Residential and Commercial Cleaning in Yorktown and Williamsburg, VA
Whether you own a home, a retail store, an office building, or any other commercial property in Yorktown or Williamsburg, Power Washing Pros provides the professional cleaning services you need. We specialize in both residential and commercial pressure washing, offering tailored solutions for every property type.
Residential Pressure Washing
Your home is one of your most valuable assets, and keeping it clean is essential for maintaining its beauty and value. Power Washing Pros offers a range of residential pressure washing services, including:
House Washing: Clean your home’s exterior, including siding, windows, and gutters.
Driveway and Walkway Cleaning: Remove oil stains, dirt, and grime from your driveway and walkways.
Deck and Patio Cleaning: Restore your outdoor living spaces to their original luster.
Roof Cleaning: Safely remove algae, moss, and other debris from your roof.
Commercial Pressure Washing
For businesses in Yorktown and Williamsburg, regular pressure washing can help create a professional image and a welcoming environment for your customers. Power Washing Pros offers commercial services, including:
Retail Store Cleaning: Keep your storefront clean and inviting for customers.
Office Building Exterior Cleaning: Ensure your business looks professional from the outside.
Parking Lot Cleaning: Remove dirt, debris, and stains to maintain a neat and presentable parking area.
Restaurant Exterior Cleaning: Clean your restaurant’s exterior, including sidewalks and patios, to maintain a pristine appearance.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Pressure Washing in Yorktown and Williamsburg, VA
Q1: How often should I schedule pressure washing for my home or business?
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