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Counterpoint I work on a big boring business. I have two projects I am working on right now. One is a project that is interesting and I think will benefit the p
by hpoe 5y ago
Counterpoint I work on a big boring business. I have two projects I am working on right now. One is a project that is interesting and I think will benefit the project.
The other is one that I find poorly considered and a waste of money and effort. I try to do both to the best of my ability, but for the second project it has been made clear to me that my opinion is not really appreciated and that my technical opinion is not valued this has hence killed my initiative and desire to go above and beyond or my desire to advocate for changes for the betterment of the project. Not because I am lazy or resentful I've just learned that attempting to do so on this project is a waste of time and effort and my energy would be better spent elsewhere.
- tut-urut-utut 5y agoI feel you there. I am also working on a project now that, I feel, is a net negative for my company. And you are right, no one is listening to me about it. And they shouldn't, as a software architect who am I to tell business owners that basing a company around SAP ERP is a good idea from the business standpoint. However, as an internal technical team full of professionals, we are making sure that right technical decisions are taken during the implementation, and we don't allow inferior SAP tools that "work out of the box with the SAP ERP" to pollute our technical landscape, and we are not letting SAP consultants to further lock us in into their world. That's the part where we still can be professionals and do a great implementation of a "shitty" project we don't believe in. But you are right, if we were not allowed to be professionals and if business would not respect our technical decisions, it would not be our fault to be demotivated and just do the bare minimum required not to be fired on the spot.