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"Agile", wildly unrealistic deadlines, chronic optimism, prioritizing marketing fluff and shiny features over maintenance and user experience, weird linkedin-co
by unhappyddev 2y ago
"Agile", wildly unrealistic deadlines, chronic optimism, prioritizing marketing fluff and shiny features over maintenance and user experience, weird linkedin-corporate-speak on slack, constantly worrying about performance and mediocre code I've written under pressure, it goes on.
I'm trying to put less pressure on myself and care less, but when it's 9 to 5 all week...you kind of have to live it. I barely have any energy after work to do things I enjoy. By the time I've started to relax and forget about work during the weekend, it's already Sunday night.
- jacknews 2y ago"chronic optimism" I'm not sure if you mean 'toxic positivity', but I find that quite draining. It's clearly another 'motivational' groupthink technique, to distract from the fact that you're slaving away for someone else's bottom line.
- unhappyddev 2y agoYeah that might be a good term for it. We have a lot of "yes men", including direct managers, who are quick to agree to any deadline and feature no matter what. I feel like I always have to be the bad guy, and it's draining.