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Our first world problems are such a drag. I think you can make most any coding job fun if you do it right. Are you interested in making things better? Adding
by cognivore 12y ago
Our first world problems are such a drag.
I think you can make most any coding job fun if you do it right. Are you interested in making things better? Adding CRUD? Bake in a better object layer to the data store. Front end developer a n00b? Just out do him with some nice Angular or jQuery on the next project. "Oh, I already added the UI stuff."
If you can't learn something just for the purpose of learning (and why are you putting that limitation on yourself - buck up) do it on your own time and then bring it to work. Make everyone else look bad. Make your employer happy. Then get good at the new shiznit so you can quit and get a better job.
- mediascreen 12y agoI find that making everyone else look good is an even better way to improve your career. Colleagues will remember every time you helped them out and your bosses are usually more aware than you think.
- hipsterrific 12y agoYou make it sound so easy when it's clearly not. I've worked jobs where I was the only .net developer in a large enterprise and worked in a team where my teammate wasn't interested in growing. It takes more than just gumsion to do what you're suggesting, what you're actually wanting to do is add more stress. Case in point, my coworker who wasn't interested in growing: I spent the better part of two months architecting out the service layers...only to have him f* it all up in a week. Refactor you say? Try refactoring code for someone elses work on top of your own. He can try to outdo his coworkers to which he may easily become unpopular at work. Nothing adds more stress than pissing off coworkers and added more horridness to an already horrid team dynamics. It's not easy to work in a crappy job. Your suggestions, in my opinion, sound more like wishful thinking.