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> I feel like I may have wound up on this path... I'm working in a government role where I've been put as the lead developer on some major pieces of software de
by mcny 8y ago
> I feel like I may have wound up on this path... I'm working in a government role where I've been put as the lead developer on some major pieces of software despite only being 5 or so years into my career because the people I'm surrounded with seem to have some significant competency issues.
Please don't quit yet. Please work on some pet project or something in your free time if you'd like. As you saw, we need people who care in government IT projects. We won't magically find people who care. We are the people who care.
- hahajk 8y agoI’ve been in a similar organization and have been put in charge of projects that I’ve been under qualified for, too, but I pressed on with good intentions and an “I care!” attitude. The problem is that at these organizations there’s often no one more competent to turn to for help. If you fail (like I did) you get the sense that there’s a class of people who can do things rigorously and well and then there’s the class that includes you. It’s an experience that can easily leave you worse off. It would be noble to stick around, but maybe a person owes it to him or herself to find an organization already doing things the right way that is willing to hire and train eager inexperienced team members.