[codegeek]

Welcome to getting a taste of the Real World. I cannot comment on the "incompetency" question but I would give you some general advice (18+ years in the tech industry). In the real world, there are trade-offs to be made. Sometimes it means that you won't have enough time/resources/incentive/priority to do automated tests. That is not always a bad thing. Focus is usually on getting shit done and yes that sometimes means not perfectly.

My advice: be proud of your high standards but don't look at others to be like you. I was kinda like you in my 1st job and realized quickly that you cannot control what other people do. You can only do what you can do. So do your best and be proud of it. If some things are not getting done, it is not end of the world. Don't look for perfection. No one cares if you wrote that additional test (well in grand scheme of things). People will remember you based on you getting stuff done and being able to work with people who could trust you to get things done and bonus if they really liked working with you.

So, be nice, get along with people you work with, provide inputs but if it doesn't go too far, don't get disheartened. Make sure you are making a difference on your end, no matter how small and ONLY judge yourself. Good luck.

[AmIAnElitist]

Thank you for the advice. I generally try to silence the cynic in me, thank you for reinforcing that.

> ONLY judge yourself

This is great and very useful advice.

[v-erne]

>> ONLY judge yourself

This advice will only work in the beginig. There will be the point in career where he needs to judge other abilities and involvement to properly allocate work and manage projekt successfully.