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Long hours, pushed into doing multiple things (tech lead/management/lead developer all at once), picking up lots of additional things because nobody owned them
by physicsguy 3y ago
Long hours, pushed into doing multiple things (tech lead/management/lead developer all at once), picking up lots of additional things because nobody owned them and it held back progress (CI/CD infra, coding standards across teams, etc.).
Nothing was technically hard, but just an onslaught of more work, all the time. Contracts kept being signed with customers that couldn't be delivered because of lack of resource, etc. etc.
- paulcole 3y agoThe way you describe it, it’s hard to tell if the company burned you out or if you burned out yourself. > picking up lots of additional things because nobody owned them and it held back progress (CI/CD infra, coding standards across teams, etc.) If nobody owned them, why’d you own them? > tech lead/management/lead developer all at once Did someone say, “You are now tech lead/management/developer all at once” or did you think you “needed” to do these things? > Contracts kept being signed with customers that couldn't be delivered because of lack of resource OK then your choices seem like either not delivering on contracts or getting burned out. Which is the better option in your opinion?