[silveroriole]

Judging by my performance reviews, I’ve gotten way worse at my job over time. They LOVED me as a junior, they despise me as a senior/lead. Only difference is that as a junior, when the boss came by and said “let’s do it this way,” I said wow, cool, teach me! Now I say “No user has asked for this, your design is overcomplicated, and we need to factor in an extra three weeks for the overdue tech debt fixes I’ve been warning you about.” And the reaction towards me actually using my knowledge and job skills is so extremely negative that there goes my confidence. This industry is kinda screwed up.

[sh34r]

There are a lot of zombie companies that only exist due to bailouts and zero interest rates. Sounds like you’re at one of them. Inflation and interest rates aren’t going down any time soon.

It’s all cyclical. The decadence today will eventually give way to another recession, and we’ll build something better from the ashes.

I’m also growing increasingly disgusted by the state of the industry. Things weren’t so messed up 10 years ago, but salaries were also not so ludicrous at the time. I suppose I should be careful what I wish for, but I’d appreciate some disruption right about now.