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I have worked at many places, many dev jobs. I've worked with people shipping features faster and slower than me. But that's very subjective. Using it as a m
by datf 10y ago
I have worked at many places, many dev jobs. I've worked with people shipping features faster and slower than me. But that's very subjective. Using it as a metric or even pointing it out doesn't make sense to me.
I've been forced by managers to merge or even ship features that are half-way done.
I have to agree with other people advising you to switch to another place.
If you are working in a toxic environment, or you don't agree with or like how they handle the projects, then there are better places for you to be.
Don't be afraid to pursue a better workplace environment if that's what matters to you.
Also, talk to your colleagues. See if they feel or see things the same way. Once you realize you're not the only one in that position you'll feel better about moving on.
Come to thing about it, a long time ago I worked at a place as a development team lead, and I saw management doing similar things to my team members as what you're describing. I confronted the owner about that, but things didn't change. I then advised my colleagues to look for something better and so did I (even though they always treated me great). And I'm happy to say ten years later we are all happy we left, and we all know we don't want to work somewhere like that again.
- sethammons 10y agoPlus one to talking to your colleagues. At my work, we started peer reviews that are anonymous. You request feedback from a pool of people. Those who give feedback talk on areas of strength and areas that need development. My imposter syndrome declined immensely after seeing some of the strengths listed from my peers with whome I work every day. I could agree with the areas of growth needed and it gave me focus for professional goals.
- AnneDev 10y agoArticle OP here, it was supposed to be implied that this was a job I worked at in the past (the time tracking thing). I confronted management about the time tracking but it was one of my first jobs so I had little experience with that kind of thing. The job was a nightmare in so many different ways that the time tracking was the straw that broke the camel's back.