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I want to be ambitious and enjoy my work, but most of it is REST or similar level work. Those rare times I have an interesting project I end up stuck waiting fo

I want to be ambitious and enjoy my work, but most of it is REST or similar level work. Those rare times I have an interesting project I end up stuck waiting for information or eventually code review (for days). Nowadays I just want out. I'll get that feeling doing my own thing with no blockers but time and myself. I'm not at all convinced this is generally possible at any company (based on what I've heard from friends and read on HN and elsewhere). There's always something in the way.

yolovoe 5y ago
I used to feel the same. The work I was doing at the last startup was just REST level work. Work at current team at Amazon was fun at first with new serverless technologies, but I ramped up in a month and it's now data pipelines and full stack development and integrations that is better than REST level work but still getting boring. The engineers are all much better and processes are solid, but I wanted out. Now, I'm joining a systems/kernel team working right above hardware that drives EC2 servers. Believe me, lots of good work is out there. Join a large company and look into internally transferring into an interesting role. I heard back from DynamoDB, Lambda, and so many other cool teams while I was considering transferring out of the current team. There's loads of interesting work at the bigger companies. There is good work at some startups too, I'm sure, but it's easier to try different teams at a FAANG than switch between small companies.
- wilkommen 5y ago
  I'm curious to know how different the work feels on your new systems/kernel team than when you were working on the full stack REST stuff. Of course, the subject matter is different, but does the work feel different? Like more rigorous, interesting, meaningful, clever, etc? Does it challenge you more? Do you feel like you're more able to explore your full potential on the new team? I'm quite curious how different it is.

yolovoe 5y ago

I used to feel the same. The work I was doing at the last startup was just REST level work. Work at current team at Amazon was fun at first with new serverless technologies, but I ramped up in a month and it's now data pipelines and full stack development and integrations that is better than REST level work but still getting boring. The engineers are all much better and processes are solid, but I wanted out. Now, I'm joining a systems/kernel team working right above hardware that drives EC2 servers. Believe me, lots of good work is out there. Join a large company and look into internally transferring into an interesting role. I heard back from DynamoDB, Lambda, and so many other cool teams while I was considering transferring out of the current team. There's loads of interesting work at the bigger companies. There is good work at some startups too, I'm sure, but it's easier to try different teams at a FAANG than switch between small companies.

wilkommen 5y ago
I'm curious to know how different the work feels on your new systems/kernel team than when you were working on the full stack REST stuff. Of course, the subject matter is different, but does the work feel different? Like more rigorous, interesting, meaningful, clever, etc? Does it challenge you more? Do you feel like you're more able to explore your full potential on the new team? I'm quite curious how different it is.