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I made a thread about this a while back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30260271 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30260271 Companies make all these t
by Tabular-Iceberg 4y ago
I made a thread about this a while back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30260271 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30260271
Companies make all these technical blogs and conference talks about how to develop software in a sustainable and disciplined way, but it's all a bunch of lies to lure stupid devs to join in on their death march projects. And the scam is perfectly self-perpetuating, if all you're doing all day is fighting fires on these half baked systems you're not learning anything that's transferable to the next job.
- jrace 4y agoThats where i find myself today, everything in on fire and we have no time to reflect on what we did and reinforce the learning. Fortunately many opportunities are popping up… i am unsure if it really is better elsewhere though
- Tabular-Iceberg 4y agoEvery job I've taken so far has been worse than the one before. I hope you have better luck. I've been thinking of taking some time off to learn one thing properly and try to turn it into a consulting opportunity, but as long as industry CTOs are fine with devs just copying and pasting from stack overflow to solve whatever the current crisis is, there is no real demand for that.