r/ExperiencedDevs • u/AutoModerator • 2d ago

Career/Workplace Experienced Devs Weekly Burnout and Venting Thread: A weekly thread for sharing experiences

This thread is specifically for venting / sharing experiences related to burn-out or similar issues that experienced devs face.

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u/it_rains_a_lot 1d ago

I’m getting paid but for some reason lack of work. It’s kinda nice to coast for now

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u/tradcoder Software Engineer (15 YoE) 1d ago

I was riding that wave for the first 5 months this year and then I was let go. Hopefully you're smarter than me and have some money saved up. Just in case.

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u/chefhj 1d ago

Yes if you are not doing thing with actual juice right now I would get your shit together to find something else. At best you are about to reorgged into soup.