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I got burned out by trying to be the code hero. Then I realized there really isn't any point to this line of work. It is the epitome of "progress only for the s

I got burned out by trying to be the code hero. Then I realized there really isn't any point to this line of work. It is the epitome of "progress only for the sake of progress".

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haskellandchill 8y ago
There is no right answer. I fake being happy for fear of being fired. I tried to contribute and help and was told to focus on my work, which is meaningless engineering with no purpose. I have resigned myself to get in on time and sit and stare at the screen. I try to get things done but it is a moving target. The people who thrive here engage in side channel communications, I am mostly unwilling to do that because I believe in public communication. I wish I did not believe in a free and open society as we are tending towards some form human/machine authoritarianism and my views are going to be punished. Keep your heads down and accumulate resources seems to be the best advice.
- brokenmachine 8y ago
  > Keep your heads down and accumulate resources seems to be the best advice. This is the problem with society at large IMO. Sounds like a toxic or at the very least an incompatible workplace. You should look for a different place to work, and possibly a different line of work entirely, since you don't seem to enjoy the "meaningless engineering". Money isn't everything.
- megamindbrian2 8y ago
  Sounds exactly like my experience at Useless Fintech aka Charles Schwab sorry to hear this. “Your ideas are stupid and your goals are meaningless” https://medium.com/@megamindbrian/your-ideas-are-stupid-and-your-goals-are-meaningless-3fca37d07cb9 https://medium.com/@megamindbrian/your-ideas-are-stupid-and-... There is a shred of hope left. I have a friend that has not offered me work personally but he says he loves the "Google reject engineers". Meaning he loves to hire the people that are phenomenal and confident enough to compete in the big league but are defeated by some small technicality such as checking the wrong box on a web based job application or in your case failing at "side channel" communication. That's probably more of a good quality for you rather than a failure.

I got burned out by trying to be the code hero. Then I realized there really isn't any point to this line of work. It is the epitome of "progress only for the sake of progress".

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haskellandchill 8y ago

There is no right answer. I fake being happy for fear of being fired. I tried to contribute and help and was told to focus on my work, which is meaningless engineering with no purpose. I have resigned myself to get in on time and sit and stare at the screen. I try to get things done but it is a moving target. The people who thrive here engage in side channel communications, I am mostly unwilling to do that because I believe in public communication. I wish I did not believe in a free and open society as we are tending towards some form human/machine authoritarianism and my views are going to be punished. Keep your heads down and accumulate resources seems to be the best advice.

brokenmachine 8y ago
> Keep your heads down and accumulate resources seems to be the best advice. This is the problem with society at large IMO. Sounds like a toxic or at the very least an incompatible workplace. You should look for a different place to work, and possibly a different line of work entirely, since you don't seem to enjoy the "meaningless engineering". Money isn't everything.
megamindbrian2 8y ago
Sounds exactly like my experience at Useless Fintech aka Charles Schwab sorry to hear this. “Your ideas are stupid and your goals are meaningless” https://medium.com/@megamindbrian/your-ideas-are-stupid-and-your-goals-are-meaningless-3fca37d07cb9 https://medium.com/@megamindbrian/your-ideas-are-stupid-and-... There is a shred of hope left. I have a friend that has not offered me work personally but he says he loves the "Google reject engineers". Meaning he loves to hire the people that are phenomenal and confident enough to compete in the big league but are defeated by some small technicality such as checking the wrong box on a web based job application or in your case failing at "side channel" communication. That's probably more of a good quality for you rather than a failure.