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If you find yourself in a job where the engineering culture doesn't suit you, immediately start looking for a new job. You don't have to rush into the next job,

If you find yourself in a job where the engineering culture doesn't suit you, immediately start looking for a new job. You don't have to rush into the next job, be as picky as you need to be, but don't continue doing stuff that go against your beliefs, or stuff you don't want to do. Changing culture is an insane amount of effort for lead positions, and an impossible one for anyone else. Respect yourself or your mental health will start deteriorating. If this trend isn't caught early, it can take a very, very, long time to recover. It can also be be expensive, and I'm not talking about just monetary cost of therapies, but it can cost you in many other domains. And it creeps up on you, trust me; you don't notice until it's too late. Depression/stress (burnout) literally damage your brain on a physiological level. It's no joke.

k8sToGo 5y ago
This advice is good in general, but I don't think one should do job hopping right away fresh out of college or very early in the career.
- spoiler 5y ago
  Yes, good point. It's probably wise to stick around for at least a year or two in a company (subject to situation and your judgment, of course).
hirvi74 5y ago
Wonderful advice. I am dealing with this right now, and I: - I can't believe how much useful knowledge I have lost (or at least would have rather still retained, perhaps useful is the wrong word) - how difficult the smallest things are now - how long it took me to realize the ship wasn't sinking -- it sank years ago, and I'm already lost at sea. Time to brush up, and find enough driftwood to make a raft, I suppose. I don't even care about titles, more pay, etc.. I just want to make things that I can be proud of again. > Depression/stress (burnout) literally damage your brain on a physiological level. It's no joke. No kidding, and I am finding it harder to get back on the horse and self-study (I feel like I lost 90% of my fundamental knowledge since college. Use it or lose it, I suppose). I want out of web development, and I would love something lower-level, but I am not sure where to even look. I am sick of .Net Core and Sql. I want C and ARM assembly (good thing I forgot it all). I rather program a dishwasher than another web app at this point. It's easier to never fall off the horse than it is to get back on. Lessons learned.

k8sToGo 5y ago

This advice is good in general, but I don't think one should do job hopping right away fresh out of college or very early in the career.

spoiler 5y ago
Yes, good point. It's probably wise to stick around for at least a year or two in a company (subject to situation and your judgment, of course).

hirvi74 5y ago

Wonderful advice. I am dealing with this right now, and I: - I can't believe how much useful knowledge I have lost (or at least would have rather still retained, perhaps useful is the wrong word) - how difficult the smallest things are now - how long it took me to realize the ship wasn't sinking -- it sank years ago, and I'm already lost at sea. Time to brush up, and find enough driftwood to make a raft, I suppose. I don't even care about titles, more pay, etc.. I just want to make things that I can be proud of again. > Depression/stress (burnout) literally damage your brain on a physiological level. It's no joke. No kidding, and I am finding it harder to get back on the horse and self-study (I feel like I lost 90% of my fundamental knowledge since college. Use it or lose it, I suppose). I want out of web development, and I would love something lower-level, but I am not sure where to even look. I am sick of .Net Core and Sql. I want C and ARM assembly (good thing I forgot it all). I rather program a dishwasher than another web app at this point. It's easier to never fall off the horse than it is to get back on. Lessons learned.