Re:Remote work requires communicating more, but less frequently
by prepend on Friday August 04, 2023 @02:17PM
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> My conclusion was that fixing the docs was simply a waste of time. My resulting despair for the software and the company surely destroyed my productivity.
What did you do instead? It’s certainly frustrating to have people breaking docs that you fixed. But what else is there. You just figured it out on your own and left the docs broken?
Re:Remote work requires communicating more, but less frequently
by CoastalCoder on Friday August 04, 2023 @03:31PM
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> What did you do instead? It’s certainly frustrating to have people breaking docs that you fixed. But what else is there.
I concluded that it was a fatal and unfixable flaw in that community / product / company. This sapped my motivation, and I'm sure resulting burnout was a factor in eventually being laid off.
One thing that sucks about being a senior dev is you're subject to Cassandra [0] syndrome. In a tight labor market, that gets painful.
I've been in an environment like this, and it really burned me out.
People broke docs faster than I could fix them, and it was an accepted part of the development process.
My conclusion was that fixing the docs was simply a waste of time. My resulting despair for the software and the company surely destroyed my productivity. (I'm not saying this is a valid excuse; just an explanation.)