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If you're lucky enough to actually write code (or preferably, solve problems) at work then you're already quite lucky. I seem to spend all my time in meetings,

by nly 5y ago

If you're lucky enough to actually write code (or preferably, solve problems) at work then you're already quite lucky. I seem to spend all my time in meetings, preparing presentations, performing sysadmin tasks, testing things owned by other teams or external providers, looking things up for people, "resolving" tickets, communicating with other teams, chasing other teams, debugging internal infrastructure, doing code review, and being involved in a peripheral manner with more junior team members. Apparently this is what being a "senior software engineer" is all about, and it really does suck. My solution is to work on interesting things on the side and treat the day job for what it is: a ticket to financial independence before I'm 50. And if it all becomes too much, then the job market (for now) is at least very fluid.

bluedino 5y ago
Coding is hell in the wrong environment. Requirements always changing, not being allowed to go back and fix or improve things...
- qudat 5y ago
  > Requirements always changing, not being allowed to go back and fix or improve things... This resonates with me. Working in a startup environment is fun and scrapy, but when you're never able to go back and improve what you did because "we barely care about that feature anymore" it becomes pretty frustrating. Building features that only a handful of people use is also soul draining.
- username90 5y ago
  Coding feels like that art game kids do where each person paints a part of a picture without seeing what any of the other kids are doing. The main difference is that with code management will give the end results to customers who will complain a lot if the parts don't fit well together. So instead of learning to become an artist you learn to do as boring work as possible to match what every other developer is doing. It is sad to see when some here considers that state to be the true peak of this craft.

by nly 5y ago

bluedino 5y ago

Coding is hell in the wrong environment. Requirements always changing, not being allowed to go back and fix or improve things...

qudat 5y ago
> Requirements always changing, not being allowed to go back and fix or improve things... This resonates with me. Working in a startup environment is fun and scrapy, but when you're never able to go back and improve what you did because "we barely care about that feature anymore" it becomes pretty frustrating. Building features that only a handful of people use is also soul draining.
username90 5y ago
Coding feels like that art game kids do where each person paints a part of a picture without seeing what any of the other kids are doing. The main difference is that with code management will give the end results to customers who will complain a lot if the parts don't fit well together. So instead of learning to become an artist you learn to do as boring work as possible to match what every other developer is doing. It is sad to see when some here considers that state to be the true peak of this craft.