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6-12 months into any job I have had you see it is political, and as a developer you I am the pawn in the game. The developer is default assumed naive regardles
by quickthrower2 4y ago
6-12 months into any job I have had you see it is political, and as a developer you I am the pawn in the game.
The developer is default assumed naive regardless if decades of experience.
Mansplained, cut short, restricted freedom and the constant ticking of some clock that is measuring how fast you can pump out the puzzle solutions.
So I am over it. I avoid burnout by having a simple goal: to be paid every month by someone. I have lost the enthusiasm for the work. I do the work. But I don’t have ideas in the shower anymore.
There are just too few people-oriented leaders in the space and those that are are hamstring by the next level up anyway.
The good thing is it is continuously motivation to build a side business.
- human_person 4y agoOne thing that helps me is knowing that as the person actually building it I have the power/final say. You can say no to features or build the features you believe are more important. It’s the pms job to convince you that their priorities are worth it.
- quickthrower2 4y agoI like that power dynamic. Because developers tend to be more “eager to please”. It really takes a mindset that the business owners trust and confide in technical people rather than seeing them as a paid service to be “karen-ed” (obviously in the modern, ultra polite, we are cool people kinda way) because “customer is right”.
- barrenko 4y agoI don't know the exact quote but it goes something like - there is no human issue that is not a political one.