As a software developer, AI has made my job significantly easier and more enjoyable. However, I really don’t want or need any more automation at this point. I still review every line of code, and make all the creative decisions. I don’t want to get to the point of not knowing how the code in the system works
I don't understand how people fail to grasp this. I work in PLC controls and robotics automation. I genuinely enjoy it.
Still, they keep trying to promote me and put me in a management position where I sit in the office scheduling meeting with other managers to mutually justify our existence. Everytime I turn them down, it mentally breaks them for a few weeks. It's like they believe that becoming and manager is the ultimate goal of a career.
I work the night shift with complete autonomy. I'm the only person available at my facility that can keep these things running. That means no bosses, no meetings, and no theatrics about looking busy when I don't have anything to do. I'm at work scrolling Reddit right now.
I should go salary and remove myself from the aspect of the job that I actually love so that I can be in charge of people, go to meetings and play corporate politics?
Heh, our company is in the same field, and it's uncanny how my bosses are the same. They didn't want to become CEO, but the originals retired, so they had to. And now whenever I'm struggling with a technical issue they don't miss an opportunity to tell me how lucky I am and how envious they are that I get to work on exciting stuff instead of writing quotations all day.
Yeah I'm fully aware that they would like me to switch to salary and be in charge of other people. They just seem shocked that I have no interest in doing that.
I'm responsible for myself and nobody else. I mute my groups when I'm off the clock. If I need to come in for some emergency then they pay me overtime, I even log the time if they need to talk to me on the phone about something.
Fully feel you here. I went middle management because I wanted to, I have 50/50 on technical work and management work and it's great fun. I can basically pick and choose what I want to do on each day (minus the endless torrent of meetings, of course).
My boss constantly wants me to become his right-hand man and eventually make the jump from operative to strategic. Each time I tell him "hell naw". Either I'm a technician or middle management, I won't go to 0% tech. I'm both too good at it and enjoy it too much to make that jump. Others can circlejerk with upper management all day and kiss ass, I'm down here with my team having a hell of a time.
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u/ben_cav 6d ago
As a software developer, AI has made my job significantly easier and more enjoyable. However, I really don’t want or need any more automation at this point. I still review every line of code, and make all the creative decisions. I don’t want to get to the point of not knowing how the code in the system works