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> I tried really hard and stayed there for more than 1 1/2 years Was it worth it? Do you regret not quitting after the first 2 months?

• genezeta 6y ago
  It's kind of hard to tell, actually. On the one hand I did need a job and I'm at that age where it's not always easy to find one. On the other, ah, maybe I regret it a little, but not too much. I mean, I'm usually pretty calm myself and I have worked previously with difficult people, so while it was truly a horrible place, it didn't affect me too much[1]. And then again, I did achieve some things. It was a really old project with old code and people with little and outdated knowledge, and I managed to clean up large parts, teach some things to the two or three receptive developers there, and write detailed but practical documentation for all the things I did. So all in all, at some level I do feel like I accomplished something. But then again... There were other, much larger problems with the team, the project, management, etc, which were just insane. I ended up quitting when, after meeting with management once more, they simply answered that they didn't care and they wouldn't change a single thing at all. ---- [1] I do confess there were days when I thought about quitting, and just this once, on my second-to-last day, I did get angry at someone.