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Not disagreeing with you, but OP specifically mentions being burned out, and I think for this specific situation it may be better to cut losses and go elsewhere
by geofft 5y ago
Not disagreeing with you, but OP specifically mentions being burned out, and I think for this specific situation it may be better to cut losses and go elsewhere.
If you have the energy and enthusiasm for fixing broken things, this is great advice, ideally before the point of burnout / before six months (but after at least a month or so). But not every senior role has to involve cleaning up messes and picking political fights. You're allowed to look for a company that isn't a mess if you want.
- RhysU 5y agoBurning out is likely due to a lack of focus on concrete, actionable, blessed endeavors. Fixing everything at once is impossible.
- krageon 5y ago> Burning out is likely due to a lack of focus Folks do get burnout because of personal habits, but just as often it is due to the environment that they work in.
- thehappypm 5y agoOn top of that, if you're burned out, then you aren't acting at the level of a senior engineer. These titles matter, you're being paid for your seniority.
- throwawaycuriou 5y agoThe forces behind burnout don't decrease just by operating as a senior.
- thehappypm 5y agoMy point is that seniority implies a certain level of professionalism. If you're getting burned out you're not at that level.
- gwbas1c 5y agoMany things contribute to burnout, including poor team fit. Sometimes circumstances mean that a professional needs to take a chance on a job; other times circumstances evolve beyond what a job appeared to be.
- throwawaycuriou 5y agoI infer that you mean that a senior professional is more adept at mitigating the effects of burnout. While that may often correlate, I don't think it follows that someone is less professional or at an insufficient level if they are suffering from burnout. Many times the factors at play exist within an organization regardless of how one member performs.
- Teever 5y agoThe extension of your worldview is that a General in the military can't get PTSD because they're so professional.
- thehappypm 5y agoI think if a general had bad enough PTSD that it was negatively impacting their day-to-day job performance they would be demoted from being a general.
- geofft 5y agoI don't think that burnout is a function of seniority or lack thereof.
- SgtBastard 5y agoPerhaps consider that a "Senior" Product Manager at a mid-size company doesn't have the same perspectives of actual engineers at much larger companies.