Hey,

Can't join waitlist unfortunately, AAA is still Perforce heavy. We get to use Git for Backend work at least though 😁

For that use case, have worked across a few places, and ran into a few different edges, though none have anything to do with LFS unfortunately.

• one org was on GitHub, used Jenkins for CI. We built micro services in multiple repositories, so being able to create repos on a pattern was really useful. We used Cookie cutter + Cruft to template and try to roll out the templates across all the repos when changes were needed, which worked sometimes. Being able to do that reliability in repo would be amazing, but static templates would be a good starting point.
• another was on GitLab. They made heavy use of the organisation/project/subproject/repository kind of structuring, which worked really well except for integration with Go (I think there's a doc on GitLabs side talking about it now but it didn't exist back then). Used their CI tooling heavily, integrating renovate for dependency updates and driving iac through it as well (with terraform).
• one smaller org was a monorepo with code in C# - there were a lot more binaries checked in here, though they changed less frequently. Also ran into the windows/Linux line ending fun on all the source code - smoothing that edge would be an awesomely useful feature for onboarding
• most recent org use a monorepo for backend, are using CI and lots of self-hosted runners (for 8hr+ soak load tests), and have a lot of calls into CI and the codebase from Horde (newish unreal/epic ci system). They're just exploring GitOps stuff for CD - looking at ArgoCd and Kargo. They're very keen on a "promotion" style flow, if there's something you want to innovate on there 😊

Apologies I couldn't help much on the LFS side of things - the smaller org above did try to move into Git and did with one part of the studio for a while, but it made it harder for non-engineers to cross teams and studios because everyone else was P4.

Am on the other side of one of these, and worked for a UK based firm hiring overseas in the past too. Am not a lawyer or any other legal person and am not capable of giving valid legal advice (which you should definitely get).

EOR is often easiest to start as they take on a lot of burdens but are spendy (monthly fee on top of employee costs). They then work for the EOR, permanently seconded to your company.

Uk working norms are much closer to Europe - we take holiday/PTO/leave and expect to not only use it all but carry it over if we can't use it. Working hours are generally max 40/week, there's a legal right to under* 48/week on a rolling average that has to be opted out of contractually, and there are rights to parental leave, flexible working and other things that you'd have to cater for as well.

Repeat and echo - speak to a lawyer/solicitor/HR professional with experience 😁

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Article text:

HEAD teachers in Wales have sounded the alarm over the worrying number of complex medical interventions that staff are having to perform on students.

Nine in 10 (92 per cent) of the school heads surveyed by the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) Cymru said they were required to perform procedures in the classroom.

But only a third (33 per cent) of the 339 respondents said they had received sufficient training to help students properly.

The most common interventions concern pupil’s mobility, personal care such as support with using the toilet and administering medication.

Other procedures teachers named by teachers included respiratory and cardiac monitoring, catheter and stoma care, tube feeding, the use of hoists and mental health intervention.

NAHT Cymru blamed “longstanding underfunding and insufficient capacity” in Wales’s school system.

National secretary Laura Doel said: “Insufficient medical provision is leading to a two-tier experience for pupils, with some of the most vulnerable children relying on school staff rather than qualified clinicians for essential care.”