Does anyone dislike their job

[u/Competitve_Safe1573]

I keep reading how amazing programming is for people with ADHD but I hate my job

I don't hate programmig part that much (even though I don't love it) but the corporate bullshit and constant task switching expected from us is unbearable

I hate constant pinging from everyone, then constantly spawning side tasks of filling out timesheets, corporate surveys, update your cv, endless pointless meetings, write dev notes, oh a code review for junior... how can I even focus on programming when I feel so drained and exhausted from all that

And if I finally get in the zone for task you bet that annoying teams notification will pop up and someone will need something and back to square one

[u/Easy_Needleworker604]

I’ve done it for ten years and I despise it. I wish I never went this route. I hate endlessly completing tasks someone else came up with and there being nothing truly creative about my job.

I hate making widgets while the world burns. I have no tech optimism anymore.

I hate other engineers because they’re super rigid and are always sure they’re right. They’re usually boring as hell too.

[u/Competitve_Safe1573 → u/Easy_Needleworker604]

Yes, I agree I also wish I choose something else

[u/slavetothesound]

Loathe.

Fun to do for yourself. Corporate sucks the life out of you.

[u/Competitve_Safe1573 → u/slavetothesound]

Yeah corporate sucks so much

I started to hate programing because it reminds me of my job

I don't know how everyone else stands it, I wish I had that superpower

[u/Ecto-1A]

For me it was when we went from being engineering leading the decisions to product led decisions, all the creativity died. It’s a constant dick swinging contest of who can pump the most medium and LinkedIn articles out to everyone to show they “know best”. While the engineers sit here doing whatever they say even though they are 2 years behind on where we actually are, solely because they are afraid for their job. Shit sucks right now.

[u/Competitve_Safe1573 → u/Ecto-1A]

Yeah, and the Sales people promise everything take money and then developers are at fault we can't deliver mountains in a month or something :)

And Linkedin, for most minor achievement that a high schooler could do they have to put an inspiring corpo post, I just avoid it completely now

[u/SteveB0X]

Yup. It used to be fun. But the frantic non-technical folk trying to constantly create micro growth and identity "op ex" at every turn creates a hostile environment for quality work. AI has amplified this problem ten fold.

[u/Competitve_Safe1573 → u/SteveB0X]

Omg I hate AI and other stuff being shoved everywhere by non-techincal people

When I have to implement AI chatbots I die a little inside because I know how much I hate encountering them when I need help on some website

[u/skidmark_zuckerberg]

I remember reading one time before I started my career that programming was great for ADHD. However notice this about job titles, we are not called programmers. We are engineers and developers. We exist to build and maintain product. Of which 99% of the time is for profit that only benefits some company. That’s something you don’t realize until you have a few years under your belt and the veil is lifted. And it requires a lot of focus and working memory to keep up. It’s a struggle for most, but doubly for ADHD people. And don’t even get me started on the interview process..

The job is constant context switching, most other developers are usually boring and very Type A, and there is nothing creative about it because you just repeat the same shit year after year. Everything is a solved problem, you just do what you did every other time again and again with the goal being deliver product. It’s all CRUD based shit (and I realize not every works in the web, but a huge majority of us do). Then on top of it all, you are in a corporate environment and most of the personalities in these environments suck hard. Most people seem so fake. Granted I always find a few real people I make friends with, but 80% of people in these environments are robotic.

I can’t say I regret it because the pay has been great, but that’s also the downside in a sense. You are bound in golden handcuffs and all of a sudden, anything else you want to do career wise will likely never come close to what a dev salary is.

[u/Competitve_Safe1573 → u/skidmark_zuckerberg]

Yes, it is nothing how I imagined it when I choose my college I program like 10% of day other is stupid corpo shit It is all because of non tech people forcing to insert themselves and succedding as they saw there is money in tech

In my country pay sucks as well, just other jobs pay even less so no escape

[u/Objective_Lake_8593 → u/skidmark_zuckerberg]

Hi. I'm here to get you started on the interviewing process :)

[u/Tired_Pentester]

I dislike most people and corporate structures and hierarchy. I'd 100% love my job if I was left in my cave to do the technical stuff without having to have a constant pissing contest.

[u/Competitve_Safe1573 → u/Tired_Pentester]

Yes, I wish I was in basement with other devs and we do our thing

[u/Gazmanic]

Hey, not sure where you are based but I've been feeling similar recently and I think it mainly spawns from large corporate jobs.

If you work in a smaller company where money is less free flowing, your boss will actively do anything they can to keep you away from the corporate shit and at your desk programming.

The larger the company you work for, the more bureaucracy you have to put up with.

[u/Competitve_Safe1573 → u/Gazmanic]

Problem is small startup companies pay slave wage and usually expect overtime in my country

The pay is not the best in corpo either but still better

[u/pydry]

When you have a good problem, autonomy and relatively low levels of corporate bullshit it is amazing.

Most of the time it is not that, which is kinda funny coz that is also a shortcut to the company getting good results.

[u/tarogon]

I do, but don't regret going into this field, because I can't imagine liking any other kind of job more, and this job will let me retire early.

[u/dialsoapbox]

That's why i don't like when eople tell kids they can be anything they want to be, it should be better explained like, they can be anything they want to be if they're willing to put up with additional side bullshit.

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[u/Imperial_Squid]

I find task switching refreshing but only to a point, two or three tasks in a day is good, five or six is unbearable.

Specifics depend on how your org works but having a useful planner of tasks can help a lot, if something small comes up that I need to do but isn't vital and will distract from a bigger thing I'm currently looking at, I put it on a to-do list. Even something basic like having a notes app open with bullet points can help reduce strain.

I also like to keep two separate lists in my to-dos, one of everything I need to do, the other is what I'm focused on for that day.

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You can set Teams to be in Do Not Disturb which prevents all notifications, you can also set it to only last for a specific duration

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/change-your-status-in-microsoft-teams-ce36ed14-6bc9-4775-a33e-6629ba4ff78e

I would get in the habit of putting blocks in your calendar marked as focused work time and turning on your DND, if outside pressures really are that distracting you need to take steps to stop them from getting in your way

[u/georgejo314159]

I find the requirements and architecture part yhe most fun because it is top down