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Before burnout I did these 8+ hours for real trying to improve software and hardware stack. It is at technical level from 90s. I wanted to have continuous integ
by lnsru 6y ago
Before burnout I did these 8+ hours for real trying to improve software and hardware stack. It is at technical level from 90s. I wanted to have continuous integration, gigabit internet interface instead of multiple serial ports, fast DDR analog to digital converters instead of 400 kHz I2C. I coded, did project plans, calculated how quicker system will be after changes. Nobody wanted this. “Not a business case!” - I was told regularly. Then I was gone for 3 months. I came back to life and do not work more than 2 hours daily. This ancient stack recently failed very very badly, but I don’t care anymore. However, I work on my own idea for at least 4 hours daily. With longer break in the middle I can be productive for 8 hours a day.
- cl0ckt0wer 6y agoBuracracy is never kind to the technically minded. You'd be better served working on your presentation skills than your engineering skills. Does anyone know how to make a presentation for an issue like this? Would you try to cast time saved as money made?
- lnsru 6y agoYou are right, I should have done more presentations for non technical people in other organization and the great failure could be avoided. Normally managers should listen very good when somebody explains how to save €0.5M. But for this particular organization can’t be helped. We ship products assembled with duct tape and that’s ok. Every piece of the electronics looks to be done by a child during first ham radio course and that’s also ok. I am glad having job during these times and don’t take it seriously anymore after my burnout.