[hobojones]

Any time management uses the phrase 'other duties and responsibilities,' and anytime management is suddenly willing to implement an idea they previously fought against.

A few days after switching roles and organizations within the company from regular system admin work to my first real development job, my old boss realized they were completely unprepared to continue without me. Due to the overall importance of my former customer to the company as a whole I was horse traded among senior management back to my old organization and role on a part time basis under the 'other duties and responsibilities' clause of my employment contract.

Prior to switching roles I made the case that the company should back-fill my position due to overall workload, the likelihood for burnout among my old teammates, impact to customer, etc (the original intention was to drop the role via attrition). I knew that something was up when my old manager was all excited to tell me that the company took my suggestions seriously.

As for how I dealt with it - unfortunately I bent over and took it. I have a myriad of reasons as to why, but the most salient is I feel I need the development experience and don't think I'd be able to find job elsewhere just yet. This has definitely accelerated my overall plans to leave the company entirely, but in the meantime I'm trying to milk all the experience I can from my new role and am preparing to quit at the earliest possible moment.

The silver lining out of this is that my partner, family, and friends have all been incredibly supportive. Additionally the team lead on my new team understands the situation I'm in and is trying very hard to present me opportunities to grow and expand my skill set even though I intend to leave the company in the future.

[_y5hn]

If you were your manager, making your case. What would you say: Would you, in writing, enquire to know at what date you might expect to be relieved of your former duties? Who is provided for knowledge transfer?

Point is, having another role and being in the same company, you may reasonably expect some "support" for your old role. If you take this as failure of management, you can make demands from strength (of course in a diplomatic and understanding way).

At any time, dev work may make you miss deadlines, and where's that replacement?

[markbernard]

Good for you. You don't necessarily have to leave. Once you have some experience you can find another prospect and then deliver an ultimatum. You want dev work full time or you will quit. And mention that you already have another job lined up.