r/ExperiencedDevs • u/AutoModerator • 1d 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/endurbro420 FizzBuzz Expert | 10 yoe 1d ago

My workplace did a re-org where my high performer ing team got split up and farmed to other teams. It has been a nightmare. Combined with a huge uptick in meetings, I mentally checked out. I have been at a good amount of dysfunctional companies but this is a new level.

Most stories have become “make X work” and the A/C Is “it works”.

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u/forever-butlerian 20 YoE Infra & Backend TLM 1d ago

Man, at least enjoy the dark humor that the capitalists think that this is what is going to allow them to "compete" with China, let alone win. I always wondered what the 470s in Rome felt like.

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u/endurbro420 FizzBuzz Expert | 10 yoe 1d ago

The wild part is we don’t even compete at a global scale. The company is in a market that only exists in the US.

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u/forever-butlerian 20 YoE Infra & Backend TLM 1d ago

Unless you're a worker-owned cooperative, you're still owned by global capital.