I work on the City side of the development world. We're always getting screamed at for taking 3 weeks to review a plan set by the same developers who want to meet with me every minute of every fucking day.

I've got 40 projects in my review queue and all of them are demanding a weekly meeting. When am I supposed to do the fucking reviews?

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

When you talk to your management and show them how overworked you are and ask for a helper. But don't just say how much, show them in business lingo so they actually understand.

Fill out your calendar with the meetings and show management how you have no time for meaningful work because of meetings.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I'm on the Municipal side. City Council ain't gonna raise taxes to hire more people.

I'll get burned out and leave soon enough. The longest-serving person in the development department has been here just over a year, and we pay nearly double what other cities in the area do.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

Get out of my head, Charles

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I worked in places like this and I'm not going back unless consulting prices go back up again... The pain is real.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago

Just find a place that hasn't solidified their IT structure and processes enough for people to have time to invent BS overhead.

THE STANDARD PRACTICE IS WHATEVER I SAY IT IS JANICE! how are business critical things no one knew existed breaking

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I just got a Jr dev job about 3 weeks ago and I haven't written a single line of code. It's all been meetings and other shit. I'm kind of ok with that. Lol

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think this is something a lot of people posting here don't get. You can be a programmer, make apps or games in your spare time, set your own goals and be your own boss, and that's great. Suddenly you get a "normal" job programming and you have you deal with customer requirements, business nonsense, and working as part of a team; that's being a software engineer. One isn't superior to the other, they are just different beasts.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

Absolutely. There is very little programming involved in a normal job most of the year. I actually knew that before getting in. I have friends on the same team that have been there before me and they explained things beforehand. I have so many meetings and business stuff daily. We also reach out to users to help them fix issues on their machines, too.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I love planning.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

"planning"

[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

not my experience at all across 3 separate companies. Ime senior engineers are the highest level that still spends most of the day heads down most days, and that's why I'm gonna stick it out at this level as long as I can.

[–] Klanky@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is not the first time I’ve seen memes like this, and it makes me so glad I’m not involved in programming or software development. I would straight up die.

[–] Bransons404@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

If you can find a comfy mid level role or a "real" senior role that is mostly code it's a very rewarding career. But yeah I'd lose it with day long meetings

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

I knew I finally made it to a senior role when I started to do nothing but paperwork.

[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago

No wonder I can’t find a TPM job anywhere. The senior devs are doing all my work.

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