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Are you me? I was remote before the pandemic and this has been my life since I went remote. I am constantly praised on my work (both in quality and quantity) b
by anon125236423 5y ago
Are you me? I was remote before the pandemic and this has been my life since I went remote.
I am constantly praised on my work (both in quality and quantity) but I keep telling myself it can't be true. I normally do 1-2 hours of work a day right before my standup (often doing to work I said I was going to do the previous day) and every once in a while I work more if I feel motivated or if there is a production issue/big release. I know I do good work but I am often flabbergasted that I'm seen as such a good developer given that I'm putting in so few hours. I'm not trying to boast here, far from it, but I get a TON of praise and it bewilders me and I feel guilty.
My biggest issue is what I do with the remaining time. Sure, sometimes I clean, do laundry, cook, etc but more often than not I just lay in bed and listen to/read a book or play a game. I end up doing next to nothing every workday until 5 when I feel "free" and I can finally go do whatever I want. For a long stretch at the start of the pandemic I would just scroll through TikTok for hours, always with a small voice in the back of my head telling me I would be found out. I know depression is to blame for some of my lackluster motivation, and it's something I'm working on, but even so I have zero interest in suddenly putting all that extra time into work, especially when they are thrilled with my performance as-is. What sucks is there is no one I can talk about this with. My friends would probably get mad or think less of me and so I just keep quiet.
I keep thinking that if/when they hire someone to do the same work as me that I'll have to step it up since it will be obvious, at least to the other person, that I'm not giving 100% but even then I'm not sure. I've always outperformed my peers and so when I took my most recent job I never put in 100%, 80% max at the start and now it's down to 10-20% while putting out plenty of good work. Why should I work harder? I can't bring myself to care about it though I wish I could funnel some of that extra time/effort into my side projects.