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I thought working at Google would mean I'd quickly learn a ton of things and evolve, but it isn't so in in my team. I was already prepared for a cushy job based on teamblind posts but not this cushy. I'm not gaining a lot of skills and I don't think any of them will transfer to a different job. I thought I'd learn to write quality code a lot faster but I'm not even writing code, just editing. Everything is slow. I don't think I deserve to be called a software engineer. I'm not working on challenging problems. I don't deserve my salary and I was working harder in my internships at smaller companies. I've only been here for a couple months but I want to move on. Sometimes I wish I'd chosen a different career. But I'm stuck here for a year because it's a bad move to leave a company so early. After a year I'll have to do a fresh start in a different role and even that may turn out to be just as mundane. PS of course I'm not talking about the whole company, just my team. It's a great company and I love it, I just feel trapped in my team. PPS wow, lots of replies, getting a lot of insight, thank you all.
How old are you? You stop growing around 21 years of age
i think he is part of team 'stuck' where everybody of length small is hired
I hit my growth spurt in college I’m apparently 1 in a 1,000,000
Talk to your manager about wanting to be challenged more
That never results into something positive. Tried that and now I have more. boring redundant tasks on the desk.
That just means you had a bad manager ^
Which team are you part of?
Sometimes larger companies have fewer growth opportunities. You learn more at the small startups because they let you tinker. No one else wants to do it so you get to. Your role will be narrower at a bigger company. But, the compensation is good and you can have time for side projects.
@Tw startups generally don't like to bet on freshers. I would say get into a company, learn and after a year or so, you can apply for startups again
Ask for change or demand a transfer
Ok KD
I felt this way for my first couple of years at Amazon. Highly compensated but felt pretty useless. It seemed like no one really even cared if I did my work or not. It took some time to find the right team fit, but it did get better. I’m happy a stuck it out. Don’t waste a year just because you think you have to run out a clock. Look for opportunities that interest you. Apply yourself as hard as you did at those smaller companies. Try to get something out of it rather than just feeling stuck. Google’s (probably) a good place to ride out the rollercoaster macroeconomic market.
Not as recession proof as you would think
Try a startup
Def try to do team transfer. There are plenty of interesting areas at google
Can't you take initiative to create new projects on your team? Some digging around on what's important
They have a surgery to increase height. It hurts and cost a lot tho
OP can afford it I'm sure
Good. You need it.