So, keeping this post vague to avoid revealing the team/org, but honestly since COVID I have been feeling insecure about my work. The work is good (tech, coding, leading people) but the business problem I am solving is so freaking boring and I feel in every sprint planning session we have to come up with new tasks from our asses without management support. How do senior ICs continue to work like this in big faang like companies. Don't get me wrong there is work - even principal n senior managers are able to just create "busy" work to look busy. Does it really add value to business? In the name of fancy words like complexity, scalability, etc. I see people creating busy work. Is this norm in big tech because there are too many people trying to solve simple but glorified problems? I don't care as I don't own Amazon but if I really did, I would light fire under every manager n every leader to get rid of such waste. I just want to get through this phase of layoffs for another couple years to get vesting and then I am out of here. Any advice on coming up with real business value useful work from thin air? Or how to deal with insecurity as almost always I am available to create work (which does add a bit of value) (Don't get my wrong, I am ranting here - I do work on average 45+hr/wk, but I am just ranting about the work I do isn't really business value addition. Maybe time to move to startups or start your own startup) #mentalhealth #burnout https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-industry-fake-work-problem-bad-managers-bosses-layoffs-jobs-2023-7 TC: 🍌
Here I an working till 1am putting out fires while still trying to make important product delivery dates. But I was in your shoes once. Then the company did mass layoffs. Much happier feeling like everyone is waiting for me to finish my product. Feels more secure.
Go work for a startup. You will be having more scope and get chance to work on critical business problems.
True true
Same story here every sprint planning. Pull OE tasks out of your ass.
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That is very true. You asked a good question