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I’d agree with this. Anecdotally speaking I have never met anyone on my team and I honestly can say that I feel like I’m a mercenary whose job is to just destro

I’d agree with this. Anecdotally speaking I have never met anyone on my team and I honestly can say that I feel like I’m a mercenary whose job is to just destroy tickets and keep a lookout at our monitoring. It feels so impersonal and is it really my fault or my colleagues that they don’t feel as invested? Messing with k8s, looking at logs, or occasionally hopping into a zoom to discuss architecture for an upcoming project that I don’t find any interest in beyond ensuring the stock goes up, it feels like I’m a cog and I just do things and somehow we keep going. Three years ago I would be super engaged and going to conferences to show off our latest work. Maybe it’s the combination of doing boring (to me) infrastructure and dev ops work along with zoom culture. Back in the day I was a mobile application developer so that was quite a different lifestyle compared to this. Idk man, I’m doing my best to do a good job but honestly it is the worst experience of my life so far. I’ve been spending my time outside of work in evenings and weekends hacking away on side projects. They give me far greater joy, which I used to find previously at work.

senttoschool 4y ago
Totally agreed with you. I found much greater joy going to the office everyday, working, meeting with my coworkers, doing things after work like grabbing a beer in the kitchen, etc. I really missed those things. Now I'm just staring at a screen for 10 hours a day. Two extra hours because I feel like I need to prove that I'm working while I'm remote. It sucks. I feel way less energy and less passion for the company.
- spookthesunset 4y ago
  Completely agree. There is no more banter. No sharing of ideas. No creativity. It's all just zoom bullshit. I keep wondering when this crap is gonna end and people will realize that this "pure remote" shit absolutely kills innovation and creativity. But man... it's super depressing. I used to love my work. Now it sucks. I think it will take many years before this shakes out. I think companies that are in-person will out-compete and out-innovate those who aren't. I think the pendulum will start swinging back to in-person. I dunno. It's exhausting though. I feel very trapped by all this crap. I could only imagine being a new-hire or some fresh college grad...
  - senttoschool 4y ago
    >I dunno. It's exhausting though. I feel very trapped by all this crap. I could only imagine being a new-hire or some fresh college grad... Imagine trying to build a relationship over Slack and Zoom as a new hire. I'd be lost and frustrated. It's just not the same.
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senttoschool 4y ago

Totally agreed with you. I found much greater joy going to the office everyday, working, meeting with my coworkers, doing things after work like grabbing a beer in the kitchen, etc. I really missed those things. Now I'm just staring at a screen for 10 hours a day. Two extra hours because I feel like I need to prove that I'm working while I'm remote. It sucks. I feel way less energy and less passion for the company.

spookthesunset 4y ago
Completely agree. There is no more banter. No sharing of ideas. No creativity. It's all just zoom bullshit. I keep wondering when this crap is gonna end and people will realize that this "pure remote" shit absolutely kills innovation and creativity. But man... it's super depressing. I used to love my work. Now it sucks. I think it will take many years before this shakes out. I think companies that are in-person will out-compete and out-innovate those who aren't. I think the pendulum will start swinging back to in-person. I dunno. It's exhausting though. I feel very trapped by all this crap. I could only imagine being a new-hire or some fresh college grad...
- senttoschool 4y ago
  >I dunno. It's exhausting though. I feel very trapped by all this crap. I could only imagine being a new-hire or some fresh college grad... Imagine trying to build a relationship over Slack and Zoom as a new hire. I'd be lost and frustrated. It's just not the same.

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