u/AnyYogurtcloset5335

I'm ~10 seconds behind a Green Audi on a 20mph road starting this "maneuver".

- When I was ~10s away, they pull into a large layby/empty area on the left so my first thought was that they were waiting/stopping/whatever.

- When I was about ~5s away, the Audi swings out into the road to start 3 point turn (wasn't clear they were doing a 3 point turn at the time because I thought they were reversing into the layby.

- When I was ~2s away, the Audi reversed so the back half of the car was in the layby and front half in the middle of the road. Not sure why they didn't reverse all the way and wait for a gap to turn around.

- At this point, I stupidly assumed they were only reversing into the layby but I was wrong and they were doing a 3 point turn. I stupidly decided to overtake while half of the Audi is in the middle of the left lane not expecting them to drive forward again.

- He was looking the other way so braked late when he saw me overtaking but luckily no collision... but I did receive a middle finger and blaring of the horn 😬

I try my best to drive defensively all the time and anticipate what others are going to do, but I made a mistake by overtaking and made a bad judgement to assume they were just reversing in the layby rather than doing a 3 point turn.

My question is if there was a collision, would I be at fault? My guess would be yes... nonetheless I've learnt from my mistake and won't assume other driver's actions whatsoever going forward and continue driving defensively as possible

Hi, after graduating with a 1st in CS, it took me around two years to break into an entry-level dev role at a non-profit org in London.

The company is well-established but small, with around 30 employees. My role is mostly remote, with 0–2 days per week in the office. The UK dev team is only 4 people (including me). The rest of the devs are overseas.

I’ve been here for almost six months, and my probation review is due. I’m unsure what expectations I should have going into it. My starting salary was £23,900 for a 37.5-hour work week, which was just above minimum wage at the time. When the minimum wage increased to £24,800, my salary was adjusted to match it. My contract doesn't state any salary progression after probation.

I’ve made a strong effort to learn the company’s SaaS products, codebase and resolving production issues through tickets assigned during weekly sprints. I’ve also developed two full-stack internal applications that are now being used by staff to streamline certain processes.

I feel I’ve taken on responsibilities beyond what might typically be expected of an entry-level developer in training. My manager has also mentioned that they don’t really see me as entry-level, as I’ve been able to work independently at times and already had some familiarity with the tech stack through personal projects.

I was frustrated with minimum wage at the start but I couldn't complain as I had to get my foot in the door and land my first role.

I have no idea what I should reasonably expect from my probation review. Are my responsibilities aligned with my current salary? What kinds of questions should I be asking, and how should I approach this conversation?

I’d really appreciate any advice.